Top 100 Countries by Median Fixed Broadband Download Speed, 2025
Beyond “advertised speeds”: what the median fixed broadband download speed really captures
This page ranks the Top 100 countries by median fixed broadband download speed for 2025, expressed in megabits per second (Mbps). “Fixed broadband” refers to wired connections used mainly at homes and workplaces (fiber, cable, DSL, and related last-mile technologies). The key advantage of this metric is that it reflects what people measure on their connections, rather than what providers advertise in plans.
The word median matters. The median is the 50th percentile: half of observed tests are faster and half are slower. That makes it harder for a ranking to be “pulled” by a small number of exceptionally fast connections, and it reduces the influence of extreme slow outliers. In other words, the median is often closer to a “typical user experience” than a simple mean.
Fixed broadband speed is also different from mobile speed. Mobile networks are powerful and improving quickly, but they are more exposed to signal conditions, spectrum constraints, and cell congestion patterns. Fixed networks—especially fiber-deep ones—tend to offer more consistent throughput and higher capacity for multi-device households, cloud work, and bandwidth-intensive applications.
At the same time, download throughput is not the whole story. User experience also depends on latency, stability (jitter), and packet loss. A country can rank high in throughput and still have frustration caused by unstable connections or peak-time congestion. In Part 2, a scatter chart pairs speed with internet penetration to show why speed ≠ access.
Related reading on StatRanker: Top 10 Countries by Median Fixed Broadband Download Speed (2025) .
How to read the ranking: A high median usually signals modern last-mile infrastructure (often fiber), sufficient backhaul, and strong upgrade incentives. But national medians can still hide large regional gaps, so the best interpretation is “typical measured performance,” not “universal performance.”
Table 1 — Top 100 countries by median fixed broadband download speed (Mbps), 2025
| Rank | Country | Median fixed download (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 406.14 |
| 2 | Chile | 360.89 |
| 3 | Hong Kong (SAR) | 343.36 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 343.28 |
| 5 | France | 332.74 |
| 6 | Macao (SAR) | 314.32 |
| 7 | United States | 298.38 |
| 8 | Iceland | 289.98 |
| 9 | Thailand | 272.65 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 271.95 |
| 11 | Israel | 270.69 |
| 12 | Switzerland | 266.34 |
| 13 | Romania | 261.35 |
| 14 | Taiwan | 258.86 |
| 15 | Denmark | 256.74 |
| 16 | Spain | 255.02 |
| 17 | Canada | 245.77 |
| 18 | Peru | 235.09 |
| 19 | South Korea | 234.07 |
| 20 | Hungary | 230.29 |
| 21 | Portugal | 227.53 |
| 22 | Kuwait | 224.13 |
| 23 | China | 222.29 |
| 24 | Japan | 219.78 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 218.31 |
| 26 | New Zealand | 217.32 |
| 27 | Brazil | 215.58 |
| 28 | Poland | 207.54 |
| 29 | Qatar | 203.49 |
| 30 | Luxembourg | 201.60 |
| 31 | Lithuania | 200.23 |
| 32 | Colombia | 199.70 |
| 33 | Jordan | 192.49 |
| 34 | Panama | 192.18 |
| 35 | Malta | 187.47 |
| 36 | Uruguay | 187.28 |
| 37 | Sweden | 181.27 |
| 38 | Ireland | 180.01 |
| 39 | Moldova | 164.43 |
| 40 | Norway | 161.47 |
| 41 | Malaysia | 161.18 |
| 42 | Finland | 157.81 |
| 43 | United Kingdom | 154.10 |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 153.94 |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 148.99 |
| 46 | Bahrain | 144.64 |
| 47 | Ecuador | 139.77 |
| 48 | Australia | 135.31 |
| 49 | Belgium | 134.83 |
| 50 | Saudi Arabia | 132.66 |
| 51 | Cyprus | 130.59 |
| 52 | Slovenia | 122.90 |
| 53 | Latvia | 120.41 |
| 54 | Austria | 108.88 |
| 55 | Philippines | 106.71 |
| 56 | Argentina | 105.42 |
| 57 | Italy | 103.96 |
| 58 | Paraguay | 103.51 |
| 59 | Germany | 101.08 |
| 60 | San Marino | 99.32 |
| 61 | Serbia | 99.12 |
| 62 | Croatia | 97.87 |
| 63 | Slovakia | 97.07 |
| 64 | Montenegro | 96.28 |
| 65 | Jamaica | 95.58 |
| 66 | Venezuela | 95.02 |
| 67 | Estonia | 93.69 |
| 68 | Oman | 92.69 |
| 69 | Mexico | 91.99 |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 91.94 |
| 71 | El Salvador | 91.46 |
| 72 | Grenada | 91.30 |
| 73 | Egypt | 91.25 |
| 74 | Russia | 89.20 |
| 75 | Ukraine | 88.92 |
| 76 | Uzbekistan | 88.82 |
| 77 | Czech Republic | 87.22 |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 87.04 |
| 79 | Albania | 86.90 |
| 80 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 86.47 |
| 81 | Belarus | 86.12 |
| 82 | Brunei | 85.60 |
| 83 | Guatemala | 85.29 |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 84.82 |
| 85 | Bahamas | 84.08 |
| 86 | Honduras | 83.93 |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 83.87 |
| 88 | Kosovo | 83.61 |
| 89 | Kazakhstan | 82.47 |
| 90 | Greece | 80.14 |
| 91 | Mongolia | 79.62 |
| 92 | Nepal | 77.33 |
| 93 | Palestine | 74.54 |
| 94 | Armenia | 73.95 |
| 95 | Turkey | 64.22 |
| 96 | Bangladesh | 62.73 |
| 97 | Bolivia | 61.89 |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 60.98 |
| 99 | India | 60.34 |
| 100 | Mauritius | 59.56 |
Bar chart — Top 15 by median fixed broadband speed (Mbps)
What the 2025 distribution suggests about infrastructure quality
The speed leaders in 2025 are not random. Countries at the top typically combine: (1) a large footprint of fiber-to-the-home/building (or similarly high-capacity last mile), (2) strong national and metro backhaul, and (3) an upgrade environment where operators have incentives to keep capacity ahead of demand. When those conditions hold, median performance rises across large portions of the user base rather than only in small premium pockets.
The ranking also illustrates why a throughput metric should be read as a distribution outcome, not a single “technology badge.” A country can have fiber in dense cities but still face a lower median if a large share of households remain on older access types, if upgrades stall in peripheral areas, or if congestion keeps peak-time performance below the advertised tier. This is one reason medians are often more stable for cross-country comparison than the fastest observed values.
Finally, fixed broadband speed is not the same as “internet capability” for the entire population. Many people access the internet primarily through mobile networks; others may be offline due to affordability barriers or lack of coverage. That is why Part 2 explicitly contrasts fixed speed with internet penetration: the two move together in many cases, but they can diverge.
Median vs mean: The median is less influenced by extremes (very fast lines and very slow tests). As a result, medians often align better with the “typical” household experience in a country—especially where performance dispersion is wide.
Table 2 — Top 10 and Bottom 10 countries (Median fixed download speed, Mbps)
Table 2 isolates the extremes. The difference between the leading and trailing medians is large enough to affect what is practical online. At the top end, multi-device households can sustain high-resolution video and fast cloud sync with fewer compromises. At the bottom end, even basic video quality and stable remote work can be constrained, especially during peak hours or when several users share the connection.
| Rank | Country | Median fixed download (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 406.14 |
| 2 | Chile | 360.89 |
| 3 | Hong Kong (SAR) | 343.36 |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 343.28 |
| 5 | France | 332.74 |
| 6 | Macao (SAR) | 314.32 |
| 7 | United States | 298.38 |
| 8 | Iceland | 289.98 |
| 9 | Thailand | 272.65 |
| 10 | Vietnam | 271.95 |
| 147 | Pakistan | 17.77 |
| 148 | Lebanon | 17.47 |
| 149 | Namibia | 16.40 |
| 150 | Kenya | 15.75 |
| 151 | Cameroon | 12.82 |
| 152 | Libya | 10.63 |
| 153 | Ethiopia | 10.12 |
| 154 | Afghanistan | 4.54 |
| 155 | Cuba | 3.67 |
| 156 | Syria | 3.51 |
Scatter — Median fixed speed vs Internet penetration (speed ≠ access)
The chart below pairs fixed broadband performance (y-axis) with internet penetration (x-axis), defined as the share of the population using the internet. Penetration is shaped by affordability, coverage, and adoption, while fixed-speed medians reflect infrastructure and performance among those who run fixed broadband speed tests. A country can therefore have widespread internet use but only moderate fixed performance, or have strong fixed performance while still facing adoption gaps.
Interpreting the ranking: what high fixed speeds enable (and what they don’t)
In 2025, median fixed broadband download speed remains a high-signal indicator of a country’s ability to support modern digital activity. Faster typical fixed speeds tend to coincide with more capable home networks and business connectivity, which affects productivity and the viability of bandwidth-intensive services: remote work with large files, cloud-based collaboration, streaming and media production, telemedicine, and multi-device households. When fixed networks are consistently strong, everyday digital tasks become less constrained by connection limits.
Yet the ranking should not be read as a one-dimensional “best internet” list. Download throughput does not fully capture real-time experience, where latency and stability matter more than peak speed. It also does not guarantee uniformity inside a country. National medians can conceal differences across regions, and strong performance in dense urban areas can coexist with weaker service in rural or remote communities.
The scatter relationship with internet penetration highlights a second constraint: infrastructure performance and population access are related, but they are not the same outcome. Penetration depends on affordability, device availability, education, and coverage, while fixed-broadband medians depend on the quality and competitiveness of wired networks where people actually test fixed service. Interpreting both together provides a more realistic view of digital readiness.
Policy takeaway
Countries that improve fixed broadband medians sustainably tend to combine fiber and backhaul investment, competition-friendly market rules, and targeted inclusion mechanisms for underserved areas. The practical objective is not headline speeds, but a reliable typical experience: stable throughput, low latency, and consistent peak-hour performance for a large share of households.
As an analytical snapshot, this ranking is most useful for cross-country comparison and for tracking the direction of change over time. It helps quantify the scale of global differences and sets a benchmark for what “typical fixed broadband performance” looks like at the frontier versus the trailing end. For detailed national planning, it should be complemented with coverage maps, price and affordability metrics, and regional network quality indicators.
Primary data sources and technical notes
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Speedtest Global Index (Ookla) — Fixed broadband country rankings.
Aggregated speed-test results presented as country medians for fixed broadband and mobile broadband.
https://www.speedtest.net/global-index -
Speedtest Global Index — About / methodological notes.
Background on how the index is compiled and how rankings are presented.
https://www.speedtest.net/global-index/about -
Ookla Speedtest Methodology Guide.
Technical description of measurement concepts and interpretation considerations.
https://www.ookla.com/resources/guides/speedtest-methodology -
World Bank — World Development Indicators: Individuals using the Internet (% of population).
Used for the penetration axis in the scatter chart to provide access context.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IT.NET.USER.ZS -
International Telecommunication Union (ITU) — ICT statistics portal.
Reference source for ICT indicator definitions and reporting context.
https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Pages/stat/default.aspx
Download data tables & charts — Median Fixed Broadband Speed (Top 100), 2025
One ZIP archive with CSV tables used in the article and PNG images of the charts (bar + scatter), ready for reuse in research, presentations, and editorial workflows.
What’s inside
- Table 1 (CSV): Top 100 countries — median fixed download speed (Mbps)
- Table 2 (CSV): Top 10 + Bottom 10 — median fixed download speed (Mbps)
- Scatter data (CSV): speed vs internet penetration (Top/Bottom)
- Chart images (PNG): bar chart (Top 15) + scatter plot
- README.txt: quick description of files
