Data for 2024

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2024

Name: Government Internet Shutdowns, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

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

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2024 covers 176 countries. Spain is highest, at 2.081; Sudan is lowest, at -3.547. The middle country reads 1.023. Against 2023, 50 values changed (25 up, 25 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Internet Shutdowns · Data for 2024

HighestSpain

2.081

LowestSudan

-3.547

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

176countries
1measure
2024the 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, 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.

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Government Internet Shutdowns, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.081
2	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	2.004
3	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.985
4	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.979
5	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.962
6	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.954
7	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.920
8	Chile`CHL`South America	1.912
9	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.908
10	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.906
11	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.904
12	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.902
13	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.901
14	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.900
15	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.887
16	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.881
17	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.880
18	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.879
19	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.877
=20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.875
=20	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.875
22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.874
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.873
24	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.869
25	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.867
26	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.864
27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.853
28	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.852
29	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.847
30	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.839
31	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.835
32	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.831
33	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.822
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.821
35	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.814
36	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.808
37	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.802
38	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.801
39	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.789
40	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.784
41	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.779
42	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.778
43	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.769
44	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.755
45	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.748
46	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.746
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.743
=48	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.732
=48	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.732
50	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.714
51	Colombia`COL`South America	1.712
52	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.696
53	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.695
54	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.680
55	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.670
56	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.637
57	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.545
58	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.512
59	Peru`PER`South America	1.506
60	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.488
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.471
62	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.458
63	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.455
64	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.421
65	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.396
66	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.384
67	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.383
68	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.351
69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.332
70	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.330
71	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.307
72	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.305
73	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.230
74	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.219
75	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.196
76	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.180
77	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.169
78	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.159
79	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.149
80	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.134
=81	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1.125
=81	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.125
83	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.116
84	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.082
85	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.078
86	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.047
87	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	1.038
88	United States`USA`Northern America	1.025
=89	Ecuador`ECU`South America	1.021
=89	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	1.021
91	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	1.003
92	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.943
93	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.941
94	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.928
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.916
96	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.859
97	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.829
98	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.827
99	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.819
100	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.803
101	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.795
102	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.747
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.719
104	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.693
105	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.584
106	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.530
107	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.517
108	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.491
109	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.468
110	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.443
111	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.387
112	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.225
113	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.188
114	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.114
115	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.066
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.018
117	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.105
118	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.110
119	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	-0.161
120	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.188
121	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.230
122	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	-0.253
123	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.300
124	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.384
125	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.385
126	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.484
127	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-0.538
128	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.563
129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.587
130	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-0.612
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.630
132	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	-0.651
133	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-0.724
134	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.747
135	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-0.753
136	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.792
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.793
138	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-0.819
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.821
140	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.909
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-0.910
142	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.931
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.939
144	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-0.963
145	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.989
146	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.990
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.024
148	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.033
149	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.036
150	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.082
151	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.149
152	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.165
153	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-1.207
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.262
155	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.355
156	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.365
157	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.423
158	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.432
159	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.433
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.467
161	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.499
162	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-1.623
163	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-1.640
164	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.654
165	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.817
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.819
167	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.929
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-2.042
169	India`IND`Southern Asia	-2.076
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.187
171	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-2.195
172	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-2.530
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.701
174	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.742
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.812
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-3.547

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Spain2.081
2Barbados2.004
3Kyrgyzstan1.985
4South Korea1.979
5Cyprus1.962

Lowest

176Sudan-3.547
175North Korea-2.812
174South Sudan-2.742
173Myanmar-2.701
172Tajikistan-2.530

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.023. “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
50values changed, of 176 in both
25 · 25rose · fell
126unchanged

Rose most

Niger-0.471 → 1.695+2.166
Gabon-1.555 → 0.225+1.780
DR Congo-1.808 → -0.538+1.270
North Korea-3.900 → -2.812+1.088
Eritrea-2.498 → -1.499+0.999

Fell most

Mozambique1.899 → -0.931−2.830
Libya-0.192 → -1.423−1.231
Argentina1.889 → 0.859−1.030
Malawi1.842 → 0.916−0.926
Benin1.694 → 0.795−0.899

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 2024.
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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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 (2024). Government Internet Shutdowns, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-shutdowns/2024

0626 held

Other years

‹ The year before
Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023
176 countries
The year after ›
Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025
176 countries
All of them
Government Internet Shutdowns: every year
26 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions