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.