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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003

2003, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003 covers 175 countries. Belgium is highest, at 2.957; Eritrea is lowest, at -2.816. The middle country reads 0.557. Against 2002, 12 values changed (3 up, 9 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic) · Data for 2003

HighestBelgium

2.957

LowestEritrea

-2.816

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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003, 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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.957
2GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.909
3EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.844
4FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.773
5DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.743
6LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.714
7SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe2.697
8Costa RicaCRICentral America2.681
9IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.564
10NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.551
11SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.537
12PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.446
13CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.433
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.420
15PolandPOLEastern Europe2.307
16UruguayURYSouth America2.285
17BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.273
18ChileCHLSouth America2.248
19Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia2.235
20LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.226
21United StatesUSANorthern America2.153
22New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.097
23ArgentinaARGSouth America2.062
24São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa2.038
25GhanaGHAWestern Africa1.948

02In 2003

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Belgium2.957
  2. 2Germany2.909
  3. 3Estonia2.844
  4. 4Finland2.773
  5. 5Denmark2.743

Lowest

  1. 175Eritrea-2.816
  2. 174Cuba-2.726
  3. 173Azerbaijan-2.380
  4. 172North Korea-1.831
  5. 171Libya-1.656

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.557. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032002 → 2003

Since 2002

What changed between 2002 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 12values changed, of 175 in both
  • 3 · 9rose · fell
  • 163unchanged

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 2003.

  • 172 distinct values among 175

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.849. 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 (2003). Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003 [data set], describing 2003. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-disinformation/2003

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government disinformation in Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003?

Belgium, at 2.957, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003 describe?

2003.

How many countries does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003 cover?

175.

Where can I download Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003?

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

Is Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2003 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2025.

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