Chile is the Latin American country with the most secure internet servers per person: 11,913 per million people in 2024, according to the World Bank. It is followed by Brazil (6,941), Argentina (5,453) and Uruguay (4,641). Mexico, the region's second-largest economy, has 532 and ranks 10 of 19; Peru, 827 (rank 8). The Latin America and Caribbean average is 3,702, the world average 16,381 and the OECD average 82,177.
The indicator counts the TLS/SSL security certificates (the ones behind the padlock and "https" in the browser) that the British company Netcraft finds on servers hosted in each country, per million people. It measures how much secure web infrastructure is hosted inside each country. This ranking of secure internet servers in Latin America is updated on this same page when the World Bank publishes new data.
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| Chile | 11,913 |
| Mexico | 532 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 3,702 |
| World | 16,381 |
Ranking of secure internet servers in Latin America
| Rank | Country | Secure servers per million (2024) | 2019 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chile | 11,913 | 10,873 | 223 |
| 2 | Brazil | 6,941 | 2,788 | 161 |
| 3 | Argentina | 5,453 | 3,016 | 122 |
| 4 | Uruguay | 4,641 | 1,843 | 189 |
| 5 | Panama | 2,234 | 1,898 | 307 |
| 6 | Costa Rica | 2,000 | 1,323 | 315 |
| 7 | Colombia | 1,126 | 787 | 72 |
| 8 | Peru | 827 | 385 | 46 |
| 9 | Paraguay | 775 | 377 | 44 |
| 10 | Mexico | 532 | 275 | 58 |
| 11 | Ecuador | 491 | 314 | 81 |
| 12 | Bolivia | 364 | 170 | 26 |
| 13 | Venezuela | 247 | 214 | 21 |
| 14 | Cuba | 193 | 36 | 0 |
| 15 | El Salvador | 191 | 98 | 46 |
| 16 | Dominican Rep. | 181 | 112 | 46 |
| 17 | Honduras | 149 | 92 | 20 |
| 18 | Guatemala | 109 | 91 | 29 |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 94 | 87 | 22 |
Source: World Bank, using Netcraft Secure Server Survey data (IT.NET.SECR.P6), accessed November 13, 2026. 2024 data for all 19 countries. Netcraft assigns each certificate to the country where the server is hosted, not to the country of the site's owner: a Mexican company with its website in a US data center counts for the United States. That is why the indicator mainly measures where infrastructure is hosted.
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| Chile | 11,913 |
| Brazil | 6,941 |
| Argentina | 5,453 |
| Uruguay | 4,641 |
| Panama | 2,234 |
| Costa Rica | 2,000 |
| Colombia | 1,126 |
| Peru | 827 |
| Paraguay | 775 |
| Mexico | 532 |
| Ecuador | 491 |
| Bolivia | 364 |
| Venezuela | 247 |
| Cuba | 193 |
| El Salvador | 191 |
| Dominican Republic | 181 |
| Honduras | 149 |
| Guatemala | 109 |
| Nicaragua | 94 |
Why Chile leads in secure internet servers
In 2015 Chile ranked third, with 223 secure servers per million, behind Costa Rica and Panama. Its figure soared between 2016 and 2017 and has stayed above 10,000 since 2019. The country hosts data centers from local and international providers: Google Cloud has operated a region in Santiago since 2021, Microsoft opened its Azure region in 2025 and Amazon Web Services launched its Chile region in November 2026, which could raise the figure in coming years. Even so, Chile is below the world average (16,381) and far from the OECD average (82,177).
At the other end, Mexico has 532 secure servers per million, fewer than Paraguay or Peru, despite being the region's second-largest economy. Proximity to the United States, where many Mexican sites are hosted, is a likely explanation, although the World Bank does not publish that breakdown.
How secure servers have grown since 2015
Between 2015 and 2024, secure servers per million multiplied by 43.1 in Brazil, 44.6 in Argentina, 17.8 in Peru, 9.1 in Mexico and 53 in Chile. Such a sharp jump may reflect both the spread of certificates and changes in how they are counted, so comparing countries is safer than comparing years. Part of the jump across the region reflects the spread of "https": since the late 2010s, browsers flag sites without a certificate as insecure, and free certificates are available.
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| Chile | Brazil | Argentina | Uruguay | Peru | Mexico | Latin America and the Caribbean | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 223 | 161 | 122 | 189 | 46 | 58 | 107 |
| 2017 | 7,224 | 1,606 | 1,620 | 1,119 | 219 | 188 | 1,019 |
| 2019 | 10,873 | 2,788 | 3,016 | 1,843 | 385 | 275 | 1,683 |
| 2020 | 12,745 | 3,145 | 3,701 | 1,964 | 457 | 328 | 1,985 |
| 2021 | 12,725 | 3,547 | 5,116 | 2,492 | 597 | 349 | 2,431 |
| 2022 | 11,563 | 4,685 | 5,287 | 4,678 | 702 | 382 | 2,922 |
| 2023 | 12,300 | 5,629 | 5,451 | 4,353 | 750 | 412 | 3,259 |
| 2024 | 11,913 | 6,941 | 5,453 | 4,641 | 827 | 532 | 3,702 |
| Country | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chile | 223 | 7,224 | 10,873 | 12,745 | 12,725 | 11,563 | 12,300 | 11,913 |
| Brazil | 161 | 1,606 | 2,788 | 3,145 | 3,547 | 4,685 | 5,629 | 6,941 |
| Argentina | 122 | 1,620 | 3,016 | 3,701 | 5,116 | 5,287 | 5,451 | 5,453 |
| Uruguay | 189 | 1,119 | 1,843 | 1,964 | 2,492 | 4,678 | 4,353 | 4,641 |
| Peru | 46 | 219 | 385 | 457 | 597 | 702 | 750 | 827 |
| Mexico | 58 | 188 | 275 | 328 | 349 | 382 | 412 | 532 |
Source: World Bank, using Netcraft Secure Server Survey data (IT.NET.SECR.P6), accessed November 13, 2026. For other indicators of the region's digital economy, see the rankings of internet use, fixed broadband and ICT service exports.
Secure servers in Chile, Mexico, Argentina and Peru
Chile has 2.2 times as many secure servers per person as Argentina, 14 times as many as Peru and 22 times as many as Mexico. Argentina ranks third in the region, and Peru, which had only 46 per million in 2015, has overtaken Mexico and Ecuador.
Frequently asked questions
Which Latin American country has the most secure internet servers?
Chile, with 11,913 per million people in 2024, according to the World Bank.
What is a secure internet server?
A server that uses a TLS/SSL certificate to encrypt the connection with the browser, the one that shows the padlock and the https address.
Where does the data come from?
From Netcraft's Secure Server Survey, published by the World Bank in its World Development Indicators.
How often is this ranking updated?
When the World Bank publishes new data, usually once a year. It is updated at this same URL.
How to cite this data
Vivarae News (2026). "Secure internet servers in Latin America: ranking by country 2026". Updated November 13, 2026. Available at https://vivaraenews.com/en/secure-internet-servers-in-latin-america-ranking-by-country-2026/. The data may be reproduced by citing Vivarae News and linking to this page; each country's figures come from the World Bank, using Netcraft data.
