
Telecommunication in Kuwait
The development of telecommunications in Kuwait is roughly equivalent to the United States. Under the country code +965, there were a total of 7.50 million connections in 2021. Among them were 6.92 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.6 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 2,771 webhosts, Kuwait is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 1,770 of these, or about 64 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 110.07 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Kuwait ranks 25th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 22.31 Mbit/second was significantly lower (80th place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Kuwait comes 9th with a download speed of 102.73 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 20 Mbit was enough for 7th place.
The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in October 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 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in Kuwait from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Kuwait 2001 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Kuwait Total | Kuwait percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 70,468.00 | 1.66 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Mobile cellulars | 6.92 m | 162.78 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |