Lesotho: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Lesotho's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) fell 3.13 on 2023 (from 89.12 to 85.99).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +6.82 and a typical year strayed about 7.61 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 22.64 in 2019 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.13 in 2024. 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 10.02 a year. A straight line explains 94% 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 122.33 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 5, against 16.38 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, Lesotho had the 171st 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 Lesotho in the 2024 ranking

• Zimbabwe — 168th of 214: 89.99
• Papua New Guinea — 169th of 214: 88.12
• Gabon — 170th of 214: 87.04
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 172nd of 214: 82.2
• Solomon Islands — 173rd of 214: 80.57
• Zambia — 174th of 214: 80.51

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

• Angola — 48.51 (2024)
• Benin — 20.4 (2024)
• Botswana — 471.22 (2024)
• Burkina Faso — 28.83 (2024)
• Burundi — 10.61 (2024)
• Cabo Verde — 857.34 (2024)
• Cameroon — 25.17 (2024)
• Central African Republic — 1.69 (2024)
• Chad — 1.23 (2024)
• Comoros — 16.15 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Lesotho

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 7,980 (2024)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.34 (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.64 million (2024)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 70.33 (2024)
• Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 51.8% (2024)
• Scientific and technical journal articles — 60.18 (2023)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$15,667 (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 0.08% (2025)
• ICT goods imports (% total goods imports) — 2.04% (2024)
• ICT goods exports (% of total goods exports)

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Questions people ask

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

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

How has it changed since 2010?

It is up 17,066% from 0.5 in 2010 (44.42% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 89.12 in 2023 and the lowest 0.5 in 2010.

How does Lesotho 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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