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FIW: Free media and expression

Name: FIW: Free media and expression by country, 2024
Creator: Freedom House, Freedom in the World
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score · higher is better · 193 countries

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192 countries · 2024

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FIW: Free media and expression league table
#	Country	score	Region	Income
1	Finland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
2	New Zealand	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
3	Chile	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
4	Liechtenstein	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Luxembourg	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Switzerland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
7	Belgium	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
9	Trinidad and Tobago	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
10	Canada	4	North America	High income
11	Palau	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
12	Kiribati	4	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
13	Cabo Verde	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
14	Monaco	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Costa Rica	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
16	Taiwan	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
17	Fiji	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
18	Norway	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
19	Cyprus	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Netherlands	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	Jamaica	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
22	France	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
23	Portugal	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Germany	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Marshall Islands	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
26	Estonia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Belize	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
28	United Kingdom	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Ireland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Denmark	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Tuvalu	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
32	Barbados	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
33	Sweden	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Dominica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
35	Mongolia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
36	Namibia	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Montenegro	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Malta	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
39	North Macedonia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
40	Latvia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Lithuania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
42	Sri Lanka	3	South Asia	Upper middle income
43	St. Lucia	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Panama	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
45	Peru	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
46	Korea, Rep.	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
47	Papua New Guinea	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
48	Poland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Japan	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
50	Italy	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
51	Israel	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Iceland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Romania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
54	Indonesia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
55	Croatia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Guyana	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
57	Grenada	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Greece	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
59	Ghana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
60	San Marino	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Sao Tome and Principe	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
62	Suriname	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
63	Spain	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	Slovak Republic	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Slovenia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
66	Seychelles	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
67	Timor-Leste	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
68	Bhutan	3	South Asia	Lower middle income
69	Brazil	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
70	Bahamas, The	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
71	Uruguay	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
72	Vanuatu	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
73	Austria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
74	Australia	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
75	Samoa	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
76	Antigua and Barbuda	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
77	Argentina	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
78	Andorra	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
79	South Africa	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
80	Mauritius	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
81	Madagascar	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
82	Lesotho	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
83	Senegal	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
84	Serbia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
85	Nigeria	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
86	Botswana	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
87	Liberia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
88	Moldova	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
89	Mauritania	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Georgia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
91	Lebanon	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
92	El Salvador	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
93	Malaysia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
94	Colombia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
95	Gambia, The	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Benin	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
97	Tunisia	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
98	Sierra Leone	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Malawi	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
100	Niger	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
101	Kosovo	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
102	Armenia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
103	Solomon Islands	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
104	Togo	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
106	Naoero	2	East Asia & Pacific	High income
107	Nepal	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
108	Mexico	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
109	Kyrgyz Republic	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
110	Kenya	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
111	Albania	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
112	Bulgaria	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
113	Tonga	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
114	Paraguay	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
115	Bolivia	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
116	Ukraine	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
117	Dominican Republic	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Cote d'Ivoire	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
119	Ecuador	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
120	Mozambique	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	India	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
122	Uganda	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
123	Hungary	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
124	Zimbabwe	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
125	Maldives	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
126	Myanmar	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
127	Tanzania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Morocco	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
129	Venezuela, RB	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
130	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
131	Congo, Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Thailand	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
133	Comoros	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Uzbekistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
135	Chad	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Turkiye	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
137	Eswatini	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
138	Algeria	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
139	Mali	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
140	Ethiopia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Gabon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
142	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Burkina Faso	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
144	Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
145	Bangladesh	1	South Asia	Lower middle income
146	Guinea-Bissau	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
147	Brunei Darussalam	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
148	Singapore	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
149	Guatemala	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
150	Central African Republic	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
151	Hong Kong SAR, China	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
152	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
153	Honduras	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
154	Haiti	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
155	Iraq	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
156	Qatar	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
157	Jordan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
158	Angola	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
159	Cambodia	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
160	Kuwait	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
161	Zambia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
162	Philippines	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
163	Pakistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
164	Oman	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
165	Iran, Islamic Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
166	Lao PDR	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
167	Tajikistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
168	Belarus	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
169	Azerbaijan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
170	Djibouti	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
171	Syrian Arab Republic	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
172	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
173	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
174	Kazakhstan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
175	Turkmenistan	0	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
176	Cuba	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
177	Equatorial Guinea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
178	Burundi	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
180	Libya	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
181	China	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
182	Bahrain	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
183	Cameroon	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
184	Yemen, Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
185	Saudi Arabia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
186	United Arab Emirates	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
187	Viet Nam	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
188	Eritrea	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
189	Rwanda	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Egypt, Arab Rep.	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
191	Nicaragua	0	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
192	Russian Federation	0	Europe & Central Asia	High income

FIW: Free media and expression