Telecommunication in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 24.46 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Bosnia and Herzegovina ranked 106th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 5.0 Mbit/second was significantly lower (144th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 44th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Bosnia and Herzegovina comes 66th with a download speed of 27.49 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 14 Mbit was enough for 20th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in February 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% mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.

Access to the Internet in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 - 2020

Bosnia and Herzegovina is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 73% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 23% 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.