Country Rankings

Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
1	Hong Kong	90.2	+0.4		4	Switzerland	81.7	+0.2
2	Singapore	88.8	+0.2		5	Australia	80.9	-0.1
3	New Zealand	84.2	+0.5		6	Ireland	80.4	+3.7

Mostly Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
7	Estonia	78.8	-0.3		21	Mauritius	75.1	+0.4
8	United Kingdom	78.0	+1.6		22	Malaysia	74.5	+0.7
9	Canada	77.7	-0.8		23	Norway	74.3	+0.3
10	United Arab Emirates	77.6	+0.7		24	Czech Republic	74.2	+0.9
11	Iceland	77.0	+2.6		25	Germany	74.2	+0.4
12	Denmark	76.6	+1.5		26	Finland	74.1	+0.1
13	Taiwan	76.6	+0.1		27	South Korea	73.8	-0.5
14	Luxembourg	76.4	+0.5		28	Latvia	73.6	-1.2
15	Sweden	76.3	+1.4		29	Qatar	72.6	-0.5
16	Georgia	76.2	+0.2		30	Japan	72.3	+2.7
17	Netherlands	76.2	+0.4		31	Israel	72.2	+2.5
18	United States	75.7	+0.6		32	Austria	71.8	-0.5
19	Lithuania	75.3	-0.5		33	Macedonia	71.3	+0.6
20	Chile	75.2	-1.3		34	Macau	70.9	+0.2

Moderately Free

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
35	Botswana	69.9	-0.2		66	Dominica	64.5	+0.8
36	Vanuatu	69.5	+2.1		67	Azerbaijan	64.3	+0.7
37	Romania	69.4	-0.3		68	Montenegro	64.3	+2.3
38	Uruguay	69.2	-0.5		69	Indonesia	64.2	+2.3
39	Rwanda	69.1	+1.5		70	Brunei Darussalam	64.2	-5.6
40	Jamaica	69.1	-0.4		71	France	63.9	+0.6
41	Kazakhstan	69.1	+0.1		72	Portugal	63.4	+0.8
42	Colombia	68.9	-0.8		73	Guatemala	63.4	+0.4
43	Peru	68.7	-0.2		74	The Bahamas	63.3	+2.2
44	Armenia	68.7	-1.6		75	El Salvador	63.2	-0.9
45	Poland	68.5	+0.2		76	Tonga	63.1	+0.1
46	Malta	68.5	+0.8		77	South Africa	63.0	+0.7
47	Bulgaria	68.3	+0.4		78	Kyrgyz Republic	62.8	+1.7
48	Cyprus	67.8	-0.1		79	Italy	62.5	0.0
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	67.7	+2.5		80	Serbia	62.5	+3.6
50	Bahrain	67.7	-0.8		81	Kuwait	62.2	-2.9
51	Saint Lucia	67.6	+2.6		82	Paraguay	62.1	-0.3
52	Belgium	67.5	-0.3		83	Uganda	62.0	+1.1
53	Thailand	67.1	+0.9		84	Fiji	62.0	-1.4
54	Panama	67.0	+0.7		85	Côte d'Ivoire	62.0	-1.0
55	Hungary	66.7	+0.9		86	Morocco	61.9	+0.4
56	Kosovo	66.6	-1.3		87	Bhutan	61.8	+3.4
57	Costa Rica	65.6	+0.6		88	Seychelles	61.6	-0.2
58	Turkey	65.4	+0.2		89	Dominican Republic	61.6	-1.3
59	Slovakia	65.3	-0.4		90	Samoa	61.5	+3.1
60	Spain	65.1	+1.5		91	Bosnia and Herzegovina	61.4	+1.2
61	Philippines	65.0	-0.6		92	Croatia	61.0	+1.6
62	Jordan	64.9	-1.8		93	Oman	61.0	-1.1
63	Mexico	64.8	+1.2		94	Honduras	60.6	+1.8
64	Slovenia	64.8	+5.6		95	Burkina Faso	60.0	+0.4
65	Albania	64.5	+0.1		96	Cabo Verde	60.0	+3.1

Mostly Unfree

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
97	Tanzania	59.9	+1.3		129	Kenya	54.7	+1.2
98	Saudi Arabia	59.6	-4.8		130	India	54.5	+1.9
99	Tunisia	58.9	+3.2		131	Pakistan	54.4	+1.6
100	Nicaragua	58.9	-0.3		132	Zambia	54.3	-1.5
101	Cambodia	58.7	-0.8		133	Nepal	54.1	-1.0
102	Guyana	58.7	+0.2		134	Mauritania	54.0	-0.4
103	Namibia	58.5	-4.0		135	Burma	53.9	+1.4
104	Nigeria	58.5	+1.4		136	Lesotho	53.9	0.0
105	Moldova	58.4	+0.4		137	São Tomé and Príncipe	53.6	-1.8
106	Tajikistan	58.3	+0.1		138	Laos	53.6	-0.4
107	Russia	58.2	+1.1		139	Egypt	53.4	+0.8
108	Belarus	58.1	-0.5		140	Lebanon	53.2	-0.1
109	Gabon	58.0	-0.6		141	Vietnam	53.1	+0.7
110	China	57.8	+0.4		142	Ethiopia	52.8	+0.1
111	Sri Lanka	57.8	+0.4		143	Micronesia	52.3	-1.8
112	Trinidad and Tobago	57.7	-3.5		144	Argentina	52.3	+1.9
113	Mali	57.6	-1.0		145	The Gambia	52.3	-1.1
114	Solomon Islands	57.5	+2.5		146	Guinea	52.2	+4.6
115	Greece	57.3	+2.3		147	Democratic Republic of Congo	52.1	-4.3
116	Belize	57.1	-1.5		148	Malawi	52.0	-0.2
117	Barbados	57.0	+2.5		149	Cameroon	51.9	+0.1
118	Guinea-Bissau	56.9	+0.8		150	Ukraine	51.9	+3.8
119	Madagascar	56.8	-0.6		151	Sierra Leone	51.8	-0.8
120	Benin	56.7	-2.5		152	Uzbekistan	51.5	-0.8
121	Comoros	56.2	+0.4		153	Brazil	51.4	-1.5
122	Ghana	56.0	-0.2		154	Afghanistan	51.3	+2.4
123	Swaziland	55.9	-5.2		155	Maldives	51.1	+0.8
124	Haiti	55.8	+6.2		156	Iran	50.9	+0.4
125	Mongolia	55.7	+0.9		157	Burundi	50.9	-2.3
126	Senegal	55.7	-0.2		158	Liberia	50.9	+1.8
127	Papua New Guinea	55.7	+4.8		159	Kiribati	50.8	-0.1
128	Bangladesh	55.1	+0.1

Repressed

rank	country	overall	change		rank	country	overall	change
160	Niger	49.5	-1.3		171	Djibouti	45.1	-1.6
161	Sudan	49.4	+0.6		172	Algeria	44.7	-1.8
162	Chad	49.3	+0.3		173	Bolivia	44.1	-3.6
163	Central African Republic	49.2	-2.6		174	Zimbabwe	44.0	0.0
164	Angola	48.6	+0.1		175	Equatorial Guinea	42.0	-3.0
165	Ecuador	48.5	-0.8		176	Eritrea	41.7	-0.5
166	Suriname	48.1	+0.1		177	Republic of Congo	38.9	-1.1
167	Timor-Leste	48.1	+1.8		178	Cuba	31.9	-2.0
168	Togo	47.8	-5.4		179	Venezuela	25.2	-1.8
169	Turkmenistan	47.1	-0.3		180	North Korea	5.8	+0.9
170	Mozambique	46.3	-3.6

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