Global index

Internet freedom
by country.

The index contains 202 assessments covering 194 countries, six jurisdictions, and two regions. Country ranks cover 188 assessments; six limited-evidence country reports remain provisional. Every report uses the same 20 indicators and four scored pillars.

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Country rank is calculated among 188 rank-eligible countries. Tied scores share the same rank. Jurisdictions, regions, and limited-evidence assessments retain scores without occupying a country rank.

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202assessments

Rank	Place	Assessment	Evidence	Region	Status	Score
#1	SwitzerlandOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	96.0
#2	DenmarkOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	95.0
#3	NorwayOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	94.5
#4	FinlandOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	94.3
#5	LuxembourgOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	93.3
#6	SwedenOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	93.0
#7	BelgiumOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	92.8
#8	SloveniaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	91.8
#9	IcelandOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	91.0
#9	PortugalOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	91.0
#9	San MarinoOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	91.0
#12	Cabo VerdeOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Free and Open	90.5
#13	LiechtensteinOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	90.3
#14	EstoniaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	90.0
#14	New ZealandOpen report →	Country	Full	Asia-Pacific	Free and Open	90.0
#16	IrelandOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	89.5
#17	BarbadosOpen report →	Country	Full	Caribbean	Free and Open	87.8
#17	CanadaOpen report →	Country	Full	North America	Free and Open	87.8
#17	CzechiaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	87.8
#17	NetherlandsOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	87.8
#21	AustriaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	87.5
#21	ChileOpen report →	Country	Full	Latin America	Free and Open	87.5
#21	UruguayOpen report →	Country	Full	Latin America	Free and Open	87.5
#24	Costa RicaOpen report →	Country	Full	Latin America	Free and Open	87.3
#24	LithuaniaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	87.3
#24	MonacoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Free and Open	87.3
#27	AndorraOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	86.3
#28	LatviaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	86.0
—	TuvaluOpen report →	Country	Limited	Pacific	Free and Open	86.0
—	Marshall IslandsOpen report →	Country	Limited	Pacific	Free and Open	85.5
—	MicronesiaOpen report →	Country	Limited	Pacific	Free and Open	85.5
—	PalauOpen report →	Country	Limited	Pacific	Free and Open	85.5
#29	Saint Kitts and NevisOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Free and Open	85.5
#30	JapanOpen report →	Country	Full	Asia	Free and Open	85.0
—	KiribatiOpen report →	Country	Limited	Pacific	Free and Open	84.5
#31	SamoaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia-Pacific	Free and Open	84.0
#32	Sao Tome and PrincipeOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Free and Open	83.0
#32	TaiwanOpen report →	Country	Full	Asia	Free and Open	83.0
#34	SpainOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	82.3
#35	CyprusOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Free and Open	81.8
#36	JamaicaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America and the Caribbean	Free and Open	81.3
#37	DominicaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Free and Open	80.5
#38	SlovakiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Free and Open	80.0
#38	VanuatuOpen report →	Country	Standard	Pacific	Free and Open	80.0
#40	The BahamasOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Generally Free	79.8
#41	Saint LuciaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Generally Free	79.3
#42	AustraliaOpen report →	Country	Full	Asia-Pacific	Generally Free	79.0
#42	MaltaOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Generally Free	79.0
#44	CroatiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	78.5
#45	United KingdomOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Generally Free	78.3
#46	FranceOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Generally Free	78.0
#46	GermanyOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Generally Free	78.0
#46	United StatesOpen report →	Country	Full	North America	Generally Free	78.0
#49	Antigua and BarbudaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Generally Free	77.8
#49	ArmeniaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Generally Free	77.8
#51	SeychellesOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	77.3
#52	BelizeOpen report →	Country	Standard	Central America	Generally Free	77.0
#53	TongaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Pacific	Generally Free	76.8
#54	BotswanaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	76.5
#54	RomaniaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	76.5
#54	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Generally Free	76.5
#57	GrenadaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Generally Free	76.3
#57	ItalyOpen report →	Country	Full	Europe	Generally Free	76.3
#57	South AfricaOpen report →	Country	Full	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	76.3
#60	BulgariaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	75.5
#60	NamibiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	75.5
#60	PolandOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	75.5
#63	PanamaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	75.0
#64	Timor-LesteOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia-Pacific	Generally Free	74.8
#64	Trinidad and TobagoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Caribbean	Generally Free	74.8
#66	MontenegroOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	74.5
#67	ArgentinaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	74.3
#68	MauritiusOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	73.3
#69	South KoreaOpen report →	Country	Full	Asia	Generally Free	73.0
#70	Solomon IslandsOpen report →	Country	Standard	Pacific	Generally Free	72.8
—	Holy SeeOpen report →	Jurisdiction	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	72.5
#71	Dominican RepublicOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	72.0
#71	GhanaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	72.0
#71	North MacedoniaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	72.0
#71	SurinameOpen report →	Country	Standard	South America	Generally Free	72.0
#75	GreeceOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	71.3
#75	MongoliaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Generally Free	71.3
#77	IsraelOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Generally Free	71.0
#78	FijiOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia-Pacific	Generally Free	70.5
#79	BrazilOpen report →	Country	Full	Latin America	Generally Free	69.5
#80	AlbaniaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	68.8
#80	MalawiOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	68.8
—	KosovoOpen report →	Jurisdiction	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	67.5
#82	MoldovaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Generally Free	67.5
#82	PeruOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	67.5
#84	SerbiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Generally Free	67.3
#85	Bosnia and HerzegovinaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	66.8
#86	GuyanaOpen report →	Country	Standard	South America	Generally Free	66.5
#86	HungaryOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe	Generally Free	66.5
#86	Sierra LeoneOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	66.5
#89	MexicoOpen report →	Country	Standard	North America	Generally Free	66.3
—	NauruOpen report →	Country	Limited	Pacific	Generally Free	65.8
#90	BoliviaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	65.3
#90	LesothoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	65.3
#92	ParaguayOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	65.0
#93	ColombiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	64.8
#94	EcuadorOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	64.5
#95	GambiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	64.0
#95	LiberiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	64.0
#97	GeorgiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Generally Free	63.5
#98	Papua New GuineaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia-Pacific	Generally Free	62.0
#99	BeninOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	61.5
#99	BhutanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Generally Free	61.5
#99	ZambiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	61.5
#102	NigeriaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	61.0
#103	GuatemalaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Generally Free	60.5
#104	MadagascarOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Generally Free	60.0
#105	PhilippinesOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	58.3
#105	SingaporeOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	58.3
#107	KenyaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	58.0
#108	Côte d'IvoireOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	57.5
#109	NepalOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	57.3
#110	HondurasOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Constrained	56.8
#111	MalaysiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	56.3
#112	TunisiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	56.0
#113	SenegalOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	55.5
#113	UkraineOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Constrained	55.5
#115	LebanonOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	55.3
#116	AngolaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	54.8
#117	Sri LankaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	54.5
#118	IndonesiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	54.3
#119	MaldivesOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	54.0
#120	El SalvadorOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Constrained	52.8
#121	ComorosOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	50.5
#121	MozambiqueOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	50.5
#123	MoroccoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	50.0
#124	IraqOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	49.0
#125	BangladeshOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	48.8
#126	LibyaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	48.5
#127	IndiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	47.3
#128	UgandaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	44.3
#129	ZimbabweOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	44.0
#130	JordanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	43.5
#130	KuwaitOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Constrained	43.5
#132	KyrgyzstanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Constrained	43.3
#133	MauritaniaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	43.0
#134	ThailandOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	42.8
#135	Guinea-BissauOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	41.8
#136	BruneiOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Constrained	41.5
#136	NigerOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	41.5
#138	GabonOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Constrained	40.0
#139	TogoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	39.8
#140	QatarOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	37.8
#141	CambodiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Highly Restricted	37.0
#141	HaitiOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America and the Caribbean	Highly Restricted	37.0
—	Palestinian TerritoriesOpen report →	Jurisdiction	Standard	Middle East	Highly Restricted	37.0
#143	RwandaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	36.5
—	Hong KongOpen report →	Jurisdiction	Full	East Asia	Highly Restricted	35.5
#144	KazakhstanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Highly Restricted	34.5
#144	MaliOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	34.5
#146	GuineaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	34.3
#147	TurkeyOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Highly Restricted	33.8
#148	Democratic Republic of the CongoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	33.0
#149	AlgeriaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	32.5
#149	UzbekistanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Highly Restricted	32.5
#151	EswatiniOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	32.0
#151	OmanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	32.0
#153	Republic of the CongoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	31.5
#154	EthiopiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	30.8
#155	SudanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	30.5
#156	CameroonOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	30.0
#156	NicaraguaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Highly Restricted	30.0
#158	Burkina FasoOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	29.8
#159	VenezuelaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Highly Restricted	29.3
#160	EgyptOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	29.0
#161	ChadOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	28.8
#161	TanzaniaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	28.8
#163	PakistanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Highly Restricted	26.5
#164	AzerbaijanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Highly Restricted	26.0
#165	BurundiOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	25.5
#166	BahrainOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	25.0
—	MacaoOpen report →	Jurisdiction	Standard	East Asia	Highly Restricted	25.0
#166	YemenOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	25.0
#168	DjiboutiOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	23.5
#169	SomaliaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	23.0
#170	SyriaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	22.5
#171	LaosOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Highly Restricted	21.8
#172	VietnamOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Highly Restricted	21.5
#173	United Arab EmiratesOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Highly Restricted	20.5
#174	Central African RepublicOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Highly Restricted	20.0
#175	Saudi ArabiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Closed	18.3
#176	Equatorial GuineaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Closed	17.8
#177	RussiaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Closed	16.5
#178	CubaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Latin America	Closed	15.3
#179	BelarusOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Closed	15.0
#179	IranOpen report →	Country	Standard	Middle East and North Africa	Closed	15.0
#179	South SudanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Closed	15.0
—	Western SaharaOpen report →	Jurisdiction	Standard	North Africa	Closed	14.5
#182	AfghanistanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Closed	14.0
#183	MyanmarOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Closed	13.0
#183	TajikistanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Closed	13.0
#185	ChinaOpen report →	Country	Full	Asia	Closed	9.0
#186	TurkmenistanOpen report →	Country	Standard	Europe and Eurasia	Closed	8.3
#187	EritreaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Sub-Saharan Africa	Closed	7.5
—	XinjiangOpen report →	Region	Standard	East Asia	Closed	2.5
#188	North KoreaOpen report →	Country	Standard	Asia	Closed	1.8
—	TibetOpen report →	Region	Standard	East Asia	Closed	1.8

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