The UK has come 33rd in a list of countries based on their average broadband speeds. This places it behind Liechtenstein, and means it comes just above the average speed for the whole world.
The results are revealed in the Net Index released by Ookla, which examined over 1.5 billion records to come up with the data. South Korea has the fastest speed, which will surprise no one. The country has an incredible record for broadband speeds over the years, and its average speed according to Ookla is currently 34.19Mbps.
This places it well above the second country on the list, Latvia, which has an average speed of 24.3Mbps. Next on the list come Moldova, Japan and Sweden.
With the UK boasting an average speed of just 7.7Mbps, South Korea has an average speed nearly five times faster. However, our average speed is 0.3Mbps above the global average, which is something at least.
The UK can take heart from the fact that even the mighty United States didn’t do too much better, coming in 26th place overall with 10.16Mbps.
In last place was Zambia, with a lowly 260Kbps, coming 154th on the list.
Interestingly, the results also revealed the top locations within each country for broadband speeds. In the UK, where you would expect London and other big cities to be the obvious winners, it was the likes of Welling, Loughton and Dartford that scored the highest.
The top location in the world was, unsurprisingly, Seoul, the capital of South Korea, with an average speed of 34.66Mbps.
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