Sub-Saharan Africa: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) rose 108.36 on 2023 (from 794.85 to 903.2).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +60.87 and a typical year strayed about 141.6 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 495.13 in 2017 and the biggest yearly fall was 62.82 in 2022. 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 89.46 a year. A straight line explains 70% 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.

How it compares

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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

• Afghanistan — 41.06 (2024)
• Algeria — 119.34 (2024)
• Bahrain — 7,064 (2024)
• Djibouti — 114.66 (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 82.2 (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 7,226 (2024)
• Iraq — 34.51 (2024)
• Israel — 12,319 (2024)
• Jordan — 212.24 (2024)
• Kuwait — 384.3 (2024)

More infrastructure data for Sub-Saharan Africa

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 5 million (2025)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.4 (2025)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 717,259 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 4,829 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 56.96 million (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 1.2 billion (2025)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 90.4 (2025)
• Industrial design applications, nonresident, by count — 3,161 (2024)
• Industrial design applications, resident, by count

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Questions people ask

What is Sub-Saharan Africa's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people)?

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

How has it changed since 2010?

It is up 25,160% from 3.58 in 2010 (48.46% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 903.2 in 2024 and the lowest 3.58 in 2010.

Is the latest change in secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) unusual for Sub-Saharan Africa?

In 2024, Sub-Saharan Africa's secure Internet servers (per 1 million people) rose 108.36 on 2023 (from 794.85 to 903.2). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +60.87 and a typical year strayed about 141.6 from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Where does this data come from?

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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