May 31st, 2007
Top 30 broadband countries with prices per megabit
Korea, Japan, Iceland and Finland are the top broadband countries, according to ITIF.
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Top broadband nations |
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| Rank | Country | Penetration | Speed, Mbps | Price for 1 Mbps | Score |
| 1 | Korea | 0.90 | 45.6 | 0.45 | 15.73 |
| 2 | Japan | 0.52 | 61.0 | 0.27 | 14.99 |
| 3 | Iceland | 0.83 | 6.0 | 4.99 | 12.14 |
| 4 | Finland | 0.57 | 21.7 | 2.77 | 12.11 |
| 5 | Netherlands | 0.73 | 8.8 | 4.31 | 11.87 |
| 6 | Sweden | 0.49 | 18.2 | 0.63 | 11.54 |
| 7 | France | 0.49 | 17.6 | 1.64 | 11.41 |
| 8 | Denmark | 0.70 | 4.6 | 4.92 | 11.37 |
| 9 | Norway | 0.64 | 7.4 | 4.04 | 11.29 |
| 10 | Canada | 0.62 | 7.6 | 6.50 | 11.11 |
| 11 | Belgium | 0.54 | 6.2 | 6.69 | 10.60 |
| 12 | United States | 0.51 | 4.8 | 3.33 | 10.47 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 0.68 | 2.3 | 21.71 | 10.40 |
| 14 | Australia | 0.50 | 1.7 | 2.39 | 10.23 |
| 15 | Austria | 0.42 | 7.3 | 5.99 | 10.08 |
| 16 | Portugal | 0.42 | 8.1 | 10.99 | 9.92 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 0.50 | 2.6 | 11.02 | 9.92 |
| 18 | Germany | 0.38 | 6.0 | 5.20 | 9.81 |
| 19 | Italy | 0.38 | 4.2 | 3.36 | 9.78 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 0.51 | 3.1 | 18.48 | 9.71 |
| 21 | Spain | 0.44 | 1.2 | 12.46 | 9.48 |
| 22 | New Zealand | 0.36 | 2.3 | 9.20 | 9.26 |
| 23 | Ireland | 0.37 | 2.2 | 13.82 | 9.14 |
| 24 | Poland | 0.20 | 7.5 | 13.00 | 8.69 |
| 25 | Czech Republic | 0.27 | 1.6 | 24.10 | 8.11 |
| 26 | Hungary | 0.30 | 3.0 | 44.24 | 7.53 |
| 27 | Greece | 0.12 | 1.0 | 33.19 | 6.93 |
| 28 | Slovak Republic | 0.16 | 2.8 | 50.15 | 6.58 |
| 29 | Mexico | 0.16 | 1.1 | 60.01 | 6.00 |
| 30 | Turkey | 0.17 | 2.0 | 115.76 | 3.81 |
| Source: ITIF | |||||
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