Malawi's secure Internet servers was 703 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 2,168% from 31 in 2014 (36.63% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 703 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 305 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 31 | 2014 |
| Highest | 703 | 2024 |
| Lowest | 3 | 2010 |
| Average since 2015 | 342.2 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 3 | 2010 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Malawi's secure Internet servers rose 20.4% on 2023 (from 584 to 703).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +62.5% and a typical year strayed about 81.4% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 300% in 2012. 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 69.27 a year. A straight line explains 98% 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 816.96 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 129.9, against 167.33 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, Malawi had the 151st 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 Malawi in the 2024 ranking
- Curaçao — 148th of 214: 791
- French Polynesia — 149th of 214: 781
- Cameroon — 150th of 214: 733
- Maldives — 152nd of 214: 702
- Burkina Faso — 153rd of 214: 679
- Trinidad and Tobago — 154th of 214: 657
What this measures
The number of distinct, publicly-trusted TLS/SSL certificates found in the Netcraft Secure Server Survey (by hosting country).
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 sum.
All 15 values
| Year | Secure Internet servers |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 703 |
| 2023 | 584 |
| 2022 | 490 |
| 2021 | 425 |
| 2020 | 324 |
| 2019 | 305 |
| 2018 | 279 |
| 2017 | 184 |
| 2016 | 90 |
| 2015 | 38 |
| 2014 | 31 |
Secure Internet servers in nearby economies
- Angola — 1,838 (2024)
- Benin — 295 (2024)
- Botswana — 1,188 (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 679 (2024)
- Burundi — 149 (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 450 (2024)
- Cameroon — 733 (2024)
- Central African Republic — 9 (2024)
- Chad — 25 (2024)
- Comoros — 14 (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 1,056 (2024)
- Congo, Rep.
More infrastructure data for Malawi
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 4,869 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.02 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 1,002 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 0 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 3,507 (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 15 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 69.26 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 39.65% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 18.96% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles
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Questions people ask
- What is Malawi's secure Internet servers?
- 703 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2010?
- It is up 23,333% from 3 in 2010 (47.66% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 703 in 2024 and the lowest 3 in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank?
- 151st highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in secure Internet servers unusual for Malawi?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator IT.NET.SECR, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Secure Server Survey, Netcraft, uri: http://www.netcraft.com/ 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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