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Internet disruptions for firms by country
What share of firms had their internet connection fail or slow down?
Of the 163 countries compared in the 2026 edition, Qatar had the lowest reading, 0.73%, and Guinea-Bissau had the highest reading, 82.39%. In the middle country the figure was 32.35%.
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Internet disruptions for firms · the 2026 edition
Context statistic
Lowest of 163Qatar
0.73%01the 2026 edition · position · derived
Who leads
The three countries at the lowest end of 163 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
1Photo: Haakon S. Krohn derivative work: JamesA · CC BY-SA 3.0, greyscale
2Photo: Khairul Nizam . · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
3Photo: Jack Versloot · CC BY 2.0, greyscale
Highest in the 2026 edition
Guinea-Bissau82.39%
Comoros80.81%
Jamaica79.73%
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
02Every measured country
Internet disruptions for firms on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a lower value — the better end.
- 50.69–82.39%
- 36.52–50.52%
- 27.55–36.49%
- 16.57–27.54%
- 0.73–16.36%
- No reading in the 2026 edition
- Asia
19.96%
the middle country, of 43 measured · 52 members
Qatar0.73%
Philippines49.82%Lowest and highest reading in Asia.
- Europe
26.26%
the middle country, of 36 measured · 49 members
Poland3.78%
Hungary55.30%Lowest and highest reading in Europe.
- Africa
37.70%
the middle country, of 49 measured · 55 members
Liberia9.07%Guinea-Bissau82.39%Lowest and highest reading in Africa.
- Americas
46.35%
the middle country, of 26 measured · 48 members
Mexico8.42%Jamaica79.73%Lowest and highest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
50.69%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 21 members
Kiribati8.84%
Fiji71.23%Lowest and highest reading in Oceania.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, lowest middle country first
- Eastern Asia
12.08%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
China4.22%
Taiwan47.09%Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Central Asia
13.77%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Uzbekistan3.95%
Turkmenistan30.56%Lowest and highest reading in Central Asia.
- Western Asia
17.12%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 19 members
Qatar0.73%
Armenia32.05%Lowest and highest reading in Western Asia.
- Eastern Europe
22.97%
the middle country, of 7 measured · 10 members
Poland3.78%Hungary55.30%Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Southern Europe
23.87%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 17 members
Bosnia and Herzegovina8.68%
Kosovo49.13%Lowest and highest reading in Southern Europe.
- Southern Asia
25.59%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members
Bhutan3.16%
Maldives39.57%Lowest and highest reading in Southern Asia.
- Northern Europe
29.96%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Lithuania8.81%
Finland50.14%Lowest and highest reading in Northern Europe.
- South-eastern Asia
31.44%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 11 members
Singapore2.01%Philippines49.82%Lowest and highest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Africa
33.82%
the middle country, of 17 measured · 19 members
Uganda18.30%Comoros80.81%Lowest and highest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Western Europe
34.29%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 9 members
Switzerland26.61%
France51.99%Lowest and highest reading in Western Europe.
- Central America
40.48%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 8 members
Mexico8.42%
Guatemala66.98%Lowest and highest reading in Central America.
- Western Africa
46.01%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Liberia9.07%Guinea-Bissau82.39%Lowest and highest reading in Western Africa.
- Caribbean
46.51%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 24 members
Grenada34.99%Jamaica79.73%Lowest and highest reading in Caribbean.
- Middle Africa
48.41%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
DR Congo20.82%
Cameroon76.01%Lowest and highest reading in Middle Africa.
- South America
51.39%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 12 members
Uruguay24.63%
Bolivia75.73%Lowest and highest reading in South America.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
New Zealand47.35%
Australia60.66%Lowest and highest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Papua New Guinea50.69%Fiji71.23%Lowest and highest reading in Melanesia.
- Micronesia
1 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Kiribati.
Kiribati8.84%Lowest and highest reading in Micronesia.
- Northern Africa
3 of 6 measured — too few for a middle: Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia.
Morocco13.00%
Egypt27.99%Lowest and highest reading in Northern Africa.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
United States24.68%
Canada26.74%Lowest and highest reading in Northern America.
- Polynesia
2 of 7 measured — too few for a middle: Samoa, Tonga.
Tonga41.89%
Samoa50.52%Lowest and highest reading in Polynesia.
- Southern Africa
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia.
Eswatini27.29%
Namibia59.29%Lowest and highest reading in Southern Africa.
03The whole field at once
The spread
163 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 32.35%; a quarter are above 47.56%, and a quarter below 20.89%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 163 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first — position 1 is the highest value, the way World Bank Group’s own tables read. “=” marks a position shared with another country. World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. The firms report the disruptions themselves; nothing is measured on the network. A firm with no internet connection cannot report a disruption, so a low share can mean either reliable internet or few firms online — read it beside the share of firms with a website.
Showing 25 of 163 countries
Values for the 2026 edition.
05In this edition
Internet disruptions for firms in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading
82.39%
Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%)
Lowest reading
0.73%
Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%)
06The measure
About internet disruptions for firms
This is the share of private firms whose internet connection failed or slowed down, from the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys. It measures how reliable the digital infrastructure is for the businesses that depend on it, as they experience it.
What the number is: Firms that experienced internet outages or slow-downs (%).
What it does not measure
It is what firms report, not a measurement on the network, and a firm with no internet connection cannot report a disruption, so a low share can mean few firms online. It does not measure speed or price.
07Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Digital & Technology, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Moves with
Where internet disruptions for firms is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Firms Whose Assets Were Damaged by Extreme WeatherWorld Bank Group · 163 countries in commonρ 0.52
- Firms Competing Against Informal FirmsWorld Bank Group · 163 countries in commonρ 0.48
- Firms Owning or Sharing a GeneratorWorld Bank Group · 163 countries in commonρ 0.45
Moves against
Where internet disruptions for firms is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Income Growth of the Poorest 40%World Bank Group · 83 countries in commonρ −0.52
- Water StressKeyFAO · 152 countries in commonρ −0.44
- ICT Goods ExportsKeyUNCTAD · 107 countries in commonρ −0.44
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 374 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
08Keep reading
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09Questions
Internet disruptions for firms: questions and answers
Which country has the lowest internet disruptions for firms?
Qatar, at 0.73%, among the 163 countries compared in the 2026 edition.
Which country has the highest internet disruptions for firms?
Guinea-Bissau, at 82.39%, among the 163 countries compared in the 2026 edition.
How many countries does the Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions cover?
163 in the 2026 edition.
What is the world average internet disruptions for firms?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 163 compared in the 2026 edition, the figure was 32.35%.
Is this World Bank Group’s own ranking?
No. World Bank Group publishes the values but ranks nobody; the position on this page is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values, and equal values share a position.
How often is the Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions published?
This site holds one edition, describing 2026.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From World Bank Group, under CC BY 4.0. World Bank Enterprise Surveys on Data360, read from the full-precision bulk file, one reading per country from its most recent survey. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
10Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions — World Bank Group
World Bank Enterprise Surveys on Data360, read from the full-precision bulk file, one reading per country from its most recent survey.
Newest edition
Report year 2026Data year not recorded
Cite the source as: World Bank. Enterprise Surveys. Washington, DC: World Bank Group.
Licence: CC BY 4.0, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- World Bank Group ranks nobody on this measure. The position is derived by Nations Inquiry by ordering the published values; equal values share a position.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- The file gives each country’s most recent reading, so the rows are from different years. Readings from before 2016 are listed but left out of every comparison on this page.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Photographs
The countries at the top of this statistic, from their profiles: Wikimedia Commons, shown in greyscale, each used under the licence named.
- Qatar — Haakon S. Krohn derivative work: JamesA, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Singapore — Khairul Nizam ., CC BY 2.0
- Kuwait — Jack Versloot, CC BY 2.0
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Internet disruptions for firms by country: Firms Experiencing Internet Disruptions, data from World Bank Group. https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/firms-internet-disruptions