Sierra Leone's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) was 11.34 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 1,460% from 0.73 in 2014 (31.61% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 11.34 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 5.3 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 0.73 | 2014 |
| Highest | 13.36 | 2023 |
| Lowest | 0.48 | 2010 |
| Average since 2015 | 6.94 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0.48 | 2010 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Sierra Leone's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) fell 2.02 on 2023 (from 13.36 to 11.34).
Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +0.86 and a typical year strayed about 1.14 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 3.56 in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 2.02 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 1.46 a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 9 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Sierra Leone had the 203rd 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Sierra Leone | 11.34 | 2024 |
| World | 16,382 | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 903.2 | 2024 |
| Low income | 26.42 | 2024 |
Closest to Sierra Leone in the 2024 ranking
- Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 200th of 214: 13.99
- Liberia — 201st of 214: 13.01
- Guinea — 202nd of 214: 12.27
- Guinea-Bissau — 204th of 214: 10.9
- Burundi — 205th of 214: 10.61
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. — 206th of 214: 10.42
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 14 values
| Year | Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.34 |
| 2023 | 13.36 |
| 2022 | 11.36 |
| 2021 | 10.13 |
| 2020 | 6.57 |
| 2019 | 5.3 |
| 2018 | no data |
| 2017 | 1.9 |
| 2016 | 1.53 |
| 2015 | 0.9946 |
| 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 Sierra Leone
- Fixed telephone subscriptions — 269 (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.00325 (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions — 8.93 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 107.88 (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet (% of population) — 25.11% (2024)
- Scientific and technical journal articles — 86.32 (2023)
- ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$1.57 million (2024)
- ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 3.16% (2024)
- Liner shipping connectivity index (maximum value in 2004 = 100) — 7.34 (2021)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Sierra Leone's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)?
- 11.34 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2010?
- It is up 2,252% from 0.48 in 2010 (25.3% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 13.36 in 2023 and the lowest 0.48 in 2010.
- How does Sierra Leone rank?
- 203rd highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) unusual for Sierra Leone?
- In 2024, Sierra Leone's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) fell 2.02 on 2023 (from 13.36 to 11.34). Across the 11 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +0.86 and a typical year strayed about 1.14 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.
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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