(CNN) - The average speed of mobile internet in Vietnam increased 8 places, ranked 43/138 countries, while the fixed network increased one place to 45/179 countries surveyed by SpeedTest as of January 2023.
Online service SpeedTest - specializing in analyzing and evaluating the performance and internet access speed of network operators - has just released the Global Internet Index Report on internet speed of 179 countries and territories around the world. , including Vietnam.
According to SpeedTest, the global average fixed internet connection speed reached 76.34 Mbps and the global average mobile network speed reached 37.98 Mbps.
The average speed of mobile internet in Vietnam increased 8 places, ranked 43/138 countries, while the fixed network increased one place to 45/179 countries surveyed by SpeedTest as of January 2023.
Specifically, the average speed of the mobile network in Vietnam reached 46.66 Mbps and the average speed of the fixed network reached 84.18 Mbps. Data provided by SpeedTest shows that Vietnam's average internet network is higher than the world's average network speed. However, the internet speed in Vietnam is still high in terms of Southeast Asia and Asia.
Vietnam's internet speed, both mobile and fixed, is above the world average. Illustration: Internet
In terms of fixed network speed, Vietnam is only inferior to Singapore (ranked 1st with an average speed of 234.55 Mbps, Thailand (ranked 6, average speed 201.81 Mbps), Malaysia (ranked 47, speed average speed 92.69 Mbps) and Philippines (ranked 41, average speed 88.13 Mbps) in Southeast Asia.
In terms of mobile network speed, Vietnam ranks third in the region, just behind Brunei (ranked 12, average speed 89.63 Mbps) and Singapore (ranked 19, average speed 78.92 Mbps) ).
If compared in the whole of Asia, the speed of fixed and mobile networks in Vietnam are ranked 14th.
SpeedTest data also shows that Singapore is currently the country with the fastest fixed network speed in the world with an average speed of 234.55 Mbps. Chile ranked second with an average speed of 224.84 Mbps, pushing China down to third place with an average speed of 211.34 Mbps.
Asia has 7 names in the top 20 countries and territories with the fastest internet speed in the world.
In contrast, Cuba is ranked as the country with the slowest fixed internet speed in the world, with an average access speed of only 1.84 Mbps. Countries such as Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Syria and Yemen also feature in the top 5 countries with the slowest internet speeds in the world.
In terms of mobile network speed, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is currently the country with the fastest mobile network speed in the world with an average speed of 161.15Mbps. Qatar, Norway, South Korea and Denmark are the names in the top 5.
Asian countries also dominate when participating in 10 out of 20 countries and territories with the fastest mobile network speeds in the world.
Similarly, Cuba is also the last name in terms of mobile network access speed with an average speed of 4.13 Mbps. Tajikistan, Ghana, Venezuela and Afghanistan are the names in the top 5 countries with the slowest mobile networks in the world.