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League table

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  1. 1New Zealand16
  2. 1Micronesia, Fed. Sts.16
  3. 1Cabo Verde16
  4. 1Marshall Islands16
  5. 1Belize16
  6. 1Chile16
  7. 1Barbados16
  8. 1Monaco16
  9. 1Portugal16
  10. 1Finland16
  11. 1Ireland16
  12. 1Tuvalu16
  13. 1Netherlands16
  14. 1Denmark16
  15. 1Sweden16
  16. 1Estonia16
  17. 1Luxembourg16
  18. 1Taiwan16
  19. 1Trinidad and Tobago16
  20. 1Palau16
  21. 1Norway16
  22. 1Costa Rica16
  23. 1Kiribati16
  24. 1Liechtenstein16
  25. 2Cyprus15
  26. 2Vanuatu15
  27. 2Switzerland15
  28. 2South Africa15
  29. 2Dominica15
  30. 2Peru15
  31. 2Canada15
  32. 2Jamaica15
  33. 2Uruguay15
  34. 2San Marino15
  35. 2Belgium15
  36. 2Iceland15
  37. 2Guyana15
  38. 2Suriname15
  39. 2Japan15
  40. 2St. Lucia15
  41. 2Grenada15
  42. 2Bahamas, The15
  43. 2Sao Tome and Principe15
  44. 2Argentina15
  45. 2Antigua and Barbuda15
  46. 2Slovenia15
  47. 2Italy15
  48. 2Slovak Republic15
  49. 2Australia15
  50. 2Panama15
  51. 2Lithuania15
  52. 3Tonga14
  53. 3Andorra14
  54. 3Austria14
  55. 3Benin14
  56. 3Malta14
  57. 3Mongolia14
  58. 3Korea, Rep.14
  59. 3Latvia14
  60. 3Mauritius14
  61. 3Ghana14
  62. 3Bolivia14
  63. 3Samoa14
  64. 3United Kingdom14
  65. 3Namibia14
  66. 3Brazil14
  67. 3France14
  68. 3Fiji14
  69. 3Spain14
  70. 3Seychelles14
  71. 3Dominican Republic14
  72. 3Timor-Leste14
  73. 3Papua New Guinea14
  74. 3Germany14
  75. 3Solomon Islands14
  76. 4Colombia13
  77. 4Romania13
  78. 4Malawi13
  79. 4Bulgaria13
  80. 4Greece13
  81. 4Croatia13
  82. 4Senegal13
  83. 4Naoero13
  84. 4Albania13
  85. 4Poland13
  86. 5Montenegro12
  87. 5Israel12
  88. 5Botswana12
  89. 5Moldova12
  90. 5Mexico12
  91. 5Paraguay12
  92. 5Ecuador12
  93. 5Sierra Leone12
  94. 5North Macedonia12
  95. 5Lesotho12
  96. 6Tunisia11
  97. 6Madagascar11
  98. 6Philippines11
  99. 6Liberia11
  100. 6Serbia11
  101. 6El Salvador11
  102. 7Kyrgyz Republic10
  103. 7Kenya10
  104. 7Hungary10
  105. 7Nepal10
  106. 7Guatemala10
  107. 7Kosovo10
  108. 7Guinea-Bissau10
  109. 7Bhutan10
  110. 7Bosnia and Herzegovina10
  111. 7Lebanon10
  112. 7Cote d'Ivoire10
  113. 8Sri Lanka9
  114. 8Honduras9
  115. 8Nigeria9
  116. 8Togo9
  117. 8Mauritania9
  118. 8Ukraine9
  119. 8Mozambique9
  120. 8Uganda9
  121. 8Niger9
  122. 8Guinea9
  123. 8Georgia9
  124. 8Gambia, The9
  125. 8India9
  126. 8Armenia9
  127. 8Indonesia9
  128. 9Malaysia8
  129. 9Comoros8
  130. 9Zambia8
  131. 9Haiti8
  132. 10Qatar7
  133. 10Gabon7
  134. 10Tanzania7
  135. 10Burkina Faso7
  136. 10Hong Kong SAR, China7
  137. 10Mali7
  138. 10Morocco7
  139. 10Angola7
  140. 10Zimbabwe7
  141. 10Cambodia7
  142. 10Singapore7
  143. 10Congo, Dem. Rep.7
  144. 11Jordan6
  145. 11Congo, Rep.6
  146. 11Pakistan6
  147. 11Thailand6
  148. 11Djibouti6
  149. 11Algeria6
  150. 11Kuwait6
  151. 11Bangladesh6
  152. 11Brunei Darussalam6
  153. 11Chad6
  154. 11Venezuela, RB6
  155. 12Oman5
  156. 12Turkiye5
  157. 12Sudan5
  158. 12Eswatini5
  159. 13Cuba4
  160. 13Ethiopia4
  161. 13Iraq4
  162. 13Burundi4
  163. 13Uzbekistan4
  164. 13United Arab Emirates4
  165. 13Cameroon4
  166. 13Kazakhstan4
  167. 14Viet Nam3
  168. 14Libya3
  169. 14Myanmar3
  170. 14Central African Republic3
  171. 14Somalia, Fed. Rep.3
  172. 14Egypt, Arab Rep.3
  173. 14Maldives3
  174. 14Rwanda3
  175. 14Lao PDR3
  176. 14Syrian Arab Republic3
  177. 15Equatorial Guinea2
  178. 15Bahrain2
  179. 15Saudi Arabia2
  180. 15Yemen, Rep.2
  181. 15Nicaragua2
  182. 15Azerbaijan2
  183. 15South Sudan2
  184. 16Eritrea1
  185. 16China1
  186. 16Russian Federation1
  187. 16Belarus1
  188. 17Iran, Islamic Rep.0
  189. 17Tajikistan0
  190. 17Afghanistan0
  191. 17Turkmenistan0
  192. 17Korea, Dem. People's Rep.0

Freedom of expression and belief (D)