Fixed broadband subscriptions by country, 2023, OECD (38 countries)

Fixed subscriptions to high-speed internet access at download speeds of at least 256 kbit/s, per 100 people. One subscription usually serves a whole household.

38 places ranked for 2023. Highest: France (48.7 per 100 people). Lowest: Colombia (17.0 per 100 people). The median is 37.3 per 100 people.

Unit: subscriptions per 100 people Source: World Bank Trend, map and download

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Highest 10

  1. 1. France 48.7 per 100 people
  2. 2. Switzerland 46.8 per 100 people
  3. 3. South Korea 46.6 per 100 people
  4. 4. Norway 45.4 per 100 people
  5. 5. Germany 45.4 per 100 people
  6. 6. Portugal 44.1 per 100 people
  7. 7. Denmark 44.0 per 100 people
  8. 8. Greece 43.9 per 100 people
  9. 9. Belgium 43.7 per 100 people
  10. 10. Netherlands 43.3 per 100 people

Lowest 10

  1. 38. Colombia 17.0 per 100 people
  2. 37. Mexico 20.8 per 100 people
  3. 36. Türkiye 22.5 per 100 people
  4. 35. Costa Rica 22.5 per 100 people
  5. 34. Chile 23.0 per 100 people
  6. 33. Poland 24.5 per 100 people
  7. 32. Latvia 26.0 per 100 people
  8. 31. Lithuania 28.0 per 100 people
  9. 30. Austria 29.4 per 100 people
  10. 29. Israel 29.4 per 100 people

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators.

Full ranking

Fixed broadband subscriptions by country, 2023, OECD (38 countries)
#CountryValuePeriodRelative size
1 France 48.7 per 100 people 2023
2 Switzerland 46.8 per 100 people 2023
3 South Korea 46.6 per 100 people 2023
4 Norway 45.4 per 100 people 2023
5 Germany 45.4 per 100 people 2023
6 Portugal 44.1 per 100 people 2023
7 Denmark 44.0 per 100 people 2023
8 Greece 43.9 per 100 people 2023
9 Belgium 43.7 per 100 people 2023
10 Netherlands 43.3 per 100 people 2023
11 Canada 42.5 per 100 people 2023
12 United Kingdom 41.4 per 100 people 2023
13 Sweden 40.7 per 100 people 2023
14 Japan 38.6 per 100 people 2023
15 Luxembourg 38.4 per 100 people 2023
16 United States 38.1 per 100 people 2023
17 Czechia 37.9 per 100 people 2023
18 New Zealand 37.9 per 100 people 2023
19 Iceland 37.4 per 100 people 2023
20 Spain 37.2 per 100 people 2023
21 Hungary 36.8 per 100 people 2023
22 Australia 36.6 per 100 people 2023
23 Finland 35.3 per 100 people 2023
24 Estonia 35.3 per 100 people 2023
25 Slovakia 33.2 per 100 people 2023
26 Ireland 31.9 per 100 people 2023
27 Slovenia 31.9 per 100 people 2023
28 Italy 31.8 per 100 people 2023
29 Israel 29.4 per 100 people 2023
30 Austria 29.4 per 100 people 2023
31 Lithuania 28.0 per 100 people 2023
32 Latvia 26.0 per 100 people 2023
33 Poland 24.5 per 100 people 2023
34 Chile 23.0 per 100 people 2023
35 Costa Rica 22.5 per 100 people 2023
36 Türkiye 22.5 per 100 people 2023
37 Mexico 20.8 per 100 people 2023
38 Colombia 17.0 per 100 people 2023

Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.

How this ranking works

Every country is ranked on its value for 2023, the latest period that most countries have, so all values are for the same point in time. Countries without a value for 2023 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by World Bank; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.

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