Telecommunication in Portugal

Development of telephone and internet connections

With an average download speed of 105.57 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, Portugal ranked 22nd in an international comparison. The upload rate was only 71.20 Mbit/second (24th place).
In mobile internet, i.e. on tablets and smartphones, Portugal comes 28th with a download speed of 55.10 Mbit/second. The upload speed of around 12 Mbit was only enough for 44th place.

The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in July 2022 from 182 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 Portugal from 1990 - 2020

Broadband internet in Portugal 1999 - 2020

Portugal is doing very well in the expansion of broadband Internet connections. Around 78% of all residents have access to the Internet. Around 40% 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.