Dimension 2.2: Online access - Terms of Use Score by country

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Countries reporting
177
Highest
1
Denmark
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.112
Years covered
9
2015–2023
Data points
1,551

What the numbers show

Dimension 2.2: Online access - Terms of Use Score is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 1 in Denmark; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.112, and the mean is 0.3613.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 33 fell. The largest increase was in Hong Kong (up 2,930.3%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Dimension 2.2: Online access - Terms of Use Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Denmark 1 2023 unchanged flat
1 Hong Kong 1 2023 up 2,930.3% volatile
1 Norway 1 2023 up 100.0% rising
1 Philippines 1 2023 up 100.0% rising
1 Poland 1 2023 up 11.4% rising
1 Portugal 1 2023 up 121.2% volatile
1 Singapore 1 2023 up 172.5% rising
8 Moldova 0.967 2023 β€” volatile
8 Mongolia 0.967 2023 β€” volatile
10 Palestine 0.96 2023 β€” volatile
11 Australia 0.952 2023 down 0.6% flat
11 Ireland 0.952 2023 up 19.6% rising
11 Japan 0.952 2023 down 0.3% flat
11 Oman 0.952 2023 up 43.4% rising
11 Uzbekistan 0.952 2023 β€” volatile
16 United Arab Emirates 0.943 2023 up 140.6% rising
17 Germany 0.936 2023 up 2.1% flat
17 Finland 0.936 2023 up 23.2% rising
19 Cyprus 0.933 2023 up 10.5% rising
19 Luxembourg 0.933 2023 up 19.3% rising
19 Netherlands 0.933 2023 up 9.8% flat
19 Slovakia 0.933 2023 up 591.1% rising
23 Liechtenstein 0.919 2023 up 145.7% rising
24 Slovenia 0.917 2023 up 82.3% rising
25 United States 0.9 2023 up 32.9% rising
26 Indonesia 0.895 2023 β€” volatile
27 Latvia 0.888 2023 up 77.6% volatile
28 United Kingdom 0.886 2023 up 11.9% rising
28 Greece 0.886 2023 down 3.4% flat
30 France 0.883 2023 up 133.0% rising
31 New Zealand 0.876 2023 down 10.2% falling
31 Tanzania 0.876 2023 β€” volatile
33 Morocco 0.867 2023 β€” volatile
33 Sweden 0.867 2023 down 0.9% flat
33 Tunisia 0.867 2023 down 5.5% volatile
36 Mexico 0.862 2023 up 72.4% rising
37 Jamaica 0.857 2023 β€” volatile
38 Uruguay 0.85 2023 β€” volatile
39 Georgia 0.84 2023 β€” volatile
40 Estonia 0.838 2023 up 67.6% volatile
40 Italy 0.838 2023 down 10.2% flat
40 South Africa 0.838 2023 up 76.1% rising
43 South Korea 0.836 2023 up 74.5% rising
44 Saint Lucia 0.833 2023 β€” volatile
45 Paraguay 0.826 2023 β€” volatile
46 Rwanda 0.821 2023 down 17.9% falling
46 Ukraine 0.821 2023 up 71.4% volatile
48 Kazakhstan 0.798 2023 β€” volatile
49 Turkey 0.788 2023 β€” rising
50 Jordan 0.774 2023 β€” volatile
51 Botswana 0.771 2023 β€” rising
52 Montenegro 0.757 2023 β€” volatile
53 Bahrain 0.743 2023 β€” volatile
53 Sierra Leone 0.743 2023 β€” volatile
55 Suriname 0.71 2023 up 151.8% volatile
56 Senegal 0.707 2023 up 51.4% rising
57 Ecuador 0.679 2023 β€” rising
57 Malta 0.679 2023 up 6.4% flat
59 Costa Rica 0.631 2023 β€” rising
60 Iraq 0.624 2023 up 778.9% volatile
61 Russia 0.521 2023 β€” rising
62 Saudi Arabia 0.5 2023 up 18.5% volatile
63 Chile 0.495 2023 β€” volatile
64 Guyana 0.49 2023 up 18.9% volatile
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.486 2023 β€” volatile
66 Canada 0.483 2023 down 51.7% falling
66 Czechia 0.483 2023 down 49.4% falling
68 Somalia 0.479 2023 up 404.2% volatile
69 Israel 0.476 2023 up 42.1% rising
69 Serbia 0.476 2023 β€” volatile
71 Romania 0.46 2023 β€” volatile
72 Austria 0.452 2023 up 4.6% rising
72 Spain 0.452 2023 down 9.6% rising
74 Bulgaria 0.436 2023 β€” rising
75 Colombia 0.433 2023 β€” rising
75 Mauritius 0.433 2023 down 13.4% falling
77 Malaysia 0.412 2023 β€” volatile
78 Benin 0.4 2023 β€” volatile
78 Malawi 0.4 2023 down 14.3% falling
80 India 0.336 2023 β€” rising
81 Belgium 0.286 2023 down 60.6% falling
82 Macao 0.281 2023 down 13.8% flat
83 Croatia 0.229 2023 down 54.2% falling
84 Zimbabwe 0.179 2023 β€” volatile
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.171 2023 β€” volatile
86 Argentina 0.148 2023 β€” volatile
87 Mauritania 0.119 2023 β€” volatile
88 Cameroon 0.117 2023 β€” volatile
89 Peru 0.112 2023 β€” volatile
90 Zambia 0.1 2023 up 316.7% volatile
91 Namibia 0.088 2023 β€” volatile
92 Lithuania 0.081 2023 down 83.8% volatile
93 Seychelles 0.071 2023 β€” volatile
94 Kyrgyzstan 0.067 2023 β€” volatile
95 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.064 2023 β€” volatile
95 Gambia 0.064 2023 β€” volatile
97 Burundi 0.057 2023 β€” volatile
98 Burkina Faso 0.048 2023 β€” volatile
98 Gabon 0.048 2023 β€” volatile
98 Lesotho 0.048 2023 β€” volatile
98 North Macedonia 0.048 2023 β€” volatile
102 Brazil 0.04 2023 β€” volatile
102 Mali 0.04 2023 β€” volatile
104 Panama 0.033 2023 β€” volatile
104 South Sudan 0.033 2023 β€” volatile
106 Guinea 0.024 2023 β€” volatile
107 Switzerland 0.017 2023 down 96.4% volatile
107 Mozambique 0.017 2023 β€” volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 0.017 2023 down 90.8% volatile
110 Afghanistan 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Angola 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Albania 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Armenia 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Azerbaijan 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Bangladesh 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Bahamas 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Belarus 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Belize 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Bolivia 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Bhutan 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 China 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Congo 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Cape Verde 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Cuba 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Dominican Republic 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Algeria 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Egypt 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Ethiopia 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Fiji 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Micronesia (country) 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Ghana 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Guinea-Bissau 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Guatemala 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Honduras 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Haiti 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Hungary 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Iran 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Iceland 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Kenya 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Cambodia 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Kiribati 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Kuwait 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Laos 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Lebanon 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Liberia 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Libya 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Sri Lanka 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Madagascar 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Maldives 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Marshall Islands 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Myanmar 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Niger 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Nigeria 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Nicaragua 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Nepal 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Pakistan 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Papua New Guinea 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Qatar 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Sudan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Solomon Islands 0 2023 β€” flat
110 El Salvador 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Eswatini 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Syria 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Chad 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Togo 0 2023 β€” volatile
110 Thailand 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Tajikistan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Turkmenistan 0 2023 β€” flat
110 East Timor 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Uganda 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Venezuela 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Vietnam 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Vanuatu 0 2023 β€” flat
110 Samoa 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
110 Yemen 0 2023 β€” volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Dimension 2.2: Online access - Terms of Use Score
Source
Open Data Watch
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
179 places, 1,551 data points, 2015–2023
Last refreshed

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