Country Rankings

Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
1	Singapore	83.9	-0.5		3	Ireland	82.0	0.0
2	Switzerland	83.8	-0.4		4	Taiwan	80.7	+0.6

Mostly Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
5	New Zealand	78.9	-1.7		17	Latvia	72.8	-2.0
6	Estonia	78.6	-1.4		18	Cyprus	72.3	-0.6
7	Luxembourg	78.4	-2.2		19	Iceland	72.2	-4.8
8	Netherlands	78.0	-1.5		20	Lithuania	72.2	-3.6
9	Denmark	77.6	-0.4		21	Czech Republic	71.9	-2.5
10	Sweden	77.5	-0.4		22	Chile	71.1	-3.3
11	Finland	77.1	-1.2		23	Austria	71.1	-2.7
12	Norway	76.9	0.0		24	United Arab Emirates	70.9	+0.7
13	Australia	74.8	-2.9		25	United States	70.6	-1.5
14	Germany	73.7	-2.4		26	Mauritius	70.6	-0.3
15	South Korea	73.7	-0.9		27	Uruguay	70.2	+0.2
16	Canada	73.7	-2.9

Moderately Free

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
28	United Kingdom	69.9	-2.8		56	North Macedonia	63.7	-2.0
29	Barbados	69.8	-1.5		57	France	63.6	-2.3
30	Portugal	69.5	-1.3		58	Serbia	63.5	-1.7
31	Japan	69.3	-0.6		59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	63.5	-2.2
32	Bulgaria	69.3	-1.7		60	Indonesia	63.5	-0.9
33	Slovakia	69.0	-0.7		61	Mexico	63.2	-0.5
34	Israel	68.9	+0.9		62	Colombia	63.1	-2.0
35	Georgia	68.7	-3.1		63	Bosnia and Herzegovina	62.9	-0.5
36	Qatar	68.6	+0.9		64	Guatemala	62.7	-0.5
37	Slovenia	68.5	-2.0		65	Dominican Republic	62.6	-0.4
38	Samoa	68.3	0.0		66	Micronesia	62.6	+1.6
39	Jamaica	68.1	+0.7		67	The Bahamas	62.6	-6.1
40	Poland	67.7	-1.0		68	Bahrain	62.5	+0.5
41	Malta	67.5	-4.0		69	Italy	62.3	-3.1
42	Malaysia	67.3	-0.8		70	Vanuatu	62.1	-0.8
43	Belgium	67.1	-2.5		71	Kazakhstan	62.1	-2.3
44	Peru	66.5	0.0		72	Vietnam	61.8	+1.2
45	Costa Rica	66.5	+1.1		73	Mongolia	61.7	-2.2
46	Croatia	66.4	-1.2		74	São Tomé and Príncipe	61.5	+1.2
47	Cabo Verde	65.8	-0.9		75	Azerbaijan	61.4	-0.2
48	Brunei Darussalam	65.7	+0.9		76	Paraguay	61.0	-1.9
49	Albania	65.3	-1.3		77	Montenegro	60.9	+3.1
50	Armenia	65.1	-0.2		78	Kosovo	60.7	+0.6
51	Spain	65.0	-3.2		79	Saint Lucia	60.7	-3.6
52	Botswana	64.9	+0.1		80	Thailand	60.6	-2.6
53	Romania	64.5	-2.6		81	Côte d'Ivoire	60.4	-1.2
54	Hungary	64.1	-2.8		82	Tonga	60.0	-0.8
55	Panama	63.8	-1.6		83	Tanzania	60.0	+0.5

Mostly Unfree

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
84	Benin	59.8	-1.2		117	Mauritania	55.3	0.0
85	Belize	59.8	+3.2		118	Togo	55.3	-1.9
86	Dominica	59.7	+5.3		119	Ecuador	55.0	+0.7
87	Seychelles	59.5	-1.6		120	Eswatini	54.9	+3.5
88	Trinidad and Tobago	59.5	+0.7		121	Nicaragua	54.9	+0.1
89	Philippines	59.3	-1.8		122	Mali	54.5	-1.4
90	Bhutan	59.0	-0.3		123	Bangladesh	54.4	+1.7
91	Madagascar	58.9	0.0		124	Nigeria	53.9	-0.5
92	Kiribati	58.8	-0.4		125	Russia	53.8	-2.3
93	Jordan	58.8	-1.3		126	Niger	53.7	-1.2
94	Honduras	58.7	-0.8		127	Brazil	53.5	+0.2
95	Oman	58.5	+1.9		128	Comoros	53.5	+3.1
96	Moldova	58.5	-2.8		129	Guinea	53.2	-1.0
97	Morocco	58.4	-0.8		130	Angola	53.0	+0.4
98	Saudi Arabia	58.3	+2.8		131	India	52.9	-1.0
99	Ghana	58.0	-1.8		132	Tunisia	52.9	-1.3
100	Fiji	58.0	+1.6		133	Malawi	52.8	-0.2
101	The Gambia	57.9	-0.1		134	Mozambique	52.5	+1.2
102	Namibia	57.7	-1.5		135	Kenya	52.5	-0.1
103	Senegal	57.7	-2.3		136	Sri Lanka	52.2	-1.1
104	Türkiye	56.9	0.0		137	Rwanda	52.2	-4.9
105	Guyana	56.9	-2.6		138	Chad	52.0	+2.2
106	Solomon Islands	56.9	+0.4		139	Cameroon	51.9	-1.0
107	Greece	56.9	-4.6		140	Papua New Guinea	51.7	-2.9
108	Kuwait	56.7	-1.6		141	Lesotho	51.6	+3.5
109	Uzbekistan	56.5	+0.8		142	Nepal	51.4	+1.7
110	Cambodia	56.5	-0.6		143	Uganda	51.4	-2.8
111	Burkina Faso	56.2	-2.1		144	Argentina	51.0	+0.9
112	Djibouti	56.1	+0.8		145	Belarus	51.0	-2.0
113	Gabon	56.1	+0.3		146	Tajikistan	50.6	+0.9
114	El Salvador	56.0	-3.6		147	Laos	50.3	+1.1
115	Kyrgyz Republic	55.8	0.0		148	Sierra Leone	50.2	-1.8
116	South Africa	55.7	-0.5

Repressed

Rank	Country	Overall	Change		rank	Country	Overall	Change
149	Haiti	49.9	-0.1		163	Suriname	46.1	-2.0
150	Liberia	49.6	+1.7		164	Lebanon	45.6	-1.7
151	Egypt	49.6	+0.5		165	Guinea-Bissau	44.6	-1.4
152	Pakistan	49.4	+0.6		166	Central African Republic	43.8	-1.9
153	Equatorial Guinea	48.3	+1.1		167	Bolivia	43.4	+0.4
154	China	48.3	+0.3		168	Algeria	43.2	-2.6
155	Ethiopia	48.3	-1.3		169	Iran	42.2	-0.2
156	Republic of Congo	48.1	-0.4		170	Burundi	41.9	+2.5
157	Democratic Republic of Congo	47.9	+0.3		171	Eritrea	39.5	-0.2
158	Zambia	47.8	-0.9		172	Zimbabwe	39.0	+5.9
159	Timor-Leste	47.2	+0.9		173	Sudan	32.8	+0.8
160	Maldives	46.6	-0.7		174	Venezuela	25.8	+1.0
161	Turkmenistan	46.5	+0.3		175	Cuba	24.3	-5.2
162	Burma	46.5	-3.1		176	North Korea	2.9	-0.1

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	Ukraine	N/A	N/A
N/A	Liechtenstein	N/A	N/A		N/A	Yemen	N/A	N/A