Countries by Broadband Access (%)
Complete ranking of 216 countries • per 100 people • Updated 2026
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About Fixed Broadband per 100 People Rankings
Afghanistan leads all 216 countries in Fixed Broadband per 100 People with a value of 202 per 100 people, while Chad ranks last at 0 per 100 people. The gap between top and bottom reflects meaningful global variation.
What Fixed Broadband per 100 People Measures
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, from World Bank Open Data.
Why This Ranking Matters
Examining Fixed Broadband per 100 People across all countries reveals patterns that might not be obvious at the national level. Regional clusters, outlier nations, and historical trajectories all become clearer when the full global picture is assembled in a single ranking.
Global Range
Values range from 0 per 100 people (Chad) to 202 per 100 people (Afghanistan) — an infinitely large difference across 216 countries.
Regional Patterns
African countries dominate this ranking, holding 17 of the top 20 positions. This strong regional concentration suggests shared economic, geographic, or policy factors that drive higher values across the continent.
Values are broadly distributed across countries, with the middle 50% ranging from 8.00 per 100 people to 41 per 100 people. The overall spread from 0 per 100 people to 202 per 100 people reflects significant global variation.
Notable Outliers
The top of the ranking is competitive: Afghanistan and Angola are separated by only 0%, indicating that the leading positions could shift with updated data. The bottom five countries are all from Africa, pointing to regional challenges that affect fixed broadband per 100 people across the continent.
Continental Leaders
Highest Fixed Broadband per 100 People
The 5 strongest Fixed Broadband per 100 People reads.
Lowest Fixed Broadband per 100 People
The 5 lowest Fixed Broadband per 100 People reads.
Data Note
Rankings are based on the latest available data from World Bank Open Data, covering 216 of 249 countries and territories. Countries without data for this metric are excluded from the ranking. All values represent the most recently reported figures.
Top 10 Countries
Country Ladder
| Percentile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Afghanistan | 202 per 100 people | Asia | 100% |
| 2nd | Angola | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 100% |
| 3rd | Burkina Faso | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 99% |
| 4th | Burundi | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 99% |
| 5th | Benin | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 98% |
| 6th | Central African Republic | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 98% |
| 7th | Eritrea | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 97% |
| 8th | Ethiopia | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 97% |
| 9th | Gambia | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 96% |
| 10th | Guinea | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 96% |
| 11th | Equatorial Guinea | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 95% |
| 12th | Guinea-Bissau | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 95% |
| 13th | Haiti | 202 per 100 people | North America | 94% |
| 14th | Kiribati | 202 per 100 people | Oceania | 94% |
| 15th | Comoros | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 94% |
| 16th | Liberia | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 93% |
| 17th | Lesotho | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 93% |
| 18th | Madagascar | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 92% |
| 19th | Malawi | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 92% |
| 20th | Mozambique | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 91% |
| 21st | Nigeria | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 91% |
| 22nd | Papua New Guinea | 202 per 100 people | Oceania | 90% |
| 23rd | Rwanda | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 90% |
| 24th | Solomon Islands | 202 per 100 people | Oceania | 89% |
| 25th | Sudan | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 89% |
| 26th | Sierra Leone | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 88% |
| 27th | South Sudan | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 88% |
| 28th | Tajikistan | 202 per 100 people | Asia | 88% |
| 29th | Timor-Leste | 202 per 100 people | Asia | 87% |
| 30th | Uganda | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 87% |
| 31st | Zambia | 202 per 100 people | Africa | 86% |
| 32nd | Gibraltar | 61 per 100 people | Europe | 86% |
| 33rd | Cayman Islands | 56 per 100 people | North America | 85% |
| 34th | Monaco | 56 per 100 people | Europe | 85% |
| 35th | Montserrat | 55 per 100 people | North America | 84% |
| 36th | Andorra | 52 per 100 people | Europe | 84% |
| 37th | Liechtenstein | 50 per 100 people | Europe | 83% |
| 38th | Switzerland | 49 per 100 people | Europe | 83% |
| 39th | France | 49 per 100 people | Europe | 82% |
| 40th | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 47 per 100 people | North America | 82% |
| 41st | South Korea | 47 per 100 people | Asia | 81% |
| 42nd | Norway | 45.44 per 100 people | Europe | 81% |
| 43rd | China | 45 per 100 people | Asia | 81% |
| 44th | Germany | 45 per 100 people | Europe | 80% |
| 45th | Belgium | 44 per 100 people | Europe | 80% |
| 46th | Denmark | 44 per 100 people | Europe | 79% |
| 47th | Greece | 44 per 100 people | Europe | 79% |
| 48th | Malta | 44 per 100 people | Europe | 78% |
| 49th | Portugal | 44 per 100 people | Europe | 78% |
| 50th | Saudi Arabia | 44 per 100 people | Asia | 77% |
| 51st | Canada | 43 per 100 people | North America | 77% |
| 52nd | Netherlands | 43 per 100 people | Europe | 76% |
| 53rd | United Kingdom | 41 per 100 people | Europe | 76% |
| 54th | Sweden | 41 per 100 people | Europe | 75% |
| 55th | Guernsey | 40 per 100 people | Europe | 75% |
| 56th | Hong Kong | 40 per 100 people | Asia | 75% |
| 57th | Cyprus | 39 per 100 people | Europe | 74% |
| 58th | Japan | 39 per 100 people | Asia | 74% |
| 59th | Czechia | 38 per 100 people | Europe | 73% |
| 60th | Estonia | 38 per 100 people | Europe | 73% |
| 61st | Spain | 38 per 100 people | Europe | 72% |
| 62nd | Luxembourg | 38 per 100 people | Europe | 72% |
| 63rd | United States | 38 per 100 people | North America | 71% |
| 64th | United Arab Emirates | 37 per 100 people | Asia | 71% |
| 65th | Barbados | 37 per 100 people | North America | 70% |
| 66th | Hungary | 37 per 100 people | Europe | 70% |
| 67th | Iceland | 37 per 100 people | Europe | 69% |
| 68th | Jersey | 37 per 100 people | Europe | 69% |
| 69th | New Zealand | 37 per 100 people | Oceania | 69% |
| 70th | Australia | 36 per 100 people | Oceania | 68% |
| 71st | Bulgaria | 36 per 100 people | Europe | 68% |
| 72nd | Bermuda | 36 per 100 people | North America | 67% |
| 73rd | San Marino | 36 per 100 people | Europe | 67% |
| 74th | French Polynesia | 35.55 per 100 people | Oceania | 66% |
| 75th | Anguilla | 35 per 100 people | North America | 66% |
| 76th | Belarus | 35 per 100 people | Europe | 65% |
| 77th | Finland | 35 per 100 people | Europe | 65% |
| 78th | Faroe Islands | 35 per 100 people | Europe | 64% |
| 79th | Romania | 35 per 100 people | Europe | 64% |
| 80th | Italy | 34 per 100 people | Europe | 63% |
| 81st | Falkland Islands | 33 per 100 people | South America | 63% |
| 82nd | Slovakia | 33 per 100 people | Europe | 63% |
| 83rd | Greenland | 32 per 100 people | North America | 62% |
| 84th | Ireland | 32 per 100 people | Europe | 62% |
| 85th | Montenegro | 32 per 100 people | Europe | 61% |
| 86th | Slovenia | 32 per 100 people | Europe | 61% |
| 87th | Uruguay | 32 per 100 people | South America | 60% |
| 88th | Curaçao | 31.51 per 100 people | North America | 60% |
| 89th | Serbia | 31 per 100 people | Europe | 59% |
| 90th | Seychelles | 31 per 100 people | Africa | 59% |
| 91st | Austria | 30 per 100 people | Europe | 58% |
| 92nd | Grenada | 30 per 100 people | North America | 58% |
| 93rd | Israel | 30 per 100 people | Asia | 57% |
| 94th | Macao | 30 per 100 people | Asia | 57% |
| 95th | Uzbekistan | 30 per 100 people | Asia | 56% |
| 96th | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 30 per 100 people | North America | 56% |
| 97th | North Macedonia | 29.18 per 100 people | Europe | 56% |
| 98th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29 per 100 people | Europe | 55% |
| 99th | Georgia | 29 per 100 people | Europe | 55% |
| 100th | Croatia | 28 per 100 people | Europe | 54% |
| 101st | Lithuania | 28 per 100 people | Europe | 54% |
| 102nd | Moldova | 27 per 100 people | Europe | 53% |
| 103rd | Mauritius | 27 per 100 people | Africa | 53% |
| 104th | Singapore | 27 per 100 people | Asia | 52% |
| 105th | Trinidad and Tobago | 27 per 100 people | North America | 52% |
| 106th | Latvia | 26 per 100 people | Europe | 51% |
| 107th | Poland | 26 per 100 people | Europe | 51% |
| 108th | Russia | 25.82 per 100 people | Europe | 50% |
| 109th | Argentina | 25 per 100 people | South America | 50% |
| 110th | Taiwan | 25 per 100 people | Asia | 50% |
| 111st | Bahamas | 24 per 100 people | North America | 49% |
| 112nd | Brazil | 23 per 100 people | South America | 49% |
| 113rd | Chile | 23 per 100 people | South America | 48% |
| 114th | Costa Rica | 23 per 100 people | North America | 48% |
| 115th | Puerto Rico | 23 per 100 people | North America | 47% |
| 116th | Vietnam | 23 per 100 people | Asia | 47% |
| 117th | Albania | 22 per 100 people | Europe | 46% |
| 118th | Turkey | 22 per 100 people | Europe | 46% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 21 per 100 people | Europe | 45% |
| 120th | Dominica | 21 per 100 people | North America | 45% |
| 121st | Mexico | 21 per 100 people | North America | 44% |
| 122nd | Brunei | 20 per 100 people | Asia | 44% |
| 123rd | Ukraine | 20 per 100 people | Europe | 44% |
| 124th | Armenia | 19 per 100 people | Europe | 43% |
| 125th | Maldives | 19 per 100 people | Asia | 43% |
| 126th | New Caledonia | 19 per 100 people | Oceania | 42% |
| 127th | Kazakhstan | 18 per 100 people | Asia | 42% |
| 128th | Panama | 18 per 100 people | North America | 41% |
| 129th | British Virgin Islands | 18 per 100 people | North America | 41% |
| 130th | Suriname | 17.54 per 100 people | North America | 40% |
| 131st | Aruba | 17 per 100 people | North America | 40% |
| 132nd | Bahrain | 17 per 100 people | Asia | 39% |
| 133rd | Colombia | 17 per 100 people | North America | 39% |
| 134th | Iraq | 17 per 100 people | Asia | 38% |
| 135th | Saint Helena | 17 per 100 people | Africa | 38% |
| 136th | Ecuador | 16 per 100 people | South America | 38% |
| 137th | Jamaica | 16 per 100 people | North America | 37% |
| 138th | Thailand | 16 per 100 people | Asia | 37% |
| 139th | Cook Islands | 15 per 100 people | Oceania | 36% |
| 140th | Mongolia | 15 per 100 people | Asia | 36% |
| 141st | Saint Lucia | 14 per 100 people | North America | 35% |
| 142nd | Tunisia | 14 per 100 people | Africa | 35% |
| 143rd | Guyana | 13 per 100 people | North America | 34% |
| 144th | Malaysia | 13 per 100 people | Asia | 34% |
| 145th | Paraguay | 13 per 100 people | South America | 33% |
| 146th | Algeria | 12 per 100 people | Africa | 33% |
| 147th | Egypt | 12 per 100 people | Africa | 32% |
| 148th | Iran | 12 per 100 people | Asia | 32% |
| 149th | Qatar | 12 per 100 people | Asia | 31% |
| 150th | El Salvador | 11.63 per 100 people | North America | 31% |
| 151st | Antigua and Barbuda | 11 per 100 people | North America | 31% |
| 152nd | Bolivia | 11 per 100 people | South America | 30% |
| 153rd | Dominican Republic | 11 per 100 people | North America | 30% |
| 154th | Oman | 11 per 100 people | Asia | 29% |
| 155th | Venezuela | 10.64 per 100 people | North America | 29% |
| 156th | Belize | 10 per 100 people | North America | 28% |
| 157th | Nauru | 10 per 100 people | Oceania | 28% |
| 158th | Peru | 10 per 100 people | South America | 27% |
| 159th | U.S. Virgin Islands | 10 per 100 people | North America | 27% |
| 160th | Sri Lanka | 9.0 per 100 people | Asia | 26% |
| 161st | Bangladesh | 8.0 per 100 people | Asia | 26% |
| 162nd | Palestine | 8.0 per 100 people | Asia | 25% |
| 163rd | Tonga | 8.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 25% |
| 164th | Morocco | 7.0 per 100 people | Africa | 25% |
| 165th | Cabo Verde | 7.0 per 100 people | Africa | 24% |
| 166th | Jordan | 7.0 per 100 people | Asia | 24% |
| 167th | Lebanon | 7.0 per 100 people | Asia | 23% |
| 168th | Philippines | 7.0 per 100 people | Asia | 23% |
| 169th | Palau | 7.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 22% |
| 170th | Syria | 7.0 per 100 people | Asia | 22% |
| 171st | Micronesia | 6.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 21% |
| 172nd | Kyrgyzstan | 6.0 per 100 people | Asia | 21% |
| 173rd | Guatemala | 5.0 per 100 people | North America | 20% |
| 174th | Indonesia | 5.0 per 100 people | Asia | 20% |
| 175th | Libya | 5.0 per 100 people | Africa | 19% |
| 176th | Nicaragua | 5.0 per 100 people | North America | 19% |
| 177th | Nepal | 5.0 per 100 people | Asia | 19% |
| 178th | Turkmenistan | 5.0 per 100 people | Asia | 18% |
| 179th | Tuvalu | 5.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 18% |
| 180th | Honduras | 4.0 per 100 people | North America | 17% |
| 181st | Namibia | 4.0 per 100 people | Africa | 17% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 4.0 per 100 people | Africa | 16% |
| 183rd | Cambodia | 3.6 per 100 people | Asia | 16% |
| 184th | Botswana | 3.0 per 100 people | Africa | 15% |
| 185th | Cuba | 3.0 per 100 people | North America | 15% |
| 186th | Fiji | 3.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 14% |
| 187th | Myanmar | 3.0 per 100 people | Asia | 14% |
| 188th | Sao Tome and Principe | 3.0 per 100 people | Africa | 13% |
| 189th | Eswatini | 3.0 per 100 people | Africa | 13% |
| 190th | South Africa | 3.0 per 100 people | Africa | 13% |
| 191st | India | 2.7 per 100 people | Asia | 12% |
| 192nd | Laos | 2.7 per 100 people | Asia | 12% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 2.0 per 100 people | Africa | 11% |
| 194th | Guam | 2.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 11% |
| 195th | Kenya | 2.0 per 100 people | Africa | 10% |
| 196th | Marshall Islands | 2.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 10% |
| 197th | Senegal | 2.0 per 100 people | Africa | 9% |
| 198th | Tanzania | 2.0 per 100 people | Africa | 9% |
| 199th | Zimbabwe | 2.0 per 100 people | Africa | 8% |
| 200th | Vanuatu | 1.2 per 100 people | Oceania | 8% |
| 201st | Bhutan | 1.0 per 100 people | Asia | 7% |
| 202nd | Congo | 1.0 per 100 people | Africa | 7% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.0 per 100 people | Africa | 6% |
| 204th | Djibouti | 1.0 per 100 people | Africa | 6% |
| 205th | Ghana | 1.0 per 100 people | Africa | 6% |
| 206th | Kuwait | 1.0 per 100 people | Asia | 5% |
| 207th | Mali | 1.0 per 100 people | Africa | 5% |
| 208th | Pakistan | 1.0 per 100 people | Asia | 4% |
| 209th | Togo | 1.0 per 100 people | Africa | 4% |
| 210th | Samoa | 1.0 per 100 people | Oceania | 3% |
| 211st | Yemen | 1.0 per 100 people | Asia | 3% |
| 212nd | Somalia | 0.72 per 100 people | Africa | 2% |
| 213rd | Mauritania | 0.59 per 100 people | Africa | 2% |
| 214th | Niger | 0.11 per 100 people | Africa | 1% |
| 215th | Congo, Democratic Republic | 0.02 per 100 people | Africa | 1% |
| 216th | Chad | 0 per 100 people | Africa | 0% |