Based on a comparison of 175 countries in 2021, Monaco ranked the highest in fixed broadband internet penetration based on subscribers as a percentage of population with 57.7% followed by Cayman Islands and France. On the other end of the scale was Chad with < 0.001%, South Sudan with 0.002% and Guinea with 0.008%.
Average fixed broadband internet penetration based on subscribers as a percentage of population reached 17.8% in 2021 in the World according to World Bank. This is 11.1 % more than in the previous year and 49.7 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average fixed broadband internet penetration based on subscribers as a percentage of population reached an all time high of 17.8% in 2021 and an all time low of 0.024% in 1998. The average annual growth amounted to 34.9 % since 1998.
Data for more countries are available at Fixed Broadband Internet Penetration Based on Subscribers (As % of Population) indicator page.
| Fixed Broadband Internet Penetration Based on Subscribers (As % of Population) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Belgium | % | 36.6% | 37.7% | 38.5% | 39.3% | 39.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | % | 36.7% | 37.1% | 38.1% | 39.0% | 40.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | % | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 45.0% | 39.4% | 49.1% | 49.3% | 77.1% | ... | ||||||||
| Denmark | % | 42.4% | 43.1% | 43.8% | 44.0% | 43.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 42.1% | 43.3% | 44.4% | 45.3% | 46.2% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 37.4% | 38.7% | 40.2% | 41.2% | 42.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | ... | ... | 31.8% | 33.6% | 35.3% | 37.3% | 38.9% | ||||||||||||||
| Liechtenstein | % | ... | 42.0% | 42.4% | 42.9% | 43.8% | 44.6% | |||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 35.7% | 36.6% | 37.8% | 39.0% | 40.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | 49.9% | 50.2% | 52.0% | 53.2% | 55.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | % | 41.2% | 42.2% | 42.4% | 42.8% | 43.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | % | 39.5% | 40.2% | 41.0% | 41.5% | 42.3% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 30.3% | 32.7% | 34.7% | 36.8% | 38.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 39.3% | 40.1% | 41.1% | 41.2% | 42.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 44.7% | 45.1% | 46.3% | 45.6% | 46.9% |
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