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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024 covers 176 countries. Latvia is highest, at 2.930; South Sudan is lowest, at -3.392. The middle country reads -0.079. Against 2023, 88 values changed (37 up, 51 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic) · Data for 2024

HighestLatvia

2.930

LowestSouth Sudan

-3.392

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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.930
2CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.790
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.743
4LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.630
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.558
6New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.555
7SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.534
8SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.531
9UruguayURYSouth America2.522
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.366
11SeychellesSYCEastern Africa2.319
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.316
13EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.223
14JamaicaJAMCaribbean2.092
15IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.053
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.030
17AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.020
18PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.001
19Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia1.896
20PolandPOLEastern Europe1.712
21SpainESPSouthern Europe1.610
22Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean1.596
23BeninBENWestern Africa1.576
24VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.568
25CanadaCANNorthern America1.554

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Latvia2.930
  2. 2Czechia2.790
  3. 3Denmark2.743
  4. 4Lithuania2.630
  5. 5Norway2.558

Lowest

  1. 176South Sudan-3.392
  2. 175Belarus-3.299
  3. 174Venezuela-3.189
  4. 173Russia-3.166
  5. 172Azerbaijan-3.033

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.079. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 88values changed, of 176 in both
  • 37 · 51rose · fell
  • 88unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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 2024.

  • 174 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -1.078. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The 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 (2024). Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-disinformation/2024

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government disinformation in Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024?

Latvia, at 2.930, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024?

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

Is Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2024 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2025.

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