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Domain Security by Country

Data as of · 111 countries · from 297M+ graded domains

We graded the business domains behind 111 countries' national domain endings. Here is how exposed each country is — to email spoofing and insecure websites — ranked from least to most exposed.

The uncomfortable headline: even the least-exposed country still leaves most of its business domains at grade F. Domain security is a global blind spot, not a national one.

Ranked by the share of domains scoring grade F (effectively unprotected — can be spoofed). Lower is better. Based on each country's national domain ending, not company registration.

#Country (TLD)Domains gradedGrade F (exposed)Grade A–B (secure)
1Bosnia and Herzegovina (.ba)26,39931.5%3.2%
2Algeria (.dz)7,95532.4%4.7%
3Switzerland (.ch)1,428,56534.6%9.9%
4Croatia (.hr)105,44235.9%2.4%
5Poland (.pl)1,704,76736%2.4%
6Netherlands (.nl)3,083,22336.9%12.8%
7Bulgaria (.bg)67,36436.9%3.5%
8Greece (.gr)374,45337.3%2.9%
9Zimbabwe (.zw)30,30437.7%3.3%
10Ethiopia (.et)5,87038.6%9%
11Romania (.ro)465,00439%3.3%
12Ecuador (.ec)32,42239.8%4.7%
13Slovakia (.sk)291,36140.2%6.9%
14Costa Rica (.cr)9,14342.6%7.3%
15Kenya (.ke)93,43743.2%2.7%
16Saudi Arabia (.sa)56,46143.3%4.5%
17Botswana (.bw)7,61544%3.9%
18Portugal (.pt)287,68844.4%3.6%
19Serbia (.rs)119,56544.8%2.1%
20North Macedonia (.mk)25,07445.1%2.3%
21Luxembourg (.lu)54,74845.2%5.5%
22Cyprus (.cy)16,24745.3%5.1%
23Uruguay (.uy)49,06345.5%2.8%
24Slovenia (.si)128,12146%2.1%
25Mauritius (.mu)7,65546.3%3.7%
26Italy (.it)2,268,56146.7%1.5%
27Belarus (.by)99,58246.9%1.2%
28Paraguay (.py)24,32646.9%3.6%
29Singapore (.sg)103,07747.1%4.9%
30Angola (.ao)11,06947.1%3.4%
31Kazakhstan (.kz)121,89947.3%2.5%
32Thailand (.th)55,44147.4%3%
33Uganda (.ug)7,28147.9%2.9%
34Palestine (.ps)6,21348.1%3.3%
35Mozambique (.mz)9,06648.2%2.9%
36France (.fr)2,650,39548.4%3.1%
37Uzbekistan (.uz)70,70248.4%2.3%
38Albania (.al)22,40648.8%3.9%
39Sri Lanka (.lk)44,63948.9%2.2%
40Iceland (.is)49,11649%5%
41Morocco (.ma)69,42349.1%2.5%
42Estonia (.ee)141,99149.5%3.4%
43Malta (.mt)10,98449.6%4.9%
44Bolivia (.bo)9,19449.9%4.7%
45Nigeria (.ng)126,05950%2%
46Belgium (.be)941,96350.4%5.2%
47Venezuela (.ve)11,62250.6%3.9%
48Ivory Coast (.ci)8,93450.6%2.4%
49Pakistan (.pk)113,85450.8%2.1%
50Iraq (.iq)6,46350.8%2.2%
51Peru (.pe)101,69450.9%2.6%
52Tanzania (.tz)31,64650.9%2.2%
53Austria (.at)764,84851%2.9%
54Moldova (.md)29,50551.3%3%
55Panama (.pa)5,96751.3%6.7%
56Senegal (.sn)6,64851.7%3.1%
57Finland (.fi)372,03251.8%2.3%
58Turkey (.tr)515,04251.9%2.1%
59Latvia (.lv)87,54552.4%4.6%
60Azerbaijan (.az)31,37652.8%3.5%
61Guatemala (.gt)15,89953%3.4%
62Dominican Republic (.do)20,62353.5%3.8%
63Norway (.no)493,71653.7%11.1%
64Chile (.cl)447,53353.8%2%
65Ireland (.ie)183,75554%2.7%
66Hong Kong (.hk)82,02054.7%3.9%
67Kyrgyzstan (.kg)16,96654.9%2.4%
68Hungary (.hu)592,31255.3%1.5%
69Spain (.es)1,149,34655.6%2.3%
70Georgia (.ge)37,58955.6%2.3%
71Tunisia (.tn)27,87755.6%2.2%
72Denmark (.dk)660,27856%11.4%
73Israel (.il)190,08156.6%1.7%
74Argentina (.ar)430,14057.2%1.8%
75South Africa (.za)1,031,53757.4%2.3%
76United Arab Emirates (.ae)140,37357.4%2.4%
77European Union (.eu)1,670,95557.5%6.2%
78Rwanda (.rw)6,37958.2%2.9%
79Bangladesh (.bd)35,76358.7%1.9%
80Qatar (.qa)11,66958.7%3.6%
81New Zealand (.nz)455,86859.1%3.5%
82Lithuania (.lt)144,24660%2%
83Australia (.au)2,557,64960.4%3.3%
84Japan (.jp)1,107,47160.4%1.1%
85Mexico (.mx)737,78860.6%1.8%
86Germany (.de)8,755,07561.9%2.2%
87Armenia (.am)28,23362.2%2.6%
88Brazil (.br)3,394,18162.5%1.8%
89Czechia (.cz)932,54462.5%3.2%
90Nepal (.np)72,23262.7%2.3%
91Sweden (.se)1,026,59063.1%3.8%
92Scotland (.scot)11,56063.5%3.4%
93Mongolia (.mn)16,87764.2%2.4%
94United Kingdom (.uk)6,462,99666.2%2.7%
95Iran (.ir)500,77167.2%1.2%
96Indonesia (.id)679,03869.8%1.5%
97Colombia (.co)2,462,86670.3%4.8%
98Canada (.ca)2,548,99070.5%2%
99Ukraine (.ua)309,44571.3%1.1%
100Taiwan (.tw)211,69573.3%1.6%
101Cameroon (.cm)13,47076.6%2.3%
102India (.in)2,774,61176.8%1.2%
103Malaysia (.my)348,42076.9%1.3%
104Montenegro (.me)796,85878.5%1.7%
105Russia (.ru)3,024,41380.6%0.6%
106Vietnam (.vn)330,94780.7%1%
107United States (.us)1,322,72382.7%1.4%
108Philippines (.ph)130,33583%1.7%
109Cape Verde (.cv)44,15784.4%0.4%
110South Korea (.kr)415,20688.2%0.4%
111China (.cn)2,656,15996.7%0.2%

Edition history

Each census refresh adds a dated row, so the trend is visible over time.

Data as ofWorldwide grade-FLeast exposedMost exposed
86.3%Bosnia and Herzegovina (56.7% F)Philippines (99.7% F)
86.2%Bosnia and Herzegovina (56.7% F)Philippines (99.7% F)
73.8%Bosnia and Herzegovina (31.5% F)China (96.7% F)

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