Country Reports

Country:

Eswatini

Africa - Southern Africa

Open Internet Environment

The open Internet allows people and organizations to mix and match technologies without permission and with minimal barriers. Sustaining and growing an open Internet helps to spur innovation and keep it fit for future applications. An open Internet is an accessible Internet – it is easy to connect to the open Internet and use its services.

Internet Use

Individuals using the Internet as a percentage of the total population.

58.0%
Regional Rank: 17th
Africa average: 42%

Internet Shutdowns

Intentional disruptions of Internet communications, making them unavailable for a specific population, location, or type of access.

Ongoing: 0
Last 12 months: 0

Internet Resilience Score

A resilient Internet connection is one that maintains an acceptable level of service in the face of faults and challenges to normal operation.

29%
Regional Rank: 39th
Africa average: 33%

Transit Provider Diversity

More diversity in routes to the global Internet improves connection resilience.

Poor

Retail ISP Diversity

Diversity of retail Internet providers improves resilience and user choice.

Poor

IXP Operator Market

A measure of the diversity and concentration of the local market for Internet Exchange Point operations.

Swaziland Internet Service Providers Association - SISPA: 100%

Globally Connected Infrastructure

The globally connected Internet is inclusive. It allows networks and users to interconnect without geographical restrictions. Increasing the connectivity of the Internet makes it more valuable to every participant, as a tool for communications, learning, commerce.

Networks Assigned

A measure of how many Internet networks are active here.

12
Regional Rank: 36th
Africa average: 49

IPv4 Addresses Assigned

A measure of how many legacy addresses are assigned here.

54,272
Regional Rank: 37th
Africa average: 2,179,782

IPv6 Addresses Assigned

A measure of how many Internet addresses are assigned here.

393,218
Regional Rank: 33rd
Africa average: 21,484,370

IPv6 Adoption

Enabling the Internet to support more users and more uses.

1%
Regional Rank: 26th
Africa average: 6%

Secure and Trustworthy Internet

A secure Internet is resistant to attacks on its infrastructure, delivering a robust service to its user community. A trustworthy Internet meets the expectations of its users by offering a resilient and reliable base for applications and services.

Naming Security Status

Adopting DNSSEC improves trustworthiness of Internet communications.

.sz Inactive

Naming Security Adoption

A measure of how much local Internet users are protected by DNSSEC.

88%
Regional Rank: 11th
Africa average: 60%

Routing Security Adoption

A measure of how much local Internet providers are checking validity of connectivity information they receive from other networks.

1%
Regional Rank: 48th
Africa average: 13%

Routing Security Coverage IPv4

One measure of how much local Internet network providers are securing their infrastructure.

57%
Regional Rank: 23rd
Africa average: 43%

Routing Security Coverage IPv6