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International Internet bandwidth (Mbps) by country

International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.

Countries reporting
52
Highest
200,000 Mbps
South Africa
Lowest
2 Mbps
Guinea-Bissau
Median
1,008 Mbps
Years covered
20
1992–2011
Data points
701

What the numbers show

International Internet bandwidth (Mbps) is currently reported for 52 countries. The highest value is 200,000 Mbps in South Africa; the lowest is 2 Mbps in Guinea-Bissau.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,008 Mbps, and the mean is 14,014 Mbps.

International Internet bandwidth: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 200,000 Mbps 2011 up 42,005.3% volatile
2 Morocco 124,400 Mbps 2011 up 91,370.6% volatile
3 Egypt 122,261 Mbps 2011 up 36,395.8% volatile
4 Tunisia 61,440 Mbps 2011 up 85,233.3% volatile
5 Kenya 52,938 Mbps 2011 up 203,508.0% volatile
6 Algeria 45,000 Mbps 2011 up 52,043.7% volatile
7 Uganda 18,887 Mbps 2011 up 368,788.0% volatile
8 Nigeria 17,000 Mbps 2011 up 184,362.0% volatile
9 Sudan 13,300 Mbps 2011 up 110,733.0% volatile
10 Libya 12,000 Mbps 2011 up 585,838.0% volatile
11 Cote d'Ivoire 8,000 Mbps 2011 up 118,771.0% volatile
12 Senegal 6,500 Mbps 2011 up 13,441.7% volatile
12 Ethiopia 6,500 Mbps 2011 up 324,900.0% volatile
14 Mauritius 5,806 Mbps 2011 up 57,960.0% volatile
15 Tanzania 5,000 Mbps 2011 up 121,851.0% volatile
16 Zimbabwe 3,500 Mbps 2011 up 49,900.0% volatile
17 Rwanda 3,381 Mbps 2011 up 2,641,310.0% volatile
18 Zambia 2,927 Mbps 2011 up 142,820.0% volatile
19 Malawi 1,940 Mbps 2011 up 96,900.0% volatile
20 Mali 1,550 Mbps 2011 up 51,566.7% volatile
21 Angola 1,500 Mbps 2011 up 74,900.0% volatile
22 Togo 1,388 Mbps 2011 up 23,033.3% volatile
23 Mozambique 1,280 Mbps 2011 up 28,471.4% volatile
24 Botswana 1,200 Mbps 2011 up 8,471.4% volatile
25 Burkina Faso 1,111 Mbps 2011 up 55,450.0% volatile
26 Benin 1,085 Mbps 2011 up 54,150.0% volatile
27 Cape Verde 930 Mbps 2011 up 46,400.0% volatile
28 Djibouti 850 Mbps 2011 up 165,916.0% volatile
29 Democratic Republic of Congo 800 Mbps 2011 up 38,962.5% volatile
30 Ghana 792 Mbps 2011 up 19,235.9% volatile
31 Gabon 775 Mbps 2011 up 151,267.0% volatile
32 Namibia 655 Mbps 2011 up 21,221.6% volatile
33 Mauritania 620 Mbps 2011 up 80,419.5% volatile
34 Eswatini 512 Mbps 2011 up 50,096.1% volatile
35 Equatorial Guinea 500 Mbps 2011 up 781,150.0% volatile
36 Cameroon 322 Mbps 2011 up 125,681.0% volatile
37 Gambia 310 Mbps 2011 up 242,088.0% volatile
38 Lesotho 261 Mbps 2011 up 26,000.0% volatile
39 Guinea 230 Mbps 2011 up 176,823.0% volatile
40 Madagascar 224 Mbps 2011 up 7,366.7% volatile
41 Seychelles 220 Mbps 2011 up 3,566.7% volatile
42 Niger 210 Mbps 2011 up 40,915.6% volatile
43 Burundi 180 Mbps 2011 up 28,025.0% volatile
44 Comoros 166 Mbps 2011 up 129,588.0% volatile
45 Liberia 76 Mbps 2011 up 59,275.0% volatile
46 Sao Tome and Principe 50 Mbps 2011 up 2,400.0% volatile
46 Chad 50 Mbps 2011 up 19,431.2% volatile
48 Congo 36 Mbps 2011 up 28,025.0% volatile
49 Eritrea 30 Mbps 2011 up 2,900.0% volatile
50 Central African Republic 20 Mbps 2011 up 4,344.4% volatile
51 Somalia 3 Mbps 2005 up 2,243.8% volatile
52 Guinea-Bissau 2 Mbps 2010 up 3,025.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
International Internet bandwidth (Mbps)
Unit
Mbps
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, and TeleGeography
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
54 places, 701 data points, 1992–2011
Last refreshed

International Internet bandwidth is the contracted capacity of international connections between countries for transmitting Internet traffic.