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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2007

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

V-Dem's measure of government disinformation asks how often a government and its agents use social media to spread misleading views or false information to their own population, from never to on every key political issue. It is an expert-coded estimate on an open-ended scale centred near zero, and a higher figure means less disinformation.

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2007 covers 175 countries. Belgium is highest, at 2.957; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.816. The middle country reads 0.557. Against 2006, 27 values changed (5 up, 22 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic) · Data for 2007

HighestBelgium

2.957

LowestEritrea

-2.816

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2007, 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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.957
2GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.909
3EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.844
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.773
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.743
6LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.714
7PolandPOLEastern Europe2.682
8Costa RicaCRICentral America2.681
9UruguayURYSouth America2.679
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.568
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.564
12CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.556
13SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.537
14PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.446
15SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe2.431
16SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.420
17GhanaGHAWestern Africa2.354
18United StatesUSANorthern America2.332
19ChileCHLSouth America2.248
20Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia2.235
21LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.226
22New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.097
23RomaniaROUEastern Europe2.039
24São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa2.038
25SpainESPSouthern Europe1.938

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Belgium2.957
  2. 2Germany2.909
  3. 3Estonia2.844
  4. 4Finland2.773
  5. 5Denmark2.743

Lowest

  1. 175Eritrea-2.816
  2. 174Cuba-2.726
  3. 173Azerbaijan-2.380
  4. 172Turkmenistan-1.945
  5. 171North Korea-1.831

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.557. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 27values changed, of 175 in both
  • 5 · 22rose · fell
  • 148unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

04Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 2007.

  • 172 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.849. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2007). Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-disinformation/2007

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