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.
- 1 provider14
- 2 providers24
- Countries with virtual locations only11
- Countries with at least one VPN182
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.
| Country | Providers | Which 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.
- Antigua & Barbuda (1 provider)
- Aruba (1 provider)
- Barbados (2 providers)
- British Virgin Islands (1 provider)
- Burkina Faso (1 provider)
- Cape Verde (1 provider)
- DR Congo (1 provider)
- Gambia (1 provider)
- Liberia (1 provider)
- Malawi (1 provider)
- Sierra Leone (1 provider)
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.
- Norton VPN – physical server (per provider) in 5 countries; 13 African countries in total
- Avast Premium VPN – physical server (per provider) in 5 countries; 5 African countries in total
- Proton VPN – physical server (per provider) in 4 countries; 31 African countries in total
- TunnelBear – physical server (per provider) in 3 countries; 3 African countries in total
- Windscribe – physical server (per provider) in 3 countries; 3 African countries in total
- NordVPN Partner – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 30 African countries in total
- Bitdefender VPN – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 7 African countries in total
- IPVanish – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 7 African countries in total
- CyberGhost – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 6 African countries in total
- Surfshark Partner – physical server (per provider) in 2 countries; 6 African countries in total
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