Chile. Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, which tracks countries' internet speeds and overall global average internet speeds, highlighted that last year Chile was the country with the fastest internet in the world, even above China and Singapore.
The report also highlights that mobile download speed increased by almost 17% over the last year globally, fixed broadband increased by at least 28%.
The improvement in global median download speeds has been somewhat asymmetric over the past year in the global Speedtest index. Fixed broadband speeds advanced more over the past year than mobile download speeds, with fixed broadband speeds becoming at least 28% faster and mobile nearly 17% faster between November 2021 and November 2022.
Gains in upload speed were even more pronounced with mobile speed at least 9% faster and fixed broadband being at least 30% faster. Latency, which is becoming an increasingly important metric, declined on mobile devices throughout the year from 29ms in 2021 to 28ms in 2022, while fixed broadband latency stayed the same at 10ms.
Top 10 rankings remain relatively constant over the past year, U.A.E. joins fixed broadband roster and Denmark, Macau (SAR) and Brunei compete for mobile during 2022
Chile moved ahead in fixed broadband
Competition for the fastest fixed broadband topped the Speedtest Global Index during 2022, with Chile (216.23 Mbps) taking top honors and China (214.23 Mbps) and Singapore (214.23 Mbps) slightly behind.
Throughout the year, the top 10 countries for the fastest fixed broadband remained relatively the same, while each country moved up and down the list because of fixed broadband superiority. Only Spain was replaced from the top 10 by the United Arab Emirates. taking his place.
Notably, China jumped four places from sixth to second, improving its average download speed from 146.62 Mbps in 2021 to 214.58 Mbps in 2022. Romania's tenth place in 2022 would have taken fourth place in 2021, demonstrating how quickly these countries prioritize improvement in fixed broadband speeds.
Here are the ten countries with the fastest internet in 2022:
