Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Uploading speed in Chicago
Chicago: Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Uploading speed was -23.7 Percentage of national value in 2025. ▬ Flat
Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Uploading speed in Chicago, 2019–2025
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Percentage of national value.
Analysis
Chicago recorded -23.7 Percentage of national value for internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed in 2025. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 2.9% over ten years.
That places Chicago 1090th out of 1315 regions with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Uploading speed in Chicago, year by year
| Year | Percentage of national value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -24.4 Percentage of national value | — |
| 2020 | -24.2 Percentage of national value | -0.8% |
| 2021 | -26.6 Percentage of national value | +9.9% |
| 2022 | -28.5 Percentage of national value | +7.1% |
| 2023 | -25.5 Percentage of national value | -10.5% |
| 2024 | -24.3 Percentage of national value | -4.7% |
| 2025 | -23.7 Percentage of national value | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | -24.4 Percentage of national value | -24.4 Percentage of national value | -24.4 Percentage of national value | 1 |
| 2020s | -25.47 Percentage of national value | -28.5 Percentage of national value | -23.7 Percentage of national value | 6 |
More reference data data for Chicago
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree 173.34 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -59.97 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs 2,539 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating -204.02 Degree days (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in heating 56.04 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs, annual growth rate 11.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Change in cooling -533.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Cooling and heating degree days - Cities and FUAs — Cooling degree -29.86 % change on previous year (2025)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Extreme precipitation days 9.95 Days per year (2024)
- Precipitation - Cities and FUAs — Change in extreme precipitation 0.1892 Days per year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed in Chicago?
- Internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed in Chicago was -23.7 Percentage of national value in 2025, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed recorded in Chicago?
- The highest recorded value was -23.7 Percentage of national value in 2025.
- What is the lowest internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed recorded in Chicago?
- The lowest recorded value was -28.5 Percentage of national value in 2022.
- How does Chicago rank for internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed?
- Chicago ranks 1090th out of 1315 regions with data for 2025.
- Is internet speed - cities and fuas — uploading speed rising or falling in Chicago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Chicago data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Internet speed - Cities and FUAs — Uploading speed. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset provides an indicator of internet speed (downloading and uploading speeds) in FUAs and cities compared to the national values. Data sources and methodology The indicator uses quarterly data from Speedtest® by Ookla® Global Fixed and Mobile Network Performance Maps, based on analysis by Ookla of Speedtest Intelligence® data for 2019-2024. The indicator is derived from internet speed tests taken from mobile devices with GPS-quality location and a non-cellular connection type (e.g. WiFi, ethernet). Yearly values are based on the weighted average of quarterly values, using the number of speed tests performed. Defining FUAs and cities The OECD, in cooperation with the EU, has developed a harmonised definition of functional urban areas (FUAs) to capture the economic and functional reach of cities based on daily commuting patterns (OECD, 2012). FUAs consist of: A city – defined by urban centres in the degree of urbanisation, adapted to the closest local administrative units to define a city. A commuting zone – including all local areas where at least 15% of employed residents work in the city. The delineation process includes: Assigning municipalities surrounded by a single FUA to that FUA. Excluding non-contiguous municipalities. The definition identifies 1 272 FUAs and 1 269 cities in all OECD member countries except Costa Rica and three accession countries. Cite this dataset OECD Regions, cities and local areas database (Internet speed - Cities and FUAs), http://oe.cd/geostats Further information OECD Local Data Portal OECD Regions and Cities at a Glance For questions and/or comments, please email CitiesStat@oecd.org