Countries by Freedom of Expression Index

Complete ranking of 175 countries • 0-1 index • Updated 2026

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Freedom of Expression Index ranking for 175 countries
				Percentile
1st	Denmark	0.98	Europe	100%
2nd	Ireland	0.97	Europe	99%
3rd	Belgium	0.97	Europe	99%
4th	Estonia	0.97	Europe	98%
5th	Switzerland	0.97	Europe	98%
6th	France	0.96	Europe	97%
7th	Luxembourg	0.96	Europe	97%
8th	Norway	0.95	Europe	96%
9th	Czechia	0.95	Europe	95%
10th	Finland	0.95	Europe	95%
11th	Sweden	0.95	Europe	94%
12th	Canada	0.93	North America	94%
13th	South Korea	0.93	Asia	93%
14th	Latvia	0.93	Europe	93%
15th	Uruguay	0.93	South America	92%
16th	New Zealand	0.93	Oceania	91%
17th	Chile	0.93	South America	91%
18th	Jamaica	0.92	North America	90%
19th	Austria	0.92	Europe	90%
20th	Lithuania	0.92	Europe	89%
21st	Poland	0.92	Europe	89%
22nd	Australia	0.92	Oceania	88%
23rd	Costa Rica	0.92	North America	87%
24th	Germany	0.91	Europe	87%
25th	Barbados	0.91	North America	86%
26th	Brazil	0.91	South America	86%
27th	Netherlands	0.91	Europe	85%
28th	Dominican Republic	0.90	North America	85%
29th	Kenya	0.90	Africa	84%
30th	Portugal	0.90	Europe	83%
31st	Ghana	0.90	Africa	83%
32nd	Suriname	0.89	North America	82%
33rd	Trinidad and Tobago	0.89	North America	82%
34th	Mauritius	0.89	Africa	81%
35th	Seychelles	0.87	Africa	81%
36th	Sri Lanka	0.87	Asia	80%
37th	Honduras	0.86	North America	79%
38th	Namibia	0.86	Africa	79%
39th	Cabo Verde	0.86	Africa	78%
40th	Montenegro	0.85	Europe	78%
41st	Nigeria	0.85	Africa	77%
42nd	Vanuatu	0.85	Oceania	77%
43rd	Japan	0.85	Asia	76%
44th	Iceland	0.85	Europe	75%
45th	Spain	0.84	Europe	75%
46th	Solomon Islands	0.84	Oceania	74%
47th	Guatemala	0.84	North America	74%
48th	Papua New Guinea	0.84	Oceania	73%
49th	Timor-Leste	0.84	Asia	73%
50th	Taiwan	0.84	Asia	72%
51st	South Africa	0.84	Africa	71%
52nd	Liberia	0.84	Africa	71%
53rd	United Kingdom	0.83	Europe	70%
54th	Malta	0.83	Europe	70%
55th	Sierra Leone	0.82	Africa	69%
56th	Israel	0.82	Asia	69%
57th	Senegal	0.82	Africa	68%
58th	Gambia	0.81	Africa	67%
59th	Nepal	0.81	Asia	67%
60th	Cyprus	0.81	Europe	66%
61st	Panama	0.81	North America	66%
62nd	Colombia	0.81	North America	65%
63rd	Greece	0.81	Europe	65%
64th	Haiti	0.80	North America	64%
65th	Botswana	0.80	Africa	63%
66th	Sao Tome and Principe	0.79	Africa	63%
67th	Zambia	0.78	Africa	62%
68th	Romania	0.78	Europe	62%
69th	Guyana	0.77	North America	61%
70th	Mongolia	0.77	Asia	61%
71st	Slovakia	0.77	Europe	60%
72nd	Peru	0.76	South America	59%
73rd	Italy	0.76	Europe	59%
74th	Niger	0.76	Africa	58%
75th	Bulgaria	0.75	Europe	58%
76th	Malawi	0.75	Africa	57%
77th	Paraguay	0.75	South America	57%
78th	Gabon	0.75	Africa	56%
79th	Lebanon	0.74	Asia	55%
80th	Croatia	0.74	Europe	55%
81st	Argentina	0.74	South America	54%
82nd	Armenia	0.73	Europe	54%
83rd	United States	0.73	North America	53%
84th	Lesotho	0.73	Africa	53%
85th	Fiji	0.72	Oceania	52%
86th	Ecuador	0.71	South America	51%
87th	Maldives	0.69	Asia	51%
88th	Slovenia	0.69	Europe	50%
89th	Indonesia	0.69	Asia	50%
90th	Georgia	0.69	Europe	49%
91st	Tunisia	0.69	Africa	49%
92nd	Bhutan	0.68	Asia	48%
93rd	Côte d'Ivoire	0.68	Africa	47%
94th	Bolivia	0.68	South America	47%
95th	Benin	0.68	Africa	46%
96th	Philippines	0.68	Asia	46%
97th	Albania	0.67	Europe	45%
98th	North Macedonia	0.66	Europe	45%
99th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.65	Europe	44%
100th	Moldova	0.65	Europe	43%
101st	Madagascar	0.64	Africa	43%
102nd	Mauritania	0.63	Africa	42%
103rd	Mexico	0.62	North America	42%
104th	Somalia	0.62	Africa	41%
105th	Central African Republic	0.61	Africa	41%
106th	Congo, Democratic Republic	0.60	Africa	40%
107th	Thailand	0.59	Asia	39%
108th	Malaysia	0.59	Asia	39%
109th	Morocco	0.58	Africa	38%
110th	Togo	0.58	Africa	38%
111st	Iraq	0.57	Asia	37%
112nd	Guinea	0.56	Africa	37%
113rd	Pakistan	0.56	Asia	36%
114th	Jordan	0.56	Asia	35%
115th	Guinea-Bissau	0.55	Africa	35%
116th	Tanzania	0.55	Africa	34%
117th	Libya	0.54	Africa	34%
118th	Cameroon	0.53	Africa	33%
119th	Kuwait	0.53	Asia	33%
120th	Bangladesh	0.53	Asia	32%
121st	Mozambique	0.52	Africa	31%
122nd	Comoros	0.50	Africa	31%
123rd	Angola	0.50	Africa	30%
124th	Hungary	0.49	Europe	30%
125th	Mali	0.49	Africa	29%
126th	Kyrgyzstan	0.47	Asia	29%
127th	India	0.46	Asia	28%
128th	Uganda	0.43	Africa	27%
129th	Chad	0.43	Africa	27%
130th	Serbia	0.42	Europe	26%
131st	Ukraine	0.42	Europe	26%
132nd	Zimbabwe	0.41	Africa	25%
133rd	Singapore	0.40	Asia	25%
134th	Congo	0.37	Africa	24%
135th	Algeria	0.37	Africa	23%
136th	Syria	0.36	Asia	23%
137th	El Salvador	0.36	North America	22%
138th	Palestine	0.35	Asia	22%
139th	Djibouti	0.34	Africa	21%
140th	Kazakhstan	0.33	Asia	21%
141st	Sudan	0.29	Africa	20%
142nd	Ethiopia	0.28	Africa	19%
143rd	Burkina Faso	0.26	Africa	19%
144th	Uzbekistan	0.23	Asia	18%
145th	Hong Kong	0.23	Asia	18%
146th	Yemen	0.22	Asia	17%
147th	Egypt	0.18	Africa	17%
148th	Turkey	0.18	Europe	16%
149th	Bahrain	0.17	Asia	15%
150th	Rwanda	0.17	Africa	15%
151st	Iran	0.17	Asia	14%
152nd	Burundi	0.16	Africa	14%
153rd	South Sudan	0.15	Africa	13%
154th	Cambodia	0.15	Asia	13%
155th	Oman	0.15	Asia	12%
156th	Venezuela	0.15	North America	11%
157th	Eswatini	0.11	Africa	11%
158th	Equatorial Guinea	0.11	Africa	10%
159th	Vietnam	0.10	Asia	10%
160th	Azerbaijan	0.09	Europe	9%
161st	Saudi Arabia	0.09	Asia	9%
162nd	Russia	0.08	Europe	8%
163rd	Cuba	0.07	North America	7%
164th	United Arab Emirates	0.06	Asia	7%
165th	Qatar	0.06	Asia	6%
166th	China	0.04	Asia	6%
167th	Tajikistan	0.04	Asia	5%
168th	Turkmenistan	0.04	Asia	5%
169th	Laos	0.03	Asia	4%
170th	Myanmar	0.03	Asia	3%
171st	Belarus	0.03	Europe	3%
172nd	Eritrea	0.02	Africa	2%
173rd	Afghanistan	0.02	Asia	2%
174th	Nicaragua	0.02	North America	1%
175th	North Korea	0.01	Asia	1%

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