* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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

The average for 2016 based on 19 countries was 35 kilobits per second. The highest value was in Chile: 73.1 kilobits per second and the lowest value was in Haiti: 0.11 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
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Countries Internet bandwidth, 2016 Global rank Available data
Chile 73.1 1 2012 - 2016
Panama 72.68 2 2012 - 2016
Uruguay 60.68 3 2012 - 2016
El Salvador 50.31 4 2012 - 2016
Costa Rica 48.2 5 2012 - 2016
Argentina 48.07 6 2012 - 2016
Brazil 42.97 7 2012 - 2016
Ecuador 36.89 8 2012 - 2016
Peru 36.38 9 2012 - 2016
Colombia 34.99 10 2012 - 2016
Guatemala 27.47 11 2012 - 2016
Domin. Rep. 24.9 12 2012 - 2016
Nicaragua 23.02 13 2012 - 2016
Honduras 21.77 14 2012 - 2016
Mexico 20.93 15 2012 - 2016
Bolivia 15.5 16 2012 - 2016
Venezuela 14.4 17 2012 - 2016
Paraguay 12.62 18 2012 - 2016
Haiti 0.11 19 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).

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