Country Reports

Syria

Highlights

  1. As of 2023, the population of Syrian Arab Republic was 23,594,623.
  2. Internet Society rates the choice of Internet service providers as very poor.
  3. Out of the 1000 most-visited websites, 3% can be reached on a local server or cache in Syrian Arab Republic. This falls below Internet Society's target of 50%.
  4. Syrian Arab Republic received a security preparedness score of 22.14 on the 2023 Global Cybersecurity Index. Its e-government system readiness score is 36%.
  5. Approximately 36% of the population is an Internet user.

Internet Usage Permanent link

Internet penetration

36%

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

74%
Asia average

Average download speed

Based on an average of 300 users

  • 3.92 Mbps

    Broadband

  • 11.78 Mbps

    Mobile

Average Internet cost

4.22%

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.

5

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

0%

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

21%
Asia average

Market Overview Permanent link

Locally cached content

3%

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

49%
Asia average

Top Internet service providers

Top Internet Service Providers (ISPs) by market share

  • INT-PDN-STE-AS STE PDN Internal AS: 100%
  • CLOUDFLARENET: 0%
  • M247: 0%

Digital public services rating

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

34%

Market competition

Very 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

22 / 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

  • 50%
    of IPv4 prefixes protected
  • 90%
    of IPv6 prefixes protected

ROV

Route origin validation filters out route announcements

  • 80%
    of networks are using ROV to filter out invalid prefixes and networks

DNSSEC status

  • Inactive

Adoption of DNSSEC

47%

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

41%
Asia 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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