Country Reports
Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
Africa - Middle 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.
- 27%
- Regional Rank: 43rd
- 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.
- 26%
- Regional Rank: 45th
- 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.
- Fair
IXP Operator Market
A measure of the diversity and concentration of the local market for Internet Exchange Point operations.
- Internet Service Provider Association - DRC: 97%
- United S.A.: 3%
Popular Content Locality
A measure of how much locally popular web content is hosted in-country or in-region.
- 44%
- Regional Rank: 22nd
- Africa average: 30%
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.
- 53
- Regional Rank: 10th
- Africa average: 49
IPv4 Addresses Assigned
A measure of how many legacy addresses are assigned here.
- 174,848
- Regional Rank: 29th
- Africa average: 2,180,110
IPv6 Addresses Assigned
A measure of how many Internet addresses are assigned here.
- 2,031,620
- Regional Rank: 12th
- Africa average: 21,493,365
IPv6 Adoption
Enabling the Internet to support more users and more uses.
- 4%
- Regional Rank: 19th
- Africa average: 6%
IXP Count
IXPs help strengthen local Internet connectivity, develop local Internet industry, improve competitiveness, and serve as a hub for technical activity.
- 4
- Regional Rank: 5th
- Africa average: 2
Peering Networks
Peering networks help to keep Internet traffic local, provide faster connections, and improve the experience of the people relying on them.
- 27
- Regional Rank: 7th
- Africa average: 29
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.
- .cd Inactive
Naming Security Adoption
A measure of how much local Internet users are protected by DNSSEC.
- 56%
- Regional Rank: 36th
- Africa average: 61%
Routing Security Adoption
A measure of how much local Internet providers are checking validity of connectivity information they receive from other networks.
- 2%
- Regional Rank: 38th
- Africa average: 14%
Routing Security Coverage IPv4
One measure of how much local Internet network providers are securing their infrastructure.
- 16%
- Regional Rank: 32nd
- Africa average: 43%
Routing Security Coverage IPv6
One measure of how much local Internet network providers are securing their infrastructure.
- 100%
- Regional Rank: 13th
- Africa average: 52%