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 Thunderin43 seconds
9. Monaco
104.98Mbps
Fast enough to download The Simsin142seconds
8. Hong Kong
105.32Mbps
Fast enough to downloadBarry White’sGreatest Hitsalbumin0.38seconds
7. Switzerland
110.45Mbps
Fast enough to download Top Gunin41seconds
6. Iceland
116.88Mbps
Fast enough to downloadall the Harry Potter booksin 12seconds
5. Luxembourg
118.05Mbps
Fast enough to downloadthe entireFast & Furiousmovie franchisein 154seconds
4. Gibraltar
183.09Mbps
Fast enough to downloadSpeed, starring Keanu Reevesin26seconds
3. Andorra
213.41Mbps
Fast enough to downloadthe 4K extended edition ofThe Lord Of The Rings trilogy in 130 seconds
2. Jersey
218.37Mbps
Fast enough to downloadthe2014 filmTheJersey Boysin 10.4seconds
1. Liechtenstein
229.98Mbps
Fast enough to downloadS Club 7’sgreatest hitsalbum,Bestin 0.05 seconds
Source: Worldwide broadband speed league
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