Manila, Philippines is known as one of the social media capitals of the entire world. However, it has been revealed that the country has the slowest internet speed in the entire Asia, and is ranked 158th out of 190 countries globally. Internet speed in PH is only faster than in Syria, Cuba and other African countries.

According to the Net Index  rankings by internet broadband testing company Ookla, Philippines has an average speed of 3.64 Megabits per second (Mbps).In comparison, Singapore has 123.43 Mbps, putting it first in Asia, and Hongkong is second with 102.96 Mbps as of the May 2015 rankings.

Here is the list of Asian countries ranked with Ookla’s household speed index as of May 2015:
1. Singapore – 122.43 Mbps
2. Hong Kong – 102.96 Mbps
3. Japan – 82.12 Mbps
4. South Korea – 59.77 Mbps
5. Macau – 50.66 Mbps
6. Taiwan – 50.59 Mbps
7. Thailand – 19.82 Mbps
8. Mongolia – 17.92 Mbps
9. Vietnam – 17.70 Mbps
10. Bangladesh – 9.86 Mbps
11. Cambodia 9.04 Mbps
12. Nepal 8.63 Mbps
13. Brunei 7.99 Mbps
14. Bhutan – 7.82 Mbps
15. India 7.04 Mbps
16. Malaysia 7.03 Mbps
17. Laos 6.92 Mbps
18. Indonesia 6.68 Mbps
19. Myanmar 6.54 Mbps
20. Pakistan 4.00 Mbps
21. Philippines – 3.64 Mbps
22. Afghanistan – 2.52 Mbps

The Net Index rankings is “powered by billions of aggregated NetMetrics data and is a free and powerful advocate we created to help the global Internet computing community get the most from their broadband provider and enhance their connected lifestyle,” Ookla said.

Here is the list of Asian countries ranked with Ookla’s household speed index as of July 2014

Living in the Philippines, we all have to face this problem on a daily basis. However, if you look at the bright side, the internet speed has improved compared to last year’s speed of ony 3.4 Mbps. Let’s hope for a future when we can browse the internet and download movie within a blink of time.