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Those Facebook government requests, in full

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As reported in the media, Facebook has published data on the number of requests it has had for user information by government agencies around the world.

The full list is online at Facebook, but it’s on a page that you need to be logged in to view. So, for the benefit of people without a Facebook account, here’s the list in full:

Data Requests

Country

Total Requests

Users / Accounts requested

Percentage of requests where some data produced

Albania 6 12

83 %

Argentina 152 218

27 %

Australia 546 601

64 %

Austria 35 41

17 %

Bangladesh 1 12

0 %

Barbados 3 3

0 %

Belgium 150 169

70 %

Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 11

25 %

Botswana 3 7

0 %

Brazil 715 857

33 %

Bulgaria 1 1

0 %

Cambodia 1 1

0 %

Canada 192 219

44 %

Chile 215 340

68 %

Colombia 27 41

15 %

Costa Rica 4 6

0 %

Croatia 2 2

0 %

Cyprus 3 4

33 %

Czech Republic 10 13

60 %

Denmark 11 11

55 %

Ecuador 2 3

0 %

Egypt 8 11

0 %

El Salvador 2 2

0 %

Finland 12 15

75 %

France 1,547 1,598

39 %

Germany 1,886 2,068

37 %

Greece 122 141

54 %

Hong Kong 1 1

100 %

Hungary 25 24

36 %

Iceland 1 1

100 %

India 3,245 4,144

50 %

Ireland 34 40

71 %

Israel 113 132

50 %

Italy 1,705 2,306

53 %

Ivory Coast 4 4

0 %

Japan 1 1

0 %

Kosovo 2 11

0 %

Lithuania 6 7

17 %

Macedonia 9 11

33 %

Malaysia 7 197

0 %

Malta 89 97

60 %

Mexico 78 127

37 %

Mongolia 2 2

0 %

Montenegro 2 2

0 %

Nepal 3 3

33 %

Netherlands 11 15

36 %

New Zealand 106 119

58 %

Norway 16 16

31 %

Pakistan 35 47

77 %

Panama 2 2

0 %

Peru 13 14

15 %

Philippines 4 4

25 %

Poland 233 158

9 %

Portugal 177 213

42 %

Qatar 3 3

0 %

Romania 16 36

63 %

Russia 1 1

0 %

Serbia 1 1

0 %

Singapore 107 117

70 %

Slovenia 6 8

50 %

South Africa 14 9

0 %

South Korea 7 15

14 %

Spain 479 715

51 %

Sweden 54 66

54 %

Switzerland 32 36

13 %

Taiwan 229 329

84 %

Thailand 2 5

0 %

Turkey 96 170

47 %

Uganda 1 1

0 %

United Kingdom 1,975 2,337

68 %

United States 11,000 – 12,000 20,000 – 21,000

79 %

This is pretty much how it appears on the Facebook page, except that their table is prettier.