The UK's broadband internet is languishing well behind the likes of Lithuania, Romania and Bulgaria. Britain sits in 31st place in a comprehensive global ranking of internet speeds released today. Some 19 European countries are ahead of it. Singapore has the fastest broadband. On average, it will take just 18 seconds to download a high definition movie. In Britain, where it takes more than a minute on average to prepare the same film, the average download speed is 16.51 megabytes per second. This is slower than the slowest broadband deal on offer from major providers such as BT, Sky and TalkTalk. Read more: UK's broadband is dependent on century-old network, says government Sweden is the best European country, sitting in second place overall. Neighbouring Denmark and Norway take fourth and seventh spots. Portugal, Spain and Germany (17th, 22nd and 24th) are also well ahead of Britain. But Italy and France have slower speeds, according to the poll by broadband advice website Cable.co.uk. Dan Howdle a consumer telecoms analyst at Cable.co.uk, said: "Clearly, there are lessons to be learned both from Europe and from those topping the table. These results offer us a fresh perspective on where we sit in the broadband world. Relatively speaking, we are near the top of the table. However, many of those ahead of us – some a long way ahead – are our neighbours both in the EU and wider Europe. Read more: Mapped: London's best and worst broadband (City workers, look away now) The full global rankings Ranking | Country | Mean Download Speed | Time to download an HD movie (7.5GB) DD:HH:MM:SS | 1 | Singapore | 55.13 | 00:00:18:34 | 2 | Sweden | 40.16 | 00:00:25:30 | 3 | Taiwan | 34.40 | 00:00:29:46 | 4 | Denmark | 33.54 | 00:00:30:32 | 5 | Netherlands | 33.52 | 00:00:30:33 | 6 | Latvia | 30.36 | 00:00:33:43 | 7 | Norway | 29.13 | 00:00:35:09 | 8 | Belgium | 27.37 | 00:00:37:25 | 9 | Hong Kong | 27.16 | 00:00:37:42 | 10 | Switzerland | 26.93 | 00:00:38:01 | 11 | Lithuania | 25.12 | 00:00:40:46 | 12 | Japan | 24.47 | 00:00:41:51 | 13 | Estonia | 24.11 | 00:00:42:28 | 14 | Jersey | 23.30 | 00:00:43:57 | 15 | Hungary | 23.16 | 00:00:44:12 | 16 | Korea, Republic of | 22.90 | 00:00:44:43 | 17 | Portugal | 21.72 | 00:00:47:08 | 18 | Romania | 21.33 | 00:00:48:00 | 19 | Finland | 20.90 | 00:00:48:59 | 20 | Macau | 20.52 | 00:00:49:54 | 21 | United States | 20.00 | 00:00:51:13 | 22 | Spain | 19.60 | 00:00:52:15 | 23 | Slovakia | 18.85 | 00:00:54:19 | 24 | Germany | 18.80 | 00:00:54:28 | 25 | Slovenia | 18.37 | 00:00:55:45 | 26 | Canada | 18.03 | 00:00:56:48 | 27 | Bulgaria | 17.54 | 00:00:58:23 | 28 | Czech Republic | 17.31 | 00:00:59:09 | 29 | Thailand | 16.85 | 00:01:00:46 | 30 | New Zealand | 16.60 | 00:01:01:42 | 31 | United Kingdom | 16.51 | 00:01:02:01 | 32 | Monaco | 16.13 | 00:01:03:29 | 33 | Luxembourg | 15.52 | 00:01:05:59 | 34 | Austria | 15.26 | 00:01:07:05 | 35 | Poland | 14.88 | 00:01:08:48 | 36 | Ireland | 13.92 | 00:01:13:34 | 37 | France | 13.43 | 00:01:16:16 | 38 | Gibraltar | 13.18 | 00:01:17:42 | 39 | Cayman Islands | 13.15 | 00:01:17:53 | 40 | Croatia | 12.57 | 00:01:21:27 | 41 | Serbia | 12.25 | 00:01:23:34 | 42 | Andorra | 12.07 | 00:01:24:52 | 43 | Russian Federation | 11.59 | 00:01:28:19 | 44 | Liechtenstein | 11.4 | 00:01:29:51 | 45 | Moldova, Republic of | 10.75 | 00:01:35:13 | 46 | Italy | 10.71 | 00:01:35:36 | 47 | Iceland | 10.55 | 00:01:37:02 | 48 | Malta | 10.17 | 00:01:40:42 | 49 | Bahamas | 10.06 | 00:01:41:49 | 50 | Isle of Man | 9.01 | 00:01:53:39 | 51 | Kenya | 8.83 | 00:01:55:55 | 52 | Guernsey | 8.76 | 00:01:56:57 | 53 | Cyprus | 8.24 | 00:02:04:16 | 54 | Ukraine | 8.18 | 00:02:05:08 | 55 | Australia | 7.7 | 00:02:12:57 | 56 | Mexico | 7.59 | 00:02:14:53 | 57 | Greece | 7.56 | 00:02:15:30 | 58 | Faroe Islands | 7.48 | 00:02:16:58 | 59 | Macedonia | 7.34 | 00:02:19:28 | 60 | Israel | 7.20 | 00:02:22:11 | 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.00 | 00:02:26:19 | 62 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 6.74 | 00:02:31:55 | 63 | Malaysia | 6.69 | 00:02:33:03 | 64 | Belarus | 6.68 | 00:02:33:22 | 65 | Barbados | 6.62 | 00:02:34:38 | 66 | Jamaica | 6.60 | 00:02:35:11 | 67 | Puerto Rico | 6.44 | 00:02:38:57 | 68 | Dominican Republic | 6.22 | 00:02:44:41 | 69 | Bermuda | 5.94 | 00:02:52:24 | 70 | Georgia | 5.86 | 00:02:54:42 | 71 | Montenegro | 5.85 | 00:02:55:07 | 72 | Seychelles | 5.84 | 00:02:55:21 | 73 | Virgin Islands, British | 5.49 | 00:03:06:41 | 74 | Vietnam | 5.46 | 00:03:07:39 | 75 | Indonesia | 5.19 | 00:03:17:29 | 76 | Belize | 5.14 | 00:03:19:03 | 77 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 5.14 | 00:03:19:24 | 78 | Albania | 4.67 | 00:03:39:15 | 79 | Morocco | 4.38 | 00:03:53:40 | 80 | South Africa | 4.36 | 00:03:54:54 | 81 | United Arab Emirates | 4.17 | 00:04:05:39 | 82 | Kazakhstan | 4.00 | 00:04:15:53 | 83 | Turkey | 3.96 | 00:04:18:39 | 84 | Qatar | 3.89 | 00:04:23:14 | 85 | Sri Lanka | 3.83 | 00:04:27:10 | 86 | Brunei Darussalam | 3.83 | 00:04:27:31 | 87 | Philippines | 3.69 | 00:04:37:52 | 88 | Tunisia | 3.50 | 00:04:52:23 | 89 | Madagascar | 3.49 | 00:04:53:15 | 90 | Honduras | 3.47 | 00:04:55:26 | 91 | Guatemala | 3.31 | 00:05:09:50 | 92 | Armenia | 3.29 | 00:05:11:08 | 93 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.28 | 00:05:12:17 | 94 | Greenland | 3.15 | 00:05:24:56 | 95 | Nigeria | 3.15 | 00:05:25:27 | 96 | Bahrain | 3.13 | 00:05:27:18 | 97 | Aruba | 3.12 | 00:05:28:42 | 98 | Cambodia | 3.10 | 00:05:29:59 | 99 | Saudi Arabia | 3.06 | 00:05:34:57 | 100 | Jordan | 2.98 | 00:05:43:24 | 101 | Dominica | 2.68 | 00:06:22:32 | 102 | Azerbaijan | 2.67 | 00:06:23:20 | 103 | Haiti | 2.62 | 00:06:30:51 | 104 | Oman | 2.61 | 00:06:32:23 | 105 | Zimbabwe | 2.49 | 00:06:50:34 | 106 | Zambia | 2.45 | 00:06:58:05 | 107 | El Salvador | 2.34 | 00:07:18:02 | 108 | Panama | 2.30 | 00:07:25:19 | 109 | Martinique | 2.30 | 00:07:25:36 | 110 | Ghana | 2.30 | 00:07:26:11 | 111 | New Caledonia | 2.23 | 00:07:40:08 | 112 | Guam | 2.22 | 00:07:40:53 | 113 | Kuwait | 2.21 | 00:07:44:01 | 114 | Colombia | 2.12 | 00:08:02:25 | 115 | Liberia | 2.12 | 00:08:03:18 | 116 | Uganda | 2.12 | 00:08:04:00 | 117 | Rwanda | 2.11 | 00:08:05:02 | 118 | Myanmar | 2.09 | 00:08:09:57 | 119 | India | 2.06 | 00:08:16:20 | 120 | Cape Verde | 2.00 | 00:08:32:04 | 121 | Curaçao | 1.99 | 00:08:33:54 | 122 | Saint Lucia | 1.98 | 00:08:36:09 | 123 | Palestinian Territory | 1.96 | 00:08:43:33 | 124 | Laos | 1.94 | 00:08:49:05 | 125 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.86 | 00:09:10:15 | 126 | Namibia | 1.81 | 00:09:26:07 | 127 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.72 | 00:09:56:19 | 128 | Chile | 1.67 | 00:10:11:45 | 129 | Guadeloupe | 1.63 | 00:10:27:46 | 130 | Maldives | 1.62 | 00:10:32:13 | 131 | Iraq | 1.60 | 00:10:38:02 | 132 | Mongolia | 1.60 | 00:10:41:49 | 133 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.56 | 00:10:54:29 | 134 | China | 1.55 | 00:10:58:57 | 135 | Mauritania | 1.54 | 00:11:03:38 | 136 | Costa Rica | 1.53 | 00:11:08:51 | 137 | Mauritius | 1.53 | 00:11:09:43 | 138 | Brazil | 1.49 | 00:11:26:11 | 139 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.49 | 00:11:28:54 | 140 | Mozambique | 1.45 | 00:11:46:51 | 141 | Peru | 1.41 | 00:12:08:09 | 142 | Turkmenistan | 1.40 | 00:12:10:59 | 143 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.39 | 00:12:16:23 | 144 | Bangladesh | 1.34 | 00:12:42:46 | 145 | French Guiana | 1.34 | 00:12:44:48 | 146 | French Polynesia | 1.34 | 00:12:45:14 | 147 | Ethiopia | 1.34 | 00:12:46:40 | 148 | Uruguay | 1.31 | 00:13:00:38 | 149 | Ecuador | 1.28 | 00:13:18:39 | 150 | Afghanistan | 1.27 | 00:13:25:28 | 151 | Djibouti | 1.25 | 00:13:39:29 | 152 | Suriname | 1.25 | 00:13:42:23 | 153 | Togo | 1.24 | 00:13:48:23 | 154 | Fiji | 1.24 | 00:13:48:30 | 155 | Cote D'Ivoire | 1.22 | 00:13:58:30 | 156 | Egypt | 1.22 | 00:13:59:27 | 157 | Papua New Guinea | 1.19 | 00:14:23:34 | 158 | Senegal | 1.17 | 00:14:31:55 | 159 | Argentina | 1.15 | 00:14:49:31 | 160 | Nicaragua | 1.14 | 00:14:54:40 | 161 | Algeria | 1.11 | 00:15:21:00 | 162 | Sudan | 1.10 | 00:15:34:12 | 163 | Lebanon | 1.07 | 00:15:54:58 | 164 | Botswana | 1.07 | 00:15:56:37 | 165 | Angola | 1.05 | 00:16:16:28 | 166 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.98 | 00:17:22:02 | 167 | Cameroon | 0.97 | 00:17:37:48 | 168 | Reunion | 0.97 | 00:17:37:51 | 169 | Nepal | 0.97 | 00:17:39:00 | 170 | Malawi | 0.92 | 00:18:30:38 | 171 | Pakistan | 0.91 | 00:18:46:28 | 172 | Bolivia | 0.91 | 00:18:48:02 | 173 | Guyana | 0.89 | 00:19:09:23 | 174 | Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | 0.89 | 00:19:14:00 | 175 | Guinea | 0.84 | 00:20:17:59 | 176 | Mali | 0.84 | 00:20:19:30 | 177 | Tajikistan | 0.83 | 00:20:34:16 | 178 | Uzbekistan | 0.76 | 00:22:26:41 | 179 | Paraguay | 0.75 | 00:22:38:10 | 180 | Benin | 0.73 | 00:23:27:23 | 181 | Congo | 0.72 | 00:23:32:37 | 182 | Venezuela | 0.7 | 01:00:24:26 | 183 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.68 | 01:01:17:00 | 184 | Vanuatu | 0.63 | 01:03:00:56 | 185 | Somalia | 0.62 | 01:03:27:33 | 186 | DR Congo | 0.55 | 01:07:17:51 | 187 | Burkina Faso | 0.49 | 01:10:51:46 | 188 | Gabon | 0.41 | 01:17:54:39 | 189 | Yemen | 0.34 | 02:02:02:28 | |