28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

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While almost all countries are taking measures to expand fixed and mobile Internet connections, including India, some nations have a march over others.

Let's take a look at nations that have most extensive fixed and mobile Internet connections.

Source: Bloomberg Visual Data

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Children look at a gingerbread town consisting of buildings, boats, bridges and other structures, in Bergen, Norway.
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Norway

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 36.9

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 84.6

Percentage of households using Internet: 95.00 per cent

Wired score: 95.20

Overall rank: 1

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

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Denmark

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 38.2

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 87.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 93.00 per cent

Wired score: 95.17

Overall rank: 2

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Children try out a skateboard park built under a concrete viaduct in Ralambshov Park in central Stockholm, Sweden.
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Sweden

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 32.2

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 101.3

Percentage of households using Internet: 94.00 per cent

Wired score: 94.23

Overall rank: 3

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Children skate on the ice of the frozen Tjoernin lake in central Reykjavik, Iceland.
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Iceland

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 34.5

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 71.7

Percentage of households using Internet: 96.00 per cent

Wired score: 92.87

Overall rank: 4

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: People dressed as elves read letters from around the world which were sent to Santa Claus at the Santa Claus' Post Office on the Arctic Circle near Rovaniemi, northern Finland.
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Finland

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 30.4

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 106.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 91.00 per cent

Wired score: 92.47

Overall rank: 5

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A view of a subway station in the Gangnam area of Seoul, South Korea.
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South Korea

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 37.6

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 106.0

Percentage of households using Internet: 84.10 per cent

Wired score: 91.63

Overall rank: 6

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A view of Luxembourg city, Luxembourg.
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Luxembourg

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 32.6

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 72.6

Percentage of households using Internet: 92.0 per cent

Wired score: 91.30

Overall rank: 7

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: People sit on a quay at the Leliegracht canal in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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The Netherlands

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 39.4

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 61.0

Percentage of households using Internet: 93.0 per cent

Wired score: 90.80

Overall rank: 8

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Pedestrians walk past a store on Oxford Street in central London, United Kingdom.
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United Kingdom

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 34.0

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 72.0

Percentage of households using Internet: 87.0 per cent

Wired score: 88.80

Overall rank: 9

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: People buy fruits at a market in front of the Te Papa Museum in Wellington, New Zealand.
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New Zealand

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 27.8

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 65.2

Percentage of households using Internet: 89.5 per cent

Wired score: 86.23

Overall rank: 10

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Pedestrians walk across a zebra crossing in Tokyo, Japan.
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Japan

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 27.9

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 113.1

Percentage of households using Internet: 79.1 per cent

Wired score: 85.53

Overall rank: 11

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Shoppers leave a store in Sydney's central business district, Australia.
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Australia

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 25.1

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 96.2

Percentage of households using Internet: 82.3 per cent

Wired score: 84.83

Overall rank: 12

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Visitors to a bar ride a mechanical bull on Sixth Street in Austin, Texas, United States.
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United States

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 28.0

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 74.7

Percentage of households using Internet: 81.0 per cent

Wired score: 84.67

Overall rank: 13

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A model presents a creation by Indian designer Devki Karer for label DEVKI's in Singapore.
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Singapore

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 26.1

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 123.3

Percentage of households using Internet: 74.2 per cent

Wired score: 83.67

Overall rank: 14

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A single woman pushes a bachelor who rides in a shopping trolley at the 'adopt-a-guy' (adopte-un-mec) store in Paris, France.
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France

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 37.8

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 52.2

Percentage of households using Internet: 83.0 per cent

Wired score: 83.10

Overall rank: 15

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A woman takes a picture of Vaduz Castle in the town centre of Liechtenstein's capital Vaduz.
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Liechtenstein

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 33.0

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 48.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 89.4 per cent

Wired score: 82.97

Overall rank: 16

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: People walk near the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, Canada.
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Canada

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 32.9

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 50.0

Percentage of households using Internet: 86.8 per cent

Wired score: 82.07

Overall rank: 17

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A view of road and transport hall of the Swiss Museum of Transport in Lucerne, Switzerland.
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Switzerland

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 41.9

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 41.4

Percentage of households using Internet: 85.2 per cent

Wired score: 81.27

Overall rank: 18

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Participants compete in a wife-carrying obstacle race at a shopping mall in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 31.6

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 73.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 72.8 per cent

Wired score: 81.03

Overall rank: 19

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A tourist poses with restaurant staff in Tallinn, Estonia.
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Estonia

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 25.7

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 72.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 79.0 per cent

Wired score: 80.30

Overall rank: 20

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A view of Bahrain's capital Manama.
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Bahrain

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 12.7

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 67.1

Percentage of households using Internet: 88.0 per cent

Wired score: 78.73

Overall rank: 21

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: People enjoy the evening at Donaukanal in the centre of Vienna, Austria.
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Austria

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 25.2

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 55.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 81.0 per cent

Wired score: 78.03

Overall rank: 22

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A confectioner makes final touches to a 90 centimetre high handmade chocolate Santa Claus figure, in the workshop of the Felicitas chocolate shop, in Hornow, south of Berlin, Germany.
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Germany

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 34.0

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 41.0

Percentage of households using Internet: 84.0 per cent

Wired score: 77.97

Overall rank: 23

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A man cycles in central Dublin, Ireland.
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Ireland

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 22.7

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 64.2

Percentage of households using Internet: 79.0 per cent

Wired score: 75.97

Overall rank: 24

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Tourists wait for a bus in Valletta, Malta.
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Malta

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 31.7

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 57.6

Percentage of households using Internet: 70.0 per cent

Wired score: 75.67

Overall rank: 25

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: A family takes a sampan ride on a canal inside Villagio Mall, a popular shopping area in Doha, Qatar.
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Qatar

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 8.2

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 72.1

Percentage of households using Internet: 88.1 per cent

Wired score: 75.50

Overall rank: 26

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: People walk past a cafe in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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Israel

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 22.2

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 65.5

Percentage of households using Internet: 73.4 per cent

Wired score: 74.83

Overall rank: 27

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28 countries with best fixed and mobile Internet reach

Image: Figurines from the comic strip Tintin by Brussels-born author Georges Remi, better known as Herge, are displayed in a shop at the Herge Museum in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium.
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Belgium

Fixed broadband penetration per 100 residents: 34.1

Mobile broadband penetration per 100 residents: 33.7

Percentage of households using Internet: 82.0 per cent

Wired score: 74.57

Overall rank: 28

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