
Telecommunication in Palau
Compared to the European Union, Palau has a slight downturn in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +680, there were a total of 32,000 connections in 2020. Among them were 24,000 mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 1.3 per person. In the EU, this figure is 1.2 mobile phones per person.With about 4 webhosts, Palau is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
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 Palau from 1990 - 2004
Broadband internet in Palau 2004 - 2019

Landlines 2002 - 2020
Mobile phones 2002 - 2020
Distribution in 2020 | Palau Total | Palau percent | EU Total | EU percent |
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Landlines | 8,000.00 | 44.22 % | 160.15 m | 35.76 % |
Mobile cellulars | 24,000.00 | 132.66 % | 540.56 m | 120.71 % |