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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020

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

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020 covers 176 countries. Latvia is highest, at 2.930; Venezuela is lowest, at -3.262. The middle country reads -0.150. Against 2019, 123 values changed (55 up, 68 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic) · Data for 2020

HighestLatvia

2.930

LowestVenezuela

-3.262

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), 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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.930
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.773
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.743
4LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.714
5Costa RicaCRICentral America2.681
6NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.558
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.531
8BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.485
9GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.366
10SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.365
11PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.227
12CanadaCANNorthern America2.156
13South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.116
14ArgentinaARGSouth America2.104
15New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.097
16JamaicaJAMCaribbean2.092
17IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.091
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.053
19São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa2.038
20UruguayURYSouth America1.947
21NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.943
22SeychellesSYCEastern Africa1.909
23SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.897
24RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.881
25SpainESPSouthern Europe1.717

02In 2020

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Latvia2.930
  2. 2Finland2.773
  3. 3Denmark2.743
  4. 4Lithuania2.714
  5. 5Costa Rica2.681

Lowest

  1. 176Venezuela-3.262
  2. 175North Korea-3.220
  3. 174Syria-3.158
  4. 173Cuba-2.960
  5. 172South Sudan-2.565

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.150. “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
  • 123values changed, of 176 in both
  • 55 · 68rose · fell
  • 53unchanged

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.

  • 175 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.556. 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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020 [data set], describing 2020. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-disinformation/2020

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government disinformation in Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020?

Latvia, at 2.930, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020 describe?

2020.

How many countries does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 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 Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2020 the newest?

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

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