to clarify that the rankings in the report were condensed.

Internet speeds in the United States have long trailed those in other countries like South Korea. Downloading videos, games and other big files often takes far longer for Americans than their counterparts across the globe.

In the latest global rankings, the United States remained a slow-poke, placing No. 26 in terms of speediest Internet connections, according to Pando Networks, a company that delivers games and other large online files online for other companies. South Korea led the list followed by Romania and Bulgaria. (The rankings published in the report omit some countries. A full list of the top 26 is below.)

“The U.S., as whole, is slower than many people think,” said Robert Levitan, chief executive of Pando Networks. “It’s not bad compared to Europe, but it’s bad compared to South Korea.”

Average Internet downloads in South Korea of 2,202 kilobytes per second were nearly four times faster than the 616 KBps in the United States, the report found. South Korea has invested heavily in its Internet infrastructure and has the advantage of high population density that makes it more cost efficient to install the necessary cables.

Hungary came in just ahead of the United States in the rankings at 624 KBps. France and the United Kingdom were slightly slower at 604 KBps and 599 KBps.

Pando Networks based its findings on 27 million downloads from 20 million computers in 224 countries over the first six months of this year. The company measured actual download speeds, and not the network capacity cited by Internet service providers or the price paid for the services.

A separate study by Pando Networks earlier this month showed the average speeds in all 50 states. Rhode Island led the list with 894 KBps while Idaho finished last at 318 KBps.

In the global survey, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central African Republic and The Comoros islands ranked last with Internet speeds 30 to 60 times slower than in United States. Downloads in those countries were seldom successful, the report found.

Cites in South Korea dominated the list of cities with the fastest Internet download speeds with 10 of the top 12. Andover, Mass., and Bucharest were the only non-South Korean cities in the top dozen.

Algiers led the rankings of the 12 slowest cities.

The list of the fastest download speeds by country:

1) South Korea

2) Romania

3) Bulgaria

4) Lithuania

5) Latvia

6) Japan

7) Sweden

8) Ukraine

9) Denmark

10) Hong Kong

11) Netherlands

12) Finland

13) Moldova

14) Taiwan

15) Norway

16) Russian Federation

17) Iceland

18) Aland Islands

19) Belgium

20) Slovenia

21) Switzerland

22) Germany

23) Congo

24) Czech Republic

25) Hungary

26) United States