Telecommunication in Laos

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 27.81 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Laos ranked 104th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 23.01 Mbit/second (68th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 5th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Laos comes 75th with a download speed of 24.42 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was enough for 57th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in April 2022 from 181 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 Laos from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Laos 2003 - 2020

Laos is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 34% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 2% 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.