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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021

2021, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021 covers 176 countries. Latvia is highest, at 2.930; Venezuela is lowest, at -3.640. The middle country reads -0.245. Against 2020, 94 values changed (36 up, 58 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic) · Data for 2021

HighestLatvia

2.930

LowestVenezuela

-3.640

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), 2021, 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), 2021: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.930
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.773
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.743
4NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.558
5SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.534
6SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.531
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.366
8EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.223
9CanadaCANNorthern America2.156
10New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.097
11JamaicaJAMCaribbean2.092
12IcelandISLNorthern Europe2.091
13Costa RicaCRICentral America2.083
14IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.053
15PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.040
16São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa2.038
17South KoreaKOREastern Asia2.020
18LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe1.981
19UruguayURYSouth America1.947
20NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.943
21BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.927
22SeychellesSYCEastern Africa1.909
23RomaniaROUEastern Europe1.881
24MoldovaMDAEastern Europe1.823
25SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe1.720

02In 2021

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Latvia2.930
  2. 2Finland2.773
  3. 3Denmark2.743
  4. 4Norway2.558
  5. 5Switzerland2.534

Lowest

  1. 176Venezuela-3.640
  2. 175Turkmenistan-3.305
  3. 174Azerbaijan-3.265
  4. 173Cuba-2.960
  5. 172Syria-2.927

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.245. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032020 → 2021

Since 2020

What changed between 2020 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 94values changed, of 176 in both
  • 36 · 58rose · fell
  • 82unchanged

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 2021.

  • 175 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share -0.456. 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 (2021). Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021 [data set], describing 2021. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-disinformation/2021

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government disinformation in Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021?

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

What year does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021 describe?

2021.

How many countries does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2021?

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), 2021 the newest?

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

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