South Africa (2024)
16,658.2
per 1 million people
+12.7% YoY
YoY Change
+12.7%
per 1 million people
Trend
up
Series length
15
years of data

Data

South Africa Secure Internet Servers (2024) — source data. World Bank.
Year per 1 million people YoY Change
2024 16,658.2 +12.7%
2023 14,787 -1.4%
2022 14,989.9 -6.6%
2021 16,057.6 +13.7%
2020 14,123.3 +0.1%
2019 14,105.1 +18.9%
2018 11,863.2 +27.2%
2017 9,326.8 +935.5%
2016 900.7 +238.2%
2015 266.3 +22.3%
2014 217.7 +28.0%
2013 170 +21.3%
2012 140.2 +73.5%
2011 80.8 +58.5%
2010 51 n/a

About this Dataset

South Africa recorded 16,658.2 per 1 million people in 2024. The latest change was +1,871.2. Across 2010–2024 the series ranges from 51 in 2010 to 16,658.2 in 2024.

This page tracks secure internet servers per million people in South Africa — servers using encryption in internet transactions, and the standard proxy for a country's digital commerce and cloud infrastructure base. The cross-country spread is enormous, spanning three orders of magnitude, which itself is the finding.

Data sourced from World Bank via Open Data API. Values use World Bank standardised methodology intended for cross-country comparison.

Frequently Asked Questions

This page tracks secure internet servers per million people in South Africa — servers using encryption in internet transactions, and the standard proxy for a country's digital commerce and cloud infrastructure base. The cross-country spread is enormous, spanning three orders of magnitude, which itself is the finding. It is published by World Bank and updated annually.

The most recent observation covers 2024. World Bank typically publishes this series with a lag of several months after the reference period. The series runs 2010–2024 (15 observations).

The series peaked at 16,658.2 per 1 million people in 2024 and reached its lowest recorded value of 51 in 2010. The latest reading of 16,658.2 in 2024 represents a change of +1,871.2.