Telecommunication in Nicaragua

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 41.86 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Nicaragua ranks 95th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 16.34 Mbit/second was significantly lower (101st place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Nicaragua comes 105th with a download speed of 18.25 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was enough for 74th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 countries.

The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the internet in Nicaragua from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Nicaragua 2000 - 2021

Nicaragua is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 45 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 4 percent have their own fast internet connection, which is at least faster than the former ISDN (more than 256 kbit/s). All fixed connections via DSL, cable or satellite were counted here, but not those connected to the internet via mobile communications.