Country leaderboard
Countries by Broadband Access (%)
Complete ranking of 216 countries • per 100 people • Data refreshed May 28, 2026
Leader
Afghanistan
Field size
216 countries
Lowest rank
Chad
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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
1stAfghanistan202 per 100 people
2ndAngola202 per 100 people
3rdBurkina Faso202 per 100 people
4thBurundi202 per 100 people
5thBenin202 per 100 people
6thCentral African Republic202 per 100 people
7thEritrea202 per 100 people
8thEthiopia202 per 100 people
9thGambia202 per 100 people
10thGuinea202 per 100 people
Country Ladder
1stAfghanistanAsia202 per 100 people2ndAngolaAfrica202 per 100 people3rdBurkina FasoAfrica202 per 100 people4thBurundiAfrica202 per 100 people5thBeninAfrica202 per 100 people6thCentral African RepublicAfrica202 per 100 people7thEritreaAfrica202 per 100 people8thEthiopiaAfrica202 per 100 people9thGambiaAfrica202 per 100 people10thGuineaAfrica202 per 100 people11thEquatorial GuineaAfrica202 per 100 people12thGuinea-BissauAfrica202 per 100 people13thHaitiNorth America202 per 100 people14thKiribatiOceania202 per 100 people15thComorosAfrica202 per 100 people16thLiberiaAfrica202 per 100 people17thLesothoAfrica202 per 100 people18thMadagascarAfrica202 per 100 people19thMalawiAfrica202 per 100 people20thMozambiqueAfrica202 per 100 people21stNigeriaAfrica202 per 100 people22ndPapua New GuineaOceania202 per 100 people23rdRwandaAfrica202 per 100 people24thSolomon IslandsOceania202 per 100 people25thSudanAfrica202 per 100 people26thSierra LeoneAfrica202 per 100 people27thSouth SudanAfrica202 per 100 people28thTajikistanAsia202 per 100 people29thTimor-LesteAsia202 per 100 people30thUgandaAfrica202 per 100 people31stZambiaAfrica202 per 100 people32ndGibraltarEurope61 per 100 people33rdCayman IslandsNorth America56 per 100 people34thMonacoEurope56 per 100 people35thMontserratNorth America55 per 100 people36thAndorraEurope52 per 100 people37thLiechtensteinEurope50 per 100 people38thSwitzerlandEurope49 per 100 people39thFranceEurope49 per 100 people40thSaint Kitts and NevisNorth America47 per 100 people41stSouth KoreaAsia47 per 100 people42ndNorwayEurope45.44 per 100 people43rdChinaAsia45 per 100 people44thGermanyEurope45 per 100 people45thBelgiumEurope44 per 100 people46thDenmarkEurope44 per 100 people47thGreeceEurope44 per 100 people48thMaltaEurope44 per 100 people49thPortugalEurope44 per 100 people50thSaudi ArabiaAsia44 per 100 people51stCanadaNorth America43 per 100 people52ndNetherlandsEurope43 per 100 people53rdUnited KingdomEurope41 per 100 people54thSwedenEurope41 per 100 people55thGuernseyEurope40 per 100 people56thHong KongAsia40 per 100 people57thCyprusEurope39 per 100 people58thJapanAsia39 per 100 people59thCzechiaEurope38 per 100 people60thEstoniaEurope38 per 100 people61stSpainEurope38 per 100 people62ndLuxembourgEurope38 per 100 people63rdUnited StatesNorth America38 per 100 people64thUnited Arab EmiratesAsia37 per 100 people65thBarbadosNorth America37 per 100 people66thHungaryEurope37 per 100 people67thIcelandEurope37 per 100 people68thJerseyEurope37 per 100 people69thNew ZealandOceania37 per 100 people70thAustraliaOceania36 per 100 people71stBulgariaEurope36 per 100 people72ndBermudaNorth America36 per 100 people73rdSan MarinoEurope36 per 100 people74thFrench PolynesiaOceania35.55 per 100 people75thAnguillaNorth America35 per 100 people76thBelarusEurope35 per 100 people77thFinlandEurope35 per 100 people78thFaroe IslandsEurope35 per 100 people79thRomaniaEurope35 per 100 people80thItalyEurope34 per 100 people81stFalkland IslandsSouth America33 per 100 people82ndSlovakiaEurope33 per 100 people83rdGreenlandNorth America32 per 100 people84thIrelandEurope32 per 100 people85thMontenegroEurope32 per 100 people86thSloveniaEurope32 per 100 people87thUruguaySouth America32 per 100 people88thCuraçaoNorth America31.51 per 100 people89thSerbiaEurope31 per 100 people90thSeychellesAfrica31 per 100 people91stAustriaEurope30 per 100 people92ndGrenadaNorth America30 per 100 people93rdIsraelAsia30 per 100 people94thMacaoAsia30 per 100 people95thUzbekistanAsia30 per 100 people96thSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America30 per 100 people97thNorth MacedoniaEurope29.18 per 100 people98thBosnia and HerzegovinaEurope29 per 100 people99thGeorgiaEurope29 per 100 people100thCroatiaEurope28 per 100 people101stLithuaniaEurope28 per 100 people102ndMoldovaEurope27 per 100 people103rdMauritiusAfrica27 per 100 people104thSingaporeAsia27 per 100 people105thTrinidad and TobagoNorth America27 per 100 people106thLatviaEurope26 per 100 people107thPolandEurope26 per 100 people108thRussiaEurope25.82 per 100 people109thArgentinaSouth America25 per 100 people110thTaiwanAsia25 per 100 people111stBahamasNorth America24 per 100 people112ndBrazilSouth America23 per 100 people113rdChileSouth America23 per 100 people114thCosta RicaNorth America23 per 100 people115thPuerto RicoNorth America23 per 100 people116thVietnamAsia23 per 100 people117thAlbaniaEurope22 per 100 people118thTurkeyEurope22 per 100 people119thAzerbaijanEurope21 per 100 people120thDominicaNorth America21 per 100 people121stMexicoNorth America21 per 100 people122ndBruneiAsia20 per 100 people123rdUkraineEurope20 per 100 people124thArmeniaEurope19 per 100 people125thMaldivesAsia19 per 100 people126thNew CaledoniaOceania19 per 100 people127thKazakhstanAsia18 per 100 people128thPanamaNorth America18 per 100 people129thBritish Virgin IslandsNorth America18 per 100 people130thSurinameNorth America17.54 per 100 people131stArubaNorth America17 per 100 people132ndBahrainAsia17 per 100 people133rdColombiaNorth America17 per 100 people134thIraqAsia17 per 100 people135thSaint HelenaAfrica17 per 100 people136thEcuadorSouth America16 per 100 people137thJamaicaNorth America16 per 100 people138thThailandAsia16 per 100 people139thCook IslandsOceania15 per 100 people140thMongoliaAsia15 per 100 people141stSaint LuciaNorth America14 per 100 people142ndTunisiaAfrica14 per 100 people143rdGuyanaNorth America13 per 100 people144thMalaysiaAsia13 per 100 people145thParaguaySouth America13 per 100 people146thAlgeriaAfrica12 per 100 people147thEgyptAfrica12 per 100 people148thIranAsia12 per 100 people149thQatarAsia12 per 100 people150thEl SalvadorNorth America11.63 per 100 people151stAntigua and BarbudaNorth America11 per 100 people152ndBoliviaSouth America11 per 100 people153rdDominican RepublicNorth America11 per 100 people154thOmanAsia11 per 100 people155thVenezuelaNorth America10.64 per 100 people156thBelizeNorth America10 per 100 people157thNauruOceania10 per 100 people158thPeruSouth America10 per 100 people159thU.S. Virgin IslandsNorth America10 per 100 people160thSri LankaAsia9.0 per 100 people161stBangladeshAsia8.0 per 100 people162ndPalestineAsia8.0 per 100 people163rdTongaOceania8.0 per 100 people164thMoroccoAfrica7.0 per 100 people165thCabo VerdeAfrica7.0 per 100 people166thJordanAsia7.0 per 100 people167thLebanonAsia7.0 per 100 people168thPhilippinesAsia7.0 per 100 people169thPalauOceania7.0 per 100 people170thSyriaAsia7.0 per 100 people171stMicronesiaOceania6.0 per 100 people172ndKyrgyzstanAsia6.0 per 100 people173rdGuatemalaNorth America5.0 per 100 people174thIndonesiaAsia5.0 per 100 people175thLibyaAfrica5.0 per 100 people176thNicaraguaNorth America5.0 per 100 people177thNepalAsia5.0 per 100 people178thTurkmenistanAsia5.0 per 100 people179thTuvaluOceania5.0 per 100 people180thHondurasNorth America4.0 per 100 people181stNamibiaAfrica4.0 per 100 people182ndGabonAfrica4.0 per 100 people183rdCambodiaAsia3.6 per 100 people184thBotswanaAfrica3.0 per 100 people185thCubaNorth America3.0 per 100 people186thFijiOceania3.0 per 100 people187thMyanmarAsia3.0 per 100 people188thSao Tome and PrincipeAfrica3.0 per 100 people189thEswatiniAfrica3.0 per 100 people190thSouth AfricaAfrica3.0 per 100 people191stIndiaAsia2.7 per 100 people192ndLaosAsia2.7 per 100 people193rdCameroonAfrica2.0 per 100 people194thGuamOceania2.0 per 100 people195thKenyaAfrica2.0 per 100 people196thMarshall IslandsOceania2.0 per 100 people197thSenegalAfrica2.0 per 100 people198thTanzaniaAfrica2.0 per 100 people199thZimbabweAfrica2.0 per 100 people200thVanuatuOceania1.2 per 100 people201stBhutanAsia1.0 per 100 people202ndCongoAfrica1.0 per 100 people203rdCôte d'IvoireAfrica1.0 per 100 people204thDjiboutiAfrica1.0 per 100 people205thGhanaAfrica1.0 per 100 people206thKuwaitAsia1.0 per 100 people207thMaliAfrica1.0 per 100 people208thPakistanAsia1.0 per 100 people209thTogoAfrica1.0 per 100 people210thSamoaOceania1.0 per 100 people211stYemenAsia1.0 per 100 people212ndSomaliaAfrica0.72 per 100 people213rdMauritaniaAfrica0.59 per 100 people214thNigerAfrica0.11 per 100 people215thCongo, Democratic RepublicAfrica0.02 per 100 people216thChadAfrica0 per 100 people
