Telecommunication in Tajikistan

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 27.26 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Tajikistan ranked 108th in an international comparison. The upload rate was 30.02 Mbit/second (53rd place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Tajikistan comes 135th with a download speed of 8.1 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 4 Mbit was only enough for 136th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in July 2022 from 182 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 Tajikistan from 1990 - 2019

Broadband internet in Tajikistan 2003 - 2020

Tajikistan is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 22% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 0% 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.