The International Telecommunication Union has conducted extensive research on communications in various countries, including the Internet. The quality of Internet services was assessed by 11 different parameters, such as the average channel width, the percentage of households with a computer and / or the Internet, the number of subscribers to the mobile Internet, the quality and quantity of statistical data provided, and others.
Even the literacy rate of the adult population and the percentage of students from all citizens were assessed (although it is difficult to understand how this relates to the assessment of communications). Each parameter received its own score, and their sum allowed us to arrange the countries by the level of quality of the provided Internet services.
Top 10 countries with the best internet.
10. Norway
The harsh Vikings managed to surpass even super-megatechnological Japan, beating it by 0.02 points. The descendants of the samurai scored 8.47 points, and the Norwegians - 8.49. However, this result is more indicative of a decline than an upswing - after all, according to the results of a 2010 study, the Scandinavian country ranked no less than fifth place. Either the Internet has become worse, or other countries are better.
9. Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong regained its ownership of China relatively recently, only in 1997, and it seems that the event has benefited the Internet. The largest Chinese online store with free shipping - Aliexpress. The Autonomous Territory took ninth place with a score of 8.49 points. Around 180 ISPs provide over 3 million Internet users at 100 Mbps for HK $ 99 per month, which is approximately US $ 13.
8. Netherlands
And again in the ranking of the highest quality Internet connection a European country. Tulip lovers got 8.52 points. And not without reason: according to the OECD, residents of the Netherlands are provided with broadband internet better than all other European countries.
7.Switzerland
In addition to cheese, the Swiss also value the Internet: the country scored 8.53 points. 76% of the entire population of Switzerland are residents of the World Wide Web.
6. Luxembourg
This tiny European duchy with a population of only 550 thousand people (of which 440 thousand use the Internet) received a score of 8.59 points.
5. Sweden
The birthday of the Swedish Internet is 1984, when the network of the city of Gothenburg joined the World Wide Web, and ten years later the first Swedish provider offered the masses access to the Network via a modem. Two years later, the first lucky ones started using cable communication, and after just 9 years, Sweden was ranked fifth in the world for the quality of Internet connection with a score of 8.67.
4. England
The fourth place in the ranking with a score of 8.75 is taken by Great Britain. The Internet has become so part of everyday life there that it is necessary to prohibit the jury from sitting on Facebook or using Google during trials. And one of the famous porn sites even tried to sponsor a football team.
3. Iceland
The Internet of the most peaceful country in the world received a high score of 8.86 points, lagging behind the second place by only 0.02 points, and from the first - by 0.07. And even the Eyjafjallajökull volcano is not a hindrance to the quality of Icelandic internet services.
2. Denmark
Denmark is the highest on the list with a score of 8.88. The majority of Danes (97%) prefer to use ADSL (the second most popular is FTTx technology), and in total 89% of the total population is interneted. There are many different providers operating in Denmark, but all the latest meters - the channel connecting the client's equipment with the operator's access point - belong exclusively to TDC. Once she had a monopoly on communications in the state.
1. Republic of Korea
According to the study, the maximum possible score is 10, but none of the rating participants could reach such a height. South Korea was the closest to the ideal with a total score of 8.93 points. This country has the fastest internet in the world - 22.1 Mbps. Compared to 2013, the speed has increased by 51%. It is unlikely that in the future another country will be able to shake the leadership of the Far Eastern giant.