Iceland’s Rural Fiber Project, launched in 2016 to bring ≥100 megabits/second (Mbps) wired internet to 99.9% of households and businesses nationwide by year-end 2020, has earned the country the title of Europe’s broadband champion of 2022.
Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Andorra and France round up the top five, with average download speeds between 120 Mbps and 220 Mbps. Nations such as Luxembourg and Liechtenstein have the advantage of having to provide service over a smaller area relative to that of larger countries such as Germany and Italy. With this in mind, France performed well in 2022 — even if the survey does not account for regional differences.
Excluding countries with less than one million inhabitants, the fixed internet network in France ranks third worldwide, behind only Taiwan and Japan.
See also: The most connected cities in the U.S.
Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania are among the European countries with the slowest internet speeds, where average download speeds can fall below 20 Mbps.
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