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Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018

2018, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018 covers 176 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.497; Solomon Islands is lowest, at -2.548. The middle country reads -0.047. Against 2017, 18 values changed (17 up, 1 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Cyber Security Capacity · Data for 2018

HighestIsrael

3.497

LowestSolomon Islands

-2.548

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, 2018, 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 Cyber Security Capacity, 2018: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1IsraelISRWestern Asia3.497
2EstoniaESTNorthern Europe3.076
3RussiaRUSEastern Europe2.819
4North KoreaPRKEastern Asia2.771
5MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia2.741
6ChinaCHNEastern Asia2.570
7United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia2.537
8SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia2.334
9LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.020
10FranceFRAWestern Europe1.960
11South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.945
12Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia1.928
13QatarQATWestern Asia1.907
14CanadaCANNorthern America1.888
15TaiwanTWNEastern Asia1.882
16LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.832
17KuwaitKWTWestern Asia1.828
18United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe1.746
19SpainESPSouthern Europe1.711
20United StatesUSANorthern America1.653
21TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa1.633
22JapanJPNEastern Asia1.550
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe1.507
24DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe1.504
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand1.487

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Israel3.497
  2. 2Estonia3.076
  3. 3Russia2.819
  4. 4North Korea2.771
  5. 5Malaysia2.741

Lowest

  1. 176Solomon Islands-2.548
  2. 175Timor-Leste-2.531
  3. 174Guinea-Bissau-2.516
  4. 173Liberia-2.402
  5. 172Central African Republic-2.215

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.047. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 18values changed, of 176 in both
  • 17 · 1rose · fell
  • 158unchanged

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 2018.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.978. 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 (2018). Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cyber-security-capacity/2018

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07Questions

Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government cyber security capacity in Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018?

Israel, at 3.497, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018 describe?

2018.

How many countries does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2018?

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, 2018 the newest?

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

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