VPN deserts: where only one or two providers reach

Most VPNs cover the same few dozen countries. Here are the gaps: countries where only one or two of the 46 providers we compare give you an IP address, the countries you can reach only through virtual locations, and who covers Africa with physical servers.

Countries by number of providers

1 provider 2 providers 3 or more none

Click a country to see which providers have it. Grey: none of the compared providers.

The rarest locations (38)

How we decide: Countries where at most 2 of the compared providers list a location (physical, virtual or not confirmed). Source: official location lists of 46 providers, checked up to Nov 4, 2026.

CountryProvidersWhich providers
Antigua & Barbuda North America & Caribbean 1 NordVPN virtual
Aruba North America & Caribbean 1 PureVPN virtual
British Virgin Islands North America & Caribbean 1 PureVPN virtual
Burkina Faso Africa 1 NordVPN virtual
Cape Verde Africa 1 NordVPN virtual
Curaçao North America & Caribbean 1 VeePN not confirmed
DR Congo Africa 1 Proton VPN virtual
Gambia Africa 1 NordVPN virtual
Liberia Africa 1 NordVPN virtual
Malawi Africa 1 NordVPN virtual
Mali Africa 1 VeePN not confirmed
Marshall Islands Oceania 1 VyprVPN not confirmed
Republic of the Congo Africa 1 VeePN not confirmed
Sierra Leone Africa 1 NordVPN virtual
Barbados North America & Caribbean 2 NordVPN virtual, PureVPN virtual
Benin Africa 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Botswana Africa 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Cameroon Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Eritrea Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Fiji Oceania 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Gabon Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Guinea Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Guyana South America 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Iran Asia 2 CyberGhost virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Kosovo Europe 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Madagascar Africa 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Palestine Asia 2 Proton VPN, VeePN not confirmed
Rwanda Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
South Sudan Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
St. Lucia North America & Caribbean 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Sudan Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Suriname South America 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Syria Asia 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Togo Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Turkmenistan Asia 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Uganda Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Zambia Africa 2 NordVPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed
Zimbabwe Africa 2 Proton VPN virtual, VeePN not confirmed

Countries reachable only through virtual locations (11)

How we decide: Every provider that covers the country marks its location there as virtual: the IP address is from the country, the server stands elsewhere. Source: official location lists of 46 providers, checked up to Nov 4, 2026.

Most physical locations in Africa

How we decide: Providers by the number of African countries (of 44 on the map) where they list a physical server, by their own declaration. Virtual and not confirmed locations don’t count. Source: official location lists of 46 providers, checked up to Nov 4, 2026.

  1. Norton VPN – physical server (per provider) in 5 countries; 13 African countries in total
  2. Avast Premium VPN – physical server (per provider) in 5 countries; 5 African countries in total
  3. Proton VPN – physical server (per provider) in 4 countries; 31 African countries in total
  4. TunnelBear – physical server (per provider) in 3 countries; 3 African countries in total
  5. Windscribe – physical server (per provider) in 3 countries; 3 African countries in total
  6. NordVPN Partner – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 30 African countries in total
  7. Bitdefender VPN – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 7 African countries in total
  8. IPVanish – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 7 African countries in total
  9. CyberGhost – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 6 African countries in total
  10. Surfshark Partner – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 6 African countries in total

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