The country with the best internet
connection in the world has been announced in a report by International
Telecommunication Union.
South Korea was named as the country with
the fastest internet in the world, with the country leading the ICT Development
Index table, ahead of the likes of the UK, US and Japan.
The IDI ratings are done on speed of
internet (bandwidth, measured in bits per second), volume of fixed internet
subscriptions per 100 people, and percentage of households with a computer,
giving the country a score out of 10.
South Korea’s rating came in at 8.93,
taking it above Denmark for the first time, with the Scandinavian country
previously heading up the table for several years.
The country with the worst internet in the
world is Chad, with a measly IDI rating of 1.17, taking it below the likes of
Cuba, Afghanistan and Ethiopia.
The UK’s rating is 8.75, which is higher
than both Japan and the US, making it the country with the fourth best IDI
score in the world.
However, the worst country in Europe is
Albania, which dwindles at the bottom of the continent's rankings with a score
of 4.73.
South Korea’s IDI rating comes off the
back of a developing technology industry, and a fervent e-sports culture.
The country has also seen a steady
increase in the number of people visiting ‘PC bangs’ cafés where groups of
people will go to play video games and browse the internet.
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