List of countries by Internet connection speeds 2013/2014

Rankings

As published in the report State of the Internet by Akamai Technologies in 2013,[1] the fastest average download data rate was measured at 23 Mbit/s in South Korea, which is over 40% faster than the next ranked country, Japan, with 12.9 Mbit/s. South Korea's speed is almost six times faster than the world average of 3.8 Mbit/s, and more than twice as fast as the United States at 10 Mbit/s. 100 Mbit/s service is the average standard in urban South Korean homes and the country has rolled out 1 Gbit/s (1,000 Mbit/s) connections nationwide, which cost $20 per month,[2][3] approximately 263 times faster than the world average and 100 times faster than the average speed in the United States.[4]
Akamai 2014 rankings

Rank Country/Territory Avg. connection speed (Mbit/s)[5]

World average 3.9

1 South Korea 25.3
2 Hong Kong 16.3
3 Japan 15.0
4 Switzerland 14.5
5 Sweden 14.1
6 Netherlands 14.0
7 Ireland 13.9
8 Czech Republic 12.3
9 Singapore 12.2
10 Finland 11.7
11 United States 11.5
12 Belgium 11.4
13 Israel 11.4
14 Norway 11.4
15 Romania 11.3
16 Denmark 11.2
17 United Kingdom 10.7
18 Austria 10.4
19 Canada 10.3
20 Taiwan 9.5
21 Russia 9.1
22 Hungary 8.8
23 Germany 8.7
24 Poland 8.6
25 Slovakia 8.6
26 Portugal 8.0
27 Spain 7.8
28 New Zealand 7.0
29 Australia 6.9
30 France 6.9
31 Thailand 6.6
32 Italy 5.5
33 Turkey 5.5
34 Uruguay 5.5
35 United Arab Emirates 4.7
36 Argentina 4.2
37 Mexico 4.1
38 Malaysia 4.1
39 Chile 4.1
40 China 3.8
41 Indonesia 3.7
42 Ecuador 3.6
43 Peru 3.6
44 South Africa 3.6
45 Colombia 3.4
46 Brazil 2.9
47 Panama 2.9
48 Costa Rica 2.7
49 Philippines 2.5
50 Vietnam 2.5
51 India 2.0
52 Venezuela 1.3
53 Paraguay 1.3
54 Bolivia 1.1
Akamai 2013 rankings

Akamai does not publish results for all countries. Therefore, the rankings displayed here are only valid for the top 21 countries. The rest have been ranked in the order of their connection speeds as published in the report, with ties sorted alphabetically.
Rank Country/Territory Avg. connection speed (Mbit/s)[5]
- World average 3.8
1 South Korea 21.9
2 Japan 12.8
3 Netherlands 12.4
4 Hong Kong 12.2
5 Switzerland 12.0
6 Czech Republic 11.4
7 Sweden 10.5
8 Ireland 10.4
9 Switzerland 10.4
10 Belgium 9.8
11 Denmark 9.5
12 United Kingdom 9.4
13 Finland 9.1
14 Austria 9.0
14 Canada 9.0
16 Norway 8.7
17 Taiwan 8.3
18 Israel 8.2
19 Singapore 7.9
20 Germany 7.7
21 Poland 7.5
22 Iceland 7.4
22 Russia 7.4
24 Romania 7.2
25 Hungary 6.9
26 France 6.6
26 Slovakia 6.6
26 Spain 6.6
29 Luxembourg 6.5
30 Portugal 6.4
31 United States 6.0
32 Australia 5.8
33 New Zealand 5.3
34 Italy 5.2
35 Greece 4.9
36 Thailand 4.8
37 Turkey 4.3
38 United Arab Emirates 4.2
39 Mexico 4.0
40 Chile 3.4
40 China 3.4
40 Ecuador 3.4
43 Argentina 3.1
43 Uruguay 3.1
45 Kuwait 3.0
45 Malaysia 3.0
47 Colombia 2.9
48 Brazil 2.7
48 Peru 2.7
48 Saudi Arabia 2.7

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