Skopje, 7 August 2024 (MIA) – North Macedonia has the fastest internet in the region and is one of the higher-ranked countries in Europe, according to research by Cable.co.uk, published by the statistical portal ‘Landgeist.’

With an internet connection speed of 97.9 Mbps, Macedonia is ahead of Slovenia (97.0 Mbps), Serbia (60.5 Mbps), Kosovo (57.3 Mbps), Greece (53.9 Mbps), Montenegro (49.5 Mbps), Bosnia and Herzegovina (44.0 Mbps), and Bulgaria (40.4 Mbps).

With a speed of 264.5 Mbps, Jersey has the fastest internet in the world, followed by Liechtenstein (246.8).

The top of the global ranking contains a lot of micro-states and dependencies. If we exclude those, Iceland (229.4 Mbps), France (152.5 Mbps) and the Netherlands (142.5 Mbps) have the fastest internet in Europe.

Turkey (24.8 Mbps), Albania (25.4 Mbps) and Croatia (25.7 Mbps) have the slowest internet in Europe.

The data from Cable.co.uk is based on the analysis of over 1.5 billion broadband speed tests across 229 countries, conducted over a 12-month period ending on June 30, 2024.

Photo: Landgeist print screen