Global ransomware attacks by region 2017| Statista

This statistic presents the distribution of ransomware attacks in 2017, sorted by region. In the measured period, the Americas received 46 percent of all ransomware attack attempts. That year, the number of ransomware attacks worldwide amounted to 183.6 million.

Distribution of ransomware attacks worldwide in 2017, by region

Characteristic	Share of ransomware attacks
Japan	1%
ANZ	1%
APAC	7%
LatAm	7%
Europe	38%
Americas	46%

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March 2018

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

ANZ and Japan values are estimates.

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