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Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003 covers 175 countries. Benin is highest, at 2.102; North Korea is lowest, at -3.892. The middle country reads 1.105. Against 2002, 7 values changed (3 up, 4 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Internet Shutdowns · Data for 2003

HighestBenin

2.102

LowestNorth Korea

-3.892

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 Internet Shutdowns, 2003, 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 Internet Shutdowns, 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1BeninBENWestern Africa2.102
2SpainESPSouthern Europe2.081
3PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.038
4BarbadosBRBCaribbean2.004
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.979
6CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.962
7United StatesUSANorthern America1.952
8SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.949
9GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia1.948
10AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.947
11UkraineUKREastern Europe1.940
12Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.920
13SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe1.915
14ChileCHLSouth America1.912
15ColombiaCOLSouth America1.910
16El SalvadorSLVCentral America1.908
17SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.906
18JapanJPNEastern Asia1.904
19BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.902
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.901
21GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.900
22ArgentinaARGSouth America1.889
23VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.887
24EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.882
25HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.881

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Benin2.102
  2. 2Spain2.081
  3. 3Portugal2.038
  4. 4Barbados2.004
  5. 5South Korea1.979

Lowest

  1. 175North Korea-3.892
  2. 174Myanmar-2.959
  3. 173Eritrea-2.494
  4. 172Turkmenistan-1.966
  5. 171Sudan-1.771

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.105. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 7values changed, of 175 in both
  • 3 · 4rose · fell
  • 168unchanged

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.

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. It can differ from what was first published for 2003.

  • 172 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.875. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 175 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 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2003). Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-shutdowns/2003

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest internet shutdowns in Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003?

Benin, at 2.102, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003 cover?

175.

Where can I download Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003?

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

Is Government Internet Shutdowns, 2003 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025.

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