Internet speed ranking by country and territory
According to the latest data on internet speed ranking, Singapore has the world's fastest internet. Its average download speed on fixed internet connections is 216.46 Mbps (megabits per second).
Australia now ranked 74th in the world when it comes to fixed broadband speeds, with a median download speed of 52.75 Mbps, uploads of 17.78Mbps, and latency of 11ms. Mobile speeds were better, with Australia sitting at 16th, with median download speeds of 83.02Mbps, uploads of 10.45Mbps, and 22ms latency.
Once again South Korea tops our overall speed table, delivering a typical mobile data download connection of 37.5 Mbps in our tests. We measured overall speeds of 30 Mbps or greater in only three other countries.
We can say that internet speeds such as 7G or 8G are provided in Norway. Norway's top telecom service provider 'Telenor' increased the speed of personal internet usage in September last year. There are a total of three telecom companies in Norway, including Telenor, which have established their own mobile network.
The fastest broadband internet service usually comes with 1,000 Mbps (1 Gbps) download speeds or higher.
Singapore tops the list with fixed internet speed being five times faster than Australia's. Hong Kong, Monaco, Romania and South Korea make up the top five while India ranks 67th on the list with a broadband speed of 41.1 megabits per second.
Average internet speeds for mobile and fixed broadband in Australia 2022. In July 2022, the average mobile internet download speed in Australia was 161.61 Mbps. Mobile internet outperformed fixed broadband in terms of download speeds, however, fixed broadband performed slightly better in upload speeds.
Turkmenistan has the slowest broadband in the world with an average speed of just 0.77Mbps. It would take over 14 hours to download a 5GB movie file in Turkmenistan while someone in Iceland could do it in just over three minutes.
Engineers in Japan shattered the world record for the fastest internet speed, achieving a data transmission rate of 319 Terabits per second (Tb/s), according to a paper presented at the International Conference on Optical Fiber Communications back in June 2021.
The best place to get fast internet in Australia might actually be Tasmania, with results from thousands of home broadband tests revealing the island state has the speediest connections.
There could be high internet traffic in your area or through your provider, you could have devices on your local network soaking up your bandwidth, or you could simply have a slow plan. On top of this, your modem or router might be faulty or there could be problems with your internet provider in your area.
Average download speeds on Australia's NBN fixed wireless plus broadband plans (36.4 Mbps) were higher than those on New Zealand's regional fixed wireless network (29.2 Mbps).
Australia has the world's fastest mobile internet but patchy coverage means it is accessible only 58% of the time. With an average download speed on 4G networks of 24.5 megabits per second (Mbps), Australia is more than two Mbps ahead of second-placed Italy.
There Australia is ranked 6th in the world (67.66Mbps), far above the US (36th, 41Mbps), the UK (48th, 35.57Mbps) and, yes, Kazakhstan (101st, 19.59Mbps). South Korea, as always, tops mobile internet.
You can get gigabit internet if an internet provider with gigabit speeds operates in your area and if your equipment and Wi-Fi device support gigabit speeds. Cable and fiber-optic internet providers both have gigabit internet plans available to a large number of customers.
In almost all cases, 1,000 Mbps is more than fast enough for all members of a home to use the internet simultaneously without delays. The fastest upload speed is 2,000 Mbps.
You might not have that many devices (or people) at home, nor any “dead spots” that you know of, but you can definitely sign up for a 2Gbps Fibre Broadband plan just because it offers better overall bandwidth and speed than its 1Gbps counterpart.