Did this page load fast for you? It depends on what device you’re using and where you live. There’s a huge difference in average internet speeds between countries.
What are the fastest internet countries? This map compares the fixed broadband speeds of over 200 countries using data from Cable.co.uk.
What Factors Affect Internet Speed?
The key factors that influence a country’s internet speed should be understood before diving in. In general, internet speed is determined by:
A country’s infrastructure (copper or fiber-optic cabling) that supports their internet service. The newer the infrastructure, the faster the connection.
Approximately 97% of the world’s communication data is transmitted through these massive undersea fiber-optic cables, so proximity to them is important.
Infrastructure upgrades are cost-related to landmass, since landmass affects infrastructure size. Cable upgrades are cheaper in smaller countries.
Investing in Internet accessibility makes a difference, as does a country’s government’s commitment to it.
Government regulations and intentional bandwidth throttling can also influence a country’s internet speed, as is the case in Turkmenistan.
Ranked: Fixed Broadband Speeds
With more than 1.1 billion speed tests from 200 countries, Cable.co.uk measured fixed broadband speeds around the world.
Jersey, one of the British Isles, has the fastest connection. With an average download speed of 274.27 mbps, it’s almost 9x faster than the average.
1 – Jersey (274.27 Mbps)
2 – Liechtenstein (211.26 Mbps)
3 – Iceland (191.83 Mbps)
4 – Andorra (164.66 Mbps)
5 – Gibraltar (151.34 Mbps)