OECD statistics for 2005 published
OECD.Org has released its latest round of statistics that summarise the popularity of broadband around the globe. The last set of data was issued in October 2005.
Those bits that stand out are that, there are 158 million broadband subscriptions by December 2005, and the three of the four countries with the highest penetration rates are in Europe, Iceland, Korea, the Netherlands and Denmark. Each of these has more than 25 subscribers per 100 inhabitants. Iceland leads the pack at 26.7%. The United States is the country with most subscribers at 49 million, which accounts for 31% of the broadband population worldwide, and along with Canada cable subscribers outnumber DSL subscribers.
For those keen to leave the copper local loop behind, it looks like a move to Japan is needed, the country has around 4.6 million fibre subscribers. In Korea fibre based broadband is growing rapidly, resulting in a fall in the number of DSL and cable connections of 3.3% and 1.7% respectively.
Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants, by technology, December 2005
|
DSL |
Cable |
Other |
Total |
Rank |
Total Subscribers |
|
|
Iceland |
25.9 |
0.1 |
0.6 |
26.7 |
1 |
78 017 |
|
Korea |
13.6 |
8.3 |
3.4 |
25.4 |
2 |
12 190 711 |
|
Netherlands |
15.7 |
9.6 |
0.0 |
25.3 |
3 |
4 113 573 |
|
Denmark |
15.3 |
7.2 |
2.5 |
25.0 |
4 |
1 350 415 |
|
Switzerland |
14.7 |
8.0 |
0.4 |
23.1 |
5 |
1 725 446 |
|
Finland |
19.5 |
2.8 |
0.1 |
22.5 |
6 |
1 174 200 |
| Norway |
17.8 |
2.9 |
1.2 |
21.9 |
7 |
1 006 766 |
|
Canada |
10.1 |
10.8 |
0.1 |
21.9 |
8 |
6 706 699 |
|
Sweden |
13.3 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
20.3 |
9 |
1 830 000 |
|
Belgium |
11.3 |
7.0 |
0.0 |
18.3 |
10 |
1 902 739 |
|
Japan |
11.3 |
2.5 |
3.8 |
17.6 |
11 |
22 515 091 |
|
United States |
6.5 |
9.0 |
1.3 |
16.8 |
12 |
49 391 060 |
|
United Kingdom |
11.5 |
4.4 |
0.0 |
15.9 |
13 |
9 539 900 |
|
France |
14.3 |
0.9 |
0.0 |
15.2 |
14 |
9 465 600 |
|
Luxembourg |
13.3 |
1.6 |
0.0 |
14.9 |
15 |
67 357 |
|
Austria |
8.1 |
5.8 |
0.2 |
14.1 |
16 |
1 155 000 |
|
Australia |
10.8 |
2.6 |
0.4 |
13.8 |
17 |
2 785 000 |
|
Germany |
12.6 |
0.3 |
0.1 |
13.0 |
18 |
10 706 600 |
|
Italy |
11.3 |
0.0 |
0.6 |
11.9 |
19 |
6 896 696 |
|
Spain |
9.2 |
2.5 |
0.1 |
11.7 |
20 |
4 994 274 |
|
Portugal |
6.6 |
4.9 |
0.0 |
11.5 |
21 |
1 212 034 |
|
New Zealand |
7.3 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
8.1 |
22 |
331 000 |
|
Ireland |
5.0 |
0.6 |
1.1 |
6.7 |
23 |
270 700 |
|
Czech Republic |
3.0 |
1.4 |
2.0 |
6.4 |
24 |
650 000 |
|
Hungary |
4.1 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
6.3 |
25 |
639 505 |
|
Slovak Republic |
2.0 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
2.5 |
26 |
133 900 |
|
Poland |
1.6 |
0.7 |
0.1 |
2.4 |
27 |
897 659 |
|
Mexico |
1.5 |
0.6 |
0.0 |
2.2 |
28 |
2 304 520 |
|
Turkey |
2.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.1 |
29 |
1 530 000 |
|
Greece |
1.4 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.4 |
30 |
155 418 |
|
OECD |
8.4 |
4.2 |
1.0 |
13.6 |
|
157 719 880 |
