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Data for 2020

Government Social Media Censorship, 2020

2020, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Social Media Censorship, 2020 covers 176 countries. Portugal is highest, at 2.347; North Korea is lowest, at -4.519. The middle country reads 0.695. Against 2019, 68 values changed (25 up, 43 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Social Media Censorship · Data for 2020

HighestPortugal

2.347

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, 2020, 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 176 countries · select a heading to sort

Government Social Media Censorship, 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.347
2GuatemalaGTMCentral America2.260
3SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe2.204
4AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.180
5NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.171
6UruguayURYSouth America2.151
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.142
8IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.116
9NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.112
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.108
11LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.104
12LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.086
13SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.083
14SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.066
15EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.042
16MaltaMLTSouthern Europe2.015
17Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean2.004
18DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.977
19LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe1.956
20Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.935
21Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa1.930
22IcelandISLNorthern Europe1.914
23FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.911
24ParaguayPRYSouth America1.877
=25ArgentinaARGSouth America1.868

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Portugal2.347
  2. 2Guatemala2.260
  3. 3Slovakia2.204
  4. 4Austria2.180
  5. 5Netherlands2.171

Lowest

  1. 176North Korea-4.519
  2. 175Turkmenistan-3.254
  3. 174South Sudan-2.956
  4. 173China-2.674
  5. 172Bangladesh-2.601

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.695. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032019 → 2020

Since 2019

What changed between 2019 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 68values changed, of 176 in both
  • 25 · 43rose · fell
  • 108unchanged

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 2020.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.868. 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 176 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 (2020). Government Social Media Censorship, 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/social-media-censorship/2020

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Social Media Censorship, 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest social media censorship in Government Social Media Censorship, 2020?

Portugal, at 2.347, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Government Social Media Censorship, 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Government Social Media Censorship, 2020 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Social Media Censorship, 2020?

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, 2020 the newest?

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

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