Data for 2017

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2017

2017, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2017 covers 176 countries. Spain is highest, at 2.081; North Korea is lowest, at -3.892. The middle country reads 1.027. Against 2016, 19 values changed (8 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Internet Shutdowns · Data for 2017

HighestSpain

2.081

LowestNorth Korea

-3.892

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

176countries
1measure
2017the year it describes
174distinct 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, 2017, 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, 2017: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	SpainESPSouthern Europe	2.081
2	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	2.038
3	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	2.004
4	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	1.988
5	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	1.979
6	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	1.962
7	United StatesUSANorthern America	1.952
8	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	1.949
9	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	1.948
10	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	1.947
11	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	1.920
12	ChileCHLSouth America	1.912
13	ColombiaCOLSouth America	1.910
14	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	1.908
15	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	1.906
16	JapanJPNEastern Asia	1.904
17	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	1.903
18	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	1.902
19	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	1.901
20	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	1.900
21	ArgentinaARGSouth America	1.889
22	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	1.887
23	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	1.881
24	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	1.880
25	Costa RicaCRICentral America	1.879
26	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	1.877
=27	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	1.875
=27	PolandPOLEastern Europe	1.875
29	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	1.874
30	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	1.869
31	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	1.865
32	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	1.864
33	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	1.853
34	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	1.852
35	MexicoMEXCentral America	1.847
36	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	1.822
37	SurinameSURSouth America	1.821
38	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	1.814
39	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	1.808
40	PanamaPANCentral America	1.806
41	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	1.789
42	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	1.784
43	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	1.778
44	HondurasHNDCentral America	1.769
45	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	1.755
46	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	1.748
=47	GuyanaGUYSouth America	1.732
=47	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	1.732
49	CanadaCANNorthern America	1.731
50	BrazilBRASouth America	1.714
51	BeninBENWestern Africa	1.713
52	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	1.708
53	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	1.696
54	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	1.685
55	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	1.680
56	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	1.670
57	BelarusBLREastern Europe	1.661
58	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	1.647
59	PeruPERSouth America	1.506
60	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.488
61	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	1.471
62	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	1.458
63	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	1.455
64	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	1.448
65	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	1.437
66	ItalyITASouthern Europe	1.428
67	HaitiHTICaribbean	1.387
68	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	1.351
69	BoliviaBOLSouth America	1.350
70	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	1.344
71	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	1.332
72	FranceFRAWestern Europe	1.330
73	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	1.324
74	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	1.307
75	UruguayURYSouth America	1.304
76	KenyaKENEastern Africa	1.277
77	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	1.270
78	SenegalSENWestern Africa	1.252
79	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	1.219
80	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	1.214
81	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.196
82	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	1.186
83	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	1.169
84	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	1.159
85	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	1.080
86	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1.047
87	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	1.045
88	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	1.033
89	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	1.021
90	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	1.012
91	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	1.003
92	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.991
93	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.973
94	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.950
95	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.936
96	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.928
97	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.913
98	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.908
99	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.852
100	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.827
101	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.780
102	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.731
103	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.717
104	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.712
105	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.709
106	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.646
107	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.635
108	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.624
109	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.613
110	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.556
111	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.543
112	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.517
113	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.438
114	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	0.393
115	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.387
116	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.360
117	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.343
118	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.320
119	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.279
120	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.194
121	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.116
122	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	-0.014
123	JordanJORWestern Asia	-0.069
124	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	-0.105
125	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	-0.134
126	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	-0.167
127	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	-0.219
128	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	-0.269
129	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	-0.271
130	GuineaGINWestern Africa	-0.317
131	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	-0.332
132	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	-0.354
133	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	-0.444
134	MaliMLIWestern Africa	-0.452
135	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	-0.478
136	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	-0.508
137	OmanOMNWestern Asia	-0.514
138	NigerNERWestern Africa	-0.531
139	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	-0.619
140	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	-0.673
141	QatarQATWestern Asia	-0.679
142	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	-0.724
143	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	-0.743
144	CubaCUBCaribbean	-0.761
145	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	-0.813
146	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	-0.819
147	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	-0.825
148	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	-0.927
149	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	-0.971
150	NicaraguaNICCentral America	-0.973
151	IranIRNSouthern Asia	-0.977
152	IraqIRQWestern Asia	-1.042
153	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	-1.068
154	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	-1.085
155	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	-1.104
156	TogoTGOWestern Africa	-1.167
157	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	-1.351
158	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	-1.352
159	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	-1.372
160	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	-1.398
161	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	-1.428
162	YemenYEMWestern Asia	-1.453
163	VenezuelaVENSouth America	-1.594
164	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	-1.615
165	GabonGABMiddle Africa	-1.706
166	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	-1.741
167	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	-1.746
168	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	-1.754
169	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	-1.799
170	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	-1.878
171	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	-1.881
172	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	-2.006
173	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	-2.375
174	EritreaERIEastern Africa	-2.494
175	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	-2.547
176	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	-3.892

02In 2017

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Spain2.081
2Portugal2.038
3Barbados2.004
4Armenia1.988
5South Korea1.979

Lowest

176North Korea-3.892
175Turkmenistan-2.547
174Eritrea-2.494
173South Sudan-2.375
172Equatorial Guinea-2.006

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.027. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032016 → 2017

Since 2016

What changed between 2016 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
19values changed, of 176 in both
8 · 11rose · fell
157unchanged

Rose most

Gambia-1.288 → 1.471+2.759
Saudi Arabia-2.054 → -1.352+0.702
Zambia0.636 → 1.186+0.550
Uganda-0.773 → -0.269+0.504
Cameroon-1.228 → -0.825+0.403

Fell most

Mauritania0.888 → 0.320−0.568
Bangladesh-1.460 → -1.878−0.418
Togo-0.880 → -1.167−0.287
Tajikistan-1.493 → -1.741−0.248
Venezuela-1.361 → -1.594−0.233

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 2017.
174 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 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

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2017). Government Internet Shutdowns, 2017 [data set], describing 2017. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-shutdowns/2017

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