Countries with the Fastest Internet Connections as of August 2010 - According to SpeedTest

Which countries enjoy the fastest internet service? How does internet connection speed in the Philippines compare against those of other countries?

Based on the freshest average internet speed data per country gathered by SpeedTest, a broadband speed analysis tool that allows anyone - from any country - to test their Internet connection, here are the countries with the fastest internet connections (including data gathered from schools and corporations from each country):

Based on Download Speed --

1 South Korea 32.45 Mb/s
2 Latvia 24.67 Mb/s
3 Republic of Moldova 23.44 Mb/s
4 Lithuania 21.94 Mb/s
5 Netherlands 20.92 Mb/s
6 Romania 20.25 Mb/s
7 Sweden 18.05 Mb/s
8 Japan 17.39 Mb/s
9 Aland Islands 16.80 Mb/s
10 Bulgaria 16.35 Mb/s
11 Switzerland 15.75 Mb/s
12 Germany 14.71 Mb/s
13 Portugal 14.67 Mb/s
14 Kyrgyzstan 14.56 Mb/s
15 Iceland 13.88 Mb/s
28 United States 10.05 Mb/s
31 Canada 8.74 Mb/s
33 Taiwan 8.01 Mb/s
41 Philippines 7.04 Mb/s
...
134 India 1.29 Mb/s
180 Nepal 0.42 Mb/s
181 Zambia 0.25 Mb/s

Based on Upload Speed --

1 South Korea 19.06 Mb/s
2 Lithuania 13.55 Mb/s
3 Latvia 13.31 Mb/s
4 Andorra 10.28 Mb/s
5 Republic of Moldova 9.88 Mb/s
6 Kyrgyzstan 8.53 Mb/s
7 Aland Islands 8.41 Mb/s
8 Japan 8.39 Mb/s
9 Romania 8.37 Mb/s
10 Bulgaria 8.28 Mb/s
11 Iceland 7.43 Mb/s
12 Ghana 7.18 Mb/s
13 Sweden 6.96 Mb/s
14 Denmark 6.60 Mb/s
15 Russia 6.10 Mb/s
21 Philippines 4.11 Mb/s
...
30 United States 2.55 Mb/s
31 France 2.28 Mb/s
32 Finland 2.17 Mb/s
33 Germany 1.99 Mb/s
...
41 China 1.73 Mb/s
53 Singapore 1.38 Mb/s
58 Australia 1.16 Mb/s
...
106 India 0.66 Mb/s
180 French Polynesia 0.07 Mb/s
181 Zambia 0.03 Mb/s

Oh, at least we're not that far behind in terms of upload speed. In fact, we're better than some first world countries in that department. Download speed here remains relatively miserable though.

Here's the breakdown per continent:

Based on Download Speed --



Based on Upload Speed --