Data for 2012

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2012

Name: Government Internet Shutdowns, 2012
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2012, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2012 covers 176 countries. Benin is highest, at 2.102; North Korea is lowest, at -3.892. The middle country reads 1.060. Against 2011, 24 values changed (17 up, 7 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Internet Shutdowns · Data for 2012

HighestBenin

2.102

LowestNorth Korea

-3.892

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

176countries
1measure
2012the year it describes
172distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Internet Shutdowns, 2012, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Government Internet Shutdowns, 2012: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.102
2	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.081
3	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.038
4	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.004
5	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.988
6	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.979
7	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.962
8	United States`USA`Northern America	1.952
9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.949
10	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.948
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.947
12	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.940
13	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.920
14	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.915
15	Chile`CHL`South America	1.912
16	Colombia`COL`South America	1.910
17	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.908
18	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.906
19	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.904
20	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.902
21	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.901
22	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.900
23	Argentina`ARG`South America	1.889
24	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.887
25	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.881
26	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.880
27	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.879
28	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.877
=29	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.875
=29	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.875
31	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.874
32	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.869
=33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.865
=33	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.865
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.864
36	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.853
37	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.852
38	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.822
39	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.821
40	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.814
41	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.808
42	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.789
43	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.784
44	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.778
45	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.769
46	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.755
47	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.748
=48	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.732
=48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.732
50	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.731
51	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.714
52	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.708
53	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.696
54	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.685
55	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.680
56	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.670
57	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.661
58	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.647
59	Peru`PER`South America	1.506
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.488
61	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.470
62	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.458
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.455
64	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.448
65	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1.437
66	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.428
67	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.416
68	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.387
69	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.377
70	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	1.351
71	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.350
72	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.332
73	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.330
74	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.318
75	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.307
76	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.304
77	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.277
78	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.270
79	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	1.252
80	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.219
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.214
=82	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.196
=82	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	1.196
84	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.159
85	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.120
86	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.113
87	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.080
88	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.073
89	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.047
90	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.045
91	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.033
92	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.021
93	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	1.012
94	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	1.010
95	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.003
96	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.992
97	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.973
98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.917
99	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.913
100	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.908
101	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.888
102	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.886
103	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.852
104	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.827
105	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.794
106	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.741
107	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.731
108	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.712
109	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.642
110	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.635
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.624
112	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.613
113	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.556
114	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.543
115	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.526
116	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.517
117	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.387
118	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.307
119	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.252
120	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.221
121	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.162
122	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.116
123	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-0.014
124	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.069
125	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-0.134
126	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	-0.167
127	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.190
128	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.219
129	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.252
130	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.262
131	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-0.317
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.322
133	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.332
134	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.354
135	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.420
136	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.441
137	India`IND`Southern Asia	-0.447
138	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.514
139	Niger`NER`Western Africa	-0.531
140	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-0.568
141	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.614
142	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-0.619
143	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-0.645
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.655
145	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.665
146	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-0.679
147	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-0.727
148	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.743
149	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-0.761
150	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.807
151	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.813
152	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.819
153	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.880
154	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-0.890
155	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.958
156	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.002
157	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-1.068
158	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.183
159	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-1.192
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.196
161	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.257
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.335
163	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.357
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-1.402
165	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.466
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.507
167	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.547
168	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.669
169	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-1.706
170	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-1.754
171	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.809
172	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.881
173	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.238
174	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.400
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-2.494
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-3.892

02In 2012

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Benin2.102
2Spain2.081
3Portugal2.038
4Barbados2.004
5Armenia1.988

Lowest

176North Korea-3.892
175Eritrea-2.494
174South Sudan-2.400
173Turkmenistan-2.238
172Sudan-1.881

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.060. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032011 → 2012

Since 2011

What changed between 2011 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
24values changed, of 176 in both
17 · 7rose · fell
152unchanged

Rose most

Egypt-0.663 → 1.010+1.673
Myanmar-1.832 → -0.727+1.105
Libya-0.950 → -0.014+0.936
Côte d’Ivoire1.002 → 1.708+0.706
Cameroon-0.096 → 0.526+0.622

Fell most

Tajikistan-1.159 → -1.669−0.510
Pakistan-0.427 → -0.890−0.463
Mexico1.841 → 1.470−0.371
Turkmenistan-1.989 → -2.238−0.249
Papua New Guinea1.042 → 0.913−0.129

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

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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 2012.
172 distinct values among 176
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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2012). Government Internet Shutdowns, 2012 [data set], describing 2012. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-shutdowns/2012

0626 held

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