Ranked: countries with the cheapest internet in the world 2023

The countries with the cheapest internet in the world have been ranked for 2023. Read our insights from the study and browse the latest data

If you’re one of the millions of people working in a remote job or pursuing a career as a digital nomad, then internet speed and the cost of connecting are likely to be the most important factors in your choice of destination.

Internet comparison site Cable has updated its latest ranking of the countries with the cheapest internet in the world based on fixed-line broadband packages.

The data was collected from 3,703 fixed-line broadband deals across 219 countries and territories between 2 January and 1 March 2023. It is the sixth year of the ranking.

A number of internet packages in each country were assessed before finding the average cost of a monthly internet package. All prices have been converted from local currency to USD.

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“It is not altogether too surprising that the most advanced, developed nations tend to have some of the most expensive broadband. After all, earnings are higher, and investment and rollout of new technologies tends to be ahead of the curve.”

– Dan Howdle, Cable

Region by region

We’ve broken the ranking by continent so it’s possible to compare countries to regional providers. The complete data set from Cable’s broadband price comparison, along with various graphics and interactive tools, can be accessed here.

“It is interesting that the cheapest broadband in the world tends to be in Eastern Europe and CIS [former USSR] nations. These countries tend to have some of the most advanced infrastructure (high % full fibre FTTP coverage), and are somehow able to offer it to users at very low prices.”

– Dan Howdle, Cable

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“In a way it obliterates the notion that regions such as Western Europe and North America pay more because of the cost of rolling out new technologies, and actually points more readily to the idea that people in these countries are made to pay more simply because they can be.”

– Dan Howdle, Cable

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COMPLETE RANKINGS

The table below ranks countries by their cheapest monthly available broadband package. Some countries and territories have been omitted due to insufficient data.

Rank	Name	Per package (USD)
1	Sudan	2.30
2	Kazakhstan	5.11
3	Moldova	7.03
4	Belarus	7.34
5	Romania	7.57
6	Ukraine	7.87
7	Iran	9.35
8	Nepal	9.46
9	Egypt	9.67
10	India	10.11
11	Kyrgyzstan	10.27
12	Vietnam	10.99
13	Mongolia	11.68
14	Azerbaijan	11.76
15	Sri Lanka	11.95
16	Bulgaria	12.71
17	Kosovo	12.76
18	Turkey	13.17
19	Georgia	13.49
20	Colombia	14.38
21	Tunisia	14.53
22	Pakistan	14.86
23	Serbia	15.11
24	Latvia	15.44
25	Uzbekistan	15.48
26	Bangladesh	15.74
27	Slovakia	16.42
28	Congo	16.82
29	Armenia	16.84
30	Argentina	16.84
31	Hungary	17.24
32	Poland	17.59
33	Albania	17.81
34	Thailand	18.45
35	Lebanon	18.53
36	Libya	18.68
37	North Macedonia	18.85
38	Lithuania	18.97
39	Paraguay	19.48
40	Eswatini	19.50
41	Bosnia & Herz	20.48
42	Algeria	20.51
43	Brazil	20.92
44	China	20.99
45	Myanmar	21.47
46	Croatia	22.50
47	Laos	22.58
48	Montenegro	23.41
49	Tajikistan	23.85
50	Liberia	24.00
51	Czechia	24.04
52	Afghanistan	24.78
53	Syria	25.22
54	Chile	25.51
55	Taiwan	26.13
56	Peru	26.22
57	South Korea	26.30
58	Israel	27.33
59	Malta	27.41
60	Ethiopia	27.41
61	Cambodia	28.13
62	Mayotte	28.21
63	Indonesia	28.57
64	Italy	28.69
65	Venezuela	29.13
66	Cuba	29.51
67	Palestine	30.89
68	Mexico	31.05
69	Portugal	31.67
70	Spain	31.85
71	Morocco	32.47
72	Sweden	32.94
73	Singapore	33.27
74	Iraq	33.65
75	UK	34.20
76	Germany	34.59
77	Greece	35.02
78	Ecuador	35.28
79	Malaysia	35.55
80	France	35.66
81	Bolivia	36.09
82	Estonia	36.37
83	Côte d'Ivoire	36.48
84	Mauritius	36.68
85	Nicaragua	36.99
86	Philippines	38.19
87	Dominican Rep	38.70
88	Austria	39.35
89	Senegal	39.56
90	Mali	40.54
91	Guatemala	40.95
92	Denmark	42.26
93	Tanzania	42.31
94	Costa Rica	42.43
95	Slovenia	42.54
96	Jordan	43.01
97	Cyprus	43.36
98	Belize	43.52
99	Japan	43.71
100	Cape Verde	43.89
101	Togo	43.92
102	Ireland	45.67
103	Turkmenistan	45.80
104	San Marino	46.84
105	Uruguay	47.33
106	Finland	47.35
107	South Africa	48.10
108	The Netherlands	48.41
109	Kenya	49.13
110	Burkina Faso	49.32
111	Lesotho	49.64
112	Yemen	50.67
113	New Zealand	50.81
114	Dominica	51.43
115	Somalia	52.50
116	Panama	52.57
117	Ghana	52.95
118	Australia	53.93
119	El Salvador	54.99
120	Honduras	55.00
121	Macau	55.55
122	Maldives	56.22
123	Luxembourg	56.68
124	Guyana	57.14
125	Kuwait	57.55
126	Belgium	58.01
127	Madagascar	58.12
128	Canada	58.14
129	Fiji	58.27
130	Monaco	58.54
131	Uganda	58.69
132	Benin	58.78
133	Grenada	59.20
134	St Lucia	59.20
135	USA	59.99
136	St Kitts & Nevis	60.18
137	Rwanda	60.96
138	Liechtenstein	60.98
139	Andorra	61.21
140	Qatar	61.80
141	Jamaica	63.91
142	Switzerland	64.14
143	Botswana	68.12
144	Nigeria	69.52
145	Equatorial Guinea	69.59
146	Zambia	71.40
147	Brunei	72.98
148	Sierra Leone	74.52
149	Trinidad & Tobago	74.69
150	Mauritania	74.74
151	Gibraltar	74.86
152	Namibia	76.25
153	Gabon	77.36
154	Iceland	78.04
155	Cameroon	78.38
156	Angola	78.48
157	Bahrain	78.61
158	Barbados	80.38
159	Hong Kong	80.51
160	Haiti	82.50
161	Micronesia	83.25
162	Antigua & Barbuda	83.64
163	Sao Tome & Prin	86.21
164	Norway	87.36
165	Saudi Arabia	88.32
166	Bahamas	90.93
167	Marshall Islands	92.03
168	Oman	93.30
169	Palau	95.37
170	Comoros	95.65
171	Vanuatu	98.58
172	Djibouti	100.86
173	Timor-Leste	107.33
174	UAE	111.21
175	Greenland	114.19
176	Eritrea	116.66
177	Bhutan	120.38
178	Seychelles	120.65
179	Mozambique	125.21
180	Samoa	135.18
181	Solomon Islands	139.09
182	Guinea	165.87
183	DR Congo	193.46
184	Turks & Caicos	199.00
185	Zimbabwe	201.00
186	Suriname	269.44
187	Burundi	383.79

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