
Telecommunication in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Compared to the United States, Bosnia and Herzegovina has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +387, there were a total of 4.42 million connections in 2021. Among them were 3.73 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 155,252 webhosts, Bosnia and Herzegovina is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 10,382 of these, or about 7 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 24.65 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks 123rd in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 6.1 Mbit/second was significantly lower (153rd place).In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Bosnia and Herzegovina comes 84th with a download speed of 23.20 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 13 Mbit was enough for 38th 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 - 2021
Broadband internet in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 - 2021

Landlines 1992 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Bosnia and Herzegovina Total | Bosnia and Herzegovina percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 797,893.00 | 24.39 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 689,295.00 | 21.07 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 3.73 m | 114.00 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |