Mapped: The Fastest (and Slowest) Internet Speeds in the World

Mapped: The World’s Fastest (and Slowest) Internet Speeds

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The answer depends on the device you’re using, and where in the world you’re located. Average internet speeds vary wildly from country to country.

Which countries have the fastest internet connection? Using data from the Cable.co.uk, this map ranks the fastest (and slowest) internet speeds worldwide by comparing the fixed broadband speeds of over 200 countries.

What Factors Affect Internet Speed?

Before diving in, it’s important to understand the key factors that impact a country’s internet speed. Generally speaking, internet speed depends on:

1. Infrastructure or the type of cabling (copper or fiber-optic) that a country’s utilizing to support their internet service. Typically, the newer the infrastructure, the faster the connection.
2. Proximity/connection to submarine cables is important, as these massive undersea fiber-optic cables transmit about 97% of the world’s communication data.
3. The size of a country, since landmass affects how much it costs to upgrade infrastructure. The smaller the country, the cheaper it is to upgrade cabling.
4. Investment makes a difference, or how much a country’s government prioritizes internet accessibility.

Of course, other factors may influence a country’s internet speed too, such as government regulation and intentional bandwidth throttling, which is the case in countries like Turkmenistan.

Ranked: Fixed Broadband Speeds

To measure fixed broadband speeds across the globe, Cable.co.uk used more than 1.1 billion speed tests, sourced from over 200 countries.

The region with the fastest connection is Jersey, which is one of the islands that make up the British Isles. It has an average download speed of 274.27 mbps—almost 9x the overall average.

Rank	Country	Mean download speed (Mbps)
1	🇯🇪 Jersey	274.27
2	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	211.26
3	🇮🇸 Iceland	191.83
4	🇦🇩 Andorra	164.66
5	🇬🇮 Gibraltar	151.34
6	🇲🇨 Monaco	144.29
7	🇲🇴 Macao SAR	128.56
8	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	107.94
9	🇳🇱 Netherlands	107.3
10	🇭🇺 Hungary	104.07
11	🇸🇬 Singapore	97.61
12	🇧🇲 Bermuda	96.54
13	🇯🇵 Japan	96.36
14	🇺🇸 United States	92.42
15	🇭🇰 Hong Kong SAR	91.04
16	🇪🇸 Spain	89.59
17	🇸🇪 Sweden	88.98
18	🇳🇴 Norway	88.67
19	🇫🇷 France	85.96
20	🇳🇿 New Zealand	85.95
21	🇲🇹 Malta	85.2
22	🇪🇪 Estonia	84.72
23	🇦🇽 Aland Islands	81.31
24	🇨🇦 Canada	79.96
25	🇧🇪 Belgium	78.46
26	🇻🇦 Vatican City	73.49
27	🇰🇾 Cayman Islands	71.47
28	🇦🇼 Aruba	70.66
29	🇷🇴 Romania	67.4
30	🇸🇮 Slovenia	67.2
31	🇵🇱 Poland	63.84
32	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	63.41
33	🇱🇻 Latvia	63.28
34	🇵🇹 Portugal	63.02
35	🇰🇷 Republic of Korea	61.72
36	🇩🇪 Germany	60.55
37	🇱🇹 Republic of Lithuania	56.17
38	🇧🇧 Barbados	55.92
39	🇫🇮 Finland	55.08
40	🇸🇰 Slovak Republic	54.92
41	🇹🇭 Thailand	53.95
42	🇮🇲 Isle of Man	52.1
43	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	51.48
44	🇮🇪 Ireland	51.41
45	🇨🇭 Switzerland	50.83
46	🇭🇷 Croatia	49.77
47	🇩🇰 Denmark	49.24
48	🇵🇲 Saint Pierre and Miquelon	47.92
49	🇹🇼 Taiwan	46.43
50	🇷🇪 Réunion	43.62
51	🇲🇾 Malaysia	42.83
52	🇬🇱 Greenland	41.56
53	🇸🇲 San Marino	40.55
54	🇵🇷 Puerto Rico	40.52
55	🇦🇺 Australia	40.5
56	🇲🇫 Saint Martin	40.19
57	🇲🇪 Montenegro	40.14
58	🇧🇸 Bahamas	39.71
59	🇦🇹 Austria	37.99
60	🇨🇿 Czechia	37.23
61	🇮🇹 Italy	36.69
62	🇷🇸 Serbia	36.59
63	🇲🇩 Republic of Moldova	36.47
64	🇹🇨 Turks and Caicos Islands	36.09
65	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	35.81
66	🇷🇺 Russian Federation	35.73
67	🇮🇱 Israel	34.97
68	🇧🇷 Brazil	33.34
69	🇳🇨 New Caledonia	31.79
70	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.72
71	🇬🇬 Guernsey	31.2
72	🇵🇦 Panama	30.58
73	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	29.9
74	🇬🇷 Greece	29.76
75	🇻🇮 Virgin Islands, U.S.	29.34
76	🇨🇾 Cyprus	28.3
77	🇺🇦 Ukraine	25.26
78	🇶🇦 Qatar	24.16
79	🇧🇿 Belize	23.12
80	🇮🇳 India	22.53
81	🇽🇰 Kosovo	22.21
82	🇺🇾 Uruguay	21.73
83	🇫🇴 Faroe Islands	21.59
84	🇬🇵 Guadeloupe	21.32
85	🇯🇲 Jamaica	20.96
86	🇬🇺 Guam	20.76
87	🇻🇳 Vietnam	20.66
88	🇬🇩 Grenada	20.49
89	🇨🇼 Curaçao	20.18
90	🇿🇦 South Africa	19.94
91	🇲🇶 Martinique	19.88
92	🇧🇾 Belarus	19.86
93	🇧🇶 Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba	19.6
94	🇵🇾 Paraguay	19.41
95	🇻🇬 Virgin Islands, British	19.4
96	🇦🇱 Albania	19.36
97	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	19.02
98	🇲🇽 Mexico	18.83
99	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	18.1
100	🇰🇼 Kuwait	18.06
101	🇦🇲 Armenia	18.05
102	🇵🇭 Philippines	16.84
103	🇴🇲 Oman	16.73
104	🇧🇭 Bahrain	16.37
105	🇲🇬 Madagascar	16.28
106	🇧🇳 Brunei	15.79
107	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	15.38
108	🇯🇴 Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	15.25
109	🇱🇨 Saint Lucia	15.02
110	🇲🇳 Mongolia	14.94
111	🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	14.32
112	🇬🇪 Georgia	13.83
113	🇨🇱 Chile	13.76
114	🇲🇵 Northern Mariana Islands	13.15
115	🇨🇴 Colombia	13.13
116	🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis	12.96
117	🇩🇲 Dominica	12.41
118	🇧🇱 Saint Barthélemy	12.25
119	🇭🇹 Haiti	12.12
120	🇨🇬 Republic of the Congo	12.07
121	🇸🇨 Seychelles	12.04
122	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	11.87
123	🇦🇸 American Samoa	11.76
124	🇹🇷 Turkey	11.58
125	🇵🇪 Peru	11.35
126	🇰🇪 Kenya	11.27
127	🇬🇫 French Guiana	10.99
128	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	10.73
129	🇲🇦 Morocco	10.33
130	🇪🇨 Ecuador	10.25
131	🇸🇻 El Salvador	9.95
132	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	9.95
133	🇬🇹 Guatemala	9.85
134	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	9.75
135	🇮🇩 Indonesia	9.58
136	🇨🇮 Cote D'Ivoire	9.54
137	🇫🇯 Fiji	9.4
138	🇬🇾 Guyana	9.26
139	🇬🇭 Ghana	9.23
140	🇦🇮 Anguilla	9
141	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	8.69
142	🇳🇬 Nigeria	8.68
143	🇦🇷 Argentina	8.68
144	🇹🇿 United Republic of Tanzania	8.6
145	🇲🇺 Mauritius	8.53
146	🇺🇬 Uganda	8.52
147	🇰🇭 Cambodia	8.49
148	🇱🇸 Lesotho	8.46
149	🇨🇻 Cape Verde	7.94
150	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	7.92
151	🇾🇹 Mayotte	7.7
152	🇵🇫 French Polynesia	7.67
153	🇹🇳 Tunisia	7.46
154	🇲🇻 Maldives	7.45
155	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	7.44
156	🇸🇷 Suriname	7.44
157	🇧🇴 Bolivia	7.36
158	🇲🇿 Mozambique	7.17
159	🇭🇳 Honduras	7.17
160	🇮🇷 Iran	7.05
161	🇸🇳 Senegal	7.02
162	🇪🇬 Egypt	6.94
163	🇳🇵 Nepal	6.84
164	🇼🇸 Samoa	6.8
165	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	6.71
166	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	6.64
167	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	6.63
168	🇧🇹 Bhutan	6.44
169	🇷🇼 Rwanda	6.29
170	🇸🇽 Sint Maarten	6.15
171	🇱🇦 Lao People's Democratic Republic	5.91
172	🇦🇴 Angola	5.88
173	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	5.83
174	🇱🇧 Lebanon	5.67
175	🇮🇶 Iraq	5.58
176	🇿🇲 Zambia	5.48
177	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	5.33
178	🇱🇷 Liberia	5.23
179	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	5.1
180	🇬🇦 Gabon	4.99
181	🇲🇼 Malawi	4.96
182	🇵🇼 Palau	4.84
183	🇲🇱 Mali	4.72
184	🇲🇲 Myanmar	4.58
185	🇳🇦 Namibia	4.42
186	🇰🇲 Comoros	3.99
187	🇸🇿 Eswatini	3.73
188	🇱🇾 Libya	3.73
189	🇧🇼 Botswana	3.65
190	🇵🇸 Palestine	3.65
191	🇨🇩 DR Congo	3.63
192	🇹🇬 Togo	3.54
193	🇳🇪 Niger	3.23
194	🇩🇿 Algeria	3.08
195	🇨🇲 Cameroon	3.04
196	🇨🇺 Cuba	2.92
197	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	2.9
198	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	2.9
199	🇵🇰 Pakistan	2.82
200	🇧🇮 Burundi	2.82
201	🇻🇪 Venezuela	2.62
202	🇧🇯 Benin	2.59
203	🇲🇷 Mauritania	2.54
204	🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe	2.43
205	🇪🇷 Eritrea	2.41
206	🇬🇳 Guinea	2.39
207	🇹🇩 Chad	2.39
208	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	2.19
209	🇨🇳 China	2.06
210	🇬🇲 Gambia	2.04
211	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	1.82
212	🇸🇩 Sudan	1.8
213	🇸🇾 Syrian Arab Republic	1.67
214	🇫🇲 Federated States of Micronesia	1.63
215	🇸🇴 Somalia	1.59
216	🇩🇯 Djibouti	1.46
217	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	1.41
218	🇸🇸 South Sudan	1.4
219	🇹🇱 Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste	1.33
220	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	1.3
221	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	1.24
222	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	1.2
223	🇾🇪 Yemen	0.68
224	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	0.5

Infrastructure is a major reason behind Jersey’s speedy internet. It’s the first jurisdiction in the world to upgrade its entire system to pure fibre (FTTP). But the region’s size also plays a factor, since its landmass and population size are both relatively small compared to the rest of the world.

Second on the list is another small region, Liechtenstein, with an average download speed of 211.26 mbps. Liechtenstein is one of the richest countries in the world per capita, and its government has invested heavily in its telecommunications infrastructure, aiming to be fully fibre optic by 2022.

Like Jersey, Liechtenstein also has a relatively small population. At the time of this article’s publication, the region is home to approximately 38,000 people. In fact, it’s worth noting that of the top ten regions, only two have populations over one million—the Netherlands, and Hungary.

At the opposite end of the spectrum, Turkmenistan has the slowest fixed broadband, with a speed of 0.5 mbps. As mentioned above, this is largely because of government regulation and intervention.

The Future is 5G

Innovation and new technologies are changing the digital landscape, and things like 5G networks are becoming more mainstream across the globe.

Because of the rapidly changing nature of this industry, the data behind this ranking is updated monthly to provide the latest look at internet speeds across the globe.

This means the bar is gradually raising when it comes to internet speed, as faster, stronger internet connections become the norm. And countries that aren’t equipped to handle these souped-up networks will lag behind even further.