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 Thursday 22nd of October. This report is free for reuse and adaptation with attribution.
Countries with IXPs: 162
United States(137), Brazil(44), Russia(37), Germany(32), India(32), Indonesia(29), Argentina(27), Australia(22), Canada(21), Netherlands(20), France(19), Japan(18), Sweden(17), United Kingdom(17), Ukraine(15), Kazakhstan(14), Poland(13), Spain(12), Italy(11), China(10), Singapore(10), Peru(10), Switzerland(9), New Zealand(9), Thailand(9), Finland(8), Colombia(8), Philippines(8), Greece(8), Norway(7), South Africa(7), Bulgaria(7), Mexico(7), Romania(6), Nigeria(6), Austria(6), Ecuador(6), Malaysia(6), Saudi Arabia(5), Tanzania(5), Czech Republic(5), Chile(5), Ireland(5), Pakistan(4), Democratic Republic of Congo(4), Portugal(4), United Arab Emirates(4), Turkey(4), Dominican Republic(4), Slovakia(4), South Korea(4), Bangladesh(4), Lithuania(4), Taiwan(4), Estonia(4), Kenya(4), Georgia(3), Honduras(3), Venezuela(3), Malawi(3), Viet Nam(3), Cameroon(3), Denmark(3), Ghana(3), Myanmar(3), Uzbekistan(3), Egypt(3), Mongolia(2), Lebanon(2), Angola(2), Latvia(2), Paraguay(2), Belgium(2), Bolivia(2), Costa Rica(2), Liechtenstein(2), Nepal(2), Senegal(2), Guam(2), Oman(2), Qatar(2), Trinidad and Tobago(2), Burkina Faso(2), Republic of Congo(2), Guatemala(2), North Macedonia(1), Maldives(1), Namibia(1), Papua New Guinea(1), Sierra Leone(1), Sri Lanka(1), Tajikistan(1), Togo(1), Vanuatu(1), Zimbabwe(1), Martinique(1), Tunisia(1), Uganda(1), Montenegro(1), Afghanistan(1), Sint Maarten(1), Sint Eustatius(1), Belarus(1), Bhutan(1), Burundi(1), Cape Verde(1), Cyprus(1), Dominica(1), El Salvador(1), Guinea(1), Israel(1), Jordan(1), Mali(1), Morocco(1), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines(1), Somalia(1), Lesotho(1), Moldova(1), Saint Barthélemy(1), Albania(1), Kosovo(1), Bahrain(1), Brunei Darussalam(1), Cambodia(1), Grenada(1), Hungary(1), Iran(1), Mozambique(1), Palestine(1), Puerto Rico(1), Rwanda(1), Suriname(1), Cote D'Ivoire(1), Liberia(1), Mauritius(1), Saint Martin(1), Curaçao(1), Belize(1), Bosnia and Herzegovina(1), Chad(1), Croatia(1), Gabon(1), Guyana(1), Iceland(1), Iraq(1), Jamaica(1), Kyrgyzstan(1), Panama(1), Saint Kitts and Nevis(1), Slovenia(1), British Virgin Islands(1), Zambia(1), Kuwait(1), Tuvalu(1), Serbia(1), Armenia(1), Benin(1), Djibouti(1), Fiji(1), Haiti(1), Laos(1), Luxembourg(1)
Countries without IXPs: 51
Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Saint Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Solomon Islands, US Virgin Islands, Ethiopia, Kiribati, Micronesia, Aruba, Bahamas, Greenland, Madagascar, Naoero, New Caledonia, Palau, Sudan, Tonga, Western Sahara, Falkland Islands, North Korea, Mauritania, Antigua and Barbuda, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Malta, Samoa, Syria, Uruguay, Yemen, French Guiana, Monaco, Turkmenistan, Algeria, Comoros, Eritrea, Marshall Islands, Nicaragua, San Marino, Seychelles, Swaziland, Timor-Leste, Libya, Andorra, South Sudan, Azerbaijan, Barbados, Botswana, Cuba, Gambia
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Last updated: Thu, 22 Oct 2026 20:37:52 +0000