Countries ranked by fixed broadband penetration
Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants. It measures how widely fixed connections are taken up, not the speed of any one of them.
Malta ranks first in this current highest-to-lowest comparison at 84.0%.
- Items compared
- 37
- Countries represented
- 37
- Last checked
- 2026-08-08
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 | Luxembourg | 40.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 19 | United States | 39.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 20 | Spain | 38.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 21 | Czechia | 38.2% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 22 | Iceland | 38.2% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 23 | Hungary | 37.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 24 | New Zealand | 37.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 25 | Estonia | 37.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 26 | Finland | 36.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 36.1% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 28 | Croatia | 36.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 29 | Australia | 36.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 30 | Romania | 35.7% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 31 | Slovenia | 33.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 32 | Italy | 32.0% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 33 | Ireland | 31.5% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 34 | Austria | 30.1% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 35 | Lithuania | 27.6% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 36 | Poland | 25.9% | 2026-08-07 | Source Scope: country · Period: 2024-12-31 |
| 37 | 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 37 places that publish the metric.
- The spread between first and last is 58.14 %.
What this measures
Require all component metrics for the same country, keep their source records, calculate fixed_broadband_penetration_percent, then sort descending.
- The report states exactly which components are included.
- Application and filing fees are excluded.
- Rows
- 37 countries
- Geographic grain
- country
- Observation period
- 2023-12-31 to 2024-12-31
- Last checked
- 2026-08-08
- With an official source link
- 37 of 37
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, September 14). Countries ranked by fixed broadband penetration [ImmigrationDB compilation; snapshot approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62; version approved-static-c751ebb1b4085a62]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/reports/countries-ranked-by-broadband-penetration/ Retrieved 2026-09-14. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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