Country Reports

Country:

Afghanistan

Asia - Southern Asia

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.

18%
Regional Rank: 50th
Asia average: 74%

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.

33%
Regional Rank: 44th
Asia average: 48%

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.

Excellent

IXP Operator Market

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

Ministry of Communication & IT Afghanistan: 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.

67
Regional Rank: 32nd
Asia average: 616

IPv4 Addresses Assigned

A measure of how many legacy addresses are assigned here.

177,408
Regional Rank: 42nd
Asia average: 17,587,940

IPv6 Addresses Assigned

A measure of how many Internet addresses are assigned here.

1,703,944
Regional Rank: 40th
Asia average: 200,348,116

IPv6 Adoption

Enabling the Internet to support more users and more uses.

2%
Regional Rank: 38th
Asia average: 21%

IXP Count

IXPs help strengthen local Internet connectivity, develop local Internet industry, improve competitiveness, and serve as a hub for technical activity.

1
Regional Rank: 30th
Asia average: 6

Peering Networks

Peering networks help to keep Internet traffic local, provide faster connections, and improve the experience of the people relying on them.

16
Regional Rank: 28th
Asia average: 130

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.

.af Active

Naming Security Coverage

A measure of how much local web content supports DNSSEC for improved trustworthiness.

0%
Regional Rank: 17th
Asia average: 1%

Naming Security Adoption

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

56%
Regional Rank: 13th
Asia average: 40%

Routing Security Adoption

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

6%
Regional Rank: 20th
Asia average: 12%

Routing Security Coverage IPv4

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

74%
Regional Rank: 36th
Asia average: 78%

Routing Security Coverage IPv6