Data for 1995

Government Censorship of the Media, 1995

Name: Government Censorship of the Media, 1995
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1995, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Censorship of the Media, 1995 covers 173 countries. Belgium is highest, at 3.489; Uzbekistan is lowest, at -3.066. The middle country reads 0.526. Against 1994, 22 values changed (11 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Censorship of the Media · Data for 1995

HighestBelgium

3.489

LowestUzbekistan

-3.066

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

173countries
1measure
1995the 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 Censorship of the Media, 1995, 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 Censorship of the Media, 1995: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	3.489
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	3.380
3	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.378
4	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	3.355
5	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	3.258
6	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.255
7	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	3.254
8	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.173
9	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	3.043
10	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.916
11	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.858
12	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.749
13	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.649
14	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.634
15	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.610
16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.601
17	United States`USA`Northern America	2.595
18	Chile`CHL`South America	2.576
19	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.573
20	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.487
21	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.404
22	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.401
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	2.361
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.311
25	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.306
26	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.299
27	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.295
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.248
29	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.241
30	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	2.152
31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.136
32	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.111
33	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.109
34	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	2.089
35	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2.077
36	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.052
37	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	2.032
38	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.009
39	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.000
40	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	1.998
41	Suriname`SUR`South America	1.936
42	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.901
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.898
44	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.894
45	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.772
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.763
47	Colombia`COL`South America	1.741
48	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.726
49	Niger`NER`Western Africa	1.714
50	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.695
51	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.656
52	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.614
53	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.545
54	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.529
55	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.494
56	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	1.467
57	Venezuela`VEN`South America	1.368
58	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.365
59	Uruguay`URY`South America	1.351
60	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.333
61	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.195
62	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.111
63	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.065
64	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.059
65	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	1.043
66	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.017
67	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.001
68	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.984
69	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.937
70	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.919
71	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.858
72	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.850
=73	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.829
=73	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.829
75	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.788
76	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.776
77	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.713
78	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.680
79	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.642
80	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.635
81	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.585
82	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.571
83	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.555
84	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.544
85	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.537
86	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.536
87	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.526
88	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.514
89	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.513
90	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.503
91	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.469
92	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.459
93	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.454
94	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.451
95	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.387
96	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357
97	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.339
98	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.303
99	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.257
100	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.240
101	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.209
102	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.204
103	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.181
104	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.147
105	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.131
106	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.072
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.071
108	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.028
109	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.004
110	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-0.010
111	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	-0.013
112	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.072
113	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	-0.085
114	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-0.116
115	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.123
116	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.186
117	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	-0.236
118	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.239
119	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.261
120	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	-0.276
121	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.320
122	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.332
123	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-0.401
124	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	-0.411
125	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.429
126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.479
127	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.526
128	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.622
129	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.636
130	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-0.665
131	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.674
132	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	-0.677
133	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.689
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-0.708
135	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.933
136	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.964
137	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.973
138	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.027
139	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-1.056
140	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-1.068
141	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.123
142	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-1.142
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-1.166
144	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.181
145	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-1.198
146	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-1.206
147	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.237
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.300
149	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.305
150	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.324
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-1.464
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-1.586
153	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	-1.674
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.711
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.715
156	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	-1.758
157	Peru`PER`South America	-1.764
158	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-1.781
159	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-1.815
160	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-1.819
161	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-1.879
162	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-1.949
163	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-2.003
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.081
165	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-2.093
166	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	-2.227
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	-2.254
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	-2.256
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	-2.362
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	-2.521
171	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.775
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-3.045
173	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-3.066

02In 1995

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Belgium3.489
2Germany3.380
3Sweden3.378
4Australia3.355
5Denmark3.258

Lowest

173Uzbekistan-3.066
172Syria-3.045
171North Korea-2.775
170Libya-2.521
169Saudi Arabia-2.362

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.526. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031994 → 1995

Since 1994

What changed between 1994 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
22values changed, of 173 in both
11 · 11rose · fell
151unchanged

Rose most

Rwanda-1.927 → -0.622+1.305
United Arab Emirates-1.852 → -1.056+0.796
Haiti-0.414 → 0.240+0.654
Tajikistan-1.654 → -1.206+0.448
Iraq-2.232 → -1.815+0.417

Fell most

Uzbekistan-2.141 → -3.066−0.925
Gambia-0.858 → -1.711−0.853
Belarus0.719 → 0.204−0.515
Equatorial Guinea-0.841 → -1.305−0.464
Trinidad and Tobago0.764 → 0.454−0.310

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 1995.
172 distinct values among 173
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.829. 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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1995). Government Censorship of the Media, 1995 [data set], describing 1995. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/media-censorship/1995

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