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PENETRATION OF BROADBAND
IN AN INTERNATIONAL CONTEXT
Scandinavian and European countries dominate
in this respect (Table 4).
Point-Topic, a commercial supplier of broad-
band statistics, reports that the world's largest
broadband markets remain China and the United
States, with both markets adding the highest
The Organisation for Economic Co-Operation
and Development conducts an annual broadband
penetration survey. The latest findings reveal that
Table 4. Broadband subscribers per 100 inhabitants (June 2009)
Rank
DSL
Cable
Fibre/LAN
Other
Total
Total subscribers
1
Netherlands
22.5
13.7
1.1
0.8
38.1
6 262 500
2
Denmark
22.4
9.9
3.9
0.9
37.0
2 031 000
3
Norway
22.7
7.7
3.5
0.7
34.5
1 645 619
4
Switzerland
23.3
10.0
0.2
0.3
33.8
2 603 400
5
Korea
7.2
10.5
15.1
0.0
32.8
15 938 529
6
Iceland
30.7
0.0
1.3
0.7
32.8
104 604
7
Sweden
18.5
6.3
6.7
0.1
31.6
2 915 000
8
Luxembourg
26.0
5.3
0.0
0.0
31.3
153 172
9
Finland
24.9
4.1
0.0
0.8
29.7
1 579 600
10
Canada
13.2
15.2
0.0
1.3
29.7
9 916 217
11
Germany
26.7
2.4
0.1
0.1
29.3
24 043 000
12
France
27.5
1.6
0.1
0.0
29.1
18 675 000
13
United Kingdom
22.8
6.1
0.0
0.1
28.9
17 742 676
14
Belgium
16.3
11.8
0.0
0.2
28.4
3 041 311
15
United States
10.3
13.8
1.6
0.9
26.7
81 170 428
16
Australia
19.4
4.3
0.0
1.2
24.9
5 356 000
17
Japan
8.5
3.3
12.4
0.0
24.2
30 927 003
18
New Zealand
20.4
1.4
0.0
1.0
22.8
980 649
19
Austria
14.5
6.8
0.1
0.5
21.8
1 821 000
20
Ireland
15.5
2.8
0.1
3.0
21.4
950 082
21
Spain
16.6
4.0
0.1
0.2
20.8
9 477 901
22
Italy
19.2
0.0
0.5
0.1
19.8
11 878 000
23
Czech Republic
7.0
3.9
0.9
6.3
18.1
1 891 958
24
Portugal
10.0
6.7
0.1
0.2
17.0
1 809 354
25
Greece
17.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
17.0
1 908 000
26
Hungary
8.2
7.6
1.0
0.0
16.8
1 688 414
27
Slovak Republic
6.6
1.3
2.7
2.0
12.6
680 351
28
Poland
7.4
3.7
0.1
0.1
11.3
4 307 992
29
Turkey
8.5
0.1
0.0
0.0
8.7
6 188 676
30
Mexico
6.3
1.9
0.0
0.2
8.4
8 959 426
OECD
13.7
6.6
2.1
0.5
22.8
271 134 392
Source: OECD (2010)
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