The internet is undoubtedly the technology that drives the world today, and any country that wants to develop will need a large infrastructure to make it work at the required speed. However, this is a reality available to only a few people in the world..
Even in 2022, We know that more than 2.7 billion people do not have internet access in their homes.which puts them completely behind the rest of the world, but the number increases if we take into account connection speedAnd we understand that more than half of the world's households do not have fiber optic or similar technologies.
Even today, many people do not have high-speed internet in their homes.
The internet is undoubtedly the technology we use most in our daily lives, something so important that it is used even in the simplest things like checking the time on our mobile phone or checking our location; we need it. Not to mention more complex tasks where we see that it is of utmost importance even for the development of certain companies.
However, The world is not in sync, and more than a third of the world's population does not have an internet connection at home.And even more dramatic is the fact that more than half of the world's households do not have a high-speed internet connection, which is key.
So what are governments doing to solve this? Do they really care about what's happening? Of course there are, the problem is that there are several challenges to overcome that are not at all easy to face.Firstly, there is the fact that there are almost inaccessible populations.
This makes creating a dedicated infrastructure for them very complicated. This is especially evident in the more rural states of every country in the world.Furthermore, technologies such as high-speed satellite internet from companies like Starlink are not cheap at all, making them unaffordable for most people of middle or lower class.
However, the future is much more promising than we might think. as increasingly powerful technologies are being developed to achieve a high-speed internet connectionAnd these increasingly require less infrastructure to be implemented.
The number of households without internet access has decreased dramatically in the last 5 years, now being more than 4.000M in 2016, was reduced to 3.200M in 2020 and today we are in the 2.700M of homes without internet connection. It is estimated that before 2025 the number will be less than 2.000 billion.
Furthermore, governments in developing countries are investing increasing amounts of money in improving their internet infrastructure, which experts say will help Reduce the number of households without internet access to less than 1.000 billion by 2030.
The countries with the slowest and fastest internet in the world
While the future looks promising in terms of internet speed, the present is not so much, and now we're going to review with you some of the countries in the world that have the worst internet.
The reasons why this happens are as follows:
- Cuba: It has an average internet speed of 5,1Mbps, which is due to the economic sanctions against this country, and the fact that it is an island with poor infrastructure.
- Yemen: The average internet speed in this country is 3,6Mbps, which is due to its extreme poverty, leaving no room for investment in sectors beyond those basic for the survival of the population.
- Venezuela: The country with the slowest internet in the world, with a speed of only 3,5Mbps, is due to the enormous political corruption in the country that has diverted funds intended for the development of new technologies.
Now, Let's see which countries have the fastest internet in the world Where do you think Spain ranks? And the United States?
Well, you'll find out soon enough:
- SingaporeThis Asian country boasts the world's fastest internet speed at an astonishing 200.1Mbps, thanks to the massive investment its government makes in the telecommunications sector each year.
- Hong KongSecond place goes to this Chinese region, which boasts an amazing average internet speed of 192.4Mbps.
- Thailand: And in third place is this Asian country that averages more than 180Mbps of Internet speed in most of its homes.
As for the Spain It refers to, it occupies the fifteenth place in the ranking with an excellent internet speed of 141,22 Mbps, being one of the fastest connections in the entire European community. For its part, United States It is just one step above the Iberian country in fourteenth place with a speed of 145,3 Mbps.
If we're talking about Latin America, the country with the best internet in the region is Chile, that with their 81,4 Mbps It occupies 27th place in the world rankings. It is followed by... Uruguay, 28th place, with some respectable 80,5 Mbps and the podium is completed by Brazil, which ranks 31st worldwide with a respectable 78,3 Mbps.
In terms of connection speed, Latin American countries have improved considerably, although they are still far from achieving the speeds seen in developed countries, especially in Asian countries that lead the world rankings. However, It is expected that in this decade they will have much greater growth that will allow them to climb several places in the ranking.
