Country Reports

Vanuatu

Highlights

  1. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 7% can be reached on a local server or cache in Vanuatu. This falls below Internet Society's target of 50%.
  2. Internet Society gives Vanuatu an overall Internet resilience score of 39%, which means it has medium capacity to withstand unexpected faults or challenges to normal operation.
  3. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as poor.
  4. Vanuatu received a security preparedness score of 12.88 on the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Index. Its e-government system readiness score is 70%.
  5. In Vanuatu, there is 1 data center and there is 1 active IXP.

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

70%

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

61%
Oceania average

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 9.37 Mbps

    Broadband

  • 9.37 Mbps

    Mobile

Average Internet cost

7.51%

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

92%

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.

11

active networks

International connections

Routes to the global Internet

Upstream diversity is

Poor

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

Adoption of IPv6

5%

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

22%
Oceania average

Market Overview Permanent link

Data centers

Number of data centers in operation

1

active data center

Internet Exchange Points

1

IXP in Vanuatu

10
Oceania average
0 of 14

active networks connect via an IXP

Total number of IXP members in Vanuatu

Locally cached content

7%

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

20%
Oceania average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • OWL Owl Limited: 77%
  • VUTELECOM-AS01-VU-AP Telecom Vanuatu Limited: 9%
  • DIGICELVANUATU-VU Digicel Vanuatu LTD: 7%
  • SPACEX-STARLINK: 6%

Digital public services rating

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

47%

Country-level domain use

1,800

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

Market competition

Poor

market competitiveness for Internet customers and end users

Security Permanent link

Global Cybersecurity Index

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

13 / 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

  • 89%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • None
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 48%
    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

6%
Oceania average

Adoption of DNSSEC

96%

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

73%
Oceania 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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