Philippines at 3.5Mbps average speed for Q1 2016 according to Akamai

The latest report from Akamai points to the average internet speed in the Philippines at 3.5Mbps for Q1 of 2016. That’s up from 3.2Mbps the previous quarter (Q4 2015) and 2.8Mbps in Q3 of 2015.

This represents a 24% year-on-year increase (2.8Mbps in Q1 2015) for the average connection speed. The peak speed also jumped to 29.9Mbps from 27Mbps the previous quarter, and a 47% increase year-on-year (20.3Mbps in Q1 2015).

While there is a steady increase in average speed in the Philippines (in the range of 5-10% per quarter), the country actually dropped in rankings, from #104 in Q1 2015 to #113 in Q1 2016.

Countries like India (3.5Mbps) and Indonesia (4.5Mbps), which used to be lower in the rankings, have now surpassed the Philippines. A year ago, they were just 2.2Mbps (Indonesia) and 2.3Mbps (India) when the Philippines was at 2.8Mbps.

Here’s the historical chart of the average internet speed in the country since 2013 as measured by Akamai.

Still No. 1 int he rankings for average internet speed is South Korea at 29Mbps, followed by Hong Kong at 19.9Mbps, Japan at 18.2Mbps and Singapore at 16.5Mbps.

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