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Connected Countries

Which nations have the fastest and most reliable internet connections? To find out, we’ve analysed the connection speeds, as well as the availability of mobile internet services such as 4G and 5G in different countries around the world.

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A Look at Internet Speeds Around the World

A reliable and fast internet connection is vital these days, especially in a world where more of us are working from home than ever, with some choosing to abandon the office altogether and work while travelling the world as ‘digital nomads’.

A good connection enables you to work effectively whether you’re working remotely or from the office, and stay with colleagues right around the world via video or conference calling. But which countries can claim to be the most ‘connected’?

Top Ranked

The Top 3 most Connected Countries

01 South Korea

The clear winner was South Korea, with an incredible score of 9.55 out of 10 across the six factors that we looked at. South Korea scored highly across the board, being the top-ranking nation when it came to average fixed broadband upload speed (227.26 Mbps) and narrowly missing out on top spot when it comes to the availability of 4G, with 98.3%.

02 Singapore

Another Asian country with a highly developed economy comes in second, Singapore. Singapore had the fastest download speeds when it comes to fixed broadband (245.5 Mbps) and also boasted the second-highest fixed download speeds (225.13 Mbps) and good 4G coverage too (94.2%)

03 United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is the third Asian country to make our top three, with an overall score of 8.19 out of 10. The UAE actually came top of two of the factors that we looked at, the average mobile download speed (190.87 Mbps) and upload speed (30.13 Mbps), but slightly lower speeds when it comes to fixed broadband meant that it just lagged behind South Korea and Singapore.

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The nations with the fastest and more reliable internet connections

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KEY - Overall connected score /10 - (higher score = better)


1	South Korea	186.06	241.58	22.45	227.26	98.3 %	9.55
2	Singapore	79.25	245.5	18.23	225.13	94.2 %	8.35
3	United Arab Emirates	190.87	151.09	30.13	73.32	91.7 %	8.19
4	Switzerland	104.38	188.69	24.55	123	93.1 %	7.81
5	Denmark	89.5	210.71	21.69	143.42	90.5 %	7.74
6	Norway	128.04	159.99	20.28	130.09	95.7 %	7.73
7	Qatar	181.43	105.2	25.69	52.79	89.4 %	7.4
8	Sweden	90.62	169	17.55	136.98	93.5 %	7.33
9	Thailand	50.04	206.81	15.65	160.77	93.1 %	7.28
10	Netherlands	107.3	152.94	22.42	71.66	95.9 %	7.25
11	Romania	57.83	214.33	14.73	170.14	85.3 %	7.19
12	Taiwan	81.84	163.85	17.13	120.09	95.3 %	7.14
13	Spain	54.5	186.4	13.63	156.58	90.7 %	6.99
14	Japan	57.77	167.18	11.7	141.4	98.5 %	6.93
15	USA	82.04	191.97	13.43	67.8	96.1 %	6.82
16	Kuwait	116.95	130.66	22.44	29.81	92.1 %	6.8
17	France	70.24	192.25	11.33	137.82	86 %	6.79
18	Hungary	52.62	193.8	15.48	90.86	92.8	6.75
19	Canada	93.53	167.61	13.89	70.25	93.5 %	6.72
20	Saudi Arabia	148.29	90.24	23.08	35.63	85.8 %	6.69
21	New Zealand	76.47	153.88	15.65	93.81	81.7	6.4
22	Finland	73.71	119.32	16.1	51.06	93 %	6.22
23	Australia	118.24	77.88	16.68	23.79	94 %	6.21
24	Hong Kong	76.98	240.83	0	0	94.9 %	5.93
25	Belgium	68.52	107.12	15.43	22.43	92.6 %	5.87
26	Austria	62.31	117.31	15.33	24.08	91.4 %	5.86
27	Germany	67.74	120.93	14.93	29.29	85.8 %	5.77
28	UK	78.12	92.63	12.56	26.55	89.2 %	5.64
29	Poland	48.56	130.98	10.57	44.81	87.7 %	5.62
30	Slovenia	49.55	108.47	12.84	39.39	89.4 %	5.61
30	Croatia	75.36	57.3	17.3	26.7	88.3 %	5.61
32	Italy	47.61	90.93	12.6	35.53	89.6 %	5.46
32	Slovakia	50.92	101.28	12.32	37.14	86.6 %	5.46
34	Greece	82.49	36.73	16.77	7.69	86.5 %	5.34
35	Israel	40.59	147.36	13.45	30.78	74.8 %	5.33
36	Oman	55.05	57.53	15.97	19.93	87.6 %	5.31
37	Bahrain	72.53	58.53	13.98	14.44	85.8 %	5.28
38	Lithuania	61	132.67	13.75	120.64	93.3 %	5.05
39	Brazil	32.41	90.3	10.6	51.74	79.3 %	5.04
40	Ireland	47.62	112.81	11.82	30.42	70.1 %	4.96
41	Uruguay	31.84	53.88	12.33	11.37	88.9 %	4.9
42	South Africa	44.8	43.91	11.44	30.62	83.8 %	4.88
43	India	12.81	55.76	4.79	52.54	94.5 %	4.81
44	Czech Republic	58.28	85.89	0	0	91.7	4.71
45	Philippines	29.12	49.31	7.65	47.83	81.5	4.64
46	Portugal	51.93	150.39	13.46	67.56	87.6 %	4.56
47	Chile	18.55	176.48	11.41	102.09	81.9 %	4.41
48	Vietnam	38.25	66.38	19.38	62.68	87.9 %	4.19
49	North Macedonia	56.48	37.2	20.46	24.86	88.7 %	3.99
50	Serbia	48.77	77.88	16.85	21.32	86.6 %	3.91
51	Malaysia	29.57	103.34	11.38	56.17	84.4 %	3.81
52	Russia	26.86	87.01	10.4	89.86	82 %	3.79
53	Panama	19.17	125.25	12.48	18.04	83.2 %	3.63
53	Jordan	23.96	67.35	16.64	59.04	78 %	3.63
55	Laos	28.64	43.98	14.8	40.83	86.2 %	3.55
56	Maldives	55.41	26.66	15.48	16.73	86.3 %	3.54
57	Kyrgyzstan	24.51	48.12	11.8	45.29	89.2 %	3.51
58	Kazakhstan	27.01	56.12	11.68	53.18	84.8 %	3.5
58	Albania	55.04	45.25	15.43	22.16	79.7 %	3.5
60	Mexico	35.44	48.35	13.89	19.52	86.4 %	3.45
60	Ukraine	30.47	67.52	13.89	69.22	72.2 %	3.45
62	Turkey	41.52	34.95	15.27	9.93	86.9 %	3.44
63	Azerbaijan	38.05	24.17	15.75	25.54	83.2 %	3.36
64	Peru	24.46	51.81	12.67	22.15	84.9 %	3.3
65	Indonesia	19.61	26.31	12.11	14.76	90.5 %	3.18
65	Argentina	29.65	51.51	9.59	15.75	86 %	3.18
65	Iraq	35.47	29.88	16.44	27.45	74.9 %	3.18
68	Morocco	38.93	25.37	13.08	13.43	83 %	3.16
69	Guatemala	29.24	22.21	16.11	6.31	77.2 %	3
70	Paraguay	19.12	56.89	9.28	16.79	81.3 %	2.98
70	Colombia	17.76	53.73	9.45	24.26	80.4 %	2.98
72	Cambodia	20.83	21.43	10.07	22.85	85 %	2.96
73	Kenya	20.98	17.86	12.64	16.86	82.3 %	2.95
74	Tunisia	32.3	10.14	14.06	4.06	80.3 %	2.92
75	Bolivia	20.61	25.88	11.26	11.22	81.5 %	2.86
75	Nepal	21.08	27.95	13.26	25.06	74.1 %	2.86
77	Costa Rica	31.42	47.93	9.73	12.23	75.5 %	2.85
78	Cameroon	35.78	12.37	12.59	8.64	77.4 %	2.83
79	Belarus	17.84	68.73	9.02	53.04	66 %	2.82
80	Côte d'Ivoire	17.99	49.33	8.55	11.1	79.2 %	2.79
81	Senegal	22.1	35.32	7.79	11.13	82.3 %	2.78
81	Bangladesh	11.32	36.02	7.53	34.35	80.2 %	2.78
83	Pakistan	21.52	11.74	11.8	10.22	80.5 %	2.77
84	Dominican Republic	33.96	29.77	9.3	9.37	76.9 %	2.75
85	Ecuador	26.47	31	11.01	26.85	71.3 %	2.74
86	Honduras	25.05	23.36	10.98	9.88	76.5 %	2.72
87	Egypt	23.03	39.66	9.65	7.55	76.1 %	2.71
88	Sri Lanka	17.75	30.44	8.63	14.13	79.5 %	2.7
89	Nigeria	22.72	16.33	9.33	15.44	75.1 %	2.57
90	Somalia	13.71	18.77	11.8	23.04	70.1 %	2.54
91	Ghana	13.26	51.93	8.22	33.53	65.2 %	2.49
92	Lebanon	47.01	15.21	0	0	81.2 %	2.37
93	Uzbekistan	17.28	39.2	8.68	37.58	57.1 %	2.26
94	Tanzania	15.1	18.01	8	15.76	68 %	2.24
95	El Salvador	21.07	23.31	9.57	7.03	64.1 %	2.23
96	Algeria	17.53	6.78	10.08	1.55	64.9 %	2.11
97	Afghanistan	8.18	11.04	3.14	13.35	46.8 %	1.27

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Research approach

Methodology

Data for the average download and upload speeds of both mobile and fixed broadband internet were sourced from the Speedtest Global Index (using April 2021 data). 4G availability was sourced from Opensignal’s State of Mobile Network Experience 2020 report and refers to the average proportion of time Opensignal users spend with a 4G connection on their operator’s network.

Whether 5G had been launched or not was sourced from the European 5G Observatory. For each of the six factors, we gave each country a normalised score out of ten, before taking an average of these six scores to determine our overall score out of 10.

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A Look at Internet Speeds Around the World

Top Ranked

The Top 3 most Connected Countries

01 South Korea

02 Singapore

03 United Arab Emirates

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World View of Connected Countries

Research approach

Methodology

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