Quality and speed of mobile Internet in Europe – (H1 2022)

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25 November 2022
Maciej Biegajewski
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Despite the global socio-economic challenges that we have had to face in recent months, the rapid development of mobile technologies continues. In many countries, the development of 5G networks has become crucial and strategic investments in telecommunications infrastructure are being made.

An important element of any change is monitoring its effects. That is why we decided to check what the quality and speed of mobile Internet looked like in the first half of 2022 in selected countries of the European Economic Area.

In our study, the results for both 4G and 5G technologies were taken into account, and the data source are the measurements of the RFBENCHMARK mobile application users.

Average data download speed: Austria (72.97 Mbps)

In the ranking of 25 European countries, Austria took the lead in the most media-hyped category of the average data download speed. This country was clearly ahead of the Scandinavian countries: Denmark with a result of 71.64 Mbps and Norway with a result of 67.91 Mbps, as well as the Netherlands with a result of 70.85 Mbps.

Countries such as Portugal, Spain, and Greece came last.

Average data upload speed: Belgium (47.45 Mbps)

The winner of the next category is to be found among the Benelux countries. It is Belgium, with a result of 47.45 Mbps, that can boast the best average data upload speed. Here, too, it has a very clear advantage over the next countries – Slovenia (30.83 Mbps) and Denmark (23.81 Mbps).

Ping: Bulgaria (20 ms)

In terms of statistics for the lowest average ping value, the countries of Central and Eastern Europe top the table. The leader of the ranking is Bulgaria (20 ms), ahead of Slovakia and the Baltic countries (Estonia – 23 ms, Latvia – 23.75 ms).

Country	Data download	Data upload	Ping
Austria	72.97 Mbps	21.06 Mbps	39 ms
Belgium	47.45 Mbps	10,04 Mbps	34 ms
Bulgaria	59.1 Mbps	13.3 Mbps	20 ms
Croatia	42.82 Mbps	15.77 Mbps	27.29 ms
Cyprus	n/a	n/a	n/a
Czech Republic	33 Mbps	9.84 Mbps	47.29 ms
Denmark	71.64 Mbps	23.81 Mbps	32.91 ms
Estonia	54.9 Mbps	11.6 Mbps	23 ms
Finland	59.88 Mbps	11.34 Mbps	41.99 ms
France	40.9 Mbps	14.45 Mbps	53.6 ms
Germany	49.8 Mbps	9.09 Mbps	44.83 ms
Greece	23.86 Mbps	7.82 Mbps	42.71 ms
Hungary	31.59 Mbps	13.57 Mbps	30.97 ms
Iceland	n/a	n/a	n/a
Ireland	22.58 Mbps	9.38 Mbps	47.49 ms
Italy	32.83 Mbps	16.71 Mbps	39.84 ms
Latvia	47.11 Mbps	6.29 Mbps	23.75 ms
Liechtenstein	n/a	n/a	n/a
Lithuania	30.42 Mbps	6.34 Mbps	55.42 ms
Luxembourg	n/a	n/a	n/a
Malta	n/a	n/a	n/a
The Netherlands	70.85 Mbps	15.14 Mbps	35.54 ms
Norway	67.91 Mbps	11.48 Mbps	54.84 ms
Poland	35.08 Mbps	19.51 Mbps	32.86 ms
Portugal	9.21 Mbps	9.59 Mbps	33.86 ms
Romania	32.2 Mbps	11.4 Mbps	38.07 ms
Slovakia	41.4 Mbps	10.2 Mbps	21 ms
Slovenia	52.31 Mbps	30.83 Mbps	28.39 ms
Spain	17.31 Mbps	8.66 Mbps	63.45 ms
Sweden	54.9 Mbps	16.33 Mbps	46.19 ms

How did we collect data for the ranking?

The measurements are collected from the users of our mobile app. It allows us to measure basic mobile network parameters – including signal level and quality depending on the technology used by the mobile device, information about the mobile network operator, or the country where the smartphone is located. In addition, on-demand measurements of data download and upload speeds, as well as a latency test, are performed. When the app notices a low-quality voice call, lack of mobile Internet service, or other services, it has the ability to report the user’s current position where the problem occurred.