Country Reports

Namibia

Highlights

  1. Namibia received a security preparedness score of 11.47 on the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Index. Its e-government system readiness score is 61%.
  2. Internet Society gives Namibia an overall Internet resilience score of 36%, which means it has medium capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  3. In Namibia, there is 1 data center and there is 1 active IXP.
  4. As of 2023, the population of Namibia was 2,963,095.
  5. Approximately 62% of the population is an Internet user.

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

62%

of the population used the Internet at least once over a 3-month period

42%
Africa average

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 12.65 Mbps

    Broadband

  • 20.80 Mbps

    Mobile

Average Internet cost

1.06%

of average income (GNI) is needed to cover a low-consumption basket, using at least 3G technology.

Network Infrastructure Permanent link

Mobile 4G and 5G coverage

72%

has access to at least one device with 4G mobile Internet

No data

has access to at least one device with 5G mobile Internet

Active networks

The building blocks of the Internet, identified by Autonomous System (AS) numbers.

14

active networks

Adoption of IPv6

0%

of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol

7%
Africa average

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

1

active data center

Internet Exchange Points

1

IXP in Namibia

2
Africa average
12% of 17

active networks connect via an IXP

Total number of IXP members in Namibia

Locally cached content

7%

of the top 1000 websites in Namibia can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

28%
Africa average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • TELECOM-NAMIBIA: 43%
  • MTCASN: 31%
  • Paratus: 17%
  • TELECOM-NAMIBIA: 7%
  • Iway-Network-AS: 0%

Digital public services rating

The UN's measure of a country's e-government ecosystem readiness

50%

Country-level domain use

6,100

domains registered using .na, the country code top-level domain (ccTLD).

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents

11 / 100

Routing security practices

The use of resource public key infrastructure (RPKI), which connects IP prefixes to the correct autonomous system (AS)

ROA

Route origin authorization uses a cryptographic signature to certify network announcements

  • 73%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 93%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 2%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Active

DNSSEC coverage

1%

of all domains under the ccTLD are protected with DNSSEC

7%
Africa average

Adoption of DNSSEC

63%

of DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic

57%
Africa average

Footnotes Permanent link

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