Which countries offer the fastest internet connection? The 2025 ranking!
Which countries have the fastest internet? With the world becoming increasingly interconnected, not to mention the needs of those who travel for work or pleasure, this question does not appear to be a simple curiosity.
In recent years, access to Internet has seen significant growth in all continents; according to data referring to 2022, over 5 billion people have access to the web worldwide, or approximately 63% of the global population: despite the progress, almost 3 billion people are still “offline”.
Naturally, there are large differences in access to the network: in Europe, in fact, over 90% of the population has access to the internet compared to 40% in Africa, while in Asia the connection rate is around 65%.
Let’s see the ranking of countries where the internet is fastest in 2025, then taking a look at the situation in Europein this special ranking.
Countries with the fastest internet: the 2025 ranking
The Internet speed varies significantly between different countries, influenced by factors such as technological infrastructure, investments and government policies.
To understand which countries have the fastest internet connection we can refer to the reports of the Speedtest website which, almost monthly, draws up a ranking of fixed and mobile broadband speeds around the world.
Based on the latest data released in November 2024, here are the 10 countries in the world with the fastest internet, with the speed measured in Megabits per second (Mbps).
- Singapore 285.02
- United Arab Emirates 283.34
- Hong Kong 271.05
- Chile 263.32
- United States 244.68
- Iceland 242.03
- France 232.30
- Thailand 230.98
- Denmark 224.82
- China 223.57
It is important to note that these speeds represent national averages and may vary within each country, with differences between urban and rural areas. Furthermore, connection speed can be influenced by factors such as the technology used (fiber optics, DSL, etc.), network congestion and the policies of Internet service providers.
Singapore would be the country with the fastest internet in the world, while it is curious to see Chile in fourth place, which in this ranking also surpasses the United States.
According to these tests, in last place for internet speed instead is Cuba which at the bottom of the ranking does worse than Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen.
These are instead in detail the 10 countries in Europe where the internet is fastest.
- Iceland 242.03
- France – 232.3
- Denmark 224.82
- Spain – 211.56
- Romania – 207.04
- Netherlands – 190.13
- Poland – 154.66
- United Kingdom – 106.51
- Germany – 90.5
- Russia – 87.08
And Italy? As for internet speed, Italy is doing quite badly with a national average of 81.4 Mbps we are in 68th place in the world, just below Guyana and Serbia.
It must be said that in Italy there has been an improvement compared to previous years, but there is still a long distance from other large European countries such as France and Spain, while even the efficient Germany and the United Kingdom navigate at a much lower speed even compared to Romania and Poland.
Original article published on Money.it Italy. Original title: [Internet veloce, i Paesi con la connessione migliore al mondo—>https://www.money.it/internet-piu-veloce-classifica-paesi-connessione-migliore.
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