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

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Countries reporting
146
Highest
1
Denmark
Lowest
0
Yemen
Median
0.444
Years covered
9
2015–2023
Data points
1,560

What the numbers show

Dimension 2.2: Online access - Terms of Use Score is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 1 in Denmark; the lowest is 0 in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.444, and the mean is 0.4398.

Over the past decade 38 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 — volatile
8 Mongolia 0.967 2023 — volatile
10 Palestine 0.96 2023 — 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 — 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 — 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 — volatile
33 Morocco 0.867 2023 — 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 — volatile
38 Uruguay 0.85 2023 — volatile
39 Georgia 0.84 2023 — 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 — volatile
45 Paraguay 0.826 2023 — volatile
46 Rwanda 0.821 2023 down 17.9% falling
46 Ukraine 0.821 2023 up 71.4% volatile
48 Kazakhstan 0.798 2023 — volatile
49 Turkey 0.788 2023 — rising
50 Jordan 0.774 2023 — volatile
51 Botswana 0.771 2023 — rising
52 Montenegro 0.757 2023 — volatile
53 Bahrain 0.743 2023 — volatile
53 Sierra Leone 0.743 2023 — volatile
55 Suriname 0.71 2023 up 151.8% volatile
56 Senegal 0.707 2023 up 51.4% rising
57 Ecuador 0.679 2023 — rising
57 Malta 0.679 2023 up 6.4% flat
59 Costa Rica 0.631 2023 — rising
60 Iraq 0.624 2023 up 778.9% volatile
61 Russia 0.521 2023 — rising
62 Saudi Arabia 0.5 2023 up 18.5% volatile
63 Chile 0.495 2023 — volatile
64 Guyana 0.49 2023 up 18.9% volatile
65 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.486 2023 — 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 — volatile
71 Romania 0.46 2023 — volatile
72 Austria 0.452 2023 up 4.6% rising
72 Spain 0.452 2023 down 9.6% rising
74 Bulgaria 0.436 2023 — rising
75 Colombia 0.433 2023 — rising
75 Mauritius 0.433 2023 down 13.4% falling
77 Malaysia 0.412 2023 — volatile
78 Benin 0.4 2023 — volatile
78 Malawi 0.4 2023 down 14.3% falling
80 India 0.336 2023 — 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 — volatile
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.171 2023 — volatile
86 Argentina 0.148 2023 — volatile
87 Kosovo 0.133 2023 up 0.8% falling
87 Kosovo (UNSCR 1244) 0.133 2023 up 0.8% falling
89 Mauritania 0.119 2023 — volatile
90 Cameroon 0.117 2023 — volatile
91 Peru 0.112 2023 — volatile
92 Zambia 0.1 2023 up 316.7% volatile
93 Namibia 0.088 2023 — volatile
94 Lithuania 0.081 2023 down 83.8% volatile
95 Seychelles 0.071 2023 — volatile
96 Kyrgyzstan 0.067 2023 — volatile
97 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.064 2023 — volatile
97 Gambia 0.064 2023 — volatile
99 Burundi 0.057 2023 — volatile
100 Burkina Faso 0.048 2023 — volatile
100 Gabon 0.048 2023 — volatile
100 Lesotho 0.048 2023 — volatile
100 North Macedonia 0.048 2023 — volatile
104 Brazil 0.04 2023 — volatile
104 Mali 0.04 2023 — volatile
106 Panama 0.033 2023 — volatile
106 South Sudan 0.033 2023 — volatile
108 Guinea 0.024 2023 — volatile
109 Switzerland 0.017 2023 down 96.4% volatile
109 Mozambique 0.017 2023 — volatile
109 Trinidad and Tobago 0.017 2023 down 90.8% volatile
112 Albania 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Bangladesh 0 2023 — volatile
112 Bahamas 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Bhutan 0 2023 — volatile
112 China 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Cuba 0 2023 — volatile
112 Djibouti 0 2023 — volatile
112 Dominican Republic 0 2023 — volatile
112 Algeria 0 2023 — volatile
112 Egypt 0 2023 — volatile
112 Fiji 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Guinea-Bissau 0 2023 — volatile
112 Hungary 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Kenya 0 2023 — volatile
112 Laos 0 2023 — volatile
112 Lebanon 0 2023 — volatile
112 Madagascar 0 2023 — volatile
112 Maldives 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Myanmar 0 2023 — volatile
112 Niger 0 2023 — volatile
112 Nigeria 0 2023 — volatile
112 Nicaragua 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Papua New Guinea 0 2023 — volatile
112 Qatar 0 2023 — volatile
112 Sudan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 El Salvador 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2023 — volatile
112 Eswatini 0 2023 — volatile
112 Togo 0 2023 — volatile
112 Thailand 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Tajikistan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Uganda 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Samoa 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Yemen 0 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Dimension 2.2: Online access - Terms of Use Score
Source
Open Data Watch
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
180 places, 1,560 data points, 2015–2023
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