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Broadband Portal

Policy makers must examine a range of indicators which reflect the status of individual broadband markets.

This page provides access to a range of broadband-related statistics gathered by the OECD.

The OECD has identified the five main categories below which are important for assessing broadband markets. 

Methodology

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Broadband access network speed tests by country

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Fibre overtakes cable as the primary fixed broadband technology in OECD countries

High-speed fibre internet has overtaken cable for the first time to become the primary fixed broadband technology across the OECD’s 38 member countries with 34.9% of fixed broadband subscriptions, surpassing cable (32.4%) and DSL (down to 27%) according to the latest data.

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Penetration and data usage

1.1.   Total fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions by country (Dec. 2021)

1.2.   Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants (Dec. 2021)

1.3.   Fixed and mobile broadband subscriptions by technology (Dec. 2021)

1.4.   Yearly penetration increase (Dec. 2021)

1.5.   Historical time series, fixed and mobile broadband penetration (Dec. 2021)

1.6.   Historical penetration rates, fixed and mobile broadband, top 5 (Dec. 2021) 

1.7.   Historical penetration rates, fixed and mobile broadband, G7 (Dec. 2021)

1.8.   Five largest OECD fixed and mobile broadband markets (Dec. 2021)

1.9.   Broadband penetration and GDP (Dec. 2021)

1.10. Percentage of fibre connections in total broadband (Dec. 2021)

1.11. Growth of fibre subscriptions (Dec. 2021)

1.12. Machine to machine subscriptions (Dec. 2021)

1.13. Mobile data usage per mobile broadband subscription (Dec. 2021)

1.14. Top six countries in mobile data usage per mobile broadband subscription (Dec. 2021)

Speeds

2.1.  Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, per speed tiers (Dec. 2021)

2.2.  Fixed broadband experienced download speed (2020-21)

Household and business usage

Household and business ICT usage surveys 

3.1. Enterprises’ broadband connectivity, by firm size, 2021

3.2. Enterprises with a website or home page, by firm size, 2021 

3.3. Enterprises using cloud computing services, by firm size, 2021

3.4. Enterprises performing big data analysis, 2021

3.5. Internet users by age, 2021

3.6. Internet users by age and educational attainment, 2021

3.7. Diffusion of online purchases, 2021

3.8. Individuals who attended an online course, 2021

Coverage and geography (national broadband maps)

National broadband maps of OECD countries

The coverage of broadband service is mapped by access technologies such as DSL, fibre, cable and wireless in addition to speed tiers (e.g. 1 Mbit/s to 1.5 Mbit/s, second lowest speed tier of less than 10-20 Mbit/s, mid-speed tier of less than 50 Mbit/s, etc.). Information on service providers such as names or links to them for each of the smallest geographical units is also provided. It is therefore possible to consult which technologies are used for broadband access and how much speed is provided in a location along with names of service providers if a detailed interactive map has been established in the country.

Links to national broadband maps (external sites):


Maps not available for Chile, Israel and Turkey.

Prices and mobile termination rates

4.1.  OECD mobile broadband basket, low user, May 2016

4.2.  OECD mobile broadband basket, low user, May 2017

4.3.  OECD mobile broadband basket, medium user, May 2016

4.4.  OECD mobile broadband basket, medium user, May 2017

4.5.  OECD mobile broadband basket, high user, May 2016

4.6.  OECD mobile broadband basket, high user, May 2017

4.7.  OECD fixed broadband basket, low user, June 2016

4.8.  OECD fixed broadband basket, low user, June 2017

4.9.  OECD fixed broadband basket, high user, June 2016

4.10. OECD fixed broadband basket, high user, June 2017

4.11. Mobile Termination Rates (MTRs) in the OECD area, 2020

 

Prices methodology: Revised OECD telecommunication price basket (Dec. 2017)

   

Explore our new interactive broadband indicators

Our broadband indicators are now available on the OECD Going Digital Toolkit's Data Kitchen in a dynamic data explorer that allows you to select time periods, choose and compare countries, and instantly customise graphs in a variety of formats. You can also make comparisons with indicators from other OECD ICT databases.