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Freedom of expression Index (IDEA) by country 2021 | worldgovdata
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Freedom of expression Index (IDEA)
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Percent
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172 countries · 1975–2021
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League table
2021
All regions
East Asia & Pacific
Europe & Central Asia
Latin America & Caribbean
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
All income groups
High income
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Denmark
91.7
2
Switzerland
88.4
3
Portugal
87.7
4
Estonia
84.7
5
France
84
6
Luxembourg
82.6
7
Belgium
82.4
8
Canada
81.9
9
Ireland
81.9
10
Norway
81.4
11
Finland
81
12
New Zealand
80.6
13
Sweden
80.4
14
Germany
79.6
15
Jamaica
79.5
16
Australia
79.5
17
United Kingdom
79.4
18
Austria
78.6
19
United States
78.3
20
Slovak Republic
77.2
21
Chile
76.6
22
Costa Rica
76.5
23
Dominican Republic
75.7
24
Barbados
75.1
25
Latvia
75.1
26
Italy
74.8
27
Netherlands
73.7
28
Korea, Rep.
73.7
29
Trinidad and Tobago
73.5
30
Iceland
73.2
31
Taiwan
72.7
32
Argentina
72.7
33
Senegal
71.3
34
Vanuatu
71.2
35
Greece
70.6
36
Uruguay
70.5
37
Lithuania
70.4
38
Japan
70.2
39
Romania
69.7
40
Cyprus
69.5
41
Israel
69.5
42
Spain
69.4
43
Liberia
68.4
44
Mongolia
68.2
45
Ecuador
68.1
46
Peru
67.9
47
South Africa
67.4
48
Czechia
66.7
49
Cabo Verde
66
50
Georgia
65.9
51
Panama
65.6
52
Namibia
65.1
53
Malawi
64.5
54
Moldova
64.5
55
Sierra Leone
64.4
56
Ghana
64.4
57
Maldives
64
58
Botswana
63.7
59
Timor-Leste
63.4
60
Armenia
63.3
61
Guyana
63.2
62
Kenya
63
63
Solomon Islands
63
64
Gambia, The
61.9
65
Croatia
61.9
66
Paraguay
61.9
67
Malta
61.9
68
Suriname
61.7
69
Tunisia
61.4
70
Guinea-Bissau
61.4
71
Honduras
61.3
72
Papua New Guinea
61.3
73
Niger
61.2
74
Montenegro
60.9
75
Nigeria
60.4
76
Mauritius
60.4
77
Bolivia
59.8
78
Bulgaria
59.3
79
Burkina Faso
59.3
80
Nepal
59.2
81
North Macedonia
59.1
82
Gabon
58.9
83
Lesotho
58.7
84
Mexico
58.7
85
Bhutan
57.2
86
Mali
57
87
Haiti
57
88
Poland
56.6
89
Zambia
56
90
Colombia
55.1
91
Hungary
54.8
92
Ukraine
54.8
93
Albania
54.8
94
Guatemala
54.2
95
Togo
54.2
96
Congo, Dem. Rep.
53.9
97
Brazil
53.7
98
Slovenia
53.7
99
Indonesia
52.8
100
Central African Republic
51.6
101
India
51.5
102
Lebanon
51.5
103
Morocco
51.1
104
Cote d'Ivoire
50.3
105
Sri Lanka
49.6
106
Mozambique
49.6
107
West Bank and Gaza
48.8
108
Comoros
48.8
109
Benin
48.8
110
Fiji
48
111
Malaysia
48
112
Serbia
47.5
113
Angola
46.3
114
Mauritania
46.3
115
Madagascar
46.3
116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
46.3
117
Zimbabwe
46.3
118
Kyrgyz Republic
46.3
119
Philippines
46.3
120
Iraq
46.3
121
Libya
44.3
122
Pakistan
44.3
123
Tanzania
44.3
124
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
44.3
125
Uganda
44.3
126
Kuwait
44.3
127
Chad
43.7
128
Guinea
43.5
129
Algeria
41.5
130
El Salvador
41.5
131
Cameroon
41.1
132
Ethiopia
40.9
133
Kazakhstan
39.9
134
Jordan
39.9
135
Russian Federation
39.9
136
Singapore
39.9
137
Azerbaijan
39.9
138
Sudan
39.8
139
Djibouti
38.4
140
Iran, Islamic Rep.
38.1
141
Bangladesh
38.1
142
Oman
38.1
143
Cambodia
37.3
144
Thailand
35.7
145
Uzbekistan
35.6
146
Venezuela, RB
34.5
147
Rwanda
34.3
148
Viet Nam
33.5
149
Congo, Rep.
31.1
150
Equatorial Guinea
30.6
151
United Arab Emirates
30.4
152
Egypt, Arab Rep.
30
153
Qatar
29.9
154
Cuba
29.8
155
Yemen, Rep.
28.7
156
Afghanistan
28.7
157
Tajikistan
28.5
158
Bahrain
28.3
159
South Sudan
27
160
Turkiye
27
161
Nicaragua
25.6
162
Saudi Arabia
25.3
163
Eswatini
25.2
164
Burundi
24.7
165
China
23.6
166
Turkmenistan
23
167
Lao PDR
20.9
168
Eritrea
19.3
169
Myanmar
17.1
170
Syrian Arab Republic
15.2
171
Belarus
15.2
172
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
3.9
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