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Global Internet Speed Overview

Metric	Mobile	Fixed Broadband
Download Speed	105.70 Mbps	118.59 Mbps
Upload Speed	14.78 Mbps	59.45 Mbps
Latency	24 ms	9 ms

Key Insight: Fixed broadband delivers 4x faster upload speeds and 62% lower latency than mobile networks globally.

Top 100 Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	United Arab Emirates	691.76
2	Qatar	573.57
3	Kuwait	415.67
4	Bahrain	303.21
5	Bulgaria	289.41
6	Brazil	260.23
7	South Korea	244.33
8	Brunei	234.96
9	Saudi Arabia	216.03
10	Singapore	199.70
11	United States	197.54
12	Denmark	182.32
13	Vietnam	179.24
14	Serbia	173.04
15	Georgia	170.80
16	Netherlands	170.62
17	North Macedonia	165.82
18	Oman	165.07
19	China	163.88
20	Norway	162.54
21	Luxembourg	158.33
22	Estonia	155.10
23	Portugal	150.61
24	Croatia	150.46
25	Sweden	149.83
26	France	149.72
27	Finland	147.00
28	Slovenia	144.65
29	Malaysia	143.70
30	Kosovo	140.17
31	Latvia	137.13
32	Greece	136.33
33	Thailand	136.23
34	India	132.00
35	Lithuania	128.75
36	New Zealand	127.45
37	Switzerland	126.61
38	Australia	124.45
39	Morocco	123.87
40	Belgium	123.38
41	Taiwan	122.79
42	Slovakia	114.23
43	Austria	113.02
44	Cyprus	108.54
45	Poland	105.32
46	Canada	104.14
47	Czechia	99.21
48	Kazakhstan	95.32
49	Spain	93.43
50	Italy	89.99
51	Chile	89.59
52	Hong Kong (SAR)	89.47
53	Azerbaijan	87.92
54	Hungary	86.66
55	Romania	78.54
56	Germany	76.87
57	Fiji	73.00
58	Armenia	72.40
59	United Kingdom	71.98
60	Costa Rica	70.87
61	Türkiye	66.91
62	Japan	66.77
63	Ireland	66.27
64	South Africa	65.70
65	Israel	64.68
66	Iraq	62.28
67	Cambodia	60.27
68	Argentina	59.87
69	Guatemala	59.14
70	Moldova	58.27
71	Iran	57.48
72	Tunisia	57.30
73	Philippines	54.13
74	Ecuador	52.81
75	Indonesia	52.73
76	Uzbekistan	51.47
77	Kyrgyzstan	51.13
78	Algeria	50.65
79	Ukraine	46.19
80	Kenya	45.37
81	Laos	45.24
82	Russia	44.92
83	Egypt	44.51
84	El Salvador	44.45
85	Nigeria	44.14
86	Lebanon	44.04
87	Colombia	43.23
88	Jordan	43.00
89	Honduras	42.51
90	Mexico	41.21
91	Bangladesh	40.50
92	Sri Lanka	38.56
93	Peru	35.89
94	Tanzania	34.19
95	Panama	32.51
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.23
97	Nicaragua	28.18
98	Venezuela	25.62
99	Syria	25.41
100	Paraguay	24.85

Key Insight: The UAE leads the world in mobile speed at 691.76 Mbps, that is nearly 3.5x the global average and over 27x faster than 100th-ranked Paraguay.

Top 100 Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Singapore	410.06
2	United Arab Emirates	382.35
3	France	349.25
4	Chile	348.41
5	Hong Kong (SAR)	345.25
6	Iceland	331.04
7	Macau (SAR)	310.76
8	United States	305.51
9	Vietnam	287.24
10	Switzerland	284.48
11	Israel	280.30
12	Thailand	276.03
13	Denmark	272.24
14	Spain	268.81
15	Romania	268.14
16	Canada	267.29
17	Taiwan	264.12
18	Peru	252.04
19	Andorra	244.22
20	Portugal	240.80
21	Hungary	240.29
22	South Korea	237.09
23	Japan	234.02
24	Netherlands	229.40
25	Kuwait	229.36
26	Brazil	222.06
27	China	221.37
28	Poland	214.02
29	New Zealand	210.58
30	Lithuania	207.70
31	Colombia	207.08
32	Luxembourg	204.62
33	Panama	203.44
34	Jordan	198.54
35	Sweden	197.64
36	Malta	196.90
37	Ireland	194.62
38	Qatar	194.59
39	Uruguay	189.67
40	Norway	170.42
41	Australia	164.98
42	Moldova	164.98
43	Finland	164.01
44	Malaysia	163.86
45	United Kingdom	161.84
46	Costa Rica	156.11
47	Saudi Arabia	151.02
48	Trinidad and Tobago	150.57
49	Ecuador	149.82
50	Cyprus	145.80
51	Belgium	139.38
52	Bahrain	138.43
53	Slovenia	134.70
54	Montenegro	132.95
55	Guyana	128.57
56	Latvia	127.01
57	Croatia	123.96
58	Austria	114.34
59	Argentina	112.18
60	Italy	111.49
61	Paraguay	109.16
62	El Salvador	104.26
63	Philippines	102.79
64	Serbia	102.78
65	San Marino	102.46
66	Germany	101.96
67	Slovakia	97.21
68	Venezuela	95.29
69	Estonia	93.99
70	Nicaragua	93.88
71	Oman	93.85
72	Dominica	93.33
73	Mexico	92.71
74	Albania	92.51
75	Jamaica	92.31
76	Grenada	92.30
77	Egypt	91.84
78	Greece	91.63
79	Russia	91.39
80	Guatemala	91.38
81	Belarus	91.22
82	Ukraine	91.03
83	Uzbekistan	90.94
84	Bulgaria	90.73
85	Czechia	88.93
86	Azerbaijan	88.83
87	Saint Kitts and Nevis	88.56
88	Kosovo	87.26
89	Brunei	86.55
90	Honduras	86.34
91	Kazakhstan	85.71
92	Kyrgyzstan	85.40
93	Nepal	81.72
94	The Bahamas	81.14
95	Mongolia	80.38
96	Armenia	80.27
97	Palestine	76.48
98	Dominican Republic	72.40
99	Türkiye	72.17
100	Bangladesh	63.90

Key Insight: Singapore dominates fixed broadband at 410.06 Mbps, while Bangladesh, at #100, gets just 63.90 Mbps, a 6.4x gap between the top and bottom of this list.

20 Countries with the Slowest Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Afghanistan	14.87
2	Bolivia	15.22
3	Libya	22.34
4	Belarus	22.49
5	Pakistan	24.40
6	Paraguay	24.85
7	Syria	25.41
8	Venezuela	25.62
9	Nicaragua	28.18
10	Bosnia and Herzegovina	28.23
11	Panama	32.51
12	Tanzania	34.19
13	Peru	35.89
14	Sri Lanka	38.56
15	Bangladesh	40.50
16	Mexico	41.21
17	Honduras	42.51
18	Jordan	43.00
19	Colombia	43.23
20	Lebanon	44.04

Key Insight: Afghanistan has the world’s slowest mobile internet at just 14.87 Mbps, over 46 times slower than the UAE’s top-ranked 691.76 Mbps.

20 Countries with the Slowest Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Cuba	3.82
2	Syria	3.89
3	Afghanistan	4.68
4	Libya	10.95
5	Ethiopia	12.81
6	Guinea	13.85
7	Cameroon	13.99
8	Kenya	15.70
9	Namibia	16.40
10	Pakistan	18.15
11	Somalia	18.62
12	Tunisia	18.88
13	Djibouti	19.16
14	Lebanon	19.56
15	Maldives	19.91
16	Suriname	20.31
17	Yemen	21.01
18	Senegal	21.02
19	Tanzania	21.27
20	Iran	21.33

Key Insight: Cuba’s fixed broadband speed of 3.82 Mbps is over 107x slower than Singapore’s 410.06 Mbps, highlighting the extreme global digital divide.

Top 50 Cities by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	City	Download (Mbps)
1	Abu Dhabi, UAE	835.57
2	Ar-Rayyan, Qatar	617.64
3	Dubai, UAE	585.39
4	Doha, Qatar	572.53
5	Sofia, Bulgaria	417.76
6	Zagreb, Croatia	400.15
7	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	379.52
8	Kuwait City, Kuwait	374.16
9	São Paulo, Brazil	352.77
10	Seoul, South Korea	350.85
11	Stockholm, Sweden	341.68
12	Skopje, North Macedonia	328.76
13	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	313.66
14	Porto, Portugal	312.92
15	Manama, Bahrain	292.78
16	Shanghai, China	291.50
17	Lisbon, Portugal	281.34
18	Belgrade, Serbia	278.25
19	Gothenburg, Sweden	272.67
20	Jeddah, Saudi Arabia	268.90
21	Copenhagen, Denmark	262.63
22	Oslo, Norway	257.81
23	Muscat, Oman	234.90
24	New York, United States	230.03
25	Rotterdam, Netherlands	227.84
26	Busan, South Korea	226.90
27	Antwerp, Belgium	224.29
28	Warsaw, Poland	221.61
29	Los Angeles, United States	219.93
30	Rabat, Morocco	219.19
31	Helsinki, Finland	210.36
32	Casablanca, Morocco	208.13
33	Riga, Latvia	207.66
34	Beijing, China	199.43
35	Tbilisi, Georgia	198.07
36	Paris, France	196.69
37	Amsterdam, Netherlands	196.31
38	Vilnius, Lithuania	195.39
39	Bangkok, Thailand	184.71
40	Hanoi, Vietnam	181.66
41	Lyon, France	178.30
42	Kraków, Poland	173.43
43	Zürich, Switzerland	169.35
44	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	169.17
45	Auckland, New Zealand	168.48
46	Chon Buri, Thailand	166.18
47	Barcelona, Spain	162.93
48	Delhi, India	162.63
49	Thessaloniki, Greece	156.79
50	Buenos Aires, Argentina	152.38

Key Insight: Abu Dhabi leads all cities at 835.57 Mbps mobile download, which is nearly 8x the global average and faster than most countries’ fixed broadband.

Top 50 Cities by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	City	Download (Mbps)
1	Abu Dhabi, UAE	420.37
2	Valparaíso, Chile	417.92
3	Lyon, France	384.29
4	Haifa, Israel	327.39
5	Dubai, UAE	323.88
6	Geneva, Switzerland	318.42
7	Shanghai, China	314.31
8	Zürich, Switzerland	310.73
9	Toronto, Canada	307.36
10	Bangkok, Thailand	307.14
11	Bucharest, Romania	302.72
12	New York, United States	299.36
13	New Taipei, Taiwan	296.00
14	Los Angeles, United States	294.57
15	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	292.70
16	Arequipa, Peru	283.77
17	Madrid, Spain	281.79
18	Barcelona, Spain	271.25
19	Paris, France	270.55
20	Warsaw, Poland	266.56
21	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	264.89
22	Copenhagen, Denmark	264.56
23	Chon Buri, Thailand	260.40
24	Ar-Rayyan, Qatar	256.60
25	Kraków, Poland	255.79
26	Budapest, Hungary	254.00
27	Taipei, Taiwan	249.89
28	Santiago, Chile	247.52
29	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	242.57
30	Bogotá, Colombia	234.62
31	Hanoi, Vietnam	233.41
32	Porto, Portugal	232.67
33	São Paulo, Brazil	229.97
34	Seoul, South Korea	224.61
35	Tokyo, Japan	222.33
36	Rotterdam, Netherlands	222.16
37	Montreal, Canada	221.53
38	Vilnius, Lithuania	220.92
39	Auckland, New Zealand	220.88
40	Beijing, China	219.95
41	Medellín, Colombia	214.06
42	Stockholm, Sweden	214.04
43	Dublin, Ireland	205.96
44	Gothenburg, Sweden	204.72
45	Amman, Jordan	204.40
46	Milan, Italy	203.10
47	Montevideo, Uruguay	200.09
48	Amsterdam, Netherlands	199.80
49	Kuwait City, Kuwait	198.03
50	Lisbon, Portugal	197.66

Key Insight: Abu Dhabi and Valparaíso (Chile) lead global cities in fixed broadband at 420+ and 417+ Mbps, respectively, both exceeding Singapore’s national average.

50 Cities with the Slowest Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	City	Download (Mbps)
1	La Paz, Bolivia	12.25
2	Herat, Afghanistan	13.83
3	Kabul, Afghanistan	16.61
4	Misrata, Libya	19.60
5	Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia	19.67
6	Karachi, Pakistan	24.04
7	Aleppo, Syria	24.87
8	Asunción, Paraguay	25.42
9	Lahore, Pakistan	26.21
10	Tripoli, Libya	30.88
11	Minsk, Belarus	30.97
12	Managua, Nicaragua	31.57
13	Panama City, Panama	31.64
14	Homieĺ, Belarus	32.36
15	Arequipa, Peru	34.26
16	Damascus, Syria	36.13
17	Tegucigalpa, Honduras	36.25
18	Lima, Peru	38.98
19	Maracaibo, Venezuela	39.67
20	Caracas, Venezuela	40.07
21	Kyiv, Ukraine	41.49
22	Kano, Nigeria	41.49
23	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	42.17
24	Mexico City, Mexico	43.61
25	San Salvador, El Salvador	44.23
26	Cairo, Egypt	45.97
27	Alexandria, Egypt	46.40
28	Mwanza, Tanzania	48.90
29	Mombasa, Kenya	49.95
30	Zarqa, Jordan	51.67
31	Vientiane, Laos	51.91
32	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	52.89
33	Dhaka, Bangladesh	53.40
34	Beirut, Lebanon	54.93
35	San Pedro Sula, Honduras	55.40
36	Amman, Jordan	55.65
37	Moscow, Russia	56.42
38	Chattogram, Bangladesh	57.00
39	South Jakarta, Indonesia	57.48
40	Davao City, Philippines	57.49
41	Guadalajara, Mexico	58.68
42	Tehran, Iran	59.42
43	Bogotá, Colombia	62.48
44	Bekasi, Indonesia	63.48
45	Mashhad, Iran	64.72
46	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	65.14
47	Ankara, Türkiye	66.94
48	Saint Petersburg, Russia	67.67
49	Nairobi, Kenya	68.16
50	Oran, Algeria	68.27

Key Insight: La Paz, Bolivia (12.25 Mbps) has the slowest mobile internet among tracked cities, 68x slower than Abu Dhabi’s 835.57 Mbps.

50 Cities with the Slowest Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	City	Download (Mbps)
1	Aleppo, Syria	2.94
2	Havana, Cuba	3.71
3	Herat, Afghanistan	3.92
4	Damascus, Syria	4.67
5	Kabul, Afghanistan	4.93
6	Sanaa, Yemen	5.38
7	Lubango, Angola	5.79
8	Douala, Cameroon	9.76
9	Misrata, Libya	10.31
10	Tripoli, Libya	10.58
11	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	12.89
12	Conakry, Guinea	13.32
13	Hargeisa, Somalia	13.27
14	Mombasa, Kenya	14.20
15	Mwanza, Tanzania	16.56
16	Nairobi, Kenya	17.69
17	Sfax, Tunisia	18.38
18	Djibouti, Djibouti	18.73
19	Lahore, Pakistan	18.75
20	Mogadishu, Somalia	19.07
21	Tehran, Iran	19.85
22	Karachi, Pakistan	21.20
23	Mashhad, Iran	22.37
24	Mandalay, Myanmar	22.83
25	Yaoundé, Cameroon	23.13
26	Bulawayo, Zimbabwe	23.33
27	Dar es Salaam, Tanzania	23.44
28	Mosul, Iraq	23.91
29	Aden, Yemen	24.61
30	Tunis, Tunisia	24.50
31	Beirut, Lebanon	24.69
32	Luanda, Angola	25.31
33	Colombo, Sri Lanka	25.38
34	Cotonou, Benin	27.65
35	Dakar, Senegal	28.53
36	Kampala, Uganda	29.08
37	Antananarivo, Madagascar	31.36
38	Harare, Zimbabwe	31.35
39	Yangon, Myanmar	33.25
40	Matola, Mozambique	33.66
41	Abomey Calavi, Benin	34.85
42	Lomé, Togo	35.61
43	Lagos, Nigeria	36.28
44	Libreville, Gabon	39.65
45	Kigali, Rwanda	43.21
46	Maputo, Mozambique	43.56
47	Tbilisi, Georgia	45.55
48	Baghdad, Iraq	45.93
49	Kinshasa, DR Congo	46.45
50	Mbuji-Mayi, DR Congo	47.43

Key Insight: Aleppo, Syria (2.94 Mbps) records the slowest fixed broadband among tracked cities, 143x slower than Abu Dhabi’s 420.37 Mbps.

Top 20 Asian Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	United Arab Emirates	691.76
2	Qatar	573.57
3	Kuwait	415.67
4	Bahrain	303.21
5	South Korea	244.33
6	Brunei	234.96
7	Saudi Arabia	216.03
8	Singapore	199.70
9	Vietnam	179.24
10	Georgia	170.80
11	Oman	165.07
12	China	163.88
13	Malaysia	143.70
14	Thailand	136.23
15	India	132.00
16	Taiwan	122.79
17	Cyprus	108.54
18	Kazakhstan	95.32
19	Hong Kong (SAR)	89.47
20	Azerbaijan	87.92

Key Insight: The UAE leads Asia in mobile speed at 691.76 Mbps, Gulf states dominate the top 4, powered by aggressive 5G investment.

Top 20 Asian Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Singapore	410.06
2	United Arab Emirates	382.35
3	Hong Kong (SAR)	345.25
4	Vietnam	287.24
5	Israel	280.30
6	Thailand	276.03
7	Taiwan	264.12
8	South Korea	237.09
9	Japan	234.02
10	Kuwait	229.36
11	China	221.37
12	Jordan	198.54
13	Qatar	194.59
14	Malaysia	163.86
15	Saudi Arabia	151.02
16	Cyprus	145.80
17	Bahrain	138.43
18	Philippines	102.79
19	Oman	93.85
20	Uzbekistan	90.94

Key Insight: Singapore leads Asia in fixed broadband at 410.06 Mbps, outperforming Uzbekistan (90.94 Mbps) by 4.5x.

Top 20 European Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Bulgaria	289.41
2	Serbia	173.04
3	North Macedonia	165.82
4	Netherlands	170.62
5	Norway	162.54
6	Denmark	182.32
7	Luxembourg	158.33
8	Estonia	155.10
9	Portugal	150.61
10	Croatia	150.46
11	Sweden	149.83
12	France	149.72
13	Finland	147.00
14	Slovenia	144.65
15	Kosovo	140.17
16	Latvia	137.13
17	Greece	136.33
18	Lithuania	128.75
19	Switzerland	126.61
20	Belgium	123.38

Key Insight: Bulgaria leads Europe in mobile speed at 289.41 Mbps, surprisingly outperforming wealthier Western European nations like France, Germany, and the UK.

Top 20 European Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	France	349.25
2	Iceland	331.04
3	Denmark	272.24
4	Spain	268.81
5	Romania	268.14
6	Switzerland	284.48
7	Portugal	240.80
8	Hungary	240.29
9	Netherlands	229.40
10	Poland	214.02
11	Lithuania	207.70
12	Luxembourg	204.62
13	Sweden	197.64
14	Malta	196.90
15	Ireland	194.62
16	Norway	170.42
17	Moldova	164.98
18	Finland	164.01
19	United Kingdom	161.84
20	Belgium	139.38

Key Insight: France leads Europe in fixed broadband at 349.25 Mbps, with Romania (#5 at 268.14 Mbps) proving that Eastern Europe’s fiber investment is paying off.

Top 9 African Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Morocco	123.87
2	South Africa	65.70
3	Tunisia	57.30
4	Algeria	50.65
5	Kenya	45.37
6	Egypt	44.51
7	Nigeria	44.14
8	Tanzania	34.19
9	Libya	22.34

Key Insight: Morocco leads Africa in mobile speed at 123.87 Mbps, nearly double second-place South Africa, yet still below the global average of 105.70 Mbps.

Top 20 African Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Côte d’Ivoire	58.17
2	Mauritius	57.64
3	Morocco	56.27
4	Mauritania	55.66
5	Ghana	54.31
6	Algeria	53.62
7	Burkina Faso	48.41
8	South Africa	48.34
9	DR Congo	45.82
10	Botswana	42.13
11	Rwanda	40.86
12	Cape Verde	39.06
13	Mozambique	38.59
14	Gabon	38.36
15	Togo	35.01
16	Nigeria	33.32
17	Zimbabwe	33.29
18	Madagascar	28.15
19	Uganda	28.09
20	Benin	26.56

Key Insight: Côte d’Ivoire leads Africa in fixed broadband at 58.17 Mbps — but even Africa’s fastest broadband is half the global average of 118.59 Mbps.

Top 9 North American Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	United States	197.54
2	Canada	104.14
3	Costa Rica	70.87
4	Guatemala	59.14
5	El Salvador	44.45
6	Honduras	42.51
7	Panama	32.51
8	Nicaragua	28.18
9	Mexico	41.21

Key Insight: The US leads North America in mobile speed at 197.54 Mbps, that is nearly double that of second-place Canada, while Central American nations lag significantly behind.

Top 18 North American Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	United States	305.51
2	Canada	267.29
3	Panama	203.44
4	Costa Rica	156.11
5	Trinidad and Tobago	150.57
6	El Salvador	104.26
7	Mexico	92.71
8	Jamaica	92.31
9	Nicaragua	93.88
10	Guatemala	91.38
11	Honduras	86.34
12	Saint Kitts and Nevis	88.56
13	The Bahamas	81.14
14	Dominican Republic	72.40
15	Belize	49.84
16	Haiti	51.59
17	Antigua and Barbuda	43.92
18	Cuba	3.82

Key Insight: The US leads at 305.51 Mbps, while Cuba trails the entire region at just 3.82 Mbps, an 80x gap within the same region.

Top 9 South American Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Brazil	260.23
2	Chile	89.59
3	Argentina	59.87
4	Ecuador	52.81
5	Colombia	43.23
6	Peru	35.89
7	Venezuela	25.62
8	Paraguay	24.85
9	Bolivia	15.22

Key Insight: Brazil dominates South America in mobile speed at 260.23 Mbps, nearly 3x faster than second-place Chile and 17x faster than last-place Bolivia.

Top 11 South American Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	Chile	348.41
2	Brazil	222.06
3	Colombia	207.08
4	Uruguay	189.67
5	Ecuador	149.82
6	Guyana	128.57
7	Argentina	112.18
8	Paraguay	109.16
9	Venezuela	95.29
10	Bolivia	62.80
11	Suriname	20.31

Key Insight: Chile leads South America in fixed broadband at 348.41 Mbps — ranking 4th globally and outpacing even the US, despite being a developing economy.

Oceania Countries by Mobile Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	New Zealand	127.45
2	Australia	124.45

Key Insight: New Zealand narrowly edges Australia by 3 Mbps in mobile speed, with both countries performing above the global average of 105.70 Mbps.

Oceania Countries by Fixed Broadband Internet Speed

Rank	Country	Download (Mbps)
1	New Zealand	210.58
2	Australia	164.98

Key Insight: New Zealand outpaces Australia by 28% in fixed broadband, benefiting from its nationwide fiber-to-the-home rollout versus Australia’s mixed-technology NBN approach.

Year-over-Year Global Internet Speed Trends (2024 vs 2025)

Metric	May 2024	May 2025	Change
Fixed Broadband Download	93.66 Mbps	102.48 Mbps	+9.4%
Mobile Download	55.06 Mbps	92.82 Mbps	+68.6%

Key Insight: Global mobile download speeds surged by 68.6% year-over-year — nearly 7x the growth rate of fixed broadband — driven largely by 5G expansion worldwide.

Statistics of People Using the Internet by Countries (% of Population)

Country	Most Recent Year	Internet Users (% of Population)
Afghanistan	2023	18%
Albania	2023	83%
Algeria	2023	77%
Andorra	2023	95%
Angola	2023	45%
Antigua and Barbuda	2023	78%
Argentina	2024	90%
Armenia	2023	80%
Aruba	2017	97%
Australia	2023	97%
Austria	2024	95%
Azerbaijan	2023	89%
Bahamas, The	2023	95%
Bahrain	2024	100%
Bangladesh	2023	45%
Barbados	2023	80%
Belarus	2024	94%
Belgium	2024	96%
Belize	2023	72%
Benin	2023	32%
Bermuda	2017	98%
Bhutan	2023	88%
Bolivia	2023	70%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2024	86%
Botswana	2023	81%
Brazil	2024	84%
Brunei Darussalam	2023	99%
Bulgaria	2024	82%
Burkina Faso	2023	17%
Burundi	2023	11%
Cabo Verde	2023	74%
Cambodia	2023	61%
Cameroon	2023	42%
Canada	2023	94%
Central African Republic	2019	8%
Chad	2023	13%
Chile	2023	94%
China	2024	92%
Colombia	2023	77%
Comoros	2023	36%
Congo, Dem. Rep.	2023	31%
Congo, Rep.	2023	38%
Costa Rica	2023	85%
Cote d’Ivoire	2023	41%
Croatia	2024	84%
Cuba	2023	71%
Curacao	2017	68%
Cyprus	2023	91%
Czechia	2024	88%
Denmark	2024	100%
Djibouti	2023	65%
Dominica	2023	84%
Dominican Republic	2024	91%
Ecuador	2024	77%
Egypt	2023	73%
El Salvador	2023	68%
Equatorial Guinea	2023	60%
Eritrea	2023	20%
Estonia	2024	92%
Eswatini	2023	58%
Ethiopia	2021	17%
Faroe Islands	2017	98%
Fiji	2023	79%
Finland	2023	94%
France	2024	89%
French Polynesia	2017	73%
Gabon	2023	72%
Gambia, The	2023	46%
Georgia	2023	82%
Germany	2024	94%
Ghana	2023	70%
Gibraltar	2016	94%
Greece	2024	86%
Greenland	2017	69%
Grenada	2023	74%
Guatemala	2023	56%
Guinea	2023	27%
Guinea-Bissau	2023	32%
Guyana	2023	82%
Haiti	2019	39%
Honduras	2023	58%
Hong Kong SAR, China	2023	96%
Hungary	2024	94%
Iceland	2023	100%
India	2022	56%
Indonesia	2024	73%
Iran	2023	80%
Iraq	2023	82%
Ireland	2023	96%
Israel	2024	88%
Italy	2024	89%
Jamaica	2023	89%
Japan	2023	87%
Jordan	2023	93%
Kazakhstan	2024	93%
Kenya	2024	35%
Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.	2012	0%
Korea, Rep.	2024	98%
Kosovo	2018	89%
Kuwait	2023	100%
Kyrgyz Republic	2023	88%
Lao PDR	2023	64%
Latvia	2024	93%
Lebanon	2023	83%
Lesotho	2023	48%
Liberia	2023	23%
Libya	2023	88%
Liechtenstein	2023	97%
Lithuania	2023	89%
Luxembourg	2024	99%
Macao SAR, China	2023	89%
Madagascar	2023	20%
Malawi	2023	18%
Malaysia	2024	98%
Maldives	2023	85%
Mali	2023	35%
Malta	2023	92%
Marshall Islands	2023	66%
Mauritania	2023	37%
Mauritius	2023	80%
Mexico	2023	81%
Moldova	2023	80%
Monaco	2023	99%
Mongolia	2023	83%
Montenegro	2024	89%
Morocco	2023	91%
Mozambique	2023	20%
Myanmar	2023	59%
Namibia	2023	64%
Nepal	2023	56%
Netherlands	2023	97%
New Zealand	2023	96%
Nicaragua	2023	58%
Niger	2023	23%
Nigeria	2023	39%
North Macedonia	2023	87%
Norway	2023	99%
Oman	2024	95%
Pakistan	2023	27%
Panama	2023	69%
Papua New Guinea	2023	24%
Paraguay	2024	82%
Peru	2024	82%
Philippines	2023	84%
Poland	2024	89%
Portugal	2024	88%
Qatar	2023	100%
Romania	2024	91%
Russian Federation	2024	94%
Rwanda	2023	34%
Samoa	2023	58%
San Marino	2023	87%
Sao Tome and Principe	2023	61%
Saudi Arabia	2024	100%
Senegal	2023	61%
Serbia	2024	88%
Seychelles	2023	87%
Sierra Leone	2023	21%
Singapore	2024	94%
Slovak Republic	2024	90%
Slovenia	2024	91%
Solomon Islands	2023	42%
Somalia	2022	28%
South Africa	2023	76%
South Sudan	2020	9%
Spain	2024	96%
Sri Lanka	2023	51%
St. Kitts and Nevis	2023	76%
St. Lucia	2023	70%
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	2023	76%
Sudan	2020	26%
Suriname	2023	78%
Sweden	2024	96%
Switzerland	2023	97%
Syria	2019	35%
Tajikistan	2023	57%
Tanzania	2023	29%
Thailand	2024	91%
Timor-Leste	2023	34%
Togo	2023	37%
Tonga	2023	59%
Trinidad and Tobago	2023	85%
Tunisia	2023	72%
Turkiye	2024	87%
Turkmenistan	2017	21%
Tuvalu	2023	74%
Uganda	2024	9%
Ukraine	2023	82%
United Arab Emirates	2024	100%
United Kingdom	2023	96%
United States	2023	93%
Uruguay	2024	92%
Uzbekistan	2023	89%
Vanuatu	2023	46%
Venezuela	2017	62%
Viet Nam	2024	84%
Yemen	2020	14%
Zambia	2023	33%
Zimbabwe	2023	38%

Key Insight: Seven countries have achieved 100% internet penetration (Bahrain, Denmark, Iceland, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE), while North Korea remains at 0%, and countries like Burundi (11%), the Central African Republic (8%), and South Sudan (9%) remain largely disconnected.

Internet Usage by Region (% of Population)

Region	Year	Internet Users (%)
World	2024	71%
East Asia & Pacific	2024	87%
Europe & Central Asia	2024	91%
Latin America & Caribbean	2024	82%
North America	2024	94%
South Asia	2024	63%
Sub-Saharan Africa	2024	34%
High Income	2024	93%
Upper Middle Income	2024	87%
Lower Middle Income	2024	59%
Low Income	2024	23%
Least Developed Countries	2024	31%
Fragile & Conflict Affected	2024	37%
Small States	2024	73%

Key Insight: North America (94%) and Europe & Central Asia (91%) lead global internet adoption, while Sub-Saharan Africa (34%) and low-income countries (23%) face a massive connectivity gap, with nearly 4x fewer users than high-income nations (93%).

References

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Speedtest Global Index – Speedtest
Individuals using the Internet (% of population) – World Bank