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The best internet infrastructure for remote workers

Fixed-broadband subscriptions per 100 people — a proxy for national broadband penetration and reliability.

01 FR France subs/100 · 2024 48.9 02 KR South Korea subs/100 · 2024 47.8 03 CN China (Mainland) subs/100 · 2024 47.2 04 DE Germany subs/100 · 2024 45.6 05 PT Portugal subs/100 · 2024 45.2 06 NL Netherlands subs/100 · 2024 43.0 07 CA Canada subs/100 · 2024 42.5 08 GB United Kingdom subs/100 · 2024 42.2 09 AE United Arab Emirates subs/100 · 2024 40.8 10 HK Hong Kong subs/100 · 2024 40.3 11 ES Spain subs/100 · 2024 39.2 12 US United States subs/100 · 2024 38.9 13 JP Japan subs/100 · 2023 38.6 14 NZ New Zealand subs/100 · 2024 38.0 15 AU Australia subs/100 · 2024 36.5 16 IE Ireland subs/100 · 2024 32.3 17 IT Italy subs/100 · 2024 31.8 18 SG Singapore subs/100 · 2024 27.8 19 BR Brazil subs/100 · 2024 24.1 20 MX Mexico subs/100 · 2024 21.7

Methodology on the methodology page. Each row links to the country brief with full source attribution.

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