Country Reports

Virgin Islands (British)

Highlights

  1. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 2% can be reached on a local server or cache in British Virgin Islands. This falls below Internet Society's target of 50%.
  2. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as poor.
  3. As of 2023, the population of British Virgin Islands was 38,985. The United Nations defines it as a small island developing state.
  4. Approximately 78% of the population is an Internet user.

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

78%

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

75%
Americas average

Usage by gender

Proportion of the population that uses the Internet, by gender

  • Female: 79%
  • Male: 77%

Note: Measurement methods vary by country.

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • No data Mbps

    Broadband

  • No data Mbps

    Mobile

Average Internet cost

1.20%

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.

31

active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Very Good

More than 2 connections to the global Internet improves the ability to recover from unexpected events.

Adoption of IPv6

12%

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

23%
Americas average

Market Overview Permanent link

Internet Exchange Points

1

IXP in Virgin Islands (British)

10
Americas average
5% of 44

active networks connect via an IXP

Total number of IXP members in Virgin Islands (British)

Locally cached content

2%

of the top 1000 websites in Virgin Islands (British) can be accessed through an in-country server or cache

27%
Americas average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • CWC-ROC-11139: 49%
  • BVI-DIG: 26%
  • CARIB-23: 22%
  • MULTITK-AS: 3%

Market competition

Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

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

  • 42%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 78%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 13%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

58%

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

45%
Americas average

Footnotes Permanent link

The geographic boundaries and country names shown do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Internet Society concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area of its authorities. Regions and Sub-Regions are taken from the UN Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Series M, No. 49).

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