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Is .country safe? The state of .country domain security
Partial dataset — .country is still being processed; figures firm up in the next edition.
.country is riskier than the internet average. Across 1,254 graded .country domains, 92.4% score an F — worse than the 78.3% global average — heavier on exposed domains than the web as a whole. 1% earn a B or better. Most .country domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
How do .country domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .country domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-08-16.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 0 | 0% |
| A | 3 | 0.2% |
| B | 9 | 0.7% |
| C | 30 | 2.4% |
| D | 53 | 4.2% |
| F | 1,159 | 92.4% |
Does .country make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .country doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .country domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .country safe?
On average, .country is riskier than the internet average: 92.4% of its 1,254 graded domains score an F as of 2026-08-16, against a 78.3% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .country domains?
7.6% of .country domains score above an F and 1% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .country make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .country too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .country domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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