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Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2008

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

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2008 covers 175 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.497; Timor-Leste is lowest, at -3.595. The middle country reads -0.514. Against 2007, 16 values changed (15 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Cyber Security Capacity · Data for 2008

HighestIsrael

3.497

LowestTimor-Leste

-3.595

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 Cyber Security Capacity, 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 Cyber Security Capacity, 2008: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia3.497
2North KoreaPRKEastern Asia2.771
3MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia2.741
4ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.570
5EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.548
6United StatesUSANorthern America2.537
7RussiaRUSEastern Europe2.030
8FranceFRAWestern Europe1.960
9South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.945
10SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia1.851
11United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.746
12United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia1.726
13CanadaCANNorthern America1.678
14HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.618
15TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.556
=16JapanJPNEastern Asia1.422
=16PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.422
18SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.418
19FinlandFINNorthern Europe1.417
20KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.343
21DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.326
22SpainESPSouthern Europe1.243
23PolandPOLEastern Europe1.237
24JordanJORWestern Asia1.190
25New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.114

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel3.497
  2. 2North Korea2.771
  3. 3Malaysia2.741
  4. 4China2.570
  5. 5Estonia2.548

Lowest

  1. 175Timor-Leste-3.595
  2. 174Solomon Islands-3.050
  3. 173Sierra Leone-2.988
  4. 172Liberia-2.836
  5. 171Guinea-2.807

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.514. “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
  • 16values changed, of 175 in both
  • 15 · 1rose · fell
  • 159unchanged

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.

  • 170 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.422. 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 Cyber Security Capacity, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cyber-security-capacity/2008

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2008: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government cyber security capacity in Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2008?

Israel, at 3.497, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2008 describe?

2008.

How many countries does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2008 cover?

175.

Where can I download Government Cyber Security Capacity, 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 Cyber Security Capacity, 2008 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025.

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