Telecommunication in Malta

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 92.27 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Malta ranks 36th in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 19.96 Mbit/second was significantly lower (83rd place).
In mobile internet, i.e., on tablets and smartphones, Malta comes 39th with a download speed of 50.68 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 13 Mbit was only enough for 43rd place.

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

Access to the internet in Malta from 1990 - 2021

Broadband internet in Malta 2000 - 2021

Malta is doing very well in the expansion of broadband internet connections. Around 87 percent of all residents have access to the internet. Around 43 percent 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.