
Telecommunication in Liechtenstein
Compared to the United States, Liechtenstein is at the forefront of the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +423, there were a total of 60,976 connections in 2021. Among them were 49,264 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 14,278 webhosts, Liechtenstein is below the world's average by population. At the end of 2020, 2,000 of these, or about 14 percent, were secured with SSL or comparable encryption.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 125.41 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Liechtenstein ranks 18th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 95.14 Mbit/second (12th 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 Liechtenstein from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in Liechtenstein 2002 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2021
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Liechtenstein Total | Liechtenstein percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 18,526.00 | 47.46 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Landlines | 11,712.00 | 30.00 % | 97.11 m | 29.26 % |
Mobile cellulars | 49,264.00 | 126.19 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |