Telecommunication in Qatar

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 94.25 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Qatar ranked 30th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 60.93 Mbit/second (26th 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, Qatar comes 2nd with a download speed of 129.36 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 23 Mbit was only enough for 3rd 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 Qatar from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Qatar 2002 - 2020

Qatar is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 100% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 10% 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.