Regions: grades vs the post-quantum future

Regions ranked by average score and by PQC adoption.

Average score rankPQC adoption rankNorth America: TLS score 88.6 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 74.2%, n=150,932 1. North America 1. North AmericaOceania: TLS score 86.6 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 71.5%, n=14,046 2. Oceania 2. OceaniaEurope: TLS score 86.6 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 59.5%, n=259,702 3. Europe 7. EuropeSouth America: TLS score 84.5 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 60.9%, n=35,716 4. South America 4. South AmericaAfrica: TLS score 83.7 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 60.5%, n=11,155 5. Africa 6. AfricaMiddle East: TLS score 82.5 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 60.6%, n=23,432 6. Middle East 5. Middle EastAsia: TLS score 79.5 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 45.4%, n=174,632 7. Asia 8. AsiaUnknown: TLS score 77.7 pts, Post-quantum key exchange 65.3%, n=303,815 8. Unknown 3. Unknown
Biggest riser: UnknownBiggest faller: Europe

Denominator: deep-scanned websites · n per cohort in the table

Regions with higher overall scores tend to also have higher PQC adoption, but there are exceptions.

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CohortAverage score rankPQC adoption rankn
North America11150,932
South America4435,716
Europe37259,702
Asia78174,632
Middle East6523,432
Africa5611,155
Oceania2214,046
Unknown83303,815

Source: GeoTrust Research — The State of SSL/TLS, October 2026