Telecommunication in Suriname

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 11.43 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Suriname ranked 141st in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 3.0 Mbit/second was significantly lower (171st place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Suriname comes 43rd with a download speed of 43.55 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 18 Mbit was enough for 8th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in July 2022 from 182 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 Suriname from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Suriname 2002 - 2020

Suriname is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 70% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 16% 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.