In 2025, around ** percent of companies worldwide paid ransom to recover data. In 2018, this figure stood at **** percent and gradually increased over the past few years. The highest uptick was between the years 2021 and 2023.
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CyberEdge. (April 15, 2025). Annual share of companies worldwide that paid ransom and recovered data from 2018 to 2025 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 08, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/700894/global-ransom-payers-recovered-data/
CyberEdge. "Annual share of companies worldwide that paid ransom and recovered data from 2018 to 2025." Chart. April 15, 2025. Statista. Accessed May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/700894/global-ransom-payers-recovered-data/
CyberEdge. (2025). Annual share of companies worldwide that paid ransom and recovered data from 2018 to 2025. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 08, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/700894/global-ransom-payers-recovered-data/
CyberEdge. "Annual Share of Companies Worldwide That Paid Ransom and Recovered Data from 2018 to 2025." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Apr 2025, https://www.statista.com/statistics/700894/global-ransom-payers-recovered-data/
CyberEdge, Annual share of companies worldwide that paid ransom and recovered data from 2018 to 2025 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/700894/global-ransom-payers-recovered-data/ (last visited May 08, 2026)
Annual share of companies worldwide that paid ransom and recovered data from 2018 to 2025 [Graph], CyberEdge, April 15, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/700894/global-ransom-payers-recovered-data/
