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