Loading: Which countries in Europe have the best and worst Internet speeds?

On average, we spend over six hours a day on the Internet. This could either be a very productive use of your time or an infuriating experience, depending on whether your Internet connection is lagging.

And it appears that the country you live in could be a key factor in whether you will enjoy the experience or not.

Using data from the Google page load speed checker, comparison service BusinessComparison examined the average loading speed of web pages on both desktop and mobile devices for every European country, with the Nordics notably dominating the top of the board.

Sweden is in the top position with the fastest desktop loading speed of 3.74 seconds, followed by Finland (3.84) in second place, the first country in the world to make Internet access a legal right in 2010.

In joint third came Denmark and Latvia, both with an average speed of 4 seconds.

Lithuania was next in fifth place (4.14) followed by Switzerland (4.23).

In terms of loading speeds on mobile devices, Sweden again performs the best with an average speed of 7.48 seconds.

At the bottom of the ranking, the load time almost doubled in Turkey (10.22) getting the worst score, which is due to a reliance on 30-year-old copper cables, according to the report.

Bulgaria (9.38), Romania (8.59), Cyprus (7.18) and Poland (6.09) complete the bottom five.

The same countries - in the same order - also performed worst regarding Internet loading speed on mobile, with Turkey again having the slowest load times at 13.19 seconds.

One key factor is the speed of the network used by mobile devices, which can be slower than fixed broadband connections because mobile networks have limitations that affect how quickly data can be transferred.

Additionally, the hardware in mobile devices