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Freedom of expression and belief (D)
Freedom House
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193 countries · 2013–2024
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2024
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1
Taiwan
16
2
Denmark
16
3
Ireland
16
4
Estonia
16
5
Netherlands
16
6
Chile
16
7
Trinidad and Tobago
16
8
Marshall Islands
16
9
Palau
16
10
New Zealand
16
11
Barbados
16
12
Belize
16
13
Monaco
16
14
Finland
16
15
Norway
16
16
Portugal
16
17
Cabo Verde
16
18
Luxembourg
16
19
Costa Rica
16
20
Kiribati
16
21
Tuvalu
16
22
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
16
23
Liechtenstein
16
24
Sweden
16
25
Slovak Republic
15
26
Jamaica
15
27
Japan
15
28
Iceland
15
29
Bahamas, The
15
30
Grenada
15
31
Argentina
15
32
Dominica
15
33
San Marino
15
34
St. Lucia
15
35
Cyprus
15
36
Sao Tome and Principe
15
37
Belgium
15
38
Lithuania
15
39
Uruguay
15
40
Suriname
15
41
Australia
15
42
Vanuatu
15
43
Guyana
15
44
Peru
15
45
Antigua and Barbuda
15
46
Panama
15
47
Switzerland
15
48
Slovenia
15
49
Canada
15
50
South Africa
15
51
Italy
15
52
Samoa
14
53
Brazil
14
54
Latvia
14
55
Dominican Republic
14
56
Timor-Leste
14
57
Austria
14
58
Fiji
14
59
Andorra
14
60
Malta
14
61
Mauritius
14
62
United Kingdom
14
63
Papua New Guinea
14
64
Mongolia
14
65
Spain
14
66
Benin
14
67
Germany
14
68
Solomon Islands
14
69
Seychelles
14
70
Namibia
14
71
Korea, Rep.
14
72
Ghana
14
73
Tonga
14
74
Bolivia
14
75
France
14
76
Romania
13
77
Bulgaria
13
78
Senegal
13
79
Colombia
13
80
Greece
13
81
Poland
13
82
Albania
13
83
Malawi
13
84
Croatia
13
85
Naoero
13
86
Lesotho
12
87
Ecuador
12
88
Mexico
12
89
Paraguay
12
90
Botswana
12
91
Sierra Leone
12
92
Montenegro
12
93
Israel
12
94
Moldova
12
95
North Macedonia
12
96
Liberia
11
97
Serbia
11
98
Philippines
11
99
Madagascar
11
100
Tunisia
11
101
El Salvador
11
102
Cote d'Ivoire
10
103
Kenya
10
104
Hungary
10
105
Lebanon
10
106
Kyrgyz Republic
10
107
Guinea-Bissau
10
108
Bhutan
10
109
Kosovo
10
110
Guatemala
10
111
Nepal
10
112
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10
113
Gambia, The
9
114
Guinea
9
115
India
9
116
Armenia
9
117
Uganda
9
118
Georgia
9
119
Nigeria
9
120
Ukraine
9
121
Honduras
9
122
Sri Lanka
9
123
Togo
9
124
Indonesia
9
125
Mauritania
9
126
Niger
9
127
Mozambique
9
128
Zambia
8
129
Comoros
8
130
Malaysia
8
131
Haiti
8
132
Tanzania
7
133
Zimbabwe
7
134
Qatar
7
135
Cambodia
7
136
Angola
7
137
Morocco
7
138
Singapore
7
139
Gabon
7
140
Congo, Dem. Rep.
7
141
Mali
7
142
Hong Kong SAR, China
7
143
Burkina Faso
7
144
Bangladesh
6
145
Congo, Rep.
6
146
Venezuela, RB
6
147
Kuwait
6
148
Brunei Darussalam
6
149
Thailand
6
150
Djibouti
6
151
Jordan
6
152
Pakistan
6
153
Algeria
6
154
Chad
6
155
Turkiye
5
156
Sudan
5
157
Eswatini
5
158
Oman
5
159
Iraq
4
160
Cameroon
4
161
United Arab Emirates
4
162
Kazakhstan
4
163
Burundi
4
164
Uzbekistan
4
165
Cuba
4
166
Ethiopia
4
167
Lao PDR
3
168
Viet Nam
3
169
Maldives
3
170
Libya
3
171
Central African Republic
3
172
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
3
173
Rwanda
3
174
Egypt, Arab Rep.
3
175
Syrian Arab Republic
3
176
Myanmar
3
177
Nicaragua
2
178
Saudi Arabia
2
179
South Sudan
2
180
Azerbaijan
2
181
Yemen, Rep.
2
182
Bahrain
2
183
Equatorial Guinea
2
184
China
1
185
Russian Federation
1
186
Belarus
1
187
Eritrea
1
188
Afghanistan
0
189
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
190
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
191
Turkmenistan
0
192
Tajikistan
0
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