Country Rankings

Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
1	Singapore	89.4	0.0		4	Australia	82.6	+1.7
2	Hong Kong	89.1	-1.1		5	Switzerland	82.0	+0.1
3	New Zealand	84.1	-0.3		6	Ireland	80.9	+0.4

Mostly Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
7	United Kingdom	79.3	+0.4		23	Czech Republic	74.8	+1.1
8	Denmark	78.3	+1.6		24	Malaysia	74.7	+0.7
9	Canada	78.2	+0.5		25	South Korea	74.0	+1.7
10	Estonia	77.7	+1.1		26	Israel	74.0	+1.2
11	Taiwan	77.1	-0.2		27	Germany	73.5	0.0
12	Georgia	77.1	+1.2		28	Norway	73.4	+0.4
13	Iceland	77.1	0.0		29	Austria	73.3	+1.3
14	Netherlands	77.0	+0.2		30	Japan	73.3	+1.2
15	Chile	76.8	+1.4		31	Qatar	72.3	-0.3
16	Lithuania	76.7	+2.5		32	Latvia	71.9	+1.5
17	United States	76.6	-0.2		33	Rwanda	70.9	-0.2
18	United Arab Emirates	76.2	-1.4		34	Armenia	70.6	+2.9
19	Luxembourg	75.8	-0.1		35	Macau	70.3	-0.7
20	Finland	75.7	+0.8		36	Bulgaria	70.2	+1.2
21	Mauritius	74.9	+1.9		37	Cyprus	70.1	+2.0
22	Sweden	74.9	-0.3

Moderately Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
38	Romania	69.7	+1.1		69	The Bahamas	64.5	+1.6
39	Kazakhstan	69.6	+4.2		70	Philippines	64.5	+0.7
40	Botswana	69.6	+0.1		71	Turkey	64.4	-0.2
41	North Macedonia	69.5	-1.6		72	Seychelles	64.3	+2.9
42	Malta	69.5	+0.9		73	Guatemala	64.0	+1.4
43	Thailand	69.4	+1.1		74	Italy	63.8	+1.6
44	Azerbaijan	69.3	+3.9		75	Oman	63.6	+2.6
45	Colombia	69.2	+1.9		76	Cabo Verde	63.6	+0.5
46	Poland	69.1	+1.3		77	Fiji	63.4	+1.2
47	Uruguay	69.1	+0.5		78	Morocco	63.3	+0.4
48	Belgium	68.9	+1.6		79	Kuwait	63.2	+2.4
49	Jamaica	68.5	-0.1		80	Paraguay	63.0	+1.2
50	Saint Lucia	68.2	-0.5		81	Kyrgyz Republic	62.9	+0.6
51	Peru	67.9	+0.1		82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.6	+0.7
52	Slovenia	67.8	+2.3		83	Saudi Arabia	62.4	+1.7
53	Kosovo	67.4	+0.4		84	Croatia	62.2	+0.8
54	Indonesia	67.2	+1.4		85	Bhutan	62.1	-0.8
55	Panama	67.2	0.0		86	Samoa	62.1	-0.1
56	Portugal	67.0	+1.7		87	Moldova	62.0	+2.9
57	Albania	66.9	+0.4		88	Belarus	61.7	+3.8
58	Spain	66.9	+1.2		89	Tanzania	61.7	+1.5
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66.8	+1.0		90	El Salvador	61.6	-0.2
60	Slovakia	66.8	+1.8		91	Montenegro	61.5	+1.0
61	Brunei Darussalam	66.6	+1.5		92	Barbados	61.4	-3.3
62	Hungary	66.4	+1.4		93	Honduras	61.1	+0.9
63	Bahrain	66.3	-0.1		94	Russia	61.0	+2.1
64	France	66.0	+2.2		95	Dominican Republic	60.9	-0.1
65	Serbia	66.0	+2.1		96	Namibia	60.9	+2.2
66	Jordan	66.0	-0.5		97	Dominica	60.8	-2.8
67	Mexico	66.0	+1.3		98	Vanuatu	60.7	+4.3
68	Costa Rica	65.8	+0.5		99	Madagascar	60.5	+3.9

Mostly Unfree

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
100	Greece	59.9	+2.2		131	Eswatini	55.3	+0.6
101	Côte d'Ivoire	59.7	-2.7		132	Kenya	55.3	+0.2
102	Uganda	59.5	-0.2		133	Benin	55.2	-0.1
103	China	59.5	+1.1		134	Ukraine	54.9	+2.6
104	Ghana	59.4	+1.9		135	Pakistan	54.8	-0.2
105	Vietnam	58.8	+3.5		136	Afghanistan	54.7	+3.2
106	South Africa	58.8	+0.5		137	Niger	54.7	+3.1
107	Tonga	58.8	+1.1		138	Lesotho	54.5	+1.4
108	Papua New Guinea	58.4	0.0		139	Nepal	54.2	+0.4
109	Trinidad and Tobago	58.3	+1.3		140	Togo	54.1	+3.8
110	Senegal	58.0	+1.7		141	Burma	54.0	+0.4
111	Belize	57.4	+2.0		142	Egypt	54.0	+1.5
112	Sri Lanka	57.4	+1.0		143	Comoros	53.7	-1.7
113	Cambodia	57.3	-0.5		144	Brazil	53.7	+1.8
114	Uzbekistan	57.2	+3.9		145	Cameroon	53.6	+1.2
115	Nicaragua	57.2	-0.5		146	Ethiopia	53.6	0.0
116	Nigeria	57.2	-0.1		147	Zambia	53.5	-0.1
117	Burkina Faso	56.7	-2.7		148	Guinea-Bissau	53.3	-0.7
118	Gabon	56.7	+0.4		149	Argentina	53.1	+0.9
119	Maldives	56.5	+3.3		150	Solomon Islands	52.9	-1.7
120	India	56.5	+1.3		151	Djibouti	52.9	+5.8
121	Guinea	56.5	+0.8		152	Malawi	52.8	+1.4
122	Bangladesh	56.4	+0.8		153	Haiti	52.3	-0.4
123	The Gambia	56.3	+3.9		154	Angola	52.2	+1.6
124	Guyana	56.2	-0.6		155	Tajikistan	52.2	-3.4
125	São Tomé and Príncipe	56.2	+2.2		156	Micronesia	52.0	+0.1
126	Mali	55.9	-2.2		157	Lebanon	51.7	+0.6
127	Mongolia	55.9	+0.5		158	Ecuador	51.3	+4.4
128	Tunisia	55.8	+0.4		159	Central African Republic	50.7	+1.6
129	Laos	55.5	-1.9		160	Mozambique	50.5	+1.9
130	Mauritania	55.3	-0.4		161	Chad	50.2	+0.3

Repressed

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
162	Democratic Republic of Congo	49.5	-0.8		172	Kiribati	45.2	-2.1
163	Suriname	49.5	+1.4		173	Sudan	45.0	-2.7
164	Iran	49.2	-1.9		174	Zimbabwe	43.1	+2.7
165	Liberia	49.0	-0.7		175	Bolivia	42.8	+0.5
166	Burundi	49.0	+0.1		176	Republic of Congo	41.8	+2.1
167	Equatorial Guinea	48.3	+7.3		177	Eritrea	38.5	-0.4
168	Sierra Leone	48.0	+0.5		178	Cuba	26.9	-0.9
169	Algeria	46.9	+0.7		179	Venezuela	25.2	-0.7
170	Turkmenistan	46.5	-1.9		180	North Korea	4.2	-1.7
171	Timor-Leste	45.9	+1.7

Not Ranked

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
N/A	Iraq	N/A	N/A		N/A	Somalia	N/A	N/A
N/A	Libya	N/A	N/A		N/A	Syria	N/A	N/A
N/A	Liechtenstein	N/A	N/A		N/A	Yemen	N/A	N/A