Telecommunication in Myanmar

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 19.13 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Myanmar ranks 131st in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 17.87 Mbit/second (99th place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Myanmar comes 78th with a download speed of 25.48 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 13 Mbit was enough for 45th 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 Myanmar from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Myanmar 2005 - 2021

Myanmar is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 35 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 2 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.