diff --git a/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/distribution.rs b/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/distribution.rs
index e1f67e4124..dba66ecab6 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/distribution.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/country_statistics/distribution.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 use log::info;
 
 use crate::country_statistics::country_nodes_distribution::CountryNodesDistribution;
-use crate::MIXNODE_REFRESH_INTERVAL;
+use crate::COUNTRY_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL;
 
 use crate::state::ExplorerApiStateContext;
 
@@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ impl CountryStatisticsDistributionTask {
     pub(crate) fn start(mut self) {
         info!("Spawning mix node country distribution task runner...");
         tokio::spawn(async move {
-            let mut interval_timer =
-                tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(MIXNODE_REFRESH_INTERVAL)); // every 15 mins
+            let mut interval_timer = tokio::time::interval(std::time::Duration::from_secs(
+                COUNTRY_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL,
+            ));
             loop {
                 // wait for the next interval tick
                 interval_timer.tick().await;
diff --git a/explorer-api/src/main.rs b/explorer-api/src/main.rs
index 5d2126d1ef..7312962d77 100644
--- a/explorer-api/src/main.rs
+++ b/explorer-api/src/main.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ mod ping;
 mod state;
 
 const GEO_IP_SERVICE: &str = "https://api.freegeoip.app/json";
-const MIXNODE_REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 30;
+const COUNTRY_DATA_REFRESH_INTERVAL: u64 = 60 * 15; // every 15 minutes
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {