Strategy Analytics, a global research and data company, sort penetration broadband of many  countries in the world. Rather than using per capita data, this institution sort based on penetration of broadband households.

“Broadband rank debated so often. Even though our ranking results may be different from other institutions, this is because we see it from the right size,” said David Mercer, Vice President and Principal Analyst of Strategy Analytics.

Based on penetration of broadband households, we can see that broadband penetration in Asia is very high. Almost half of the Top 10 ranking is a country of Asia.

At the end of last year 95% of Korean households took broadband service, compared to 88% in Singapore and 81% in Hong Kong. But one or two European countries are edging towards the top of the list, led by the Netherlands (85%) and Denmark (82%).

Besides Singapore, the position of countries of South-East Asia is relatively low. Malaysia, for example, is in position number 43 with 21 percent. Meanwhile, Thailand (7%), Vietnam (7%) and Philippines (5%) respectively in position 50 to 52.

And what about Indonesia? The last position with 1%.

Here’s the complete ranking:

Strategy Analytics: Global Broadband Household Penetration Rankings (2008)

1 South Korea 95%
2 Singapore 88%
3 Netherlands 85%
4 Denmark 82%
5 Taiwan 81%
6 Hong Kong 81%
7 Israel 77%
8 Switzerland 76%
9 Canada 76%
10 Norway 75%
11 Australia 72%
12 Finland 69%
13 France 68%
14 United Kingdom 67%
15 United Arab Em. 65%
16 Japan 64%
17 Sweden 63%
18 Estonia 62%
19 Belgium 62%
20 USA 60%
21 Slovenia 58%
22 Germany 58%
23 Ireland 58%
24 Spain 57%
25 New Zealand 57%
26 Lithuania 51%
27 Italy 51%
28 Austria 50%
29 Portugal 40%
30 Greece 39%
31 Turkey 37%
32 Hungary 34%
33 Slovakia 33%
34Poland 32%
35 Argentina 31%
36 Romania 31%
37 Latvia 30%
38 Czech Republic 28%
39 Mexico 28%
40 Chile 27%
41 Croatia 23%
42 China 21%
43 Malaysia 21%
44Venezuela 17%
45 Brazil 17%
46 Russia 14%
47 Bulgaria 13%
48 Peru 11%
49 Saudi Arabia 7%
50 Thailand 7%
51 Vietnam 7%
52 Philippines 5%
53 Albania 5%
54 Ukraine 4%
55 Egypt 3%
56 India 2%
57 Indonesia 1%

Source: Strategy Analytics’ Multiplay Market Dynamics service, June 2009.

So, let’s wait what will happen on the next year ranking./MrStanza

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