Saint Helena

Highlights

  1. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as excellent.
  2. Approximately 38% of the population is an Internet user.
ccTLD
.sh
Flag of Saint Helena
Region
Africa
Sub-region
Western Africa

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

38%

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

40%
Africa average

Average Internet cost

20.40%

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

  • No data
    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.

0
active networks

Adoption of IPv6

32%
of users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol
6%
Africa average

Market Overview Permanent link

Market competition

Excellent

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Country-level domain use

39,308

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

Security Permanent link

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

  • 100%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 100%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • < 1%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Active

DNSSEC coverage

10%

of all domains under the ccTLD are protected with DNSSEC

1%
Africa average

Adoption of DNSSEC

100%

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

49%
Africa average

Footnotes Permanent link

Pulse uses the most recent possible data from international sources. For some indicators in Pulse, the source data may be updated more frequently. For more information on how often we update individual data points, see the Indicator page.