* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

International Internet bandwidth per Internet user, kb/s, 2016:

The average for 2016 based on 40 countries was 347.95 kilobits per second. The highest value was in Luxembourg: 6887.71 kilobits per second and the lowest value was in Slovakia: 11.46 kilobits per second. The indicator is available from 2012 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: kilobits per second; Source: International Telecommunication Union
Select indicator
* indicates monthly or quarterly data series


Countries Internet bandwidth, 2016 Global rank Available data
Luxembourg 6887.71 1 2012 - 2016
Malta 1178.76 2 2012 - 2016
Sweden 527.45 3 2012 - 2016
Iceland 519.87 4 2012 - 2016
UK 429.83 5 2012 - 2016
Switzerland 352.24 6 2012 - 2016
Denmark 341.71 7 2012 - 2016
Netherlands 281.06 8 2012 - 2016
Belgium 263.91 9 2012 - 2016
France 221.66 10 2012 - 2016
Portugal 218.88 11 2012 - 2016
Finland 218.74 12 2012 - 2016
Norway 203.94 13 2012 - 2016
Ireland 160.97 14 2012 - 2016
Moldova 152.36 15 2012 - 2016
Germany 145.99 16 2012 - 2016
Bulgaria 135.11 17 2012 - 2016
Lithuania 125.45 18 2012 - 2016
Slovenia 121.14 19 2012 - 2016
Romania 117.32 20 2012 - 2016
Czechia 116.81 21 2012 - 2016
Serbia 112.37 22 2012 - 2016
Spain 111.55 23 2012 - 2016
Greece 99.51 24 2012 - 2016
Latvia 93.68 25 2012 - 2016
Italy 92.5 26 2012 - 2016
Poland 90.36 27 2012 - 2016
Austria 79.64 28 2012 - 2016
Montenegro 77.02 29 2012 - 2016
Cyprus 75.05 30 2012 - 2016
Croatia 58.03 31 2012 - 2016
Bosnia & Herz. 43 32 2012 - 2016
Turkey 42.91 33 2012 - 2016
North Macedonia 41.81 34 2012 - 2016
Ukraine 40.7 35 2012 - 2016
Hungary 37.03 36 2012 - 2016
Albania 32.08 37 2012 - 2016
Russia 29.86 38 2012 - 2016
Estonia 28.67 39 2012 - 2016
Slovakia 11.46 40 2012 - 2016



Definition: International Internet bandwidth is the sum of the capacity of all Internet exchanges offering international bandwidth measured in kilobits per second (kb/s).

Selected articles from our guide:

The unholy trinity of international finance

Most commonly used measures of corruption

All articles

6887.71
1178.76
527.45
519.87
429.83
352.24
341.71
281.06
263.91
221.66
218.88
218.74
203.94
160.97
152.36
145.99
135.11
125.45
121.14
117.32
116.81
112.37
111.55
99.51
93.68
92.50
90.36
79.64
77.02
75.05
58.03
43.00
42.91
41.81
40.70
37.03
32.08
29.86
28.67
11.46
0
1721.9
3443.9
5165.8
6887.71


This site uses cookies.
Learn more here


OK