Data for 2000

Government Censorship of the Media, 2000

Name: Government Censorship of the Media, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Censorship of the Media, 2000 covers 175 countries. Belgium is highest, at 3.489; Uzbekistan is lowest, at -3.066. The middle country reads 0.776. Against 1999, 48 values changed (37 up, 11 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Censorship of the Media · Data for 2000

HighestBelgium

3.489

LowestUzbekistan

-3.066

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

175countries
1measure
2000the 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 Censorship of the Media, 2000, 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, 2000: 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	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	2.989
11	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	2.916
12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	2.882
13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	2.858
14	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	2.749
15	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	2.649
16	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	2.634
17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	2.610
18	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	2.601
19	United States`USA`Northern America	2.595
20	Chile`CHL`South America	2.576
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	2.573
22	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	2.515
23	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	2.487
24	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	2.404
25	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	2.401
26	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.375
27	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	2.306
28	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	2.299
29	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	2.295
30	Suriname`SUR`South America	2.286
31	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	2.248
32	France`FRA`Western Europe	2.241
33	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	2.184
34	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	2.136
35	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.119
36	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	2.111
37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	2.077
38	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.052
39	Argentina`ARG`South America	2.030
40	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.028
41	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.000
42	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	1.964
43	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.898
44	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	1.890
45	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.866
46	Peru`PER`South America	1.847
47	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	1.801
48	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	1.772
49	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	1.769
50	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	1.726
51	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	1.725
=52	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	1.695
=52	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	1.695
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	1.672
55	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.669
56	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	1.656
57	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	1.545
58	Colombia`COL`South America	1.536
59	Panama`PAN`Central America	1.529
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	1.524
61	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.497
62	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	1.494
63	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	1.403
64	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	1.399
65	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	1.358
66	India`IND`Southern Asia	1.349
67	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	1.333
68	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	1.251
69	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	1.236
70	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	1.200
71	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.163
72	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	1.160
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	1.111
74	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	1.073
75	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	1.064
76	Bolivia`BOL`South America	1.059
77	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	1.044
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.017
79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.919
80	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.879
81	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.859
82	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.850
83	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.841
84	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.829
85	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.807
86	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.788
87	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.787
88	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.776
89	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.752
90	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.744
91	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.695
92	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.643
93	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.642
94	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.635
95	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.585
96	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.555
97	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.537
98	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.526
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.525
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.520
101	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.503
102	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.469
103	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.459
104	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.387
105	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.357
106	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.303
107	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.260
108	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.255
109	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.186
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.174
111	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.164
112	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.146
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.131
114	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.012
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	-0.003
116	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	-0.010
117	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	-0.047
118	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	-0.048
119	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	-0.073
120	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	-0.111
121	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	-0.116
122	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	-0.123
123	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	-0.246
=124	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	-0.261
=124	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	-0.261
126	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	-0.299
127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	-0.303
128	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	-0.353
129	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	-0.368
130	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	-0.429
131	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	-0.447
132	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	-0.526
133	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	-0.563
134	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	-0.612
135	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	-0.665
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	-0.674
137	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	-0.689
138	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	-0.694
139	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	-0.780
140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	-0.803
141	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	-0.813
142	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	-0.827
143	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	-0.859
144	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	-0.933
145	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	-0.946
146	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	-0.973
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	-1.027
148	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	-1.036
149	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	-1.056
150	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	-1.066
151	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	-1.089
152	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	-1.123
153	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	-1.166
154	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	-1.171
155	Guyana`GUY`South America	-1.181
156	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	-1.300
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	-1.305
158	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	-1.324
159	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	-1.452
160	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	-1.711
161	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	-1.715
162	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	-1.781
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	-1.949
164	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	-2.003
165	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	-2.081
166	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	-2.219
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	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	-2.720
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	-2.775
173	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	-2.865
174	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	-3.045
175	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	-3.066

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

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

Lowest

175Uzbekistan-3.066
174Syria-3.045
173Afghanistan-2.865
172North Korea-2.775
171Turkmenistan-2.720

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.776. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
48values changed, of 175 in both
37 · 11rose · fell
127unchanged

Rose most

Peru-1.764 → 1.847+3.611
Timor-Leste-2.227 → 1.160+3.387
Croatia-0.677 → 2.184+2.861
Serbia-1.758 → 0.146+1.904
Taiwan0.732 → 1.801+1.069

Fell most

DR Congo0.543 → -0.368−0.911
Kyrgyzstan-0.203 → -1.066−0.863
Russia0.451 → -0.261−0.712
Niger1.473 → 0.787−0.686
North Macedonia1.467 → 0.859−0.608

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 2000.
173 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.695. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Government Censorship of the Media, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/media-censorship/2000

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