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Data for 2023

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023

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

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023 covers 176 countries. Spain is highest, at 2.081; North Korea is lowest, at -3.900. The middle country reads 1.031. Against 2022, 52 values changed (25 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Government Internet Shutdowns · Data for 2023

HighestSpain

2.081

LowestNorth Korea

-3.900

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 Internet Shutdowns, 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 Internet Shutdowns, 2023: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SpainESPSouthern Europe2.081
2PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.038
3BarbadosBRBCaribbean2.004
4KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia1.985
5South KoreaKOREastern Asia1.979
6CyprusCYPWestern Asia1.962
7ZambiaZMBEastern Africa1.954
8GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia1.948
9Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean1.920
10ChileCHLSouth America1.912
11El SalvadorSLVCentral America1.908
12SwedenSWENorthern Europe1.906
13JapanJPNEastern Asia1.904
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe1.902
15New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand1.901
16GermanyDEUWestern Europe1.900
17MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa1.899
18ArgentinaARGSouth America1.889
19VanuatuVUTMelanesia1.887
20HungaryHUNEastern Europe1.881
21EstoniaESTNorthern Europe1.880
22Costa RicaCRICentral America1.879
23AustriaAUTWestern Europe1.877
=24GreeceGRCSouthern Europe1.875
=24PolandPOLEastern Europe1.875

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Spain2.081
  2. 2Portugal2.038
  3. 3Barbados2.004
  4. 4Kyrgyzstan1.985
  5. 5South Korea1.979

Lowest

  1. 176North Korea-3.900
  2. 175Sudan-2.963
  3. 174South Sudan-2.742
  4. 173Myanmar-2.558
  5. 172Eritrea-2.498

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.031. “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
  • 52values changed, of 176 in both
  • 25 · 27rose · fell
  • 124unchanged

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.

  • 173 distinct values among 176

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 1.875. 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 Internet Shutdowns, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/internet-shutdowns/2023

0626 held

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07Questions

Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest internet shutdowns in Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023?

Spain, at 2.081, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does Government Internet Shutdowns, 2023 cover?

176.

Where can I download Government Internet Shutdowns, 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 Internet Shutdowns, 2023 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Government Internet Shutdowns, 2025.

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