Telecommunication in Latvia
Compared to the European Union, Latvia has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +371, there were a total of 2.26 m connections in 2020. Among them were 2.05 m million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.1 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.In the expansion of broadband Internet connections, Latvia is back. Around 89% of all residents have access to the Internet. Approximately 26% have their own fast Internet connection, which is at least faster than the previous ISDN (more than 2048 kbit/s).
With about 359,604 webhosts, Latvia is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 128.35 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Latvia ranked 33rd in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 127.54 Mbit/second (16th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 20th place.In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Latvia comes 58th with a download speed of 42.04 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was enough for 98th place.
The "Speedtest Global Index" published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in Mai 2021 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 Latvia from 1990 - 2020
Broadband internet in Latvia 2000 - 2020
Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2020
| Distribution in 2020 | Latvia Total | Latvia percent | EU Total | EU percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internet users | 1.69 m | 88.90 % | 393.46 m | 87.87 % |
| Broadband users | 503,804.00 | 26.49 % | 162.67 m | 36.33 % |
| Landlines | 211,849.00 | 11.14 % | 159.99 m | 35.73 % |
| Mobile cellulars | 2.05 m | 107.88 % | 541.96 m | 121.03 % |