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Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000 covers 175 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.497; Guinea is lowest, at -3.118. The middle country reads -0.514.

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Government Cyber Security Capacity · Data for 2000

HighestIsrael

3.497

LowestGuinea

-3.118

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia3.497
2North KoreaPRKEastern Asia2.771
3MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia2.608
4ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.570
5United StatesUSANorthern America2.537
6South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.945
7FranceFRAWestern Europe1.879
8United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.746
9CanadaCANNorthern America1.678
10HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.618
11United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia1.573
12TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.556
13SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.438
=14JapanJPNEastern Asia1.422
=14PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.422
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.418
17FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.417
18RussiaRUSEastern Europe1.351
19DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.326
20SpainESPSouthern Europe1.243
21JordanJORWestern Asia1.190
22KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.163
23New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.114
24Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.100
25EgyptEGYNorthern Africa1.017

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel3.497
  2. 2North Korea2.771
  3. 3Malaysia2.608
  4. 4China2.570
  5. 5United States2.537

Lowest

  1. 175Guinea-3.118
  2. 174Solomon Islands-3.050
  3. 173Sierra Leone-2.988
  4. 172Bosnia and Herzegovina-2.938
  5. 171Liberia-2.836

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.514. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.

  • 172 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.422. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

04The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cyber-security-capacity/2000

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06Questions

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government cyber security capacity in Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000?

Israel, at 3.497, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000 describe?

2000.

How many countries does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000 cover?

175.

Where can I download Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2000 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025.

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