Saily’s Internet Connectivity Index 2026

We looked at 97 countries to find where travelers can get safe, fast, and affordable internet on the road as well as where going online can turn into a headache.

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Top 5 countries

Rank	Country	Score
1.	Estonia	65.98
2.	Lithuania	65.55
3.	Denmark	64.78
4.	Portugal	63.50
5.	France	63.11

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The idea

What is the Internet Connectivity Index?

Going online is now a travel essential, but the ease of doing so changes the moment we cross borders. Some countries make it effortless, while others throw up walls like censorship, flaky networks, or eye-watering data prices. The Internet Connectivity Index scores these differences across four pillars.

Cyber safety

We scored each country’s network infrastructure, cybercrime response, and data-protection laws — high marks mean fewer risks with every tap.

Internet quality

What good is a destination if you can’t load a map? We rated countries on broadband and mobile performance, from video calls and streaming to uploading photos without delay.

Internet freedom

We scored how open each country’s internet really is, so you know if you’ll have access to your apps and news upon arrival in a destination.

Internet affordability

Affordable mobile data unlocks true digital freedom. We compared mobile plan prices to find out where going online is cheap and where doing so might sting.

Our findings

Which countries score the highest?

Rank	Country	Score
1.	Estonia	65.98
2.	Lithuania	65.55
3.	Denmark	64.78
4.	Portugal	63.50
5.	France	63.11
6.	Netherlands	61.82
7.	Austria	61.59
8.	Moldova	60.98
9.	Luxembourg	60.90
10.	Finland	60.74
11.	Chile	59.92
12.	Germany	59.86
13.	United Kingdom	59.75
14.	Canada	59.53
15.	Italy	58.96
16.	Cyprus	58.93
17.	Spain	58.75
18.	Poland	58.71
19.	Romania	58.65
20.	Slovenia	58.62
21.	Latvia	58.54
22.	Sweden	58.47
23.	Belgium	58.42
24.	Brazil	57.79
25.	Thailand	57.31
26.	Croatia	57.13
27.	Malaysia	56.99
28.	Czech Republic	56.89
29.	Montenegro	56.76
30.	Greece	55.66
31.	Singapore	55.42
32.	Japan	55.12
33.	Ireland	54.77
34.	Switzerland	54.15
35.	Slovakia	53.85
36.	Malta	53.81
37.	Hungary	53.53
38.	Uruguay	53.44
39.	South Korea	53.32
40.	Mauritius	52.81
41.	Georgia	52.72
42.	Norway	52.46
43.	Australia	51.94
44.	Jordan	51.27
45.	Morocco	51.14
46.	Peru	51.08
47.	Tunisia	51.01
48.	Argentina	50.74
49.	Albania	50.66
50.	Ghana	50.54
51.	India	50.19
52.	New Zealand	50.19
53.	Ukraine	49.68
54.	Vietnam	49.59
55.	Philippines	49.52
56.	South Africa	49.37
57.	Kyrgyzstan	49.29
58.	Nepal	49.13
59.	Nigeria	49.06
60.	Serbia	49.04
61.	United States	48.97
62.	Azerbaijan	48.51
63.	Sri Lanka	48.37
64.	Kazakhstan	48.29
65.	Costa Rica	47.86
66.	Kenya	47.64
67.	Tanzania	47.09
68.	Paraguay	46.55
69.	Indonesia	46.44
70.	Mexico	46.26
71.	China	46.13
72.	Colombia	45.99
73.	United Arab Emirates	45.88
74.	Turkey	45.76
75.	Qatar	45.17
76.	Armenia	45.13
77.	Ecuador	45.05
78.	Botswana	44.80
79.	Bangladesh	44.79
80.	Oman	44.13
81.	Uganda	43.79
82.	Egypt	43.42
83.	Saudi Arabia	42.43
84.	Panama	41.99
85.	Pakistan	40.62
86.	Trinidad and Tobago	39.75
87.	Namibia	39.74
88.	Mozambique	39.62
89.	Angola	38.95
90.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.31
91.	Algeria	36.26
92.	Jamaica	36.24
93.	Bolivia	35.68
94.	Cambodia	35.48
95.	Venezuela	33.96
96.	Zimbabwe	33.44
97.	Cameroon	33.09

Rank	Country	Score
1.	Finland	67.82
2.	Lithuania	65.97
3.	Canada	65.67
4.	Czech Republic	65.43
5.	Jordan	65.25
6.	United States	65.14
7.	Estonia	64.93
8.	Poland	64.88
9.	Slovakia	64.69
10.	Italy	64.68
11.	Belgium	64.50
12.	France	64.22
13.	Greece	63.67
14.	Denmark	63.59
15.	Austria	63.58
16.	Hungary	63.41
17.	Spain	63.06
18.	Germany	62.78
19.	Romania	62.55
20.	Portugal	62.52
21.	Japan	62.15
22.	Albania	61.92
23.	Latvia	61.40
24.	Azerbaijan	61.40
25.	South Korea	61.12
26.	Australia	61.08
27.	Serbia	60.94
28.	Netherlands	60.75
29.	United Arab Emirates	60.18
30.	Singapore	59.97
31.	Cyprus	59.79
32.	Ukraine	59.72
33.	Croatia	59.68
34.	Turkey	59.59
35.	Slovenia	59.13
36.	United Kingdom	58.85
37.	Uruguay	58.69
38.	Morocco	57.63
39.	Luxembourg	57.43
40.	Kazakhstan	56.84
41.	Ireland	56.68
42.	Saudi Arabia	56.46
43.	Tunisia	56.31
44.	Switzerland	56.18
45.	Ghana	56.11
46.	Montenegro	56.06
47.	Chile	55.87
48.	Norway	55.77
49.	Moldova	55.61
50.	Thailand	55.17
51.	Brazil	55.02
52.	Malaysia	54.49
53.	Sweden	54.44
54.	India	54.13
55.	Mexico	53.69
56.	Georgia	52.91
57.	Bangladesh	52.01
58.	Egypt	51.80
59.	Nigeria	51.67
60.	Paraguay	50.83
61.	Mauritius	50.19
62.	Philippines	50.14
63.	China	49.95
64.	Tanzania	49.41
65.	Botswana	49.36
66.	Peru	47.76
67.	Malta	46.98
68.	Vietnam	46.27
69.	South Africa	46.12
70.	Kyrgyzstan	45.68
71.	Ecuador	45.09
72.	New Zealand	44.92
73.	Sri Lanka	43.18
74.	Oman	43.15
75.	Kenya	43.11
76.	Indonesia	42.60
77.	Qatar	41.38
78.	Panama	41.23
79.	Colombia	40.76
80.	Pakistan	40.44
81.	Costa Rica	39.85
82.	Argentina	38.49
83.	Uganda	37.99
84.	Cameroon	35.47
85.	Jamaica	33.34
86.	Trinidad and Tobago	31.35
87.	Armenia	31.12
88.	Nepal	28.47
89.	Algeria	27.86
90.	Namibia	24.77
91.	Mozambique	24.64
92.	Angola	23.45
93.	Bolivia	20.56
94.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	20.47
95.	Venezuela	19.94
96.	Cambodia	17.98
97.	Zimbabwe	17.49

Rank	Country	Score
1.	United Arab Emirates	85.42
2.	Qatar	82.58
3.	Singapore	82.08
4.	Denmark	74.52
5.	Switzerland	73.66
6.	Netherlands	70.20
7.	Malta	69.17
8.	Portugal	68.62
9.	Luxembourg	68.04
10.	Lithuania	67.98
11.	Thailand	67.95
12.	France	67.53
13.	Slovenia	67.13
14.	Sweden	66.48
15.	Finland	65.82
16.	Norway	65.45
17.	Cyprus	65.44
18.	United States	64.28
19.	Estonia	64.00
20.	Chile	63.72
21.	Hungary	63.65
22.	Vietnam	63.56
23.	South Korea	62.83
24.	Canada	62.74
25.	Montenegro	62.61
26.	Poland	62.54
27.	Czech Republic	61.83
28.	Austria	61.46
29.	Belgium	61.43
30.	Latvia	60.64
31.	Croatia	60.50
32.	Malaysia	60.37
33.	Japan	59.84
34.	Spain	59.72
35.	China	59.72
36.	Slovakia	59.57
37.	Mauritius	59.35
38.	Germany	59.17
39.	Brazil	58.94
40.	Saudi Arabia	58.29
41.	Romania	58.09
42.	Ireland	58.04
43.	Oman	57.81
44.	Greece	57.74
45.	Australia	57.13
46.	Jordan	56.95
47.	Italy	56.64
48.	Philippines	55.47
49.	United Kingdom	55.15
50.	Moldova	52.21
51.	New Zealand	51.69
52.	India	48.12
53.	Uruguay	47.80
54.	Peru	47.67
55.	Albania	47.52
56.	Kazakhstan	47.25
57.	South Africa	46.16
58.	Armenia	45.93
59.	Azerbaijan	45.37
60.	Kyrgyzstan	44.57
61.	Mexico	43.29
62.	Panama	43.29
63.	Serbia	42.65
64.	Georgia	41.78
65.	Bangladesh	40.52
66.	Ecuador	40.39
67.	Trinidad and Tobago	40.22
68.	Colombia	40.10
69.	Costa Rica	39.34
70.	Ukraine	39.07
71.	Nepal	39.02
72.	Turkey	38.51
73.	Cambodia	38.25
74.	Argentina	37.70
75.	Botswana	37.49
76.	Uganda	37.32
77.	Jamaica	36.43
78.	Indonesia	36.04
79.	Paraguay	35.94
80.	Sri Lanka	35.35
81.	Egypt	34.58
82.	Tunisia	34.12
83.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	33.88
84.	Morocco	33.63
85.	Bolivia	33.36
86.	Tanzania	32.37
87.	Kenya	32.07
88.	Algeria	31.02
89.	Ghana	30.86
90.	Angola	30.46
91.	Venezuela	29.74
92.	Nigeria	29.02
93.	Zimbabwe	28.87
94.	Pakistan	27.82
95.	Mozambique	26.41
96.	Namibia	26.32
97.	Cameroon	17.58

Rank	Country	Score
1.	Denmark	80.20
2.	Switzerland	80.13
3.	Estonia	75.49
4.	United Kingdom	75.02
5.	Trinidad and Tobago	74.70
6.	Norway	74.47
7.	Canada	74.00
8.	Finland	73.60
9.	Moldova	71.56
10.	Sweden	69.91
11.	Italy	69.83
12.	Argentina	69.67
13.	Lithuania	68.73
14.	Ireland	68.26
15.	France	67.24
16.	Belgium	66.53
17.	United States	66.45
18.	Portugal	65.98
19.	Uruguay	64.80
20.	Austria	64.41
21.	New Zealand	64.33
22.	Germany	64.01
23.	Luxembourg	63.86
24.	Latvia	63.86
25.	Netherlands	63.70
26.	Nepal	62.76
27.	Czech Republic	62.20
28.	Chile	60.87
29.	Costa Rica	60.79
30.	Spain	60.56
31.	Australia	59.22
32.	Japan	58.75
33.	Jamaica	58.75
34.	Cyprus	57.02
35.	Montenegro	54.90
36.	Georgia	54.66
37.	Brazil	54.58
38.	South Africa	54.58
39.	Greece	53.80
40.	Romania	53.48
41.	Kenya	53.01
42.	Slovakia	51.97
43.	Malaysia	51.68
44.	Croatia	51.44
45.	Ghana	51.13
46.	Peru	50.58
47.	Slovenia	50.42
48.	Morocco	50.42
49.	Bolivia	49.79
50.	Poland	49.00
51.	Tunisia	48.93
52.	Namibia	48.14
53.	Panama	47.98
54.	Nigeria	47.98
55.	Sri Lanka	47.43
56.	Thailand	46.49
57.	South Korea	46.37
58.	Malta	45.63
59.	Botswana	45.31
60.	Ecuador	45.15
61.	Tanzania	45.00
62.	Mauritius	44.60
63.	Colombia	44.45
64.	Indonesia	44.45
65.	Albania	44.37
66.	Hungary	43.66
67.	Mozambique	42.25
68.	Paraguay	41.93
69.	Armenia	41.85
70.	Kyrgyzstan	40.52
71.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	39.81
72.	Ukraine	39.02
73.	Serbia	38.00
74.	Uganda	37.85
75.	Kazakhstan	37.77
76.	Angola	37.14
77.	Zimbabwe	36.74
78.	Mexico	36.67
79.	Jordan	34.78
80.	Philippines	33.99
81.	India	31.87
82.	Cameroon	31.56
83.	Azerbaijan	29.44
84.	Algeria	27.63
85.	Singapore	27.16
86.	Pakistan	26.92
87.	Turkey	24.61
88.	Vietnam	24.25
89.	Oman	23.23
90.	Venezuela	21.99
91.	Cambodia	21.50
92.	Egypt	20.59
93.	Bangladesh	20.08
94.	China	12.93
95.	Saudi Arabia	12.07
96.	Qatar	11.99
97.	United Arab Emirates	9.08

Rank	Country	Score
1.	Nigeria	67.59
2.	Sri Lanka	67.52
3.	Pakistan	67.30
4.	Egypt	66.69
5.	India	66.64
6.	Bangladesh	66.54
7.	Kyrgyzstan	66.41
8.	Nepal	66.26
9.	Mozambique	65.18
10.	Angola	64.74
11.	Tunisia	64.66
12.	Moldova	64.55
13.	Vietnam	64.28
14.	Cambodia	64.20
15.	Venezuela	64.17
16.	Ghana	64.07
17.	Morocco	62.90
18.	Indonesia	62.66
19.	Brazil	62.62
20.	Kenya	62.36
21.	Uganda	62.01
22.	China	61.93
23.	Armenia	61.62
24.	Tanzania	61.58
25.	Georgia	61.53
26.	Malaysia	61.43
27.	Ukraine	60.91
28.	Romania	60.47
29.	Turkey	60.32
30.	Namibia	59.72
31.	Thailand	59.64
32.	Lithuania	59.53
33.	Estonia	59.51
34.	Chile	59.23
35.	Colombia	58.67
36.	Algeria	58.55
37.	Philippines	58.47
38.	Poland	58.42
39.	Peru	58.32
40.	Azerbaijan	57.83
41.	Slovenia	57.80
42.	Paraguay	57.50
43.	Argentina	57.11
44.	Mauritius	57.09
45.	Austria	56.92
46.	Portugal	56.90
47.	Croatia	56.90
48.	Serbia	54.54
49.	Luxembourg	54.27
50.	France	53.46
51.	Germany	53.46
52.	Cyprus	53.46
53.	Montenegro	53.46
54.	Malta	53.46
55.	Netherlands	52.63
56.	Singapore	52.47
57.	Oman	52.34
58.	Spain	51.64
59.	Costa Rica	51.48
60.	Mexico	51.39
61.	Kazakhstan	51.31
62.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	51.07
63.	South Africa	50.64
64.	Zimbabwe	50.64
65.	United Kingdom	49.99
66.	Ecuador	49.58
67.	Albania	48.84
68.	Latvia	48.26
69.	Jordan	48.09
70.	Cameroon	47.75
71.	Greece	47.43
72.	Botswana	47.02
73.	Italy	44.71
74.	Qatar	44.71
75.	Hungary	43.38
76.	Sweden	43.05
77.	South Korea	42.97
78.	Saudi Arabia	42.89
79.	Uruguay	42.47
80.	Belgium	41.24
81.	Denmark	40.82
82.	New Zealand	39.83
83.	Japan	39.75
84.	Slovakia	39.17
85.	Bolivia	39.01
86.	Czech Republic	38.10
87.	Ireland	36.11
88.	Canada	35.70
89.	Finland	35.70
90.	Panama	35.45
91.	Australia	30.33
92.	United Arab Emirates	28.84
93.	Jamaica	16.45
94.	Norway	14.14
95.	Trinidad and Tobago	12.74
96.	Switzerland	6.62
97.	United States	0.00

Tracking the change

2025 to 2026: How the map moved

Rankings often change from year to year. We scored countries in four pillars in 2025 and 2026 to track which rose, which fell, and which held strong in the various categories.

Estonia jumped from 20th to #1 with stronger quality and freedom scores, and Lithuania climbed from 8th to 2nd with gains in freedom and affordability.
Moldova rocketed from outside the top 60 into the global top 10, powered almost entirely by a surge in its freedom score.
South Asia was the world’s fastest-improving region, with Pakistan, Nepal, and Bangladesh posting the strongest gains in affordability and freedom.

Tallinn, Estonia skyline, the Internet Connectivity Index’s top performer for 2026.

Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Panama, Bolivia, and Paraguay accounted for five of the 10 biggest declines globally, driven by worsening affordability and eroding freedom scores.
Ukraine, Kazakhstan, and Kyrgyzstan led Eastern Europe and Central Asia’s climb, fueled mainly by rising freedom and affordability scores.
Tanzania, Nigeria, and South Africa led Sub-Saharan Africa’s gains, driven by rising cyber safety and affordability.

A chart showing rank changes for Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark, Portugal, and France in Saily’s Internet Connectivity Index.

Our insights

What does the data tell us?

Europe still sets the standard

Thirteen of the top fifteen spots go to European countries, led by a Baltic-heavy podium of Estonia, Lithuania, and Denmark — scoring strong across safety, quality, freedom, and price all at once.

Fast doesn’t mean open

The Gulf states deliver some of the fastest internet on earth: The UAE and Qatar achieve quality scores higher than any country in Europe. Yet both rank near the very bottom on freedom.

Singapore soars, Southeast Asia trails

Singapore offers some of the best all-around internet for travelers anywhere — on par with Western Europe. Cambodia ranks near the global bottom, while Vietnam, Thailand, and Malaysia land in the middle.

Variable prices in North America

The US offers world-class internet safety and an open web, yet mobile data costs more than in any other high-income country (the World Bank’s official income tier) — cross into Canada for a similar connection at a much lower price.

Cheap data, uneven quality

Eastern Europe and Central Asia, along with Sub-Saharan Africa, share a pattern: Affordability scores are consistently strong, but infrastructure and freedom vary so much that neighbors can place very differently on the index.

Latin America’s bumpy year

Most of the region lost ground in 2026, driven by pricier data plans and tightening online restrictions. Chile is the exception — it lands in the global top 15, scoring well across all four pillars.

Europe still sets the standard

Thirteen of the top fifteen spots go to European countries, led by a Baltic-heavy podium of Estonia, Lithuania, and Denmark — scoring strong across safety, quality, freedom, and price all at once.

Fast doesn’t mean open

The Gulf states deliver some of the fastest internet on earth: The UAE and Qatar achieve quality scores higher than any country in Europe. Yet both rank near the very bottom on freedom.

Singapore soars, Southeast Asia trails

Variable prices in North America

Cheap data, uneven quality

Latin America’s bumpy year

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What do these numbers mean?

We combined travel needs with global data to rate how user friendly a country's internet is. Every country was scored across four equally weighted pillars: safety, quality, freedom, and affordability — each worth 25% of the final score.

Each score was standardized to a 0-100 scale:

Above 50: Above-average performance
50: Global average
Below 50: Below average

Our data came from trusted international reports and indices, including the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index, the GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index, and the Human Freedom Index. We prioritized the newest data — mostly from 2024, 2025, and 2026 — with a few older figures plugging the gaps.

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