Transparency is a cornerstone of the Wikimedia movement — as such, we care a lot about what data we release and how we release it. In line with our Data Publication Guidelines, our goal is to provide accurate information about our projects without exacerbating the privacy and other safety risks that our communities may face for contributing to our projects.
The Country and Territory Protection List Policy aims to enhance the Wikimedia Foundation's ability to publish information and protect contributors' personal information, while preserving everyone's ability to contribute safely to our projects online, consistent with the Foundation's commitment to upholding Wikimedians' rights to privacy as laid out in its Human Rights Policy. Publishing exact values of high-level, seemingly anonymous statistics exposes contributors to or risks. To that end, this update of the Country and Territory Protection List Policy takes into account the ability of to statistically mask individual contributors and contributions. This update will allow for more flexibility and nuance without compromising the safety of our communities, and will thus allow us to release more data and better meet communities' needs.
Process
The Wikimedia Foundation relies on the judgments of respected international human rights NGOs to assess potential risk to Wikimedia users. Every year, Reporters Without Borders produces an annual score for hundreds of countries and territories (based on a review of political, economic, legislative, social, and security factors) that signifies journalistic safety in each place. Similarly, Freedom House produces an annual internet freedom score for nearly 80 countries and territories (based on a questionnaire that evaluates obstacles to access, limits on content, and violations of user rights).
These signals are highly-credible and dynamic, with updates every year provided by panels of subject matter experts. Relying on this independent data allows our own models to iterate and provides every person with access to sensitive data with a built-in set of guidelines around risk minimization. They also give the Wikimedia Foundation a sense of the relative risk of government or other parties' actions against Wikimedia community members for their on-platform behaviors (e.g. editing and reading). Where possible, we average the two scores together and subtract them from 100 to get a composite risk score, where 0 is the least likely and 100 is the most likely to take action against community members for on-platform behavior.
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Based on the composite score, we then sort each country or territory into one of four categories:
- 0 to 60 — lower risk: These countries and territories are at lower risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them as long as it is in line with the minimum thresholds set out in the Data Publication Guidelines.
- 60 to 67.5 — medium risk: These countries and territories are at medium risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them only using differential privacy such that any consumer of the data will be (in the worst case) at most 5% more certain about a data subject's presence or absence in the dataset.[2]
- 67.5 to 75 — higher risk: These countries and territories are at higher risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. The Wikimedia Foundation can publish aggregated data about them only using differential privacy such that any consumer of the data will be (in the worst case) at most 2.5% more certain about a data subject's presence or absence in the dataset.[3]
75 to 100 — not published: These countries and territories are at the highest risk of action being taken against Wikimedia community members for on-platform activities. For reasons of user and editor safety, the Wikimedia Foundation does not publish aggregated data about them.
Some countries and territories are not included in the Country and Territory Protection List because they do not have sufficient associated scores from our data sources; in these cases, privacy and human rights experts may decide their risk category.
Country and territory protection list designations
In 2024, the country and territory protection list is as follows:
Medium risk
There are twenty countries and territories deemed medium risk of action being taken against community members for on-platform activities: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Honduras, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Laos, Nicaragua, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Sudan, Tajikistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Yemen.
Higher risk
There are eight countries and territories deemed higher risk of action being taken against community members for on-platform activities: Bahrain, Belarus, Egypt, Eritrea, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, and Turkmenistan.
Not published
There are eight countries and territories deemed highest risk of action being taken against community members for on-platform activities, and that are, as a result, too risky to publish data about: China, Cuba, Iran, Macau, Myanmar, North Korea, Syria, and Vietnam.
Full country and territory list
Country and territory protection list (full list)
|
Country |
Score |
Protected? (Yes/No) |
Risk Designation
|
Афганистан |
60.25 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Албания |
42.14 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Алжир |
54.26 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Андорра |
24.95 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Ангола |
46.35 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Ангилья (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Антигуа и Барбуда (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Аргентина |
26.82 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Армения |
28.70 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Австралия |
22.88 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Австрия |
22.70 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Азербайджан |
61.54 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Бахрейн |
70.71 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Бангладеш |
61.85 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Белоруссия |
68.92 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Бельгия |
23.53 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Белиз |
29.51 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Бенин |
47.56 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Бутан |
40.75 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Боливия |
48.91 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Босния и Герцеговина |
34.57 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Ботсвана |
35.39 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Бразилия |
38.67 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Британские Виргинские острова (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Бруней-Даруссалам |
55.80 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Болгария |
37.02 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Буркина-Фасо |
32.36 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Бурунди |
47.86 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Кабо-Верде |
24.28 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Камбоджа |
56.99 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Камерун |
54.42 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Канада |
14.24 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Центральноафриканская Республика |
42.44 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Чад |
46.27 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Чили |
39.91 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Китай |
84.02 |
Да |
Not published
|
Колумбия |
44.89 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Коморы |
37.75 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Республика Конго |
39.58 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Коста-Рика |
17.40 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Кот-д’Ивуар |
31.17 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Хорватия |
28.05 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Куба |
75.50 |
Да |
Not published
|
Кипр |
31.38 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Чехия |
16.42 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Дания |
10.52 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Джибути |
64.13 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Доминика (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Доминиканская Республика |
28.12 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Демократическая Республика Конго |
51.45 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Восточный Тимор |
15.51 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Эквадор |
37.75 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Египет |
69.32 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Сальвадор |
48.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Экваториальная Гвинея |
49.65 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Эритрея |
72.14 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Эстония |
10.85 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Эсватини |
47.34 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Эфиопия |
63.15 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Фиджи |
40.73 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Финляндия |
12.06 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Франция |
22.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Габон |
41.88 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гамбия |
36.47 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Грузия |
31.16 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Германия |
20.55 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гана |
34.54 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Греция |
44.80 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гренада (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гваделупа (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гватемала |
51.88 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гвинея |
40.49 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гвинея-Бисау |
38.43 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гайана |
32.50 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гаити |
42.62 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Гондурас |
67.35 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Гонконг |
55.14 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Венгрия |
34.02 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Исландия |
11.41 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Индия |
56.69 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Индонезия |
49.09 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Иран |
82.10 |
Да |
Not published
|
Ирак |
62.03 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Ирландия |
10.09 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Израиль |
42.43 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Италия |
26.48 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Ямайка |
24.11 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Япония |
29.53 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Иордания |
55.11 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Казахстан |
60.07 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Кения |
41.43 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Республика Косово |
31.62 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Кувейт |
61.16 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Кыргызстан |
49.05 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Лаос |
63.34 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Латвия |
16.73 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Ливан |
49.77 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Лесото |
35.71 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Либерия |
35.66 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Ливия |
58.89 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Лихтенштейн |
15.53 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Литва |
13.21 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Люксембург |
18.02 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Макао |
n/a |
Да |
Not published
|
Мадагаскар |
43.34 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Малави |
39.83 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Малайзия |
38.09 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мальдивы |
43.07 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мали |
47.71 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мальта |
40.24 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мартиника (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мавритания |
40.55 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Маврикий |
34.44 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мексика |
45.01 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Молдавия |
22.38 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Монголия |
40.67 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Черногория |
25.72 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Монтсеррат (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Марокко |
51.66 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мозамбик |
43.87 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Мьянма |
80.87 |
Да |
Not published
|
Намибия |
19.09 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Непал |
42.11 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Нидерланды |
13.00 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Новая Зеландия |
15.77 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Никарагуа |
60.46 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Нигер |
33.16 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Нигерия |
45.22 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
КНДР |
78.28 |
Да |
Not published
|
Северная Македония |
25.65 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Норвегия |
4.82 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Оман |
62.13 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Пакистан |
67.03 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Государство Палестина |
62.14 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Панама |
36.33 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Папуа — Новая Гвинея |
32.38 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Парагвай |
44.04 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Перу |
47.26 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Филиппины |
46.40 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Польша |
32.34 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Португалия |
15.40 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Катар |
44.72 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Румыния |
30.96 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Россия |
72.12 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Руанда |
58.21 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сент-Китс и Невис (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сент-Люсия (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сент-Винсент и Гренадины (OECS) |
41.64 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Самоа |
17.85 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Саудовская Аравия |
71.29 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Сенегал |
44.18 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сербия |
34.92 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сейшельские Острова |
24.29 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сьерра-Леоне |
37.45 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сингапур |
49.06 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Словакия |
16.78 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Словения |
29.41 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сомали |
55.76 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
ЮАР |
24.20 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Республика Корея |
31.09 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Южный Судан |
49.38 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Испания |
24.63 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Шри-Ланка |
51.08 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Судан |
64.59 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Суринам |
29.38 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Швеция |
11.85 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Швейцария |
15.60 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Сирия |
77.89 |
Да |
Not published
|
Тайвань |
23.23 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Таджикистан |
60.94 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Танзания |
55.98 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Таиланд |
52.88 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Того |
36.94 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Тонга |
28.71 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Тринидад и Тобаго |
23.46 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Тунис |
45.45 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Турция |
68.02 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Туркменистан |
74.18 |
Да |
Higher risk
|
Уганда |
51.46 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Украина |
39.91 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Объединённые Арабские Эмираты |
63.51 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Великобритания |
21.25 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
США |
26.39 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Уругвай |
29.67 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Узбекистан |
64.64 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Венесуэла |
67.01 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Вьетнам |
76.71 |
Да |
Not published
|
Западная Сахара |
51.66 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Йемен |
67.22 |
Да |
Medium risk
|
Замбия |
40.80 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
Зимбабве |
50.42 |
Нет |
Lower risk
|
|
Примечания
- ↑ Where there are not two scores, we fall back to using the single score we have from one of the NGOs.
- ↑ This corresponds to a privacy loss (epsilon value) ≤ 0.2 for a data release.
- ↑ This corresponds to a privacy loss (epsilon value) ≤ 0.1 for a data release.