Countries ranked by fixed broadband penetration
Malta ranks first in this current highest-to-lowest comparison at 84.0%.
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. It measures how widely fixed connections are taken up, not the speed of any one of them.
- Items compared
- 39
- Countries represented
- 39
- Last checked
- 2026-09-24
Source-backed answers
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| Original rank | Country | Published value | Source and scope | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malta | 84.0% | 2026-07-18 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2023-12-31 |
| 2 | South Korea | 47.8% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 3 | France | 47.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 4 | Norway | 46.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 46.4% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 6 | Germany | 46.2% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 44.1% | 2026-08-08 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 8 | Belgium | 43.8% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 9 | Sweden | 43.8% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 10 | Netherlands | 43.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 11 | Portugal | 43.1% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 12 | Greece | 42.6% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 13 | Denmark | 42.6% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 14 | United Kingdom | 42.3% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 15 | Japan | 41.7% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 16 | Canada | 41.3% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 41.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 18 | United Arab Emirates | 40.8% | 2026-09-24 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 40.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 20 | United States | 39.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 21 | Spain | 38.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 22 | Czechia | 38.2% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 23 | Iceland | 38.2% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 24 | Hungary | 37.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 25 | New Zealand | 37.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 26 | Cyprus | 37.6% | 2026-09-24 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 27 | Estonia | 37.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 28 | Finland | 36.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 29 | Slovakia | 36.1% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 30 | Croatia | 36.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 31 | Australia | 36.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 32 | Romania | 35.7% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 33 | Slovenia | 33.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 34 | Italy | 32.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 35 | Ireland | 31.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 36 | Austria | 30.1% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 37 | Lithuania | 27.6% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 38 | Poland | 25.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 39 | Latvia | 25.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
What the numbers say
- Malta leads at 84 %.
- Latvia sits at the other end with 25.86 %.
- The middle of this ranking is 39.53 %, across 39 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 58.14 %.
Quick answer
What does Countries ranked by fixed broadband penetration show?
Malta ranks first in this current highest-to-lowest comparison at 84.0%.
How this list is built
Require all component metrics for the same country, keep their source records, calculate fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people, then sort descending.
- The report states exactly which components are included.
- Application and filing fees are excluded.
- Rows
- 39 countries
- Geographic grain
- country
- Observation period
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31
- Last checked
- 2026-09-24
- With an official source link
- 39 of 39
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Countries ranked by fixed broadband penetration [ImmigrationDB compilation; version e2ba175bc70c210072c4407c7b5b74b7]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-broadband-penetration/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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