Have you ever thought about how the internet speed in your country ranks against the rest of the world? Bandwidth demands grow each year as population increases and developing countries expand the technological networks. Internet providers must keep up with these demands by increasing internet speeds and bandwidth. Some places around the world have done a better job of connecting their populations than others.
This guide from the team at hp.com shows the top 20 countries with the fastest internet and the top 20 countries with the slowest. You can see on this map that the global average of broadband is around 98.67 mbps. Singapore, which comes in on top of this list for fastest broadband, has an average internet speed of 238.59 mbps. The rest of the top twenty countries on this list are as follows:
1. Singapore Internet speed: 238.59 megabits per second
2. Hong Kong Internet speed: 231.70 megabits per second
3. Thailand Internet speed: 217.70 megabits per second
4. Romania Internet speed: 205.89 megabits per second
5. Denmark Internet speed: 197.27 megabits per second
6. Spain Internet speed: 189.50 megabits per second
7. Hungary Internet speed: 187.52 megabits per second
8. Liechtenstein Internet speed: 186.46 megabits per second
9. Monaco Internet speed: 185.48 megabits per second
10. France Internet speed: 184.77 megabits per second
11. Switzerland Internet speed: 183.88 megabits per second
12. United States Internet speed: 180.84 megabits per second
13. South Korea Internet speed: 176.95 megabits per second
14. Andorra Internet speed: 172.41 megabits per second
15. Chile Internet speed: 171.88 megabits per second
16. Macau Internet speed: 167.56 megabits per second
17. Sweden Internet speed: 165.52 megabits per second
18. China Internet speed: 163.83 megabits per second
19. Canada Internet speed: 158.69 megabits per second
20. Norway Internet speed: 153.36 megabits per second
Infographic by: hp