Data for 2024
Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024
2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten
Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024 covers 176 countries. Israel is highest, at 3.497; Haiti is lowest, at -3.167. The middle country reads 0.111. Against 2023, 68 values changed (32 up, 36 down), the same countries are covered.
Government Cyber Security Capacity · Data for 2024
HighestIsrael
3.497
LowestHaiti
-3.167Shaded 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, 2024, 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
| derived | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IsraelISRWestern Asia | 3.497 |
| 2 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 3.226 |
| 3 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 3.076 |
| 4 |  North KoreaPRKEastern Asia | 2.771 |
| 5 |  SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia | 2.689 |
| 6 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 2.555 |
| 7 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 2.351 |
| 8 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 2.231 |
| 9 |  EthiopiaETHEastern Africa | 2.223 |
| 10 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 2.163 |
| 11 |  KuwaitKWTWestern Asia | 2.097 |
| 12 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 2.033 |
| 13 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 2.022 |
| 14 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 2.006 |
| 15 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 1.960 |
| 16 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 1.937 |
| 17 |  United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia | 1.897 |
| 18 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 1.895 |
| 19 |  QatarQATWestern Asia | 1.894 |
| 20 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 1.764 |
| 21 |  Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 1.760 |
| 22 |  TaiwanTWNEastern Asia | 1.742 |
| 23 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 1.710 |
| 24 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 1.633 |
| 25 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 1.629 |
| 26 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 1.604 |
| 27 |  PortugalPRTSouthern Europe | 1.571 |
| 28 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 1.554 |
| 29 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 1.538 |
| 30 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 1.533 |
| 31 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 1.516 |
| 32 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 1.508 |
| 33 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 1.483 |
| 34 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 1.457 |
| 35 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 1.422 |
| 36 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 1.277 |
| 37 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 1.200 |
| 38 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 1.178 |
| 39 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 1.173 |
| 40 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 1.158 |
| 41 |  KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 1.097 |
| 42 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 1.092 |
| 43 |  AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 1.081 |
| 44 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe | 1.068 |
| 45 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 0.994 |
| 46 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 0.965 |
| 47 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 0.925 |
| 48 |  SyriaSYRWestern Asia | 0.913 |
| 49 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 0.887 |
| 50 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 0.871 |
| 51 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 0.858 |
| 52 |  UruguayURYSouth America | 0.848 |
| 53 |  PakistanPAKSouthern Asia | 0.843 |
| 54 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 0.833 |
| 55 |  Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 0.816 |
| 56 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 0.801 |
| 57 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 0.797 |
| 58 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.730 |
| 59 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 0.718 |
| 60 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 0.711 |
| 61 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.685 |
| 62 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 0.675 |
| 63 |  SeychellesSYCEastern Africa | 0.639 |
| 64 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.619 |
| 65 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 0.601 |
| 66 |  TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa | 0.556 |
| 67 |  BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia | 0.555 |
| 68 |  AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 0.547 |
| 69 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 0.525 |
| 70 |  BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 0.514 |
| 71 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 0.506 |
| 72 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.498 |
| 73 |  VenezuelaVENSouth America | 0.472 |
| 74 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 0.441 |
| =75 |  New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 0.435 |
| =75 |  TogoTGOWestern Africa | 0.435 |
| 77 |  ZambiaZMBEastern Africa | 0.391 |
| 78 |  GabonGABMiddle Africa | 0.383 |
| 79 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 0.317 |
| 80 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 0.247 |
| 81 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 0.245 |
| 82 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.231 |
| 83 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 0.205 |
| 84 |  OmanOMNWestern Asia | 0.201 |
| 85 |  EcuadorECUSouth America | 0.190 |
| 86 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 0.189 |
| 87 |  PanamaPANCentral America | 0.145 |
| 88 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 0.127 |
| 89 |  ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa | 0.095 |
| 90 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 0.057 |
| 91 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 0.031 |
| 92 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 0.014 |
| 93 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 0.013 |
| 94 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | -0.021 |
| 95 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | -0.040 |
| 96 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | -0.058 |
| 97 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | -0.101 |
| 98 |  JamaicaJAMCaribbean | -0.104 |
| 99 |  UgandaUGAEastern Africa | -0.107 |
| 100 |  NigeriaNGAWestern Africa | -0.116 |
| 101 |  Costa RicaCRICentral America | -0.130 |
| 102 |  VanuatuVUTMelanesia | -0.141 |
| 103 |  FijiFJIMelanesia | -0.156 |
| 104 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | -0.164 |
| 105 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | -0.182 |
| 106 |  EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa | -0.196 |
| 107 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | -0.254 |
| 108 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | -0.294 |
| 109 |  AngolaAGOMiddle Africa | -0.295 |
| 110 |  BarbadosBRBCaribbean | -0.322 |
| 111 |  Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa | -0.340 |
| 112 |  DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa | -0.373 |
| 113 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | -0.382 |
| 114 |  MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia | -0.386 |
| 115 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | -0.429 |
| 116 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | -0.433 |
| 117 |  EritreaERIEastern Africa | -0.457 |
| 118 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | -0.469 |
| 119 |  ChadTCDMiddle Africa | -0.494 |
| 120 |  SudanSDNNorthern Africa | -0.516 |
| 121 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | -0.524 |
| 122 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | -0.558 |
| 123 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | -0.566 |
| 124 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | -0.607 |
| 125 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | -0.617 |
| 126 |  IraqIRQWestern Asia | -0.619 |
| 127 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | -0.629 |
| 128 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | -0.635 |
| 129 |  Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | -0.646 |
| 130 |  BoliviaBOLSouth America | -0.649 |
| 131 |  BhutanBTNSouthern Asia | -0.656 |
| 132 |  SurinameSURSouth America | -0.676 |
| 133 |  LesothoLSOSouthern Africa | -0.696 |
| 134 |  NepalNPLSouthern Asia | -0.718 |
| 135 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | -0.738 |
| 136 |  São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa | -0.739 |
| 137 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | -0.741 |
| 138 |  YemenYEMWestern Asia | -0.762 |
| 139 | SomalilandXSLEastern Africa | -0.771 |
| 140 |  GuineaGINWestern Africa | -0.777 |
| 141 |  GambiaGMBWestern Africa | -0.778 |
| 142 |  TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia | -0.787 |
| 143 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | -0.850 |
| 144 |  NicaraguaNICCentral America | -0.861 |
| 145 |  North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe | -0.877 |
| 146 |  SomaliaSOMEastern Africa | -0.910 |
| 147 |  MalawiMWIEastern Africa | -0.913 |
| 148 |  PeruPERSouth America | -0.919 |
| 149 |  Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa | -0.940 |
| 150 |  MontenegroMNESouthern Europe | -1.096 |
| 151 |  Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa | -1.153 |
| 152 |  Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa | -1.181 |
| 153 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | -1.193 |
| 154 |  ParaguayPRYSouth America | -1.207 |
| =155 |  MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia | -1.219 |
| =155 |  Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean | -1.219 |
| 157 |  GuatemalaGTMCentral America | -1.230 |
| 158 |  Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa | -1.238 |
| 159 |  ComorosCOMEastern Africa | -1.261 |
| 160 |  CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia | -1.272 |
| 161 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | -1.280 |
| 162 |  South SudanSSDEastern Africa | -1.436 |
| 163 |  AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe | -1.477 |
| 164 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | -1.523 |
| 165 |  Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia | -1.529 |
| 166 |  AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia | -1.559 |
| 167 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | -1.590 |
| 168 |  GuyanaGUYSouth America | -1.600 |
| 169 |  MaliMLIWestern Africa | -1.602 |
| 170 |  KosovoXKXSouthern Europe | -1.700 |
| 171 |  Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia | -1.779 |
| 172 |  Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia | -1.869 |
| 173 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | -1.882 |
| 174 |  LibyaLBYNorthern Africa | -2.065 |
| 175 |  LiberiaLBRWestern Africa | -2.660 |
| 176 | HaitiHTICaribbean | -3.167 |
02In 2024
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline.
Highest
- 1Israel3.497
- 2China3.226
- 3Estonia3.076
- 4North Korea2.771
- 5Singapore2.689
Lowest
- 176Haiti-3.167
- 175Liberia-2.660
- 174Libya-2.065
- 173El Salvador-1.882
- 172Solomon Islands-1.869
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.111. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
032023 → 2024
Since 2023
What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +0 / −0countries joined / left
- 68values changed, of 176 in both
- 32 · 36rose · fell
- 108unchanged
Rose most
- Iceland0.185 → 1.538+1.353
- Solomon Islands-3.044 → -1.869+1.175
- DR Congo-1.790 → -0.741+1.049
- Nigeria-1.085 → -0.116+0.969
- Mali-2.525 → -1.602+0.923
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.
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 2024.
174 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.435. 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
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The publisher’s original
V-Dem Institute’s own file, on its own site.
V-Dem-CY-FullOthers-v16_csv.zip
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.
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Cite this edition
V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2024). Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/cyber-security-capacity/2024
0626 held
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07Questions
Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024: questions and answers
Which country has the highest government cyber security capacity in Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024?
Israel, at 3.497, of the 176 countries in the file.
What year does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024 describe?
2024.
How many countries does Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024 cover?
176.
Where can I download Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2024?
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, 2024 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Government Cyber Security Capacity, 2025.