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Global VPN Adoption Index
Find out where your country ranks in terms of VPN usage
About the index
VPN usage varies widely around the world. Countries with internet restrictions ban social media platforms, websites, applications and employ numerous other censorship tools. Users turn to VPNs to avoid these restrictions. Others use VPNs to access geo-blocked streaming services. Also, many people connect to a VPN to ensure their privacy and security online. In 2020, people from 85 selected countries downloaded VPN applications over 277 million times. In 2021, the number reached 785 million, while during the first half of 2022, users downloaded VPN applications nearly 215 million times.
Global VPN Adoption Index
Find out where your country ranks in terms of VPN usage
About the index
VPN usage varies widely around the world. Countries with internet restrictions ban social media platforms, websites, applications and employ numerous other censorship tools. Users turn to VPNs to avoid these restrictions. Others use VPNs to access geo-blocked streaming services. Also, many people connect to a VPN to ensure their privacy and security online. In 2020, people from 85 selected countries downloaded VPN applications over 277 million times. In 2021, the number reached 785 million, while during the first half of 2022, users downloaded VPN applications nearly 215 million times.
Highest VPN adoption rate by country
The adoption rate shows what percentage of the country's population downloaded VPN services in H1 2022.
Lowest VPN adoption rate by country
The adoption rate shows what percentage of the country's population downloaded VPN services in H1 2022.
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Pos. | Country | Downloads | Population  | VPN adoption index  What % of the country's population downloaded VPN services in 2020, 2021 and H1 2022 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
H1 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | H1 2022  | 2021 | 2020 | |||
1 | United Arab Emirates | 2 543 893 | 5 886 566 | 6 093 301 | 9.89M | 25.72% | 59.52% | 61.61% |
2 | Qatar | 692 160 | 2 007 756 | 1 528 763 | 2.88M | 24.03% | 69.69% | 53.06% |
3 | Russia | 34 941 778 | 12 585 576 | 4 920 651 | 145.93M | 23.94% | 8.62% | 3.37% |
4 | Singapore | 1 188 491 | 2 874 601 | 945 425 | 5.85M | 20.32% | 49.14% | 16.16% |
5 | Oman | 943 005 | 1 718 353 | 1 805 478 | 5.11M | 18.45% | 33.65% | 35.36% |
6 | Saudi Arabia | 5 275 220 | 12 760 979 | 10 081 329 | 34.81M | 15.15% | 36.65% | 28.96% |
7 | Kuwait | 515 673 | 1 265 560 | 933 664 | 4.27M | 12.08% | 29.63% | 21.86% |
8 | Luxembourg | 68 520 | 102 115 | 55 619 | 625.98K | 10.95% | 16.31% | 8.89% |
9 | Netherlands | 1 852 195 | 2 801 098 | 1 639 583 | 17.13M | 10.81% | 16.35% | 9.57% |
10 | Ukraine | 4 206 081 | 7 121 198 | 3 442 970 | 43.73M | 9.62% | 16.28% | 7.87% |
11 | Kazakhstan | 1 786 532 | 5 195 865 | 1 187 838 | 18.78M | 9.51% | 27.67% | 6.33% |
12 | UK | 6 007 244 | 10 055 282 | 8 192 613 | 67.89M | 8.85% | 14.81% | 12.07% |
13 | Turkey | 7 378 284 | 19 020 753 | 9 449 156 | 84.34M | 8.75% | 22.55% | 11.2% |
14 | United States | 23 586 917 | 53 130 805 | 38 117 671 | 331.00M | 7.13% | 16.05% | 11.52% |
15 | Hong Kong | 516 562 | 893 865 | 730 656 | 7.50M | 6.89% | 11.92% | 9.75% |
16 | Belarus | 622 677 | 1 184 939 | 634 846 | 9.45M | 6.59% | 12.54% | 6.72% |
17 | New Zealand | 309 983 | 496 361 | 481 086 | 4.82M | 6.43% | 10.29% | 9.98% |
18 | Latvia | 121 515 | 151 135 | 71 012 | 1.89M | 6.43% | 8.01% | 3.76% |
19 | France | 4 152 695 | 6 017 733 | 3 425 823 | 65.27M | 6.36% | 9.22% | 5.25% |
20 | Canada | 2 377 015 | 3 990 795 | 3 432 173 | 37.74M | 6.3% | 10.57% | 9.09% |
21 | Malaysia | 1 995 226 | 7 149 694 | 2 959 597 | 32.37M | 6.16% | 22.09% | 9.14% |
22 | Lithuania | 163 781 | 257 984 | 139 488 | 2.72M | 6.02% | 9.48% | 5.12% |
23 | Ireland | 303 715 | 657 646 | 517 908 | 5.06M | 6% | 13% | 10.24% |
24 | Germany | 4 856 379 | 7 551 170 | 3 678 660 | 83.78M | 5.8% | 9.01% | 4.39% |
25 | Australia | 1 396 940 | 2 503 351 | 2 498 393 | 25.50M | 5.48% | 9.82% | 9.8% |
26 | Portugal | 556 377 | 1 056 597 | 669 379 | 10.20M | 5.45% | 10.36% | 6.56% |
27 | Ecuador | 954 168 | 3 996 522 | 626 173 | 17.64M | 5.41% | 22.65% | 3.55% |
28 | Chile | 999 217 | 2 366 039 | 956 736 | 19.12M | 5.23% | 12.38% | 5% |
29 | Belgium | 582 482 | 915 717 | 609 222 | 11.59M | 5.03% | 7.9% | 5.26% |
30 | Estonia | 65 530 | 92 729 | 62 941 | 1.33M | 4.93% | 6.99% | 4.74% |
31 | Algeria | 2 110 947 | 12 032 632 | 3 143 209 | 43.85M | 4.81% | 27.44% | 7.17% |
32 | Pakistan | 10 170 409 | 65 370 311 | 13 259 084 | 220.89M | 4.6% | 29.59% | 6% |
33 | Sweden | 455 235 | 790 004 | 553 703 | 10.10M | 4.51% | 7.82% | 5.48% |
34 | Switzerland | 402 742 | 569 051 | 369 513 | 8.95M | 4.5% | 6.36% | 4.13% |
35 | Greece | 468 107 | 864 267 | 372 716 | 10.42M | 4.49% | 8.29% | 3.58% |
36 | Lebanon | 304 661 | 1 672 750 | 435 478 | 6.83M | 4.46% | 24.51% | 6.38% |
37 | Spain | 2 033 320 | 2 945 038 | 1 998 460 | 46.75M | 4.35% | 6.3% | 4.27% |
38 | Israel | 374 618 | 986 309 | 680 697 | 8.66M | 4.33% | 11.4% | 7.86% |
39 | South Korea | 2 181 834 | 5 130 451 | 4 470 980 | 51.27M | 4.26% | 10.01% | 8.72% |
40 | Uruguay | 146 657 | 584 991 | 157 187 | 3.47M | 4.23% | 16.84% | 4.53% |
41 | Argentina | 1 888 868 | 7 264 811 | 2 372 693 | 45.20M | 4.18% | 16.07% | 5.25% |
42 | Norway | 223 487 | 363 835 | 302 894 | 5.42M | 4.12% | 6.71% | 5.59% |
43 | Colombia | 2 050 060 | 9 385 406 | 1 492 397 | 50.88M | 4.03% | 18.45% | 2.93% |
44 | Finland | 217 434 | 277 578 | 271 266 | 5.54M | 3.92% | 5.01% | 4.9% |
45 | Hungary | 371 446 | 844 656 | 283 829 | 9.66M | 3.85% | 8.74% | 2.94% |
46 | Austria | 341 867 | 560 246 | 295 229 | 9.01M | 3.79% | 6.22% | 3.28% |
47 | Italy | 2 270 123 | 3 880 248 | 2 641 222 | 60.46M | 3.75% | 6.42% | 4.37% |
48 | Mexico | 4 567 588 | 14 589 336 | 4 262 070 | 128.93M | 3.54% | 11.32% | 3.31% |
49 | Denmark | 204 217 | 318 215 | 278 784 | 5.79M | 3.53% | 5.49% | 4.81% |
50 | Philippines | 3 669 890 | 15 514 314 | 7 265 777 | 109.58M | 3.35% | 14.16% | 6.63% |
51 | Brazil | 7 111 278 | 23 167 788 | 9 677 209 | 212.56M | 3.35% | 10.9% | 4.55% |
52 | Slovakia | 179 208 | 358 566 | 162 005 | 5.46M | 3.28% | 6.57% | 2.97% |
53 | Croatia | 133 407 | 308 887 | 169 257 | 4.11M | 3.25% | 7.52% | 4.12% |
54 | Czech Republic | 346 896 | 570 247 | 335 437 | 10.71M | 3.24% | 5.32% | 3.13% |
55 | Peru | 1 065 550 | 5 002 791 | 1 016 430 | 32.97M | 3.23% | 15.17% | 3.08% |
56 | Poland | 1 192 991 | 1 581 402 | 998 726 | 37.85M | 3.15% | 4.18% | 2.64% |
57 | Romania | 593 769 | 1 619 518 | 562 179 | 19.24M | 3.09% | 8.42% | 2.92% |
58 | Tunisia | 362 293 | 2 671 136 | 591 643 | 11.82M | 3.07% | 22.6% | 5.01% |
59 | Venezuela | 808 921 | 5 709 719 | 912 259 | 28.44M | 2.84% | 20.08% | 3.21% |
60 | Bulgaria | 190 941 | 442 721 | 164 775 | 6.95M | 2.75% | 6.37% | 2.37% |
61 | Slovenia | 56 304 | 121 450 | 56 448 | 2.08M | 2.71% | 5.84% | 2.72% |
62 | Vietnam | 2 566 970 | 12 079 080 | 3 262 426 | 97.34M | 2.64% | 12.41% | 3.35% |
63 | India | 32 386 510 | 277 152 450 | 45 248 196 | 1.38B | 2.35% | 20.08% | 3.28% |
64 | South Africa | 1 371 485 | 2 365 233 | 781 806 | 59.73M | 2.3% | 3.96% | 1.31% |
65 | Egypt | 2 302 086 | 15 016 374 | 2 897 635 | 102.33M | 2.25% | 14.67% | 2.83% |
66 | Taiwan | 544 743 | 1 211 894 | 629 805 | 24.21M | 2.25% | 5.01% | 2.6% |
67 | Nigeria | 3 790 323 | 14 289 099 | 3 351 521 | 206.14M | 1.84% | 6.93% | 1.63% |
68 | Thailand | 900 102 | 4 861 890 | 1 487 880 | 69.80M | 1.29% | 6.97% | 2.13% |
69 | Japan | 897 951 | 1 972 875 | 1 383 635 | 126.48M | 0.71% | 1.56% | 1.09% |
70 | Bolivia | N/A | 3 152 877 | 284 040 | 11.67M | N/A | 27.01% | 2.43% |
71 | El Salvador | N/A | 1 499 446 | 199 088 | 6.49M | N/A | 23.12% | 3.07% |
72 | Indonesia | N/A | 60 356 339 | 41 960 387 | 273.52M | N/A | 22.07% | 15.34% |
73 | Costa Rica | N/A | 1 122 181 | 212 319 | 5.09M | N/A | 22.03% | 4.17% |
74 | Dominican Republic | N/A | 2 504 443 | 515 755 | 11.40M | N/A | 21.96% | 4.52% |
75 | Panama | N/A | 820 424 | 327 896 | 4.31M | N/A | 19.01% | 7.6% |
76 | Nicaragua | N/A | 1 188 911 | 193 427 | 6.62M | N/A | 17.95% | 2.92% |
77 | Uzbekistan | N/A | 5 933 467 | 611 417 | 33.47M | N/A | 17.73% | 1.83% |
78 | Cambodia | N/A | 2 912 190 | 342 034 | 16.72M | N/A | 17.42% | 2.05% |
79 | Paraguay | N/A | 1 235 502 | 356 625 | 7.13M | N/A | 17.32% | 5% |
80 | Guatemala | N/A | 2 806 958 | 449 685 | 17.92M | N/A | 15.67% | 2.51% |
81 | Azerbaijan | N/A | 1 561 842 | 2 267 024 | 10.14M | N/A | 15.4% | 22.36% |
82 | Sri Lanka | N/A | 2 705 252 | 409 859 | 21.41M | N/A | 12.63% | 1.91% |
83 | Ghana | N/A | 3 586 121 | 405 105 | 31.26M | N/A | 11.47% | 1.3% |
84 | Kenya | N/A | 2 680 954 | 271 979 | 53.77M | N/A | 4.99% | 0.51% |
85 | Madagascar | N/A | 217 476 | 36 259 | 27.69M | N/A | 0.79% | 0.13% |
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