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Data for 2008

Government Social Media Censorship, 2008

2008, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Social Media Censorship, 2008 covers 175 countries. Portugal is highest, at 2.420; North Korea is lowest, at -4.519. The middle country reads 1.043. Against 2007, 19 values changed (4 up, 15 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Social Media Censorship · Data for 2008

HighestPortugal

2.420

LowestNorth Korea

-4.519

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Government Social Media Censorship, 2008, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 175 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Social Media Censorship, 2008: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.420
2CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.274
3GuatemalaGTMCentral America2.260
4BelarusBLREastern Europe2.210
5SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe2.204
6AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.180
7NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.171
8AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.160
9UruguayURYSouth America2.151
10SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.142
11IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.116
12NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.112
13LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.104
=14ChileCHLSouth America2.102
=14HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.102
16PolandPOLEastern Europe2.074
17SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.066
18AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe2.045
19EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.042
20Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia2.025
21MaltaMLTSouthern Europe2.015
22BotswanaBWASouthern Africa1.969
23LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.956
24ArgentinaARGSouth America1.949
=25KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia1.935

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Portugal2.420
  2. 2Czechia2.274
  3. 3Guatemala2.260
  4. 4Belarus2.210
  5. 5Slovakia2.204

Lowest

  1. 175North Korea-4.519
  2. 174Myanmar-3.276
  3. 173Tunisia-2.876
  4. 172Eritrea-2.567
  5. 171Turkmenistan-2.537

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.043. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 19values changed, of 175 in both
  • 4 · 15rose · fell
  • 156unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2008.

  • 171 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.102. 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 175 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

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. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2008). Government Social Media Censorship, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/social-media-censorship/2008

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Social Media Censorship, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest social media censorship in Government Social Media Censorship, 2008?

Portugal, at 2.420, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Government Social Media Censorship, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Government Social Media Censorship, 2008 cover?

175.

Where can I download Government Social Media Censorship, 2008?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Government Social Media Censorship, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Social Media Censorship, 2025.

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