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.
This is a sortable list of broadband internet connection speed by country, ranked by Speedtest.net data for April 2021, [1] and with M-Lab data for May 2020 [2] and SpeedTestNet.io data for March 2021, and BandwidthPlace.com data for April 2022. [3]
Rank | Country/Territory | Averagedownloadspeed(Mbit/s)(Ookla) [1] | Averagedownloadspeed(Mbit/s)(M-Lab) [2] | Averagedownloadspeed(Mbit/s)(SpeedTestNet.io) |
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1 | Singapore | 5445.50 | 72.74 | 242.17 |
2 | South Korea | 1241.58 | 40.80 | 168.46 |
3 | Hong Kong | 1240.83 | 105.32 | 53.27 |
4 | Monaco | 520.35 | 104.97 | 203.15 |
5 | Romania | 214.33 | 61.08 | 186.06 |
6 | Denmark | 210.71 | 85.02 | 193.23 |
7 | Thailand | 206.81 | 30.61 | 211.10 |
8 | Hungary | 193.80 | 99.73 | 172.10 |
9 | Liechtenstein | 193.79 | 229.98 | 162.70 |
10 | France | 192.25 | 51.33 | 179.05 |
11 | United States | 191.97 | 71.29 | 171.01 |
12 | Andorra | 191.23 | 213.41 | 180.10 |
13 | Switzerland | 188.69 | 110.45 | 194.16 |
14 | Spain | 186.40 | 55.83 | 167.15 |
15 | Chile | 176.48 | 16.10 | 149.37 |
16 | China | 172.95 | 2.08 | 153.49 |
17 | Macau | 170.30 | 14.65 | 158.94 |
18 | Sweden | 169.00 | 81.29 | 164.32 |
19 | Canada | 175.61 | 81.60 | 156.94 |
20 | Japan | 167.18 | 54.61 | 147.19 |
21 | Republic of China | 163.85 | 54.62 | 143.39 |
22 | Norway | 159.99 | 67.31 | 151.86 |
23 | Luxembourg | 154.26 | 118.05 | 144.99 |
24 | New Zealand | 153.88 | 66.66 | 146.01 |
25 | Netherlands | 152.94 | 95.60 | 134.42 |
26 | United Arab Emirates | 151.09 | 28.33 | 123.65 |
27 | Portugal | 150.39 | 37.99 | 137.26 |
28 | Israel | 147.36 | 26.49 | 123.50 |
29 | Malta | 134.48 | 87.36 | 116.20 |
30 | Lithuania | 132.67 | 56.63 | 120.14 |
31 | Poland | 130.98 | 55.40 | 109.60 |
32 | Kuwait | 130.66 | 12.06 | 118.86 |
33 | Latvia | 128.69 | 32.32 | 119.95 |
34 | Panama | 125.25 | 36.55 | 104.60 |
35 | Germany | 120.93 | 42.32 | 118.12 |
36 | Finland | 119.32 | 44.05 | 112.15 |
37 | Austria | 117.31 | 27.74 | 72.15 |
38 | San Marino | 115.27 | 24.26 | 97.12 |
39 | Moldova | 114.01 | 27.48 | 101.50 |
40 | Ireland | 112.81 | 34.87 | 99.67 |
41 | Slovenia | 108.47 | 65.46 | 87.60 |
42 | Belgium | 107.12 | 66.48 | 97.61 |
43 | Barbados | 105.71 | 56.90 | 102.32 |
44 | Qatar | 105.20 | 23.98 | 97.79 |
45 | Malaysia | 103.34 | 46.82 | 92.35 |
46 | Slovakia | 101.28 | 91.97 | |
47 | United Kingdom | 92.63 | 37.82 | 82.84 |
48 | Italy | 90.93 | 23.18 | 73.65 |
49 | Brazil | 90.30 | 17.89 | 74.32 |
50 | Saudi Arabia | 90.24 | 12.67 | 78.95 |
51 | Russia | 87.01 | 24.98 | 79.65 |
52 | Czech Republic | 85.89 | 28.12 | 69.50 |
53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 79.89 | 29.70 | 71.84 |
54 | Bulgaria | 78.84 | 46.22 | 67.46 |
55 | Estonia | 78.58 | 70.90 | 86.30 |
56 | Australia | 77.88 | 25.65 | 60.25 |
57 | Serbia | 77.88 | 24.74 | 68.23 |
58 | Belarus | 68.73 | 16.08 | 66.41 |
59 | Ukraine | 67.52 | 15.09 | 64.10 |
60 | Jordan | 67.35 | 14.54 | 50.43 |
61 | Vietnam | 66.38 | 13.41 | 61.50 |
62 | Montenegro | 64.44 | 25.07 | 59.50 |
63 | Turkey | 62.52 | - | - |
64 | Bahrain | 58.53 | 10.87 | 224.15 |
65 | Oman | 57.53 | 12.25 | 45.98 |
66 | Croatia | 57.30 | 33.82 | 45.63 |
67 | Paraguay | 56.89 | 16.50 | 45.40 |
68 | Kazakhstan | 56.12 | 5.01 | 51.30 |
69 | Bahamas | 55.99 | 43.01 | |
70 | India | 55.72 | 14.46 | 52.25 |
71 | Grenada | 54.65 | 38.64 | 49.93 |
72 | Kosovo | 54.39 | 20.30 | 46.62 |
73 | Uruguay | 53.88 | 22.16 | 54.60 |
74 | Colombia | 53.73 | 8.80 | 42.56 |
75 | Ghana | 51.93 | 5.46 | 44.76 |
76 | Peru | 51.81 | 7.98 | 46.28 |
77 | Argentina | 51.51 | 6.20 | 48.34 |
78 | Cyprus | 50.46 | 15.62 | 49.30 |
79 | Belize | 49.44 | 16.57 | 38.54 |
80 | Ivory Coast | 49.33 | ||
81 | Philippines | 49.31 | 8.77 | |
82 | Mexico | 48.35 | 16.19 | 42.96 |
83 | Kyrgyzstan | 48.12 | 5.47 | 44.01 |
84 | Costa Rica | 47.93 | 16.42 | 43.76 |
85 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.51 | 15.69 | 41.45 |
86 | Saint Lucia | 45.66 | 16.35 | 40.85 |
87 | Guyana | 45.37 | 4.43 | 40.60 |
88 | Albania | 45.25 | 12.36 | 41.01 |
89 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 44.85 | 15.66 | 43.50 |
90 | Laos | 43.98 | ||
91 | South Africa | 43.91 | 14.04 | 38.67 |
92 | Mongolia | 43.67 | 5.25 | 41.82 |
93 | Madagascar | 41.40 | 18.00 | 37.65 |
94 | Egypt | 39.66 | 4.71 | 33.94 |
95 | Uzbekistan | 39.20 | 2.10 | 32.51 |
96 | Jamaica | 37.95 | 20.01 | 36.49 |
97 | Dominica | 37.62 | 10.69 | 32.76 |
98 | North Macedonia | 37.20 | 11.48 | 32.25 |
99 | Greece | 36.73 | 26.01 | 30.81 |
100 | Bangladesh | 36.02 | 3.24 | 32.05 |
101 | Senegal | 35.32 | 5.93 |
This section needs to be updated.(May 2021) |
Country/Territory | Average connection speed (Mbit/s) Opensignal (May 2020) (data collected Q1 2020) [4] | Median connection speed (Mbit/s) Ookla (March 2022) [5] |
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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 | 100.0 | 760.52 |
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 | 13.67 |
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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