Country Rankings

Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
1	Singapore	89.7	+0.3		4	Switzerland	81.9	-0.1
2	New Zealand	83.9	-0.2		5	Ireland	81.4	+0.5
3	Australia	82.4	-0.2

Mostly Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
6	Taiwan	78.6	+1.5		23	Japan	74.1	+0.8
7	United Kingdom	78.4	-0.9		24	South Korea	74.0	0.0
8	Estonia	78.2	+0.5		25	Austria	73.9	+0.6
9	Canada	77.9	-0.3		26	Israel	73.8	-0.2
10	Denmark	77.8	-0.5		27	Czech Republic	73.8	-1.0
11	Iceland	77.4	+0.3		28	Norway	73.4	0.0
12	Georgia	77.2	+0.1		29	Germany	72.5	-1.0
13	Mauritius	77.0	+2.1		30	Latvia	72.3	+0.4
14	United Arab Emirates	76.9	+0.7		31	Qatar	72.0	-0.3
15	Lithuania	76.9	+0.2		32	Armenia	71.9	+1.3
16	Netherlands	76.8	-0.2		33	Cyprus	71.4	+1.3
17	Finland	76.1	+0.4		34	Kazakhstan	71.1	+1.5
18	Luxembourg	76.0	+0.2		35	Bulgaria	70.4	+0.2
19	Chile	75.2	-1.6		36	Malta	70.2	+0.7
20	United States	74.8	-1.8		37	Belgium	70.1	+1.2
21	Sweden	74.7	-0.2		38	Azerbaijan	70.1	+0.8
22	Malaysia	74.4	-0.3

Moderately Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
39	Spain	69.9	+3.0		69	Jordan	64.6	-1.4
40	Bahrain	69.9	+3.6		70	The Bahamas	64.6	+0.1
41	Poland	69.7	+0.6		71	Oman	64.6	+1.0
42	Thailand	69.7	+0.3		72	Costa Rica	64.2	-1.6
43	Romania	69.5	-0.2		73	Philippines	64.1	-0.4
44	Uruguay	69.3	+0.2		74	Kuwait	64.1	+0.9
45	Jamaica	69.0	+0.5		75	Guatemala	64.0	0.0
46	North Macedonia	68.6	-0.9		76	Turkey	64.0	-0.4
47	Rwanda	68.3	-2.6		77	Cabo Verde	63.8	+0.2
48	Slovenia	68.3	+0.5		78	Kyrgyz Republic	63.7	+0.8
49	Colombia	68.1	-1.1		79	Croatia	63.6	+1.4
50	Peru	67.7	-0.2		80	Montenegro	63.4	+1.9
51	Botswana	67.6	-2.0		81	Morocco	63.3	0.0
52	Portugal	67.5	+0.5		82	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.9	+0.3
53	Saint Lucia	67.5	-0.7		83	Namibia	62.6	+1.7
54	Serbia	67.2	+1.2		84	Paraguay	62.6	-0.4
55	Hungary	67.2	+0.8		85	Moldova	62.5	+0.5
56	Indonesia	66.9	-0.3		86	Mongolia	62.4	+6.5
57	Brunei Darussalam	66.6	0.0		87	Fiji	62.2	-1.2
58	Kosovo	66.5	-0.9		88	Dominican Republic	62.1	+1.2
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66.3	-0.5		89	Samoa	61.9	-0.2
60	Seychelles	66.3	+2.0		90	Vietnam	61.7	+2.9
61	Slovak Republic	66.3	-0.5		91	Côte d'Ivoire	61.7	+2.0
62	Panama	66.2	-1.0		92	Russia	61.5	+0.5
63	Saudi Arabia	66.0	+3.6		93	Tanzania	61.3	-0.4
64	France	65.7	-0.3		94	El Salvador	61.0	-0.6
65	Mexico	65.5	-0.5		95	Belarus	61.0	-0.7
66	Albania	65.2	-1.7		96	Greece	60.9	+1.0
67	Barbados	65.0	+3.6		97	Vanuatu	60.5	-0.2
68	Italy	64.9	+1.1

Mostly Unfree

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
98	Honduras	59.8	-1.3		130	Egypt	55.7	+1.7
99	South Africa	59.7	+0.9		131	Sri Lanka	55.7	-1.7
100	Benin	59.6	+4.4		132	Comoros	55.7	+2.0
101	Ghana	59.2	-0.2		133	Mali	55.6	-0.3
102	Trinidad and Tobago	59.0	+0.7		134	Tajikistan	55.2	+3.0
103	Papua New Guinea	58.9	+0.5		135	Burma	55.2	+1.2
104	The Gambia	58.8	+2.5		136	Maldives	55.2	-1.3
105	Nigeria	58.7	+1.5		137	Eswatini	55.1	-0.2
106	Uganda	58.6	-0.9		138	Kenya	54.9	-0.4
107	China	58.4	-1.1		139	Guinea-Bissau	54.9	+1.6
108	Uzbekistan	58.3	+1.1		140	Angola	54.2	+2.0
109	Bhutan	58.3	-3.8		141	Laos	53.9	-1.6
110	Gabon	58.1	+1.4		142	Lesotho	53.5	-1.0
111	Senegal	58.0	0.0		143	Brazil	53.4	-0.3
112	Madagascar	57.7	-2.8		144	Cameroon	53.4	-0.2
113	Togo	57.5	+3.4		145	Malawi	53.0	+0.2
114	Belize	57.5	+0.1		146	Afghanistan	53.0	-1.7
115	Tonga	57.5	-1.3		147	Dominica	53.0	-7.8
116	Guyana	57.4	+1.2		148	Argentina	52.7	-0.4
117	Niger	57.3	+2.6		149	Ecuador	52.4	+1.1
118	Cambodia	57.3	0.0		150	Sierra Leone	51.7	+3.7
119	Tunisia	56.6	+0.8		151	Ethiopia	51.7	-1.9
120	Bangladesh	56.5	+0.1		152	Pakistan	51.7	-3.1
121	India	56.5	0.0		153	Mozambique	51.6	+1.1
122	Solomon Islands	56.5	+3.6		154	Lebanon	51.4	-0.3
123	Guinea	56.5	0.0		155	Haiti	50.8	-1.5
124	Burkina Faso	56.5	-0.2		156	Republic of Congo	50.7	+8.9
125	Nicaragua	56.3	-0.9		157	Nepal	50.7	-3.5
126	Djibouti	56.2	+3.3		158	Chad	50.4	+0.2
127	Ukraine	56.2	+1.3		159	Zambia	50.4	-3.1
128	Mauritania	56.1	+0.8		160	Micronesia	50.4	-1.6
129	São Tomé and Príncipe	55.9	-0.3

Repressed

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
161	Burundi	49.9	+0.9		170	Timor-Leste	44.7	-1.2
162	Algeria	49.7	+2.8		171	Kiribati	44.4	-0.8
163	Equatorial Guinea	49.2	+0.9		172	Bolivia	42.7	-0.1
164	Liberia	49.2	+0.2		173	Eritrea	42.3	+3.8
165	Democratic Republic of Congo	49.0	-0.5		174	Zimbabwe	39.5	-3.6
166	Central African Republic	48.8	-1.9		175	Sudan	39.1	-5.9
167	Turkmenistan	47.4	+0.9		176	Cuba	28.1	+1.2
168	Iran	47.2	-2.0		177	Venezuela	24.7	-0.5
169	Suriname	46.4	-3.1		178	North Korea	5.2	+1.0

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