⚡ Operating Systems in Afghanistan

Server operating systems are designed for computers that provide network services, such as hosting websites or storing data.

Afghanistan is a South Central Asian country with a population of over 43 million people.

According to our research, operating systems are detected on 13.2% of websites from Afghanistan.

Statistics based on 1K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top operating systems on websites in Afghanistan in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Windows with an impressive share of 40.1%, followed by Linux with 32.4% and Unix with 27.5%.

Windows 40.1%
Linux 32.4%
Unix 27.5%
Ubuntu 10.6%
Debian 4.2%
Gentoo 0.7%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Afghanistan than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Windows ^(-1)
3. Unix ^(-3)
6. Gentoo ^(-7)

✨ Best Operating Systems

Below is a more detailed list of 6 operating systems used on sites from Afghanistan, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Windows Redmond, Washington, United States A family of proprietary operating systems from Microsoft used on personal computers, servers, and virtualized environments. $1,176+	40.1%
2	Linux San Francisco, California, United States A family of open-source, Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, originally created by Linus Torvalds and now maintained by a global community of contributors. FreeOpen source	32.4%
3	Unix San Francisco, California, United States A family of multitasking, multi-user computer operating systems.	27.5%
4	Ubuntu London, United Kingdom A free operating system based on Debian GNU/Linux, designed for desktops, servers, cloud, and IoT environments. FreeOpen source$500+/year	10.6%
5	Debian New York, United States A free and open-source Linux distribution that provides a stable operating system with a strong focus on reliability, security, and universal compatibility across multiple hardware architectures. FreeOpen source	4.2%
6	Gentoo Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States A Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system.	0.7%

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 1,079 websites from Afghanistan.
We currently track the presence of 22 operating systems across the web.
Of these, 6 were detected on websites from Afghanistan.
Statistics were last calculated on May 5, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.