Nigeria's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) was 98.36 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 3,363% from 2.84 in 2014 (42.54% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 98.36 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 71.78 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 2.84 | 2014 |
| Highest | 212.37 | 2017 |
| Lowest | 0.61 | 2010 |
| Average since 2015 | 83.45 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0.61 | 2010 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Nigeria's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) rose 50.76 on 2023 (from 47.6 to 98.36).
Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +3.61 and a typical year strayed about 59.2 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 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 167.28 in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 104.29 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Nigeria had the 167th 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 98.36 | 2024 |
| World | 16,382 | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 903.2 | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 717.15 | 2024 |
Closest to Nigeria in the 2024 ranking
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
| Year | Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 98.36 |
| 2023 | 47.6 |
| 2022 | 47.09 |
| 2021 | 61.55 |
| 2020 | 71.23 |
| 2019 | 71.78 |
| 2018 | 176.06 |
| 2017 | 212.37 |
| 2016 | 45.1 |
| 2015 | 3.37 |
| 2014 |
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 Nigeria
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 102,714 (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.04 (2024)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 61,466 (2023)
- Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 3.14 (2023)
- Air transport, passengers carried — 5.27 million (2023)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 164.65 million (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 70.76 (2024)
- Medium and high-tech exports (% manufactured exports) — 27.3% (2024)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 41.21% (2024)
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Questions people ask
- What is Nigeria's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)?
- 98.36 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2010?
- It is up 15,970% from 0.61 in 2010 (43.74% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 212.37 in 2017 and the lowest 0.61 in 2010.
- How does Nigeria rank?
- 167th highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) unusual for Nigeria?
- In 2024, Nigeria's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) rose 50.76 on 2023 (from 47.6 to 98.36). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +3.61 and a typical year strayed about 59.2 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.8 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
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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