Telecommunication in Venezuela

Compared to the European Union, Venezuela is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +58, there were a total of 26.28 million connections in 2018. Among them were 20.73 million million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.72 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.

In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Venezuela is back. Around 72% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 9% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).

With about 1.02 million webhosts, Venezuela is below the world's average by population.


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Development of telephone and internet connections

The following diagrams show the development of the different 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 subscription.


Spread of internet connections in Venezuela 1990 - 2017




Broadband internet in Venezuela 2000 - 2018




Landlines in the years 1990 - 2018




Mobile phones in Venezuela 1990 - 2018




Spreading in 2018 Venezuela
Total		 Venezuela
percent		 EU
Total		 EU
percent
Broadband users 2.60 m 9.02 % 152.50 m 34.13 %
Landlines 5.55 m 19.21 % 171.14 m 38.31 %
Mobile cellulars 20.73 m 71.81 % 545.16 m 122.02 %