Freedom & voice

Freedom of expression, association and media, the ability to choose one's government, and whether public power is abused for private gain.

History

Freedom & voice: component score, 0–100

Ranking on this component

Year

Component score and the score of each indicator in it (0–100). Countries with partial indicator coverage are included but marked.

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