List of countries by Internet connection speeds

Last updated December 11, 2024

This is a list of countries by Internet connection speed for average and median data transfer rates for Internet access by end-users. The difference between average and median speeds is the way individual measurements are aggregated. Average speeds are more commonly used but can give a wrong impression of the actual user experience since fast connections can bias the average results. Median results represent the point where half the population has faster and the other half of the population has slower data transfer rates.

Fixed broadband

This is a sortable list of broadband internet connection speed by country, ranked by Speedtest.net data for March 2024,^[1] and with M-Lab data for June 2023^[2]

Country/Territory	Median download speed (Mbit/s) (Ookla)^[1]	Average download speed (Mbit/s) (M-Lab)^[2]
Singapore	284.13	101.75
United Arab Emirates	276.02	43.62
Hong Kong	274.26	83.05
Chile	265.12	85.49
United States	254.01	136.48
Iceland	242.94	229.35
France	242.45	152.45
China	241.69	12.66
Monaco	238.07	126.30
Thailand	231.25	62.75
Denmark	224.14	49.98
Spain	217.30	133.66
Romania	214.13	100.66
Switzerland	205.06	75.39
Israel	199.20	75.03
Canada	198.22	136.08
Japan	196.59	124.70
Netherlands	192.77	142.49
Liechtenstein	189.37	246.76
Hungary	178.50	63.41
Portugal	173.57	106.53
Kuwait	170.83	41.02
Taiwan	169.67	153.51
New Zealand	166.38	97.09
South Korea	160.59	94.00
Macau	159.59	231.40
Brazil	158.57	72.70
Poland	156.45	94.10
Qatar	155.86	50.68
Sweden	155.03	94.30
Panama	151.14	56.93
Luxembourg	146.86	162.21
Jordan	141.82	33.63
Peru	137.58	41.04
Moldova	136.91	92.10
Colombia	135.17	45.13
Uruguay	134.24	111.46
Norway	132.44	101.66
Andorra	126.83	190.40
Lithuania	120.69	87.09
Trinidad and Tobago	118.26	56.08
Ireland	118.04	76.16
Finland	117.58	62.82
Malta	115.13	123.85
Malaysia	114.00	42.20
Saudi Arabia	111.86	32.42
Vietnam	109.12	29.25
United Kingdom	104.53	93.63
San Marino	101.01	126.88
Saint Lucia	101.01	43.86
Belgium	97.89	102.33
Philippines	93.91	43.36
Austria	93.68	55.82
Slovenia	93.64	97.00
Dominica	93.44	66.24
Costa Rica	92.92	42.51
Latvia	92.26	66.79
Germany	91.73	81.73
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	91.37	57.71
Cyprus	90.98	42.93
Ecuador	90.04	26.56
Paraguay	89.95	42.76
Bahrain	89.14	47.72
Montenegro	88.81	49.46
Russia	87.28	57.95
Barbados	86.49	93.50
Grenada	86.30	75.21
Guyana	86.02	31.45
Estonia	85.37	86.39
Serbia	82.21	60.53
Italy	81.17	58.22
Bulgaria	81.15	40.43
Argentina	80.88	43.02
Brunei	80.32	32.07
Slovakia	79.99	138.03
Ukraine	77.73	38.13
Kosovo	71.72	57.32
Croatia	71.08	25.72
Jamaica	70.86	45.07
Czech Republic	69.77	46.81
Bahamas	69.06	58.95
Ivory Coast	68.85	16.45
Mongolia	68.60	16.40
Nepal	67.17	19.99
Palestine	66.76	11.59
Egypt	65.54	9.75
Belarus	64.60	34.10
Saint Kitts and Nevis	63.28	47.27
Mexico	63.02	35.85
Uzbekistan	62.75	21.67
Oman	62.51	32.61
India	61.84	47.99
Albania	61.29	25.36
Australia	60.16	51.27
Kyrgyzstan	57.06	17.31
Armenia	52.76	33.63
Nicaragua	52.70	25.28
Kazakhstan	52.17	13.13
Mauritius	51.77	29.78
El Salvador	51.15	23.56
Guatemala	50.84	23.26
Greece	49.94	53.85
South Africa	48.33	36.46
Venezuela	47.40	10.92
Belize	46.74	38.86
Honduras	45.74	16.76
Cambodia	44.40	14.68
Bangladesh	44.25	6.41
Gabon	43.85	11.22
Turkey	43.10	24.84
Ghana	43.01	12.33
Burkina Faso	42.82	35.64
North Macedonia	42.59	97.88
Congo	42.36	14.36
DR Congo	41.76	4.62
Madagascar	41.49	20.43
Azerbaijan	38.32	10.20
Haiti	36.89	10.75
Antigua and Barbuda	36.85	27.03
Dominican Republic	35.19	19.48
Laos	34.49	17.64
Iraq	34.17	9.37
Bolivia	33.56	16.00
Togo	31.83	8.90
Bosnia and Herzegovina	31.41	44.01
Seychelles	30.87	18.75
Rwanda	30.44	39.89
Indonesia	29.37	14.30
Morocco	28.75	16.49
Western Sahara	27.50	4.76
Georgia	26.87	18.54
Lesotho	26.49	11.75
Tajikistan	26.42	2.98
Benin	25.04	9.12
Malawi	22.48	8.26
Mauritania	21.88	8.95
Mali	21.71	7.56
Sri Lanka	21.60	21.23
Nigeria	21.38	20.83
Zambia	21.36	6.53
Sierra Leone	21.20	7.00
Senegal	21.10	9.22
Myanmar	20.61	9.02
Angola	20.51	9.13
Tanzania	19.33	11.92
Swaziland	17.75	5.76
Fiji	17.46	13.96
Djibouti	17.43	4.66
Somalia	15.46	5.00
Cape Verde	15.24	11.49
Micronesia	15.23	4.25
Zimbabwe	14.70	9.18
Pakistan	14.43	5.32
Mozambique	14.06	11.06
Uganda	14.04	12.64
Iran	13.78	13.93
Algeria	13.63	7.73
Bhutan	13.53	20.08
Vanuatu	13.29	6.57
Namibia	13.00	10.80
Sudan	12.71	5.24
Lebanon	12.49	6.55
Libya	12.38	6.32
Papua New Guinea	12.08	8.75
Suriname	11.66	12.48
Maldives	11.58	12.49
Kenya	11.17	12.46
Guinea	9.66	8.50
Liberia	9.32	5.60
Tunisia	9.29	9.60
Cameroon	9.12	3.16
Ethiopia	8.88	3.54
Botswana	8.84	9.61
Yemen	7.39	1.79
Niger	7.24	5.50
Turkmenistan	7.21	4.49
East Timor	6.34	2.50
Burundi	6.04	3.70
Gambia	5.66	4.35
Syria	4.05	2.30
Afghanistan	3.40	1.71
Cuba	2.92	4.14

Mobile connection

Mobile (cellular only) download speed
Country/Territory	Average connection speed (Mbit/s) Opensignal (May 2020) (data collected Q1 2020)^[3]	Median connection speed (Mbit/s) Ookla (March 2022)^[4]
Canada	59.6	75.18
South Korea	59.0	117.95
Netherlands	54.8	108.33
Japan	51.4	44.05
Norway	48.8	134.73
Singapore	47.5	67.99
Australia	43.0	76.52
Switzerland	42.8	82.29
Belgium	37.6	58.65
Croatia	36.6	86.48
New Zealand	35.2	49.49
Austria	34.6	56.60
Denmark	33.5	105.65
Lithuania	33.3	50.13
Czech Republic	32.7	44.55
United Arab Emirates	31.8	135.35
Hungary	31.7	41.32
Qatar	31.3	120.69
North Macedonia	30.0	64.23
Finland	29.8	71.23
Sweden	29.7	73.61
Taiwan	28.9	53.93
Germany	28.7	55.70
France	28.6	60.94
United States	26.7	61.12
Portugal	26.3	64.30
Spain	26.2	34.26
Slovenia	26.0	54.57
Albania	25.8	40.48
Slovakia	25.3	33.44
Serbia	25.2	45.81
Oman	25.2	44.47
Italy	24.3	37.15
Lebanon	23.8	16.38
Greece	23.7	59.42
United Kingdom	22.9	48.10
Hong Kong	21.8	47.34
Romania	21.4	36.90
Saudi Arabia	21.4	102.79
Poland	20.7	40.14
Vietnam	20.6	33.90
Uruguay	20.3	34.43
Turkey	20.0	30.48
Mexico	19.6	29.81
Maldives	19.4	47.93
Ireland	19.2	30.16
South Africa	19.1	33.62
Puerto Rico	18.0
Azerbaijan	17.8	30.40
Argentina	17.4	20.64
Morocco	17.4	27.84
Laos	17.1	23.41
Kuwait	16.6	96.23
Bahrain	16.4	53.08
Brunei	16.4	71.38
Iran	16.4	24.90
Tunisia	15.5	22.64
Brazil	15.3	22.30
Israel	15.2	28.01
Guatemala	15.0	17.30
Russia	14.5	20.46
Ukraine	14.0	15.62
Costa Rica	14.0	17.46
Chile	13.7	22.49
Bolivia	13.6	14.10
Honduras	13.4	20.73
Colombia	13.4	12.35
Ecuador	13.3	17.70
Jordan	12.5	19.47
Peru	12.1	15.64
Afghanistan	12.0	5.50
Kazakhstan	11.9	18.71
Dominican Republic	11.5	20.70
Malaysia	11.0	25.87
Kenya	10.9	16.93
Belarus	10.8	9.99
Paraguay	10.8	15.15
Egypt	10.7	19.73
Kyrgyzstan	10.5	16.30
Sri Lanka	10.2	13.15
Indonesia	9.9	17.70
Thailand	9.2	33.49
Senegal	9.1	21.44
Philippines	8.5	19.48
Panama	8.4	17.03
Pakistan	8.4	16.73
India	8.1	50.21
Cambodia	8.0	16.12
Nepal	7.5	16.45
Cameroon	7.5	11.88
Ivory Coast	7.4	9.92
Nigeria	7.3	18.92
Bangladesh	6.8	10.43
Ghana	6.8	8.44
Somalia	6.4	7.95
Uzbekistan	6.2	13.27
Algeria	6.0	12.44
El Salvador	5.8	21.03
Tanzania	5.4	10.39
Iraq	1.6	39.90
Bulgaria		87.51
China		83.43
Luxembourg		82.85
Cyprus		75.48
Montenegro		41.93
Estonia		55.07
Macau		50.16
Malta		49.66
Latvia		41.60
Suriname		40.70
Togo		34.42
Jamaica		30.84
Georgia		30.67
Moldova		29.46
Bosnia and Herzegovina		28.49
Trinidad and Tobago		28.37
Bahamas		26.77
Fiji		25.99
Kosovo		24.63
Botswana		24.14
Myanmar		24.06
Angola		22.59
Armenia		22.01
Ethiopia		21.08
Namibia		18.43
Nicaragua		18.30
Mauritius		18.09
Malawi		17.95
Yemen		16.89
Mongolia		16.69
Uganda		15.99
Mozambique		15.66
Zimbabwe		13.99
Syria		13.24
Haiti		12.49
DR Congo		12.08
Libya		10.40
Zambia		10.36
Sudan		9.50
Cuba		9.10
Tajikistan		7.05
Venezuela		5.68
Palestine		4.89

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References

1 2 "Speedtest Global Index – Internet Speed around the world". Ookla. March 2024.
1 2 M-Lab (30 June 2023), "Worldwide Broadband Speed League 2023", cable.co.uk, retrieved 6 May 2024
↑ "The state of mobile network experience" (PDF). Opensignal.
↑ "Global Median Speeds". speedtest.net. March 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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[ookla-2024-03-1] 1 2 "Speedtest Global Index – Internet Speed around the world". Ookla. March 2024.

[mlab-2023-06-2] 1 2 M-Lab (30 June 2023), "Worldwide Broadband Speed League 2023", cable.co.uk, retrieved 6 May 2024

[3] "The state of mobile network experience" (PDF). Opensignal.

[4] "Global Median Speeds". speedtest.net. March 2022. Retrieved 26 April 2022.

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