MVPs around the World (2025)

Posted on July 30, 2025 by Michel de Rooij

31Jul: Moved MVPs per country to bottom and expanded table.

Another year, another Microsoft MVP award cycle. Always a great moment to have a quick peek at the MVP population. Note that this year, this post took a while longer to get published. This is due to the date of awards being announced, as well as the vacation period, which caused delays in people confirming their renewal agreement.

The numbers below are taken from the public MVP portal on July 30th. Comparing them to July from recent years should give an idea of trends and what award categories (and thus products) have focus.

A few notes:

3.589 public MVP profiles were processed. The overall number went up compared to last year. However, compared to the MVPs of June, the overall number went down by 12%.
The award category Mixed Reality has been closed. Have a look at the Sankey diagram further down this article to see where these people went.
The number of countries represented went down when compared to last year.
The number of MVPs with more than one award category has increased by 13%.
The MVP award category with the most MVPs is still the Developer Technologies.

MVP Awardees per Category

The following chart and table display the awardees per award category from 2021 to 2025, plus change percentages compared to previous years.

Award Category	Jul2021	Jul2022	%	Jul2023	%	Jul2024	%	Jul2025	%
AI Platform	138	128	-7%	105	-18%	269	156%	386	43%
Business Applications	323	351	9%	442	26%	474	7%	483	2%
Cloud and Datacenter Management	219	164	-25%	136	-17%	111	-18%	106	-5%
Data Platform	392	364	-7%	335	-8%	307	-8%	329	7%
Developer Technologies	770	715	-7%	747	4%	761	2%	859	13%
Enterprise Mobility	133	149	12%	100	-33%	0	-100%	0	0%
Internet of Things	0	0	0%	43	0%	43	0%	39	-9%
M365	556	492	-12%	541	10%	643	19%	819	27%
M365 Development	69	59	-14%	70	19%	0	-100%	0	0%
Microsoft Azure	534	546	2%	526	-4%	527	0%	539	2%
Mixed Reality	0	0	0%	45	0%	35	-22%	0	-100%
Security	0	0	0%	171	0%	305	78%	349	14%
Windows and Devices	42	45	7%	61	36%	102	67%	133	30%
Windows Development	120	92	-23%	37	-60%	30	-19%	35	17%
Total Categories	3296	3105	-6%	3359	8%	3607	7%	4077	13%
Total MVPs	3223	3023	-6%	3175	5%	3187	0%	3589	13%

Note: The difference between total categories and total MVPs is caused by MVPs that are awarded in more than one category.

Where did they go?

The Sankey diagram below displays the number of awarded categories moving from last year to now. The move is based on the MVP, the categories they had, and the new categories they have currently been awarded in. New awardees are categorized as “New,” and those who are no longer present on the MVP portal (e.g., no longer MVP) are categorized as “Out.”

MVP Awardees per Country

The following chart and table display the awardees per country, plus change percentages compared to July last year. Countries that show a 0 no longer have any published MVPs. This used to be a condensed table, but I have expanded the table and added fun facts such as MVPs per population and area as well, using apicountries.com as a reference.

Country	Was	Now	Change	MVPs per 1,000,000	MVPs per 1,000 km²
Albania	1	1	0%	0,35	0,035
Angola	1	1	0%	0,03	0,001
Argentina	17	19	12%	0,42	0,007
Australia	111	113	2%	4,40	0,015
Austria	32	37	16%	4,15	0,441
Azerbaijan	4	3	-25%	0,30	0,035
Bahrain	1	2	100%	1,18	2,614
Bangladesh	3	1	-67%	0,01	0,007
Belgium	59	64	8%	5,54	2,096
Benin	0	1	100%	0,08	0,009
Bolivia	5	4	-20%	0,34	0,004
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	6	-14%	1,83	0,117
Brazil	127	136	7%	0,64	0,016
Bulgaria	8	8	0%	1,15	0,072
Cambodia	0	1	100%	0,06	0,006
Cameroon	1	3	200%	0,11	0,006
Canada	115	130	13%	3,42	0,013
Chile	4	5	25%	0,26	0,007
China	137	132	-4%	0,09	0,014
Colombia	16	14	-13%	0,28	0,012
Congo (DRC)	4	1	-75%	0,01	0,000
Costa Rica	2	2	0%	0,39	0,039
Côte d’Ivoire	1	1	0%	0,04	0,003
Croatia	13	11	-15%	2,72	0,194
Czechia	26	31	19%	2,90	0,393
Denmark	49	60	22%	10,29	1,392
Dominican Republic	3	6	100%	0,55	0,123
Ecuador	4	4	0%	0,23	0,014
Egypt	8	10	25%	0,10	0,010
El Salvador	2	2	0%	0,31	0,095
Estonia	4	4	0%	3,01	0,088
Finland	33	39	18%	7,05	0,115
France	120	113	-6%	1,68	0,176
Gabon	0	1	100%	0,45	0,004
Georgia	1	2	100%	0,54	0,029
Germany	143	177	24%	2,13	0,496
Ghana	6	6	0%	0,19	0,025
Greece	11	10	-9%	0,93	0,076
Guatemala	1	3	200%	0,18	0,028
Honduras	1	1	0%	0,10	0,009
Hong Kong SAR	6	7	17%	0,94	6,341
Hungary	8	6	-25%	0,62	0,064
Iceland	5	6	20%	16,37	0,058
India	118	147	25%	0,11	0,045
Indonesia	7	9	29%	0,03	0,005
Ireland	32	31	-3%	6,21	0,441
Israel	12	17	42%	1,84	0,818
Italy	69	75	9%	1,26	0,249
Japan	151	164	9%	1,30	0,434
Jordan	1	1	0%	0,10	0,011
Kazakhstan	0	1	100%	0,05	0,000
Kenya	7	8	14%	0,15	0,014
Korea	56	58	4%	1,12	0,579
Latvia	1	3	200%	1,58	0,046
Lebanon	1	1	0%	0,15	0,096
Lithuania	6	5	-17%	1,79	0,077
Luxembourg	1	2	100%	3,16	0,773
Malaysia	7	5	-29%	0,15	0,015
Malta	1	3	200%	5,71	9,494
Mauritius	1	2	100%	1,58	0,980
Mexico	18	21	17%	0,16	0,011
Morocco	4	7	75%	0,19	0,016
Myanmar	1	1	0%	0,02	0,001
Nepal	4	5	25%	0,17	0,034
Netherlands	175	195	11%	11,18	4,659
New Zealand	32	35	9%	6,88	0,129
Nicaragua	3	2	-33%	0,30	0,015
Nigeria	26	23	-12%	0,11	0,025
North Macedonia	5	8	60%	3,84	0,311
Norway	40	50	25%	9,29	0,154
Oman	0	1	100%	0,20	0,003
Pakistan	9	15	67%	0,07	0,017
Panama	3	1	-67%	0,23	0,013
Paraguay	1	1	0%	0,14	0,002
Peru	13	15	15%	0,45	0,012
Philippines	6	6	0%	0,05	0,018
Poland	66	73	11%	1,92	0,233
Portugal	23	25	9%	2,43	0,271
Puerto Rico	1	1	0%	0,31	0,113
Qatar	0	1	100%	0,35	0,086
Réunion	1	0	-100%	–	–
Romania	12	19	58%	0,99	0,080
Saudi Arabia	4	4	0%	0,11	0,002
Senegal	1	0	-100%	–	–
Serbia	7	10	43%	1,45	0,113
Singapore	20	23	15%	4,05	32,394
Slovakia	4	5	25%	0,92	0,102
Slovenia	7	7	0%	3,33	0,345
South Africa	11	14	27%	0,24	0,011
Spain	103	122	18%	2,58	0,241
Sri Lanka	10	10	0%	0,46	0,152
Sweden	80	96	20%	9,27	0,213
Switzerland	53	63	19%	7,29	1,526
Taiwan	45	46	2%	1,96	1,271
Tanzania	1	1	0%	0,02	0,001
Thailand	16	17	6%	0,24	0,033
Tunisia	1	0	-100%	–	–
Türkiye	20	24	20%	0,28	0,031
Ukraine	14	16	14%	0,36	0,027
United Arab Emirates	3	4	33%	0,40	0,048
United Kingdom	273	304	11%	4,52	1,252
United States	489	558	14%	1,69	0,058
Uruguay	2	2	0%	0,58	0,011
Uzbekistan	2	1	-50%	0,03	0,002
Venezuela	1	1	0%	0,04	0,001
Vietnam	5	5	0%	0,05	0,015
Yemen	1	1	0%	0,03	0,002

If you have questions or comments, please leave them in the comments below.

MVPs around the World (2024)

Posted on July 11, 2024 by Michel de Rooij

Update: Added Sankey diagram to display award relationships between 2023 to 2024.

Another year, another Microsoft MVP award cycle. Happy to report that yours truly received his 11th MVP Award

As every year, this is also a moment to have a quick peek at the MVP population. The numbers below are taken from the public MVP portal on July 11th. Comparing them to July of recent years should give an idea of trends and what award categories (and thus products) seem to have focus.

A few notes:

3.187 public MVP profiles were processed.
The award categories Enterprise Mobility and M365 Development have ceased to exist and are now expertise areas. Most MVPs who used to be in these categories have moved to the Security and Developer Technologies categories.
More countries are now represented in the program compared to last year.

MVP Awardees per Category

The following chart and table display the awardees per award category from July 2019 to 2024, plus change percentages compared to previous years. Former Enterprise Mobility and M365 Developer awardees have mostly moved to Security and Developer Technologies.

Award Category	Jul2020	Jul2021	%	Jul2022	%	Jul2023	%	Jul2024	%
AI Platform	122	138	13%	128	-7%	105	-18%	269	156%
Business Applications	240	323	35%	351	9%	442	26%	474	7%
Cloud and Datacenter Management	209	219	5%	164	-25%	136	-17%	111	-18%
Data Platform	358	392	9%	364	-7%	335	-8%	307	-8%
Developer Technologies	697	770	10%	715	-7%	747	4%	761	2%
Enterprise Mobility	113	133	18%	149	12%	100	-33%	0	-100%
Internet of Things	0	0	0%	0	0%	43	0%	43	0%
M365	512	556	9%	492	-12%	541	10%	643	19%
M365 Development	64	69	8%	59	-14%	70	19%	0	-100%
Microsoft Azure	463	534	15%	546	2%	526	-4%	527	0%
Mixed Reality	0	0	0%	0	0%	45	0%	35	-22%
Security	0	0	0%	0	0%	171	0%	305	78%
Windows and Devices	43	42	-2%	45	7%	61	36%	102	67%
Windows Development	110	120	9%	92	-23%	37	-60%	30	-19%
Total	2931	3296	12%	3105	-6%	3359	8%	3607	7%
Count	2849	3223	13%	3023	-6%	3175	5%	3187	0%

Note: The difference between total awards and total MVPs is caused by MVPs that are awarded in more than one category.

MVP Awardees per Country

The following chart and table display the awardees per country, plus change percentages compared to July last year.

Country	No.(change)	Country	No.(change)	Country	No.(change)	Country	No.(change)
ALB	1 (0%)	SLV	2 (0%)	MKD	5 (0%)	SVK	4 (100%)
AGO	1 (100%)	EST	4 (300%)	MYS	7 (16%)	SVN	7 (16%)
ARG	17 (30%)	FIN	33 (6%)	MLT	1 (100%)	ZAF	11 (0%)
AUS	106 (-3%)	FRA	117 (-2%)	MUS	1 (100%)	ESP	100 (12%)
AUT	31 (-7%)	GEO	1 (100%)	MEX	18 (5%)	LKA	10 (11%)
AZE	4 (100%)	DEU	138 (6%)	MAR	4 (100%)	SWE	77 (1%)
BHR	1 (0%)	GHA	6 (-15%)	MMR	1 (-50%)	CHE	52 (4%)
BGD	3 (-25%)	GRC	11 (120%)	NPL	3 (-25%)	TWN	44 (-5%)
BEL	58 (-2%)	GTM	1 (0%)	NLD	174 (4%)	TZA	1 (100%)
BOL	5 (66%)	HND	1 (0%)	NZL	32 (-20%)	THA	16 (45%)
BIH	6 (-15%)	HKG	6 (0%)	NIC	3 (200%)	TUN	1 (0%)
BRA	124 (0%)	HUN	8 (-12%)	NGA	25 (38%)	TUR	20 (-5%)
BGR	7 (-30%)	ISL	4 (0%)	NOR	39 (-12%)	TGO	0 (-100%)
CMR	1 (0%)	IND	114 (40%)	PAK	9 (80%)	UKR	13 (44%)
CAN	113 (-7%)	IDN	7 (-13%)	PAN	3 (200%)	ARE	3 (50%)
CHL	4 (0%)	IRL	31 (-9%)	PRY	1 (0%)	GBR	272 (5%)
CHN	132 (0%)	ISR	12 (-15%)	PER	13 (0%)	USA	481 (1%)
COL	16 (14%)	ITA	68 (3%)	PHL	6 (-15%)	URY	2 (100%)
COD	4 (100%)	JPN	146 (-12%)	POL	65 (8%)	UZB	2 (0%)
CRI	2 (0%)	JOR	1 (100%)	PRT	22 (4%)	VEN	1 (0%)
CIV	1 (0%)	KAZ	0 (-100%)	PRI	0 (-100%)	VNM	5 (0%)
HRV	13 (-14%)	KEN	7 (133%)	REU	1 (100%)	UZB	2 (0%)
CZE	24 (-20%)	KOR	54 (-17%)	ROU	11 (-43%)	VEN	1 (0%)
DNK	47 (4%)	LVA	1 (-67%)	SAU	4 (-20%)	VNM	5 (0%)
DOM	3 (-50%)	LBN	1 (100%)	SEN	0 (-100%)	YEM	1 (100%)
ECU	4 (0%)	LTU	6 (200%)	SRB	7 (40%)
EGY	8 (100%)	LUX	1 (0%)	SGP	19 (35%)

MVP Awards from 2023 to 2024

The Sankey diagram below displays the number of awarded categories moving from 2023 to 2024 (click to zoom). New awardees are categorized as “New,” and those who are no longer present on the MVP portal (e.g., no longer MVP) are categorized as “Out.” Note that new awardees getting awarded in multiple categories are counted as new for each category; in other words, there are not 632 new MVPs awarded this cycle.

If you have questions or comments, please leave them in the comments below.

MVP’s around the World (2023)

Posted on July 18, 2023 by Michel de Rooij

Another year, another Microsoft MVP award cycle. Happy and proud to report that yours truly received his 10th MVP Award. Thank you!

This is also a moment to have a quick peek at the MVP statistics. Below numbers are taken from the public MVP portal. Normally, notifications are sent out on July 1st, but this year we had a small delay. In anticipation of awardees also needing some time to accept their Non-Disclosure Agreement terms, these numbers are taken from July 18th. Comparing them to July of recent years should give an idea of the yearly trend, as people can get awarded every month. The yearly award cycle in July will logically see a drop.

Few points of attention:

Out of the 3.175 MVP’s published on the MVP portal, 142 do not disclose location, so those are not represented in below numbers.
New categories Security, Mixed Reality and Internet of Things were added.
New categories might result in MVP’s switching when those are a better indication of their community work.
Overall, more countries are now represented in the program compared to last year.
Numbers do not reflect changes throughout the year. The drop from just before the award cycle, which showed 3.440 MVP’s, is not visible.

MVP Awardees per Category

The following table contains the awardees per award category from July of 2019 up to 2023, plus change percentage.

Expertise	Jul2019	Jul2020	%	Jul2021	%	Jul2022	%	Jul2023	%
AI	84	122	45%	138	13%	128	-7%	105	-18%
Business Applications	166	240	45%	323	35%	351	9%	442	26%
Cloud and Datacenter Management	232	209	-10%	219	5%	164	-25%	136	-17%
Data Platform	332	358	8%	392	9%	364	-7%	335	-8%
Developer Technologies	644	697	8%	770	10%	715	-7%	747	4%
Enterprise Mobility	106	113	7%	133	18%	149	12%	100	-33%
Internet of Things	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	43	0%
M365 Apps & Services	491	512	4%	556	9%	492	-12%	541	10%
M365 Development	47	64	36%	69	8%	59	-14%	70	19%
Microsoft Azure	409	463	13%	534	15%	546	2%	526	-4%
Mixed Reality	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	45	0%
Security	0	0	0%	0	0%	0	0%	171	0%
Windows and Devices for IT	57	43	-25%	42	-2%	45	7%	61	36%
Windows Development	119	110	-8%	120	9%	92	-23%	37	-60%
Award Count	2687	2931	9%	3296	12%	3105	-6%	3359	8%
MVP Count	2634	2849	8%	3223	13%	3023	-6%	3175	5%

Note: The difference between total number of awards and total number of MVP’s is because an MVP can be awarded in more than one category.

MVP Awardees per Country

The following table contains the awardees per country, plus change percentage compared to July last year.

Country	No.(change)	Country	No.(change)	Country	No.(change)
Albania	1 (0%)	Honduras	1 (100%)	Paraguay	1 (0%)
Argentina	13 (-14%)	Hong Kong	6 (100%)	Peru	13 (0%)
Armenia	0 (-100%)	Hungary	9 (0%)	Philippines	7 (-13%)
Australia	109 (-2%)	Iceland	4 (-20%)	Poland	60 (13%)
Austria	33 (13%)	India	81 (0%)	Portugal	21 (16%)
Azerbaijan	2 (100%)	Indonesia	8 (0%)	Puerto Rico	1 (0%)
Bahrain	1 (0%)	Ireland	34 (9%)	Romania	19 (11%)
Bangladesh	4 (-34%)	Israel	14 (7%)	Saudi Arabia	5 (0%)
Belgium	59 (7%)	Italy	66 (4%)	Senegal	1 (0%)
Bolivia	3 (0%)	Ivory Coast	1 (0%)	Serbia	5 (66%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	7 (16%)	Japan	165 (0%)	Singapore	14 (0%)
Brazil	123 (-9%)	Kazakhstan	1 (0%)	Slovakia	2 (0%)
Bulgaria	10 (0%)	Kenya	3 (300%)	Slovenia	6 (-25%)
Cambodia	1 (0%)	Korea	65 (10%)	South Africa	11 (-27%)
Canada	121 (-5%)	Latvia	3 (-25%)	Spain	89 (14%)
Chile	4 (-20%)	Lithuania	2 (0%)	Sri Lanka	9 (-31%)
China	131 (24%)	Luxembourg	1 (0%)	Sweden	76 (0%)
Colombia	14 (0%)	Macedonia	5 (0%)	Switzerland	50 (25%)
Costa Rica	2 (-34%)	Malaysia	6 (-25%)	Taiwan	46 (12%)
Croatia	15 (-7%)	Malta	0 (-100%)	Thailand	11 (10%)
Czech Republic	30 (-4%)	Mauritius	0 (-100%)	Netherlands	167 (12%)
Denmark	45 (18%)	Mexico	17 (-11%)	Togo	1 (100%)
Dom. Republic	6 (-15%)	Morocco	2 (-50%)	Tunisia	1 (-50%)
Ecuador	4 (100%)	Myanmar	2 (-34%)	Turkey	21 (10%)
Egypt	4 (0%)	Nepal	4 (-20%)	Ukraine	9 (-25%)
El Salvador	2 (0%)	New Zealand	40 (0%)	UAE	2 (-60%)
Estonia	1 (-50%)	Nicaragua	1 (100%)	UK	258 (8%)
Finland	31 (10%)	Nigeria	18 (50%)	USA	472 (1%)
France	119 (8%)	Norway	44 (12%)	Uruguay	1 (0%)
Germany	129 (4%)	Pakistan	5 (-17%)	Uzbekistan	2 (200%)
Ghana	7 (0%)	Palestine	1 (0%)	Venezuela	1 (100%)
Greece	5 (25%)	Panama	1 (0%)	Vietnam	5 (0%)
Guatemala	1 (-50%)

If you have questions or comments, please leave them in the comments below.

MVP’s around the World (2022)

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Michel de Rooij

A new Microsoft MVP award cycle, a new moment to have a look at the MVP statistics. Below numbers are taken from the public MVP site. July 1st is normally the day of the award cycle, but this year got delayed for a few days due to unknown circumstances. Because people get awarded every month, the comparison to July of every year should give an idea of the yearly trend.

Few points of attention:

Apparently, during the award cycle MVP’s located in Russia or Belarus were removed, including MVP’s that were awarded in the first half of 2022 and thus not up for renewal.
19 anonymous MVP awardees do not disclose location. Those are not represented in below numbers.
The Office Development category was rebranded M365 Development.
The Office Apps & Services category was rebranded M365 Apps & Services.

Awardees per Category

The following table contains the awardees per award category from July of 2019 up to 2022, plus change percentage. It therefor does not reflect on changes during the year (people newly awarded or moving to Microsoft). I will leave the interpretation up to you.

Expertise	Jul’19	Jul’20	%	Jul’21	%	Jul’22	%
Cloud and Datacenter Management	232	209	-10%	219	5%	164	-25%
Microsoft Azure	409	463	13%	534	15%	546	2%
M365 Apps & Services	491	512	4%	556	9%	492	-12%
Business Applications	166	240	45%	323	35%	351	9%
Data Platform	332	358	8%	392	9%	364	-7%
Developer Technologies	644	697	8%	770	10%	715	-7%
Enterprise Mobility	106	103	7%	133	18%	149	12%
AI	84	122	45%	138	13%	128	-7%
M365 Development	47	64	36%	69	8%	59	-14%
Windows Development	119	110	-8%	120	9%	92	-23%
Windows and Devices for IT	57	43	-25%	42	-2%	45	7%
Total no. of Awards	2687	2931	9%	3296	12%	3105	-6%
Total no. of MVP’s	2634	2850	8%	3224	13%	3024	-6%

Note: The difference between total number of awards and total number of MVP’s is caused by MVP’s awarded in multiple categories. A total of 124 MVP’s were awarded in two or more categories.

M365 Apps & Services per Country

When zooming in on the M365 Apps & Services category, the awards per country are shown below, including the % change compared to last year. As you might notice, there are quiet a number of countries without MVP’s compared to last year.

Country	Number	Country	Number	Country	Number	Country	Number
AUS	26 (-4%)	FRA	16 (-34%)	NZL	6 (0%)	ESP	10 (-34%)
AUT	3 (-25%)	DEU	30 (-4%)	NGA	4 (0%)	LKA	0 (-100%)
BEL	5 (0%)	GHA	1 (0%)	NOR	5 (-29%)	SWE	8 (-20%)
BIH	1 (0%)	GRC	1 (0%)	PAK	1 (0%)	CHE	2 (-50%)
BRA	12 (-15%)	HUN	1 (-50%)	PER	1 (0%)	TWN	4 (0%)
BGR	3 (0%)	IND	10 (-29%)	POL	5 (-38%)	THA	2 (0%)
KHM	1 (0%)	IRL	1 (-75%)	PRT	3 (0%)	NLD	22 (4%)
CAN	34 (-15%)	ISR	3 (0%)	RUS	0 (-100%)	TUR	2 (0%)
CHN	19 (0%)	ITA	4 (0%)	SAU	1 (-50%)	UKR	2 (0%)
COL	5 (-29%)	JPN	17 (-15%)	SEN	1 (0%)	ARE	1 (-50%)
HRV	5 (0%)	KOR	14 (-18%)	SRB	0 (-100%)	GBR	37 (-16%)
CZE	2 (0%)	MKD	2 (0%)	SGP	4 (0%)	USA	112 (-16%)
DNK	5 (-29%)	MYS	1 (0%)	SVK	1 (0%)	URY	1 (0%)
EGY	1 (0%)	MEX	8 (0%)	SVN	2 (0%)	VNM	1 (0%)
SLV	1 (0%)	MMR	1 (0%)	ZAF	4 (0%)
FIN	5 (-17%)	NPL	0 (-100%)

If you have questions or comments, please leave them in the comments below.

MVPs around the World (2021)

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Michel de Rooij

A new Microsoft MVP award cycle, a new moment to have a look at the MVP statistics. Below numbers are taken from the public MVP site. While July 1st is the first day of the new award cycle, it usually is recommended to wait few days for the site and data behind it to get updated. and new and renewed awardees turning in their Non-Disclosure Agreement before showing up on the site. Because people get awarded every month, the comparison to July of every year should give an idea of the yearly trend.

Disclaimer: A percentage of MVP awardees are anonymous, and do not disclose information regarding expertise or location. There are currently 133 anonymous MVPs, and they are not taken into account in below statistics.

The following table contains the awardees per award category from July of 2019, 2020 and 2021, and change percentage compared to the year before. I will leave the interpretation up to you.

Expertise	Jul2019	Jul2020	%	Jul2021	%
Cloud and Datacenter Management	232	209	-10%	219	5%
Microsoft Azure	409	463	13%	534	15%
Office Apps & Services	491	512	4%	556	9%
Business Applications	166	240	45%	323	35%
Data Platform	332	358	8%	392	9%
Developer Technologies	644	697	8%	770	10%
Enterprise Mobility	106	113	7%	133	18%
AI	84	122	45%	138	13%
Office Development	47	64	36%	69	8%
Windows Development	119	110	-8%	120	9%
Windows and Devices for IT	57	43	-25%	42	-2%
Total	2687	2931	9%	3296	12%
Count	2634	2849	8%	3223	13%

Note: The total number of MVPs doesn’t equal the total number of awardees, as MVPs can be awarded in more than one category. A total of 77 MVPs are awarded in two or more categories.

When zooming in on the Office Apps & Services category, the awards per country are shown below, including the % change compared to last year. As you might notice, there are quiet a number of new countries being represented: Ghana, Greece, Peru, Senegal and Vietnam. This supports the current Diversity & Inclusion mindset, and in my opinion is a good thing.

Country	Number	Country	Number	Country	Number	Country	Number
AUS	26 (8%)	FRA	22 (22%)	NZL	6 (0%)	LKA	1 (0%)
AUT	3 (0%)	DEU	30 (25%)	NGA	3 (50%)	SWE	10 (11%)
BEL	5 (0%)	GHA	1 (100%)	NOR	6 (0%)	CHE	3 (0%)
BIH	1 (0%)	GRC	1 (100%)	PAK	1 (0%)	TWN	4 (0%)
BRA	10 (25%)	HUN	2 (0%)	PER	1 (100%)	THA	2 (0%)
BGR	3 (50%)	IND	12 (-8%)	POL	6 (0%)	NLD	22 (0%)
KHM	1 (0%)	IRL	2 (100%)	PRT	3 (0%)	TUR	2 (0%)
CAN	34 (3%)	ISR	3 (200%)	RUS	9 (0%)	UKR	2 (0%)
CHN	17 (0%)	ITA	5 (0%)	SAU	1 (0%)	ARE	2 (100%)
COL	6 (20%)	JPN	20 (0%)	SEN	1 (100%)	GBR	38 (15%)
HRV	5 (0%)	KOR	14 (16%)	SRB	1 (0%)	USA	131 (6%)
CZE	2 (0%)	MKD	2 (0%)	SGP	4 (33%)	URY	1 (0%)
DNK	6 (0%)	MYS	1 (0%)	SVK	1 (0%)	VNM	1 (100%)
EGY	1 (0%)	MEX	7 (40%)	SVN	2 (0%)
SLV	1 (0%)	MMR	1 (0%)	ZAF	4 (0%)
FIN	6 (50%)	NPL	1 (0%)	ESP	14 (16%)