Country Rankings

Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
1	Hong Kong	90.2	0.0		4	Switzerland	81.9	+0.2
2	Singapore	89.4	+0.6		5	Australia	80.9	0.0
3	New Zealand	84.4	+0.2		6	Ireland	80.5	+0.1

Mostly Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
7	United Kingdom	78.9	+0.9		22	Malaysia	74.0	-0.5
8	Canada	77.7	0.0		23	Czech Republic	73.7	-0.5
9	United Arab Emirates	77.6	0.0		24	Germany	73.5	-0.7
10	Taiwan	77.3	+0.7		25	Mauritius	73.0	-2.1
11	Iceland	77.1	+0.1		26	Norway	73.0	-1.3
12	United States	76.8	+1.1		27	Israel	72.8	+0.6
13	Netherlands	76.8	+0.6		28	Qatar	72.6	0.0
14	Denmark	76.7	+0.1		29	South Korea	72.3	-1.5
15	Estonia	76.6	-2.2		30	Japan	72.1	-0.2
16	Georgia	75.9	-0.3		31	Austria	72.0	+0.2
17	Luxembourg	75.9	-0.5		32	Rwanda	71.1	+2.0
18	Chile	75.4	+0.2		33	Macedonia	71.1	-0.2
19	Sweden	75.2	-1.1		34	Macau	71.0	+0.1
20	Finland	74.9	+0.8		35	Latvia	70.4	-3.2
21	Lithuania	74.2	-1.1

Moderately Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
36	Botswana	69.5	-0.4		66	Mexico	64.7	-0.1
37	Bulgaria	69.0	+0.7		67	Barbados	64.7	+7.7
38	Saint Lucia	68.7	+1.1		68	Turkey	64.6	-0.8
39	Jamaica	68.6	-0.5		69	Serbia	63.9	+1.4
40	Uruguay	68.6	-0.6		70	Philippines	63.8	-1.2
41	Malta	68.6	+0.1		71	France	63.8	-0.1
42	Romania	68.6	-0.8		72	Dominica	63.6	-0.9
43	Thailand	68.3	+1.2		73	Cabo Verde	63.1	+3.1
44	Cyprus	68.1	+0.3		74	Bhutan	62.9	+1.1
45	Peru	67.8	-0.9		75	Morocco	62.9	+1.0
46	Poland	67.8	-0.7		76	The Bahamas	62.9	-0.4
47	Armenia	67.7	-1.0		77	Guatemala	62.6	-0.8
48	Belgium	67.3	-0.2		78	Côte d'Ivoire	62.4	+0.4
49	Colombia	67.3	-1.6		79	Kyrgyz Republic	62.3	-0.5
50	Panama	67.2	+0.2		80	Italy	62.2	-0.3
51	Kosovo	67.0	+0.4		81	Fiji	62.2	+0.2
52	Albania	66.5	+2.0		82	Samoa	62.2	+0.7
53	Jordan	66.5	+1.6		83	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.9	+0.5
54	Bahrain	66.4	-1.3		84	El Salvador	61.8	-1.4
55	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.8	-1.9		85	Paraguay	61.8	-0.3
56	Indonesia	65.8	+1.6		86	Croatia	61.4	+0.4
57	Spain	65.7	+0.6		87	Seychelles	61.4	-0.2
58	Slovenia	65.5	+0.7		88	Oman	61.0	0.0
59	Kazakhstan	65.4	-3.7		89	Dominican Republic	61.0	-0.6
60	Azerbaijan	65.4	+1.1		90	Kuwait	60.8	-1.4
61	Costa Rica	65.3	-0.3		91	Saudi Arabia	60.7	+1.1
62	Portugal	65.3	+1.9		92	Montenegro	60.5	-3.8
63	Brunei Darussalam	65.1	+0.9		93	Honduras	60.2	-0.4
64	Hungary	65.0	-1.7		94	Tanzania	60.2	+0.3
65	Slovakia	65.0	-0.3

Mostly Unfree

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
95	Uganda	59.7	-2.3		127	Benin	55.3	-1.4
96	Burkina Faso	59.4	-0.6		128	Vietnam	55.3	+2.2
97	Moldova	59.1	+0.7		129	India	55.2	+0.7
98	Russia	58.9	+0.7		130	Kenya	55.1	+0.4
99	Namibia	58.7	+0.2		131	Pakistan	55.0	+0.6
100	China	58.4	+0.6		132	Eswatini	54.7	-1.2
101	Papua New Guinea	58.4	+2.7		133	Solomon Islands	54.6	-2.9
102	South Africa	58.3	-4.7		134	São Tomé and Príncipe	54.0	+0.4
103	Mali	58.1	+0.5		135	Guinea-Bissau	54.0	-2.9
104	Belarus	57.9	-0.2		136	Nepal	53.8	-0.3
105	Cambodia	57.8	-0.9		137	Ethiopia	53.6	+0.8
106	Greece	57.7	+0.4		138	Zambia	53.6	-0.7
107	Nicaragua	57.7	-1.2		139	Burma	53.6	-0.3
108	Tonga	57.7	-5.4		140	Uzbekistan	53.3	+1.8
109	Ghana	57.5	+1.5		141	Maldives	53.2	+2.1
110	Laos	57.4	+3.8		142	Lesotho	53.1	-0.8
111	Nigeria	57.3	-1.2		143	Haiti	52.7	-3.1
112	Trinidad and Tobago	57.0	-0.7		144	Egypt	52.5	-0.9
113	Guyana	56.8	-1.9		145	Cameroon	52.4	+0.5
114	Madagascar	56.6	-0.2		146	The Gambia	52.4	+0.1
115	Sri Lanka	56.4	-1.4		147	Ukraine	52.3	+0.4
116	Vanuatu	56.4	-13.1		148	Argentina	52.2	-0.1
117	Senegal	56.3	+0.6		149	Micronesia	51.9	-0.4
118	Gabon	56.3	-1.7		150	Brazil	51.9	+0.5
119	Mauritania	55.7	+1.7		151	Niger	51.6	+2.1
120	Guinea	55.7	+3.5		152	Afghanistan	51.5	+0.2
121	Bangladesh	55.6	+0.5		153	Malawi	51.4	-0.6
122	Tajikistan	55.6	-2.7		154	Lebanon	51.1	-2.1
123	Belize	55.4	-1.7		155	Iran	51.1	+0.2
124	Comoros	55.4	-0.8		156	Angola	50.6	+2.0
125	Tunisia	55.4	-3.5		157	Democratic Republic of Congo	50.3	-1.8
126	Mongolia	55.4	-0.3		158	Togo	50.3	+2.5

Repressed

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
159	Chad	49.9	+0.6		170	Ecuador	46.9	-1.6
160	Liberia	49.7	-1.2		171	Algeria	46.2	+1.5
161	Central African Republic	49.1	-0.1		172	Timor-Leste	44.2	-3.9
162	Burundi	48.9	-2.0		173	Bolivia	42.3	-1.8
163	Mozambique	48.6	+2.3		174	Equatorial Guinea	41.0	-1.0
164	Turkmenistan	48.4	+1.3		175	Zimbabwe	40.4	-3.6
165	Suriname	48.1	0.0		176	Republic of Congo	39.7	+0.8
166	Sudan	47.7	-1.7		177	Eritrea	38.9	-2.8
167	Sierra Leone	47.5	-4.3		178	Cuba	27.8	-4.1
168	Kiribati	47.3	-3.5		179	Venezuela	25.9	+0.7
169	Djibouti	47.1	+2.0		180	North Korea	5.9	+0.1

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