Internet speed in Iraq
Median speeds from Ookla's Speedtest Global Index, June 2026 — what a rental's line and your phone actually get, not what the listing says.
Home broadband54 Mbpsmedian download in Baghdad0world median 130300+Fair — Video calls and streaming for one or two people — fine for a holiday, thin for a household working48 Mbps upload · 5 ms latency
Mobile data93 Mbpsmedian download in Baghdad0world median 109300+26 Mbps upload · 17 ms latency
By city
under 30 basic · fair · 100+ good · 150+ fast — the tick is the world median.
| Place | Home broadband | Mobile data | Work from it? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baghdadmeasured in Baghdad | 54 Mbps | 93 Mbps | Not at the median |
| Iraq as a wholeOokla publishes no separate figure for Erbil, Sulaymaniyah; the national median stands for them. | 50 Mbps | 72 Mbps | Not at the median |
A median is the middle of every test run in the place that quarter: half the lines are faster, half slower. Cities usually beat the national number; islands and hill towns usually do not. "Work from it" is this site's own line — 150 Mbps down, 50 up, under 30 ms — for a household on calls all day; one person needs far less.
The guides in Iraq
ErbilIraqA citadel lived in for six thousand years, a bazaar of Kurdish tea houses under it, and the capital of the Iraq that visitors actually reach
SulaymaniyahIraqThe cultural capital of Kurdistan: a prison turned museum that spares nothing, a bazaar the size of a town, and mountains with waterfalls an hour out
BaghdadIraqThe city of the caliphs on the Tigris, a book market that reopens every Friday, the Abbasid palace, and a visit that is possible again and is done with a guide