Data for 2025

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025

Name: Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2025, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025 covers 176 countries. Spain is highest, at 2.081; Sudan is lowest, at -3.547. The middle country reads 1.023. Against 2024, 50 values changed (26 up, 24 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Internet Shutdowns · Data for 2025

HighestSpain

2.081

LowestSudan

-3.547

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

176countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
173distinct 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, 2025, 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, 2025: 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	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.979
4	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.962
5	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	1.954
6	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.920
7	Chile`CHL`South America	1.912
8	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.908
9	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	1.906
10	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	1.904
11	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	1.902
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	1.901
13	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	1.900
14	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	1.887
15	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.881
16	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.880
17	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.879
18	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	1.877
19	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	1.875
20	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.874
21	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.873
22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.869
23	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	1.864
24	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	1.853
25	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	1.852
26	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.847
27	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	1.839
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.835
29	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	1.822
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.821
31	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.814
32	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	1.808
33	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	1.804
34	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.802
35	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	1.801
36	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	1.789
37	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.784
38	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.779
39	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.778
40	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.769
41	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	1.755
42	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	1.748
43	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	1.746
44	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.743
=45	Guyana`GUY`South America	1.732
=45	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.732
47	Brazil`BRA`South America	1.714
48	Colombia`COL`South America	1.712
49	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	1.711
50	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	1.696
51	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	1.686
52	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.680
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.670
54	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	1.637
55	Canada`CAN`Northern America	1.545
56	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	1.512
57	Peru`PER`South America	1.506
58	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.493
59	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.488
60	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	1.473
61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	1.471
62	Mexico`MEX`Central America	1.468
63	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	1.458
64	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.455
65	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	1.436
66	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	1.421
67	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.384
68	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.383
69	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.351
70	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.334
71	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.332
72	France`FRA`Western Europe	1.330
73	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.317
74	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.307
75	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	1.305
76	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1.269
77	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	1.170
78	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.169
79	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	1.159
80	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	1.149
81	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.134
82	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	1.122
83	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	1.119
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	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.993
93	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.943
94	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.941
95	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.928
96	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.829
97	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.827
98	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.803
99	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.719
100	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.702
101	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.693
102	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.651
103	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.537
104	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.530
105	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.527
106	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.517
107	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.491
108	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.468
109	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.443
110	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.387
111	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.303
112	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.286
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.225
114	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.223
115	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.114
116	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.057
117	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.040
118	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-0.048
119	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	-0.105
120	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	-0.110
121	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.188
=122	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	-0.230
=122	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.230
124	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-0.323
125	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.334
126	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	-0.350
127	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-0.385
128	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-0.462
129	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-0.484
130	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-0.563
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.587
132	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.609
133	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-0.612
134	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	-0.648
135	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-0.724
136	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	-0.726
137	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-0.734
138	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.771
139	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	-0.792
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.812
141	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-0.910
142	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-0.924
143	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	-0.931
144	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.989
145	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	-0.990
146	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.024
147	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.033
148	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.036
149	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	-1.082
150	Venezuela`VEN`South America	-1.144
151	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-1.165
152	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	-1.255
153	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-1.260
154	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-1.262
155	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-1.365
156	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-1.423
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-1.432
158	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-1.433
159	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-1.444
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	-1.467
161	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-1.499
162	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-1.514
163	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-1.654
164	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	-1.671
165	India`IND`Southern Asia	-1.785
166	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-1.819
167	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-1.869
168	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-2.061
169	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	-2.094
170	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-2.316
171	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-2.329
172	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.517
173	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.701
174	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	-2.742
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-3.219
176	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-3.547

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Spain2.081
2Barbados2.004
3South Korea1.979
4Cyprus1.962
5Zambia1.954

Lowest

176Sudan-3.547
175North Korea-3.219
174South Sudan-2.742
173Myanmar-2.701
172Turkmenistan-2.517

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.023. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032024 → 2025

Since 2024

What changed between 2024 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
50values changed, of 176 in both
26 · 24rose · fell
126unchanged

Rose most

Syria-1.623 → -0.323+1.300
Bangladesh-0.651 → 0.527+1.178
Somaliland-0.161 → 0.993+1.154
Mauritius-0.253 → 0.651+0.904
Malawi0.916 → 1.804+0.888

Fell most

Kyrgyzstan1.985 → 0.702−1.283
Guinea-Bissau0.066 → -0.812−0.878
Papua New Guinea1.116 → 0.303−0.813
Poland1.875 → 1.122−0.753
Australia1.831 → 1.170−0.661

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 2025.
173 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.732. 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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Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2025). Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025 [data set], describing 2025. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-shutdowns/2025

0626 held

Other years

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Government Internet Shutdowns, 2024
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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