Asia and the Middle East lead the world in mobile internet speeds, leaving powerful nations like America far behind. Since 2018, 1.5 billion people have come online, but significant regional differences exist in speed and data usage.
High-income countries enjoy five times faster median mobile broadband speeds and a staggering 20 times more data traffic per person compared to low-income nations. Additionally, the rankings have changed since then, with new insights coming in from data collected up until October 2024.
The top 5 fastest mobile internet speeds by country are mostly the same but with a few shake-ups here and there.
Here is a screenshot from Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index showing median download speeds.
As you can see from the screenshot, there have been a few changes since 2023. Denmark has gone up two rankings, breaking the top 5 with a median mobile internet download speed of 149.73 Mbps. Bulgaria has also reached the top 5 by going up 3 rankings, while there is no sign of South Korea in the prestigious top 5.
The top 3 are still dominated by the UAE and Qatar, but we now have a new contender in the mix: Kuwait. Kuwait was typically not in the top 3, or even in the top 5 back in 2023, but now it’s the third fastest mobile internet provider with a median download speed of 258.51 Mbps.
As for Pakistan, it ranks in the 100th spot with a median download speed of 20.61 Mbps in terms of mobile internet. As for broadband internet, Pakistan is ranked 141 with a median download speed of 15.6 Mbps, but on the bright side, it went up 2 rankings.
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