Telecommunication in Panama

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 94.39 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Panama ranked 27th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 13.24 Mbit/second was significantly lower (94th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 44th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Panama comes 104th with a download speed of 16.67 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was enough for 43rd place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in February 2022 from 180 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% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the Internet in Panama from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Panama 2001 - 2020

Panama is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 64% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 13% 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.