* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

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

The average for 2016 based on 13 countries was 42.52 kilobits per second. The highest value was in Canada: 129.24 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
Canada 129.24 1 2012 - 2016
Panama 72.68 2 2012 - 2016
USA 70.97 3 2012 - 2016
El Salvador 50.31 4 2012 - 2016
Tr.&Tobago 48.9 5 2012 - 2016
Costa Rica 48.2 6 2012 - 2016
Guatemala 27.47 7 2012 - 2016
Domin. Rep. 24.9 8 2012 - 2016
Nicaragua 23.02 9 2012 - 2016
Honduras 21.77 10 2012 - 2016
Mexico 20.93 11 2012 - 2016
Jamaica 14.21 12 2012 - 2016
Haiti 0.11 13 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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