Country Rankings

Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
1	Hong Kong	89.8	+1.2		4	Switzerland	81.5	+0.5
2	Singapore	88.6	+0.8		5	Australia	81.0	+0.7
3	New Zealand	83.7	+2.1

Mostly Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
6	Estonia	79.1	+1.9		21	Mauritius	74.7	0.0
7	Canada	78.5	+0.5		22	Iceland	74.4	+1.1
8	United Arab Emirates	76.9	+4.3		23	South Korea	74.3	+2.6
9	Ireland	76.7	-0.6		24	Finland	74.0	+1.4
10	Chile	76.5	-1.2		25	Norway	74.0	+3.2
11	Taiwan	76.5	+1.8		26	Germany	73.8	-0.6
12	United Kingdom	76.4	0.0		27	Malaysia	73.8	+2.3
13	Georgia	76.0	+3.4		28	Czech Republic	73.3	+0.1
14	Luxembourg	75.9	+2.0		29	Qatar	73.1	+2.4
15	The Netherlands	75.8	+1.2		30	Austria	72.3	+0.6
16	Lithuania	75.8	+0.6		31	Macedonia	70.7	+3.2
17	United States	75.1	-0.3		32	Macau	70.7	+0.6
18	Denmark	75.1	-0.2		33	Armenia	70.3	+3.3
19	Sweden	74.9	+2.9		34	Botswana	70.1	-1.0
20	Latvia	74.8	+4.4

Moderately Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
35	Brunei Darussalam	69.8	+2.5		64	Saudi Arabia	64.4	+2.3
36	Israel	69.7	-1.0		65	Albania	64.4	-1.5
37	Colombia	69.7	-1.1		66	El Salvador	64.1	-1.0
38	Uruguay	69.7	+0.9		67	Dominica	63.7	-3.3
39	Romania	69.7	+4.1		68	Azerbaijan	63.6	+3.4
40	Japan	69.6	-3.5		69	Spain	63.6	-4.9
41	Jamaica	69.5	+2.0		70	Mexico	63.6	-1.6
42	Kazakhstan	69.0	+5.4		71	Fiji	63.4	+4.6
43	Peru	68.9	+1.5		72	France	63.3	+1.0
44	Bahrain	68.5	-5.8		73	Tonga	63.0	+3.4
45	Poland	68.3	-1.0		74	Guatemala	63.0	+1.2
46	Kosovo	67.9	+6.5		75	Côte d'Ivoire	63.0	+3.0
47	Bulgaria	67.9	+2.0		76	Dominican Republic	62.9	+1.9
48	Cyprus	67.9	-0.8		77	Portugal	62.6	-2.5
49	Belgium	67.8	-0.6		78	Namibia	62.5	+0.6
50	Malta	67.7	+1.0		79	Italy	62.5	+1.3
51	Rwanda	67.6	+4.5		80	Paraguay	62.4	+0.9
52	Vanuatu	67.4	+6.6		81	South Africa	62.3	+0.4
53	Jordan	66.7	-1.6		82	Oman	62.1	-5.0
54	Panama	66.3	+1.5		83	Montenegro	62.0	-2.9
55	Thailand	66.2	+2.3		84	Indonesia	61.9	+2.5
56	Hungary	65.8	-0.2		85	Seychelles	61.8	-0.4
57	Slovakia	65.7	-0.9		86	Morocco	61.5	+0.2
58	Philippines	65.6	+2.5		87	Trinidad and Tobago	61.2	-1.7
59	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	65.2	-3.6		88	Swaziland	61.1	+1.4
60	Turkey	65.2	+3.1		89	Kyrgyz Republic	61.1	+1.5
61	Kuwait	65.1	+2.4		90	The Bahamas	61.1	-9.8
62	Saint Lucia	65.0	-5.0		91	Uganda	60.9	+1.6
63	Costa Rica	65.0	-2.4		92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	60.2	+1.6

Mostly Unfree

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
93	Burkina Faso	59.6	+0.5		126	Solomon Islands	55.0	+8.0
94	Cambodia	59.5	+1.6		127	Greece	55.0	+1.8
95	Croatia	59.4	+0.3		128	Bangladesh	55.0	+1.7
96	Benin	59.2	-0.1		129	Mongolia	54.8	-4.6
97	Slovenia	59.2	-1.4		130	Barbados	54.5	-13.8
98	Nicaragua	59.2	+0.6		131	Mauritania	54.4	-0.4
99	Serbia	58.9	-3.2		132	Micronesia	54.1	+2.3
100	Honduras	58.8	+1.1		133	Laos	54.0	+4.2
101	Belize	58.6	+1.2		134	Lesotho	53.9	+3.3
102	Mali	58.6	+2.1		135	Kenya	53.5	-4.0
103	Gabon	58.6	-0.4		136	The Gambia	53.4	-3.7
104	Belarus	58.6	+9.8		137	Lebanon	53.3	-6.2
105	Tanzania	58.6	+0.1		138	Togo	53.2	-0.4
106	Guyana	58.5	+3.1		139	Burundi	53.2	-0.7
107	Bhutan	58.4	-1.1		140	Brazil	52.9	-3.6
108	Samoa	58.4	-5.1		141	Pakistan	52.8	-3.1
109	Tajikistan	58.2	+6.9		142	Ethiopia	52.7	+1.2
110	Moldova	58.0	+0.6		143	India	52.6	-3.6
111	China	57.4	+5.4		144	Egypt	52.6	-3.4
112	Sri Lanka	57.4	-2.5		145	Sierra Leone	52.6	+0.3
113	Madagascar	57.4	-3.7		146	Burma	52.5	+3.8
114	Russia	57.1	+6.5		147	Vietnam	52.4	-1.6
115	Nigeria	57.1	-0.4		148	Uzbekistan	52.3	+6.3
116	Cabo Verde	56.9	-9.6		149	Malawi	52.2	+0.4
117	Democratic Republic of Congo	56.4	+10.0		150	Cameroon	51.8	-2.4
118	Ghana	56.2	-6.8		151	Central African Republic	51.8	+6.6
119	Guinea-Bissau	56.1	+4.3		152	Papua New Guinea	50.9	-2.3
120	Senegal	55.9	-2.2		153	Kiribati	50.9	+4.7
121	Comoros	55.8	+3.4		154	Niger	50.8	-3.5
122	Zambia	55.8	-3.0		155	Iran	50.5	+7.0
123	Tunisia	55.7	-1.9		156	Argentina	50.4	+6.6
124	São Tomé and Príncipe	55.4	-1.3		157	Maldives	50.3	-3.6
125	Nepal	55.1	+4.2

Repressed

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
158	Mozambique	49.9	-3.3		170	Turkmenistan	47.4	+5.5
159	Haiti	49.6	-1.7		171	Djibouti	46.7	-9.3
160	Ecuador	49.3	+0.7		172	Algeria	46.5	-3.6
161	Liberia	49.1	-3.1		173	Timor-Leste	46.3	+0.5
162	Chad	49.0	+2.7		174	Equatorial Guinea	45.0	+1.3
163	Afghanistan	48.9	N/A		175	Zimbabwe	44.0	+5.8
164	Sudan	48.8	N/A		176	Eritrea	42.2	-0.5
165	Angola	48.5	-0.4		177	Republic of Congo	40.0	-2.8
166	Ukraine	48.1	+1.3		178	Cuba	33.9	+4.1
167	Suriname	48.0	-5.8		179	Venezuela	27.0	-6.7
168	Bolivia	47.7	+0.3		180	North Korea	4.9	+2.6
169	Guinea	47.6	-5.7

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