Country Rankings

Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
1	Singapore	84.4	-5.3		5	Luxembourg	80.6	+4.6
2	Switzerland	84.2	+2.3		6	Taiwan	80.1	+1.5
3	Ireland	82.0	+0.6		7	Estonia	80.0	+1.8
4	New Zealand	80.6	-3.3

Mostly Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
8	Netherlands	79.5	+2.7		22	Austria	73.8	-0.1
9	Finland	78.3	+2.2		23	Cyprus	72.9	+1.5
10	Denmark	78.0	+0.2		24	United Kingdom	72.7	-5.7
11	Sweden	77.9	+3.2		25	United States	72.1	-2.7
12	Australia	77.7	-4.7		26	Georgia	71.8	-5.4
13	Iceland	77.0	-0.4		27	Malta	71.5	+1.3
14	Norway	76.9	+3.5		28	Barbados	71.3	+6.3
15	Canada	76.6	-1.3		29	Bulgaria	71.0	+0.6
16	Germany	76.1	+3.6		30	Mauritius	70.9	-6.1
17	Lithuania	75.8	-1.1		31	Portugal	70.8	+3.3
18	Latvia	74.8	+2.5		32	Slovenia	70.5	+2.2
19	South Korea	74.6	+0.6		33	United Arab Emirates	70.2	-6.7
20	Chile	74.4	-0.8		34	Uruguay	70.0	+0.7
21	Czech Republic	74.4	+0.6

Moderately Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
35	Japan	69.9	-4.2		62	Brunei Darussalam	64.8	-1.8
36	Slovak Republic	69.7	+3.4		63	Indonesia	64.4	-2.5
37	Belgium	69.6	-0.5		64	Kazakhstan	64.4	-6.7
38	The Bahamas	68.7	+4.1		65	Saint Lucia	64.3	-3.2
39	Poland	68.7	-1.0		66	Mongolia	63.9	+1.5
40	Samoa	68.3	+6.4		67	Mexico	63.7	-1.8
41	Spain	68.2	-1.7		68	Bosnia and Herzegovina	63.4	+0.5
42	Malaysia	68.1	-6.3		69	Guatemala	63.2	-0.8
43	Israel	68.0	-5.8		70	Thailand	63.2	-6.5
44	Qatar	67.7	-4.3		71	Dominican Republic	63.0	+0.9
45	Croatia	67.6	+4.0		72	Vanuatu	62.9	+2.4
46	Jamaica	67.4	-1.6		73	Paraguay	62.9	+0.3
47	Romania	67.1	-2.4		74	Bahrain	62.0	-7.9
48	Hungary	66.9	-0.3		75	Azerbaijan	61.6	-8.5
49	Cabo Verde	66.7	+2.9		76	Côte d'Ivoire	61.6	-0.1
50	Albania	66.6	+1.4		77	Greece	61.5	+0.6
51	Peru	66.5	-1.2		78	Moldova	61.3	-1.2
52	France	65.9	+0.2		79	Seychelles	61.1	-5.2
53	North Macedonia	65.7	-2.9		80	Philippines	61.1	-3.0
54	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.7	-0.6		81	Benin	61.0	+1.4
55	Costa Rica	65.4	+1.2		82	Micronesia	61.0	+10.6
56	Panama	65.4	-0.8		83	Tonga	60.8	+3.3
57	Italy	65.4	+0.5		84	Vietnam	60.6	-1.1
58	Armenia	65.3	-6.6		85	São Tomé and Príncipe	60.3	+4.4
59	Serbia	65.2	-2.0		86	Kosovo	60.1	-6.4
60	Colombia	65.1	-3.0		87	Jordan	60.1	-4.5
61	Botswana	64.8	-2.8		88	Senegal	60.0	+2.0

Mostly Unfree

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
89	Ghana	59.8	+0.6		118	Saudi Arabia	55.5	-10.5
90	El Salvador	59.6	-1.4		119	Mauritania	55.3	-0.8
91	Guyana	59.5	+2.1		120	Djibouti	55.3	-0.9
92	Honduras	59.5	-0.3		121	Niger	54.9	-2.4
93	Tanzania	59.5	-1.8		122	Nicaragua	54.8	-1.5
94	Bhutan	59.3	+1.0		123	Papua New Guinea	54.6	-4.3
95	Namibia	59.2	-3.4		124	Nigeria	54.4	-4.3
96	Kiribati	59.2	+14.8		125	Dominica	54.4	+1.4
97	Morocco	59.2	-4.1		126	Ecuador	54.3	+1.9
98	Madagascar	58.9	+1.2		127	Uganda	54.2	-4.4
99	Trinidad and Tobago	58.8	-0.2		128	Tunisia	54.2	-2.4
100	Burkina Faso	58.3	+1.8		129	Guinea	54.2	-2.3
101	Kuwait	58.3	-5.8		130	Ukraine	54.1	-2.1
102	The Gambia	58.0	-0.8		131	India	53.9	-2.6
103	Montenegro	57.8	-5.6		132	Sri Lanka	53.3	-2.4
104	Togo	57.2	-0.3		133	Brazil	53.3	-0.1
105	Rwanda	57.1	-11.2		134	Malawi	53.0	0.0
106	Cambodia	57.1	-0.2		135	Belarus	53.0	-8.0
107	Turkey	56.9	-7.1		136	Cameroon	52.9	-0.5
108	Oman	56.6	-8.0		137	Bangladesh	52.7	-3.8
109	Belize	56.6	-0.9		138	Kenya	52.6	-2.3
110	Solomon Islands	56.5	0.0		139	Angola	52.6	-1.6
111	Fiji	56.4	-5.8		140	Sierra Leone	52.0	+0.3
112	South Africa	56.2	-3.5		141	Eswatini	51.4	-3.7
113	Russia	56.1	-5.4		142	Mozambique	51.3	-0.3
114	Mali	55.9	+0.3		143	Comoros	50.4	-5.3
115	Gabon	55.8	-2.3		144	Argentina	50.1	-2.6
116	Kyrgyz Republic	55.8	-7.9		145	Haiti	50.0	-0.8
117	Uzbekistan	55.7	-2.6

Repressed

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
146	Chad	49.8	-0.6		162	Lebanon	47.3	-4.1
147	Tajikistan	49.7	-5.5		163	Equatorial Guinea	47.2	-2.0
148	Nepal	49.7	-1.0		164	Timor-Leste	46.3	+1.6
149	Burma	49.6	-5.6		165	Turkmenistan	46.2	-1.2
150	Ethiopia	49.6	-2.1		166	Guinea-Bissau	46.0	-8.9
151	Laos	49.2	-4.7		167	Algeria	45.8	-3.9
152	Egypt	49.1	-6.6		168	Central African Republic	45.7	-3.1
153	Pakistan	48.8	-2.9		169	Bolivia	43.0	+0.3
154	Zambia	48.7	-1.7		170	Iran	42.4	-4.8
155	Republic of Congo	48.5	-2.2		171	Eritrea	39.7	-2.6
156	Suriname	48.1	+1.7		172	Burundi	39.4	-10.5
157	Lesotho	48.1	-5.4		173	Zimbabwe	33.1	-6.4
158	China	48.0	-10.4		174	Sudan	32.0	-7.1
159	Liberia	47.9	-1.3		175	Cuba	29.5	+1.4
160	Democratic Republic of Congo	47.6	-1.4		176	Venezuela	24.8	+0.1
161	Maldives	47.3	-7.9		177	North Korea	3.0	-2.2

Not Ranked

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