President Emomali Rahmon, in his message to parliament and at the final meeting of the government, criticized the speed of the Internet and instructed to improve the situation. The Communications Service reported that they had created a headquarters and promised to speed up the speed and reduce the cost together with providers soon .
And we decided to compare the cost and speed of the Internet in the countries of Central Asia, as well as the position of Tajikistan in international rankings, so that later we could evaluate the work of signalmen.
Mobile Internet
Tajikistan in the Speedtest Global Index ranking in terms of mobile Internet speed as of December 2022 is in 5th place from the bottom among 141 countries of the world. Below Tajikistan are only Ghana, Venezuela, Cuba and Afghanistan. And among the Central Asian countries, our republic is in last place, not counting Turkmenistan (data for this country are not available).
Everything is bad and at the cost of mobile Internet. In the Worldwide mobile data pricing 2022 ranking, our country ranks 131st in the world with an average price of $1.94 per 1GB. At a time when neighboring countries are in a much better situation: Kyrgyzstan is in 6th place ($0.17), Uzbekistan is in 15th ($0.37), Kazakhstan is in 16th ($0.37), and even Afghanistan is in 64th place ( $0.90). And Turkmenistan has the most expensive Internet in the world – $14.27 per 1GB on average.
Wired Internet
But in terms of the speed of cable (broadband) Internet, Tajikistan is in a better position – in 118th place among 178 countries of the world. In this ranking, Kyrgyzstan is in 83rd place, Uzbekistan is in 89th place, Kazakhstan is in 96th place, Turkmenistan and Afghanistan are in 176-177th places, respectively.
Data on the average cost of cable internet for all CA countries are not available and therefore it was not possible to compare them.
Source: asiaplustj
