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Freedom of expression
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136 countries · 2005–2025
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Value
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1
Chile
10
2
Estonia
10
3
Lithuania
10
4
Taiwan
9
5
Jamaica
9
6
Trinidad and Tobago
9
7
Uruguay
9
8
Costa Rica
9
9
Latvia
9
10
Poland
9
11
Moldova
8
12
Armenia
8
13
Slovak Republic
8
14
Ghana
8
15
Nepal
8
16
Czechia
8
17
Botswana
8
18
Dominican Republic
8
19
Slovenia
8
20
Namibia
7
21
Albania
7
22
Romania
7
23
Croatia
7
24
Timor-Leste
7
25
Malawi
7
26
Panama
7
27
Lesotho
7
28
Ecuador
7
29
Bhutan
7
30
Montenegro
7
31
North Macedonia
7
32
South Africa
7
33
Argentina
7
34
Sri Lanka
7
35
Liberia
7
36
Brazil
7
37
Senegal
7
38
Bolivia
7
39
Colombia
7
40
Papua New Guinea
7
41
Peru
7
42
Cote d'Ivoire
7
43
Gambia, The
7
44
Paraguay
6
45
Syrian Arab Republic
6
46
Mongolia
6
47
Bosnia and Herzegovina
6
48
Central African Republic
6
49
Korea, Rep.
6
50
Bulgaria
6
51
Benin
6
52
Mauritius
5
53
Zambia
5
54
Iraq
5
55
Mexico
5
56
Tanzania
5
57
Bangladesh
5
58
Nigeria
5
59
Lebanon
5
60
Ukraine
5
61
Mauritania
5
62
Georgia
5
63
Sierra Leone
5
64
Kenya
5
65
Gabon
5
66
Angola
4
67
India
4
68
Guatemala
4
69
Honduras
4
70
Tunisia
4
71
Hungary
4
72
Malaysia
4
73
Indonesia
4
74
El Salvador
4
75
Qatar
4
76
Philippines
4
77
Uganda
4
78
Venezuela, RB
3
79
Kuwait
3
80
Turkiye
3
81
Thailand
3
82
Kyrgyz Republic
3
83
Singapore
3
84
Zimbabwe
3
85
Ethiopia
3
86
Pakistan
3
87
Togo
3
88
Congo, Dem. Rep.
3
89
Burkina Faso
3
90
Guinea
3
91
Jordan
3
92
Mozambique
3
93
Congo, Rep.
3
94
Guinea-Bissau
3
95
Uzbekistan
3
96
Haiti
3
97
Burundi
3
98
Serbia
3
99
South Sudan
3
100
Algeria
3
101
Rwanda
3
102
Madagascar
3
103
Egypt, Arab Rep.
2
104
United Arab Emirates
2
105
Azerbaijan
2
106
Belarus
2
107
Cameroon
2
108
Cuba
2
109
Equatorial Guinea
2
110
Kazakhstan
2
111
Cambodia
2
112
Lao PDR
2
113
Morocco
2
114
Mali
2
115
Niger
2
116
Nicaragua
2
117
Russian Federation
2
118
Saudi Arabia
2
119
Sudan
2
120
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
2
121
Eswatini
2
122
Chad
2
123
Turkmenistan
1
124
Viet Nam
1
125
Afghanistan
1
126
Tajikistan
1
127
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
1
128
Oman
1
129
Myanmar
1
130
Libya
1
131
Iran, Islamic Rep.
1
132
Eritrea
1
133
Yemen, Rep.
1
134
Djibouti
1
135
China
1
136
Bahrain
1
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