France: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, France's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) rose 5,257 on 2023 (from 52,018 to 57,275).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +3,980 and a typical year strayed about 3,344 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 8,893 in 2019. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 6,321 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 74,180 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 8,197, against 12,563 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2024, France had the 23rd highest value of the 214 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to France in the 2024 ranking

• Dominica — 20th of 214: 62,865
• Liechtenstein — 21st of 214: 60,321
• Luxembourg — 22nd of 214: 58,438
• Sweden — 24th of 214: 55,097
• Hungary — 25th of 214: 55,077
• Bulgaria — 26th of 214: 50,751

What this measures

The number of distinct, publicly-trusted TLS/SSL certificates found in the Netcraft Secure Server Survey (by hosting country), per 1 million people.

Limitations: Netcraft only visits sites on the standard HTTPS port, 443. Whilst it is possible to run an HTTPS server on a different port (using a URL like https://example.com:7000) this behaviour is quite rare on public websites. For example, usual ports are often used for administrative interfaces and other services not intended for the general public. Netcraft tries to visit every public secure website. Note that the survey does not include secure mail servers (SMTP) or intranet sites. So the final number of certificates for each certificate authority will be lower than the total number of server certificates sold by that authority.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 15 values

Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) in nearby economies

• Albania — 1,513 (2024)
• Andorra — 17,623 (2024)
• Armenia — 1,735 (2024)
• Austria — 47,132 (2024)
• Azerbaijan — 541.03 (2024)
• Belarus — 12,730 (2024)
• Belgium — 36,732 (2024)
• Bosnia and Herzegovina — 5,554 (2024)
• Bulgaria — 50,751 (2024)
• Croatia — 29,459 (2024)

More infrastructure data for France

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 37.28 million (2023)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 56.11 (2023)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 497,793 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 4,302 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 64.64 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 77.53 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 116.69 (2023)
• Patent applications, nonresidents — 1,378 (2024)
• Patent applications, residents — 12,751 (2024)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$)

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Questions people ask

What is France's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)?

57,275 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2010?

It is up 20,498% from 278.06 in 2010 (46.31% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 57,275 in 2024 and the lowest 278.06 in 2010.

How does France rank?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.NET.SECR.P6, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Secure Server Survey, Netcraft, uri: http://www.netcraft.com/; World Bank population estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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