Internet Speed in Iran is at Regional Bottom
While average internet speed in the neighboring countries has increased up to ten times in the past seven years, Iran’s internet speed has increased by only 30%.
By collecting the archived “Speed Test” information from its website, Iran Open Data has checked the average download speed of fixed internet and mobile internet services among Iran’s 13 neighboring countries. This survey shows that, in the latest ranking of October 2023, Iran is at the bottom of the fixed internet speed, ranking after Afghanistan with an average download speed of 13 Mbps.
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Iran ranks ninth among 13 neighboring countries with an average speed of 32 Mbps for mobile internet. Only Iraq, Armenia, Pakistan, and Afghanistan have the mobile internet speed lower than Iran.
Among Iran's neighbors, the Gulf region countries are in a better position, not only regionally, but globally. Globally, the United Arab Emirates ranks first in mobile internet speed and fourth in fixed internet speed. Qatar also has the second fastest mobile internet in the world after the UAE, followed by Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in the third, 12th and 15th places.
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Globally, Iran ranks 75th in mobile internet speed and 153rd in fixed internet speed.
This is despite the fact that 7 years ago in the summer of 2017, Iran had better internet quality than neighboring countries. Speed Test archives show that in July 2017, the average mobile internet speed in Iran was about a third of the UAE, half of Qatar and more than Saudi Arabia. Today, after seven years, UAE’s internet is 10 times faster. Qatar and Saudi Arabia’s internet speeds are six and three times faster than Iran’s, respectively.
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Iran’s fixed internet has never been good compared to its neighboring countries, but in the past 7 years, it has steadily declined. Between the summer of 2014 and the fall of 2020, UAE’s fixed internet speed increased 10-fold, Iran’s growth has only been 30%.
