According to previous research by the EU Commission in collaboration with Omdia, 58% of Irish households had access to broadband speeds of 1 Gbps or more in June 2020, which was 7 percentage points higher than the EU27 average of 51%. Ireland's high performance is further bolstered by the fact that it has the most rural population of all EU Member States. In Ireland, 39% of households are classified as rural, compared to just 16% in the EU.