Top 10: Countries with speediest internet
At 47th place, the UK doesn’t make the list.
A public service announcement to all gamers: don’t move to Yemen. With an average broadband speed of 0.58Mbps (over 106 times slower than the net aboard the International Space Station), it would take just under three days to download the likes of Red Dead Redemption 2.
But which country has the fastest net? (Spoiler: with an average speed of 37.82 Mbps, it’s not the UK, which comes in at 47th).
10. Hungary
99.74Mbps
Fast enough to download Days Of Thunder in 43 seconds
9. Monaco
104.98Mbps
Fast enough to download The Sims in 142 seconds
8. Hong Kong
105.32Mbps
Fast enough to download Barry White’s Greatest Hits album in 0.38 seconds
7. Switzerland
110.45Mbps
Fast enough to download Top Gun in 41 seconds
6. Iceland
116.88Mbps
Fast enough to download all the Harry Potter books in 12 seconds
5. Luxembourg
118.05Mbps
Fast enough to download the entire Fast & Furious movie franchise in 154 seconds
4. Gibraltar
183.09Mbps
Fast enough to download Speed, starring Keanu Reeves in 26 seconds
3. Andorra
213.41Mbps
Fast enough to download the 4K extended edition of The Lord Of The Rings trilogy in 130 seconds
2. Jersey
218.37Mbps
Fast enough to download the 2014 film The Jersey Boys in 10.4 seconds
1. Liechtenstein
229.98Mbps
Fast enough to download S Club 7’s greatest hits album, Best in 0.05 seconds
Source: Worldwide broadband speed league
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