Countries with the fastest Internet speeds

According to Akamai’s recent State of the Internet Report, the global average Internet connection speed increased by 21% from the first to the second quarter of 2014. South Korea maintained its status, leading the way with the highest average Internet connection speed in the world. Its Internet users browsed the web at an average speed of 24.6 Mbps in the second quarter of 2014.

The infographic below shows the countries with the highest average Internet connection speeds in Q2 2014.

Infographic via Statista.

Close behind South Korea are Hong Kong, Switzerland, and Japan, who each saw average speeds of about 15 Mbps. With an average connection speed of 11.4 Mbps, the United States ranked 14^th , which is still above the global average of 4.6 Mbps. To give an example on what these speeds mean, at 10 Mbps it would take about 50 minutes to download a two hour movie in HD quality.

Akamai forecasted that the Global Average Connection Speed is sure to reach, and perhaps overtake, at least 4Mbps before the end of the year.