Telecommunication in Lithuania

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 85.85 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Lithuania ranked 39th in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 81.29 Mbit/second (20th place). The quality of the Internet, consisting of signal fluctuations (jitter) and latency, is very far ahead at 5th place.
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Lithuania comes 35th with a download speed of 50.85 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 11 Mbit was only enough for 55th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in April 2022 from 181 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 Lithuania from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Lithuania 2001 - 2020

Lithuania is lagging behind in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 83% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 29% 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. With around 2.2 people per household, this means that around 62.7 percent of all households are equipped with a fast Internet connection.