Australian internet 45th worst

Friday 17 July 2026

Yes, another indicator of decline. Saily’s Internet Connectivity Index 2026

The top ten:

Rank	Country	Score

Estonia

65.98

Lithuania

65.55

Denmark

64.78

Portugal

63.50

France

63.11

Netherlands

61.82

Austria

61.59

Moldova

60.98

Luxembourg

60.90

Finland

60.74

Australia is 45th (57.13) bringing up the rear in the OECD, as usual.

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David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.