Countries With the Fastest Growth in Secure internet servers per million (5-Year Change)

Name: Countries With the Fastest Growth in Secure internet servers per million (5-Year Change)
Creator: The World Bank
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Change in Secure internet servers per million over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed. Source: The World Bank (CC BY 4.0).

Summary

British Virgin Islands rose the most: by 1,329,850, from 113,150 per million people to 1.44 million per million people in the five years to 2024. Belize is second (+421,886), followed by Cyprus (+213,642). 195 countries rose over that period; the median change among them was +405.5.

#1: British Virgin Islands · +1,329,850
Median: +405.5
Coverage: 195 countries
Data year: 2024
Last updated: 2026-11-14

Top 10: 5-year change (per million people). Bar chart of the top 10: 1. British Virgin Islands 1.33 million; 2. Belize 421,886; 3. Cyprus 213,642; 4. Finland 120,237; 5. Hong Kong SAR, China 95,598; 6. Singapore 87,190; 7. Germany 74,140; 8. United States 73,350; 9. Switzerland 71,577; 10. Netherlands 68,400.

Full ranking

Countries With the Fastest Growth in Secure internet servers per million (5-Year Change), 2024
Rank	Country	From	To	5-year change (per million people)
1	British Virgin Islands	113,150	1,443,000	+1,329,850
2	Belize	42,674	464,560	+421,886
3	Cyprus	7,659	221,300	+213,642
4	Finland	57,693	177,930	+120,237
5	Hong Kong SAR, China	60,542	156,140	+95,598
6	Singapore	122,480	209,670	+87,190
7	Germany	77,970	152,110	+74,140
8	United States	123,270	196,620	+73,350
9	Switzerland	95,783	167,360	+71,577
10	Netherlands	130,280	198,680	+68,400
11	Lithuania	31,265	98,553	+67,288
12	Estonia	83,313	139,020	+55,707
13	Dominica	10,386	62,865	+52,479
14	Seychelles	96,420	139,580	+43,160
15	United Kingdom	36,101	68,395	+32,294
16	Sweden	25,688	55,097	+29,409
17	Hungary	26,447	55,077	+28,630
18	France	29,256	57,275	+28,019
19	Monaco	13,619	41,495	+27,876
20	Ireland	94,608	121,470	+26,862
21	Slovenia	42,530	68,783	+26,253
22	Slovak Republic	20,091	43,287	+23,196
23	Czechia	56,187	79,336	+23,149
24	Austria	26,298	47,132	+20,834
25	Poland	20,606	41,132	+20,526
26	Luxembourg	39,864	58,438	+18,574
27	Iceland	70,906	88,084	+17,178
28	Belgium	19,656	36,732	+17,076
29	Russian Federation	9,270	26,105	+16,835
30	Italy	15,313	30,647	+15,334
31	Japan	18,647	32,929	+14,282
32	Liechtenstein	47,351	60,321	+12,970
33	Spain	17,701	29,986	+12,285
34	Isle of Man	9,934	21,364	+11,430
35	Cayman Islands	16,353	26,673	+10,320
36	Portugal	19,151	28,710	+9,559
37	Greece	6,647	15,658	+9,011
38	Moldova	4,527	13,318	+8,791
39	Latvia	19,858	28,218	+8,360
40	Bulgaria	42,421	50,751	+8,330
41	Romania	19,165	27,230	+8,065
42	Australia	36,764	44,299	+7,535
43	Korea, Rep.	4,539	11,902	+7,363
44	Belarus	5,751	12,730	+6,979
45	Faroe Islands	4,692	11,420	+6,728
46	Bahrain	430	7,064	+6,634
47	Iran, Islamic Rep.	985.9	7,226	+6,240
48	Croatia	23,423	29,459	+6,036
49	Montenegro	686.1	6,425	+5,739
50	Brunei Darussalam	10,493	16,129	+5,636
51	Türkiye	5,494	11,103	+5,609
52	St. Kitts and Nevis	6,155	11,720	+5,565
53	Serbia	8,072	12,942	+4,870
54	Bahamas, The	1,566	6,355	+4,789
55	Kazakhstan	2,274	6,914	+4,641
56	Virgin Islands (US)	1,181	5,614	+4,433
57	Brazil	2,788	6,941	+4,153
58	Canada	35,873	39,738	+3,865
59	Viet Nam	2,578	5,734	+3,156
60	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,621	5,554	+2,933
61	New Caledonia	4,686	7,542	+2,856
62	Uruguay	1,843	4,641	+2,797
63	Macao SAR, China	3,972	6,587	+2,615
64	South Africa	14,105	16,658	+2,553
65	Georgia	2,777	5,293	+2,517
66	Argentina	3,016	5,453	+2,437
67	United Arab Emirates	1,978	4,192	+2,215
68	Ukraine	7,767	9,937	+2,170
69	Thailand	1,367	3,150	+1,783
70	French Polynesia	1,082	2,771	+1,689
71	Mauritius	515	2,158	+1,643
72	Vanuatu	359.6	1,919	+1,559
73	Suriname	505.1	2,060	+1,555
74	North Macedonia	766.4	2,068	+1,302
75	Indonesia	1,672	2,940	+1,267
76	Armenia	478	1,735	+1,257
77	Israel	11,115	12,319	+1,204
78	Malaysia	6,424	7,476	+1,051
79	Chile	10,873	11,913	+1,040
80	Kyrgyz Republic	282.1	1,302	+1,020
81	Curaçao	4,110	5,072	+962.1
82	Mongolia	1,669	2,564	+895.6
83	Bhutan	477.2	1,339	+862
84	India	382.9	1,212	+829.5
85	Tonga	227.1	969.5	+742.4
86	Palau	730.4	1,469	+738.9
87	Greenland	3,201	3,906	+704.6
88	China	729.7	1,413	+683.6
89	Costa Rica	1,323	2,000	+676.9
90	Albania	852.9	1,513	+659.8
91	Cambodia	159.3	817.3	+658
92	Tunisia	266.9	912.4	+645.5
93	Maldives	789.4	1,330	+540.7
94	Uzbekistan	461	966.6	+505.6
95	Peru	385.4	826.8	+441.4
96	Bangladesh	99	527.1	+428
97	St. Lucia	309.6	734.4	+424.8
98	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	817.1	1,223	+405.5
99	Paraguay	376.7	775.3	+398.6
100	Nepal	190.2	541.2	+351

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#1 British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands ranks #1 on this list with +1,329,850.

Capital: Road Town
Continent: North America
Income group: High income
Population: 39,732 people (2025)
Life expectancy: 77.4 years (2024)
Urban population: 57.4% of population (2025)
International tourist arrivals: 83,000 arrivals (2020)
CO2 emissions per person: 2.33 t CO2e per person (2024)

Also ranks #1 in secure internet servers per million · #6 in population ages 15-64 share · #13 in fdi inflows.

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#2 Belize

Belize ranks #2 on this list with +421,886.

Capital: Belmopan
Continent: North America
Income group: Upper middle income
Population: 422,920 people (2025)
GDP: US$3.33 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$7,866 (2025)
Life expectancy: 73.7 years (2024)
Urban population: 41.6% of population (2025)

Also ranks #2 in secure internet servers per million · #12 in homicide rate · #14 in time to start a business (days).

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#3 Cyprus

Cyprus ranks #3 on this list with +213,642.

Capital: Nicosia
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 1.37 million people (2025)
GDP: US$41.23 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$41,783 (2025)
Life expectancy: 81.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 66.7% of population (2025)

Also ranks #3 in school enrolment (tertiary) · #4 in secure internet servers per million · #4 in immunisation (measles) rate.

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#4 Finland

Finland ranks #4 on this list with +120,237.

Capital: Helsinki
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 5.65 million people (2025)
GDP: US$317.04 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$56,149 (2025)
Life expectancy: 82.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 74.5% of population (2025)

Also ranks #1 in rule of law score · #2 in bank accounts share (adults) · #2 in control of corruption score.

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#5 Hong Kong SAR, China

Hong Kong SAR, China ranks #5 on this list with +95,598.

Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 7.5 million people (2025)
GDP: US$427.31 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$56,983 (2025)
Life expectancy: 85.4 years (2024)
Urban population: 100% of population (2025)
International tourist arrivals: 3.57 million arrivals (2020)

Also ranks #1 in female population share · #1 in trade share of gdp · #2 in female life expectancy.

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#6 Singapore

Singapore ranks #6 on this list with +87,190.

Capital: Singapore
Continent: Asia
Income group: High income
Population: 6.11 million people (2025)
GDP: US$603.87 billion (2025)
GDP per person: US$98,814 (2025)
Life expectancy: 83.3 years (2024)
Urban population: 100% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Singapore.

Also ranks #1 in gdp per capita ppp · #1 in government debt share of gdp · #1 in human capital index.

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#7 Germany

Germany ranks #7 on this list with +74,140.

Capital: Berlin
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 83.49 million people (2025)
GDP: US$5.05 trillion (2025)
GDP per person: US$60,496 (2025)
Life expectancy: 80.8 years (2024)
Urban population: 82.1% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich.

Also ranks #2 in tourism receipts · #3 in gdp (current us$) · #3 in exports of goods and services.

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#8 United States

United States ranks #8 on this list with +73,350.

Capital: Washington, D.C.
Continent: North America
Income group: High income
Population: 341.78 million people (2025)
GDP: US$30.77 trillion (2025)
GDP per person: US$90,027 (2025)
Life expectancy: 78.9 years (2024)
Urban population: 80.2% of population (2025)

Largest cities: New York metropolitan area, New York City, Chicago.

Also ranks #1 in gdp (current us$) · #1 in health expenditure per capita · #1 in imports of goods and services.

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#9 Switzerland

Switzerland ranks #9 on this list with +71,577.

Capital: Bern
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 9.09 million people (2025)
GDP: US$1.04 trillion (2025)
GDP per person: US$114,770 (2025)
Life expectancy: 84.4 years (2024)
Urban population: 85.7% of population (2025)

Largest cities: Zurich, Geneva, Canton of Basel-Stadt.

Also ranks #1 in nurses and midwives per 1,000 · #2 in gni per capita · #2 in health expenditure per capita.

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#10 Netherlands

Netherlands ranks #10 on this list with +68,400.

Capital: Amsterdam
Continent: Europe
Income group: High income
Population: 18.09 million people (2025)
GDP: US$1.33 trillion (2025)
GDP per person: US$73,684 (2025)
Life expectancy: 82 years (2024)
Urban population: 95.9% of population (2025)

Also ranks #4 in fdi outflows · #5 in school enrolment (secondary) · #6 in secure internet servers per million.

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Source and method

Change in Secure internet servers per million over the five years to each country's latest year, in points (a share or rate is not shown as a % of itself). Only countries that rose are listed.

Source: The World Bank, indicator IT.NET.SECR.P6. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved: 2026-11-14.

The World Bank: Secure Internet servers (per 1 million people): Secure Server Survey, Netcraft (via World Development Indicators)

Original data provider, as recorded by the World Bank: Secure Server Survey, Netcraft; World Bank population estimates, World Bank (WB).

Values are shown as published (changes are computed from the published values). Provider terms: The World Bank. All licences: Sources & licences.

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About the top 10

#1 British Virgin Islands

#2 Belize

#3 Cyprus

#4 Finland

#5 Hong Kong SAR, China

#6 Singapore

#7 Germany

#8 United States

#9 Switzerland

#10 Netherlands

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