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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023

2023, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023 covers 176 countries. Czechia is highest, at 3.206; Venezuela is lowest, at -3.189. The middle country reads -0.101. Against 2022, 91 values changed (36 up, 55 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic) · Data for 2023

HighestCzechia

3.206

LowestVenezuela

-3.189

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), 2023, 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), 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1CzechiaCZEEastern Europe3.206
2LatviaLVANorthern Europe2.930
3DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.743
4LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.630
5NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.558
6SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe2.534
7SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.531
8GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.366
9SeychellesSYCEastern Africa2.319
10BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.316
11EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.223
12New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.097
13UruguayURYSouth America2.093
14JamaicaJAMCaribbean2.092
15PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.068
16IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.053
17São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa2.038
18FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.030
19AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.020
20NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe1.941
21Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia1.896
22MoldovaMDAEastern Europe1.823
=23BrazilBRASouth America1.645
=23ItalyITASouthern Europe1.645
25SpainESPSouthern Europe1.610

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Czechia3.206
  2. 2Latvia2.930
  3. 3Denmark2.743
  4. 4Lithuania2.630
  5. 5Norway2.558

Lowest

  1. 176Venezuela-3.189
  2. 175Russia-3.166
  3. 174Eritrea-3.043
  4. 173Azerbaijan-3.033
  5. 172Nicaragua-2.786

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads -0.101. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 91values changed, of 176 in both
  • 36 · 55rose · fell
  • 85unchanged

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 2023.

  • 174 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.645. 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 (2023). Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/government-disinformation/2023

0626 held

Other years

07Questions

Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest government disinformation in Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023?

Czechia, at 3.206, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Dissemination of False Information (Domestic), 2023?

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), 2023 the newest?

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

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