Sudan: Secure Internet servers

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Sudan's secure Internet servers rose 13.1% on 2023 (from 107 to 121).

Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +35.9% and a typical year strayed about 51.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 144.3% in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 77.1% in 2023. 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 23% 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, Sudan had the 188th 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 Sudan in the 2024 ranking

• Samoa — 185th of 214: 132
• St. Lucia — 186th of 214: 132
• Equatorial Guinea — 187th of 214: 126
• Congo, Rep. — 189th of 214: 105
• Tonga — 190th of 214: 101
• Sierra Leone — 191st of 214: 98

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

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 Sudan

• Fixed telephone subscriptions — 155,802 (2022)
• Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people) — 0.32 (2022)
• Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide — 9,330 (2023)
• Air transport, passengers carried — 911,090 (2023)
• Air transport, freight (million ton-km) — 20.04 (2023)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions — 34.67 million (2022)
• Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) — 70.21 (2022)
• ICT service exports (BoP, current US$) — US$30.59 million (2025)
• ICT service exports (% of service exports, BoP) — 11.26% (2025)
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Questions people ask

What is Sudan's secure Internet servers?

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

How has it changed since 2010?

It is up 1,413% from 8 in 2010 (21.41% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 467 in 2022 and the lowest 8 in 2010.

How does Sudan rank?

188th highest of 214 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in secure Internet servers unusual for Sudan?

In 2024, Sudan's secure Internet servers rose 13.1% on 2023 (from 107 to 121). Across the 13 yearly changes before that (2011 to 2023), the average change was +35.9% and a typical year strayed about 51.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 standard deviations below 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?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Secure Server Survey, Netcraft, uri: http://www.netcraft.com/.

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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