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Broadband Portal


Policy makers must examine a range of indicators which reflect the status of individual broadband markets.

This page provides access to a range of broadband-related statistics gathered by the OECD.

The OECD has identified the five main categories below which are important for assessing broadband markets. 

MARCH 2024 UPDATE

Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access are the two fastest growing fixed broadband technologies in the OECD countries

Fibre and Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) have seen the strongest growth in fixed broadband technologies in three years. Fibre subscriptions have increased by 56% between June 2020 to June 2023, and FWA subscriptions have increased by 64%.

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Coverage and geography (national broadband maps)

National broadband maps of OECD countries

The coverage of broadband service is mapped by access technologies such as DSL, fibre, cable and wireless in addition to speed tiers (e.g. 1 Mbit/s to 1.5 Mbit/s, second lowest speed tier of less than 10-20 Mbit/s, mid-speed tier of less than 50 Mbit/s, etc.). Information on service providers such as names or links to them for each of the smallest geographical units is also provided. It is therefore possible to consult which technologies are used for broadband access and how much speed is provided in a location along with names of service providers if a detailed interactive map has been established in the country.

Links to national broadband maps (external sites):


Maps not available for Chile, Israel and Turkey.

   

Explore our new interactive broadband indicators

Our broadband indicators are now available on the OECD Going Digital Toolkit's Data Kitchen in a dynamic data explorer that allows you to select time periods, choose and compare countries, and instantly customise graphs in a variety of formats. You can also make comparisons with indicators from other OECD ICT databases.