Global average broadband speed continues to rise sharply
It is much easier to roll out FTTP full fibre broadband and 5G mobile internet to a smaller population and/or across a smaller area. All five are within Western Europe and all are either very small or they are island nations. It will be immediately striking to most that all of these countries share similarities. The five countries with the fastest internet in the world are Jersey (274.27Mbps), Liechtenstein (211.26Mbps), Iceland (191.83Mbps), Andorra (164.66Mbps) and Gibraltar (151.34Mbps). All of these countries suffer from underdeveloped network infrastructure and low uptake of digital services among their populations. Three of the bottom five are located in Sub-Saharan Africa, one in Near East and one in CIS (Former USSR). The five countries in the world with the slowest network speeds are Turkmenistan (0.50Mbps), Yemen (0.68Mbps), Ethiopia (1.20), Guinea-Bissau (1.24Mbps), and Equatorial Guinea (1.30Mbps). In August of 2020, we also released an in-depth report on how COVID-19 lockdown periods have affected global network speeds.Ĭountries in the world with the slowest internet Minor Outlying Islands, Niue, Heard Island and McDonald Islands, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, North Korea, Cocos Islands, French Southern Territories, Montserrat, Falkland Islands, Tuvalu, Bouvet Island, Tonga, Nauru, Christmas Island, Tokelau, Western Sahara, Cook Islands, British Indian Ocean Territory, Central African Republic, Wallis and Futuna, and Kiribati.Ĭ.uk also undertakes annual tracking studies covering the cost of 1GB of mobile data in over 200 countries, and the cost of broadband packages in over 200 countries. This year's excluded countries are: Norfolk Island, Antarctica, U.S. However, due to the small sample size the numbers are deemed unreliable. You can still see the data for these countries if you wish – they are included in the 'Excluded countries' tab of the downloadable data.
This includes country name, its ranking out of the 224 countries measured, its mean download speed, the number of unique IP addresses tested, the total number of tests and how long it takes to download an HD movie of 5GB in size.Ĭountries where fewer than 100 measurements could be taken during the sample period were excluded from the study and therefore from the map.
Hovering over an individual country will bring up its associated data. Meanwhile, the African continent, South America, the Near East and Asia make up the lion's share of landmass where network speeds are slowest.
You can see at a glance that Western Europe and North America dominate the upper speed bands. Countries are colour-coded by the average broadband network speed measured there.