ExpressVPN vs NordVPN

ExpressVPN and NordVPN both list 108 countries. 5 countries are listed only by ExpressVPN, and 42 only by NordVPN.¹

What our measurements show

• ExpressVPN's list gives no server addresses, so none of its locations can be measured. The measurements on this page cover only NordVPN.
• At 63 of NordVPN's measured locations, the server is outside the listed country. NordVPN's own list marks each one as virtual.
• Both lists mark virtual locations: 46 % of ExpressVPN's locations and 58 % of NordVPN's.
• On a first visit, ExpressVPN's home page loads 5 advertising or analytics services and NordVPN's loads 0, before anything is clicked.

From our own data: the server lists we read, our measurements, and our check of each home page. Apps, speed, and streaming are not tested.²

• ExpressVPN
• NordVPN

A dash: not in the list, or not collected yet.³

Country by country

Each row is a country that both providers list. In each of them, at least one provider has a measured location or both use the same network. The status comes from our own measurement of the server address each provider publishes. “Within … km” means the server is at most that far from the listed country.

Country	ExpressVPN	NordVPN	Same network4
Albania	not measurable	matches the country no conclusion possible within 11 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Algeria	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Andorra	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Argentina	not measurable	matches the country within 45 km	–no shared network
Armenia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Australia	not measurable 8 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 17 km 5 locations	–no shared network
Austria	not measurable	matches the country within 34 km	–no shared network
Azerbaijan	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bahamas	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bangladesh	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Belgium	not measurable	matches the country within 423 km	–no shared network
Bermuda	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Bhutan	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Bolivia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Bosnia & Herzegovina	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Brazil	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 43 km	–no shared network
Brunei	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Bulgaria	not measurable	matches the country within 35 km	–no shared network
Cambodia	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Canada	not measurable 5 locations	no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 41 km 4 locations	–no shared network
Cayman Islands	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Chile	not measurable	matches the country within 97 km	–no shared network
Colombia	not measurable	matches the country within 61 km	–no shared network
Costa Rica	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Croatia	not measurable	matches the country within 13 km	–no shared network
Cyprus	not measurable	matches the country within 14 km	–no shared network
Czechia	not measurable	matches the country within 54 km	–no shared network
Denmark	not measurable	matches the country within 19 km	–no shared network
Dominican Republic	not measurable	matches the country within 40 km	–no shared network
Ecuador	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Egypt	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Estonia	not measurable	matches the country within 22 km	–no shared network
Finland	not measurable	matches the country within 78 km	–no shared network
France	not measurable 6 locations	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 473 km 4 locations	–no shared network
Georgia	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Germany	not measurable 5 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible within 333 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Ghana	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Greece	not measurable	matches the country within 93 km	–no shared network
Greenland	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Guam	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Guatemala	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Honduras	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Hong Kong SAR China	not measurable 3 locations	matches the country within 175 km	–no shared network
Hungary	not measurable	matches the country within 49 km	–no shared network
Iceland	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
India	not measurable 3 locations	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Indonesia	not measurable	matches the country within 122 km	–no shared network
Ireland	not measurable	matches the country within 130 km	–no shared network
Isle of Man	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Israel	not measurable	matches the country within 26 km	–no shared network
Italy	not measurable 4 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country within 48 km 3 locations	–no shared network
Jamaica	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Japan	not measurable 5 locations	matches the country matches the country within 36 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Jersey	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Kazakhstan	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Kenya	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Laos	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Latvia	not measurable	matches the country within 75 km	–no shared network
Lebanon	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Liechtenstein	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Lithuania	not measurable	matches the country within 30 km	–no shared network
Luxembourg	not measurable	matches the country within 876 km	–no shared network
Malaysia	not measurable	matches the country within 626 km	–no shared network
Malta	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Mexico	not measurable	matches the country within 143 km	–no shared network
Moldova	not measurable	matches the country within 732 km	–no shared network
Monaco	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Mongolia	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Montenegro	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Morocco	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Myanmar (Burma)	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Nepal	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Netherlands	not measurable 4 locations	matches the country within 157 km	–no shared network
New Zealand	not measurable	matches the country within 18 km	–no shared network
Nigeria	not measurable	matches the country within 72 km	–no shared network
North Macedonia	not measurable	matches the country within 541 km	–no shared network
Norway	not measurable	matches the country within 179 km	–no shared network
Pakistan	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Panama	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Peru	not measurable	matches the country within 29 km	–no shared network
Philippines	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Poland	not measurable	matches the country within 108 km	–no shared network
Portugal	not measurable	matches the country within 39 km	–no shared network
Puerto Rico	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Qatar	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Romania	not measurable	matches the country within 23 km	–no shared network
Serbia	not measurable	matches the country within 18 km	–no shared network
Singapore	not measurable 4 locations	matches the country within 53 km	–no shared network
Slovakia	not measurable	matches the country within 127 km	–no shared network
Slovenia	not measurable	matches the country within 7 km	–no shared network
South Africa	not measurable	matches the country within 31 km	–no shared network
South Korea	not measurable	matches the country within 112 km	–no shared network
Spain	not measurable 5 locations	matches the country matches the country within 55 km 2 locations	–no shared network
Sri Lanka	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Sweden	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 45 km	–no shared network
Switzerland	not measurable 2 locations	matches the country within 26 km	–no shared network
Taiwan	not measurable	matches the country within 11 km	–no shared network
Thailand	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Trinidad & Tobago	not measurable	no finding	–no shared network
Türkiye	not measurable	matches the country within 264 km	–no shared network
Ukraine	not measurable	matches the country within 17 km	–no shared network
United Arab Emirates	not measurable	matches the country matches the country within 10 km 2 locations	–no shared network
United Kingdom	not measurable 8 locations	matches the country no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country within 130 km 4 locations	–no shared network
United States	not measurable 63 locations	matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country matches the country matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible no conclusion possible matches the country no conclusion possible no conclusion possible within 28 km 55 locations	–no shared network
Uruguay	not measurable	no conclusion possible	–no shared network
Uzbekistan	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Venezuela	not measurable	virtual, as stated	–no shared network
Vietnam	not measurable	no conclusion possible no conclusion possible 2 locations	–no shared network

Countries listed by both providers or by only one of them

only ExpressVPN (5)

• Belarus
• China
• Cuba
• Macao SAR China
• Saudi Arabia

only NordVPN (42)

• Afghanistan
• Antigua & Barbuda
• Angola
• Barbados
• Burkina Faso
• Bahrain
• Benin
• Botswana
• Belize
• Cape Verde
• Ethiopia
• Fiji
• Gambia
• Guyana
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Comoros
• Kuwait
• St. Lucia
• Liberia
• Libya
• Madagascar
• Mauritania
• Mauritius
• Maldives
• Malawi
• Mozambique
• Papua New Guinea
• Paraguay
• Seychelles
• Sierra Leone
• Senegal
• Somalia
• Suriname
• El Salvador
• Chad
• Tajikistan
• Tunisia
• Tanzania
• Yemen
• Zambia

Networks both use

No known network hosts locations from both ExpressVPN and NordVPN.

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As of November 1, 2026.