The Internet is encircling the lives of all those involved on social media or using the platform to consume information or entertainment in one of the multiple ways offered. According to the Speedtest Global Index, in order to be ranked in each of the categories, a country ‘must have at least 670 unique user results for mobile and at least 3,333 for fixed broadband’.
Highest Mobile Internet Download Speeds
Norway (52.59 Mbps)Netherlands (46.94 Mbps)Hungary (46.24 Mbps)Singapore (45.99 Mbps)Maita (44.84 Mbps)Australia (44.64 Mbps)United Arab Emirates (43.98 Mbps)South Korea (42.09 Mbps)Belgium (37.81 Mbps)Iceland (36.84 Mbps)Luxembourg (36.39 Mbps)Denmark (35.60 Mbps)Canada (35.19 Mbps)New Zealand (35.19 Mbps)China (34.52 Mbps)Switzerland (33.54 Mbps)Greece (32.53 Mbps)Austria (32.37 Mbps)Sweden (32.30 Mbps)Lithuania (32.06 Mbps)Taiwan (31.58 Mbps)Qatar (31.56 Mbps)Czech Republic (30.77 Mbps)Bulgaria (30.46 Mbps)Finland (30.34 Mbps)
India ranks 112 globally with 8.18 Mbps average download speed on mobile phone networks in the country.
Highest Broadband Internet Download Speeds
Singapore (154.38 Mbps)South Korea (125.69 Mbps)Hong Kong (117.21 Mbps)Iceland (110.52 Mbps)Romania (91.48 Mbps)Macau (80.11 Mbps)Switzerland (74.20 Mbps)Sweden (73.66 Mbps)United States of America (70.75 Mbps)Lithuania (67.29 Mbps)Netherlands (67.22 Mbps)Hungary (66.63 Mbps)Japan (66.32 Mbps)Jersey (63.31 Mbps)Denmark (63.02 Mbps)New Zealand (61.21 Mbps)Luxembourg (60.17 Mbps)Canada (57.86 Mbps)Norway (57.78 Mbps)Spain (56.79 Mbps)France (54.31 Mbps)China (53.29 Mbps)Belgium (53.00 Mbps)United Kingdom (49.22 Mbps)Germany (47.62 Mbps)
India ranks 74 globally with 16.26 Mbps average download speed on broadband networks in the country. Since the advent of commercial Internet, the world has seen immense growth especially in the modes of communicating with each other and connecting to different cultures worldwide and today we’ve grown to 330.6 million registered domains on the internet. But with this fast-paced advancement in technology and an increasingly inter-connected system that is facilitated by the internet — carrying everything from our personal to financial data — cyber security has become a thing of prime importance. A recent UN telecommunication agency report pointed out that currently, 38 percent of the countries have a cyber security strategy in place, while 12 percent of the governments are still developing one. Among the 193 member countries listed in the Global Cybersecurity Index, India is ranked at the 23rd spot with a score of 0.683 while Singapore tops the list with a score of 0.925. The above article may contain affiliate links which help support Guiding Tech. However, it does not affect our editorial integrity. The content remains unbiased and authentic.