Packet Clearing House Report on Internet Exchange Point Locations
This map plots the density distribution of the Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) which form the core of the global Internet, by country. Countries must have root nameservers, country-code top-level domain (ccTLD) nameservers, and Internet exchange points (IXPs) within their borders in order to maintain autonomy and internal connectivity during periods when international cables are damaged.
We use the United Nations list of countries, and countries which display as less than one pixel are listed below, but aren't indicated on the map. Last updated Wednesday 21st of May. This report is free for reuse and adaptation with attribution.
Countries with IXPs: 161
United States(129), Russia(35), Brazil(34), Argentina(29), Australia(29), Germany(28), India(24), Indonesia(21), France(19), Japan(16), Netherlands(16), Canada(15), United Kingdom(15), Sweden(14), Ukraine(13), Italy(13), China(12), Poland(11), Switzerland(9), New Zealand(8), Peru(8), Thailand(8), Spain(8), Romania(8), Singapore(8), Norway(7), South Africa(7), Ecuador(6), Mexico(6), Austria(6), Bulgaria(6), Chile(6), Greece(6), Malaysia(6), Finland(6), Colombia(6), Taiwan(5), Saudi Arabia(5), Tanzania(5), South Korea(5), Lithuania(4), Bangladesh(4), Ireland(4), Philippines(4), Estonia(4), Pakistan(4), Turkey(4), Czech Republic(4), Dominican Republic(4), Nigeria(4), Portugal(4), Cameroon(3), Denmark(3), Slovakia(3), Viet Nam(3), Kenya(3), Uzbekistan(3), Democratic Republic of Congo(3), Georgia(3), Latvia(3), Iran(3), Ghana(2), Guam(2), Kyrgyzstan(2), Malawi(2), Nepal(2), Trinidad and Tobago(2), Guatemala(2), Myanmar(2), Oman(2), Lebanon(2), Burkina Faso(2), Honduras(2), Mongolia(2), Sri Lanka(2), Angola(2), Costa Rica(2), Kazakhstan(2), Liechtenstein(2), Paraguay(2), United Arab Emirates(2), Belgium(2), Bolivia(2), Chad(1), Croatia(1), Gabon(1), Iceland(1), Iraq(1), Jamaica(1), Mozambique(1), Palestine(1), Puerto Rico(1), Rwanda(1), Senegal(1), Suriname(1), Cote D'Ivoire(1), Kuwait(1), Sint Maarten(1), Belize(1), Bosnia and Herzegovina(1), Republic of Congo(1), Cuba(1), Djibouti(1), Egypt(1), Fiji(1), Gambia(1), Haiti(1), Laos(1), Luxembourg(1), Panama(1), Qatar(1), Saint Kitts and Nevis(1), Slovenia(1), Timor-Leste(1), British Virgin Islands(1), Zambia(1), Martinique(1), Tunisia(1), Uganda(1), Montenegro(1), Armenia(1), Benin(1), Botswana(1), Burundi(1), Cape Verde(1), Cyprus(1), Dominica(1), El Salvador(1), Guinea(1), Israel(1), Jordan(1), North Macedonia(1), Maldives(1), Namibia(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Saint Lucia(1), Togo(1), Vanuatu(1), Zimbabwe(1), Lesotho(1), Moldova(1), Saint Barthélemy(1), Afghanistan(1), Curaçao(1), Belarus(1), Bhutan(1), Cambodia(1), Grenada(1), Hungary(1), Mali(1), Morocco(1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(1), Somalia(1), Sudan(1), Venezuela(1), Liberia(1), Mauritius(1), Serbia(1), Albania(1), Bahrain(1), Brunei Darussalam(1)
Countries without IXPs: 49
Comoros, Eritrea, Guyana, Malta, Samoa, Syria, Uruguay, Yemen, Libya, Tuvalu, Algeria, Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, San Marino, Seychelles, Swaziland, Kiribati, Micronesia, Kosovo, Andorra, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Greenland, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Tajikistan, US Virgin Islands, Ethiopia, North Korea, Mauritania, Aruba, Bahamas, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Madagascar, Nauru, New Caledonia, Palau, Tonga, Western Sahara, Falkland Islands, Monaco, Turkmenistan, South Sudan, Antigua and Barbuda
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Retrieved on Wednesday 21st of May from http://www.pch.net/ixpdir/summary
Last updated: Wed, 21 May 2025 02:42:57 +0000