World broadband penetration leaders: Korea, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland

OECD ranked its country members on broadband penetration, dissecting DSL, cable and other hookups. Korea, Netherlands, Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland all boast broadband penetration above 20%.

Broadband penetration numbers in OECD states
	Penetration, number of lines per 100
Rank	Country	DSL	Cable	Other	Total	Total Subscribers
1	Korea	13.9	8.9	2.7	25.5	12 260 969
2	Netherlands	13.6	8.9	0	22.5	3 642 315
3	Denmark	13.2	6.1	2.4	21.8	1 176 637
4	Iceland	21.0	0.3	0.4	21.7	63 553
5	Switzerland	12.7	7.2	0.4	20.3	1 515 446
6	Canada	9.4	9.7	0.1	19.2	6 142 662
7	Finland	16.3	2.2	0.2	18.7	978 600
8	Belgium	11.0	7.3	0	18.2	1 899 652
9	Norway	14.8	2.5	0.9	18.2	836 060
10	Sweden	11.3	2.7	2.5	16.5	1 482 843
11	Japan	11.0	2.4	3.0	16.4	20 953 090
12	United States	5.5	8.0	1.1	14.5	42 645 815
13	United Kingdom	9.7	3.8	0	13.5	8 095 000
14	France	11.9	0.8	0	12.8	7 935 900
15	Austria	7.0	5.4	0.1	12.5	1 025 036
16	Luxembourg	10.4	1.3	0	11.8	52 920
17	Australia	8.5	2.4	0.1	10.9	2 183 300
18	Germany	9.9	0.3	0.1	10.2	8 439 732
19	Italy	9.4	0	0.6	10.0	5 783 319
20	Portugal	5.1	4.7	0	9.9	1031 491
21	Spain	7.0	2.2	0.1	9.3	3 949 234
22	New Zealand	6.4	0.3	0.3	6.9	283 798
23	Hungary	2.9	1.6	0.1	4.6	469 186
24	Ireland	3.5	0.4	0.5	4.3	175 500
25	Poland	2.5	0.7	0.1	3.3	1 250 000
26	Czech Republic	1.8	1.0	0	2.8	284 200
27	Slovak Republic	1.2	0.3	0.1	1.6	86 958
28	Turkey	1.1	0	0	1.2	862 843
29	Mexico	0.8	0.2	0	1.0	1 051 854
30	Greece	0.8	0	0	0.8	93 287
	OECD Total	7.2	3.8	0.8	11.8	136 651 000
Source: OECD