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Countries

Freedom House assesses the level of internet freedom in 70 countries around the world through its annual Freedom on the Net report. Click on a country name below to access the full country narrative report.

Viewing: Global Freedom Scores Internet Freedom Scores Democracy Scores
Country Total Score and Status Sort descending Obstacles to Access Limits on Content Violations of User Rights
China 10 Not Free 8 2 0
Myanmar 12 Not Free 2 6 4
Iran 16 Not Free 7 5 4
Cuba 20 Not Free 4 9 7
Vietnam 22 Not Free 12 6 4
Russia 23 Not Free 11 6 6
Saudi Arabia 24 Not Free 12 8 4
Pakistan 26 Not Free 6 13 7
Egypt 27 Not Free 13 10 4
Uzbekistan 27 Not Free 9 11 7
Ethiopia 27 Not Free 5 13 9
United Arab Emirates 28 Not Free 12 9 7
Belarus 28 Not Free 12 10 6
Sudan 29 Not Free 5 13 11
Bahrain 29 Not Free 16 6 7
Venezuela 30 Not Free 7 12 11
Kazakhstan 32 Not Free 10 11 11
Turkey 32 Not Free 14 10 8
Rwanda 37 Not Free 13 11 13
Azerbaijan 38 Not Free 12 15 11
Thailand 39 Not Free 16 14 9
Iraq 42 Partly Free 12 16 14
Cambodia 43 Partly Free 13 18 12
Bangladesh 43 Partly Free 13 18 12
Libya 44 Partly Free 8 21 15
Nicaragua 45 Partly Free 11 17 17
Jordan 47 Partly Free 14 17 16
Sri Lanka 48 Partly Free 9 22 17
Indonesia 49 Partly Free 14 17 18
Zimbabwe 49 Partly Free 8 23 18
Uganda 50 Partly Free 12 19 19
India 51 Partly Free 13 21 17
Lebanon 51 Partly Free 11 22 18
Morocco 51 Partly Free 15 21 15
Kyrgyzstan 53 Partly Free 15 22 16
Singapore 54 Partly Free 19 17 18
The Gambia 56 Partly Free 12 24 20
Nigeria 57 Partly Free 16 24 17
Malawi 57 Partly Free 11 25 21
Zambia 58 Partly Free 15 23 20
Ukraine 59 Partly Free 18 21 20
Malaysia 59 Partly Free 18 22 19
Tunisia 61 Partly Free 16 26 19
Angola 61 Partly Free 11 29 21
Mexico 61 Partly Free 18 25 18
Colombia 64 Partly Free 19 24 21
Ghana 64 Partly Free 14 27 23
Ecuador 64 Partly Free 18 24 22
Philippines 65 Partly Free 17 26 22
Brazil 65 Partly Free 20 24 21
South Korea 67 Partly Free 22 24 21
Kenya 68 Partly Free 16 27 25
Hungary 69 Partly Free 22 24 23
Argentina 71 Free 19 27 25
Serbia 72 Free 22 25 25
South Africa 73 Free 18 29 26
Armenia 74 Free 20 28 26
Italy 75 Free 21 29 25
France 76 Free 23 29 24
United States 76 Free 21 30 25
Australia 76 Free 23 28 25
Japan 77 Free 22 29 26
Germany 77 Free 23 28 26
Georgia 78 Free 19 31 28
United Kingdom 79 Free 24 30 25
Taiwan 79 Free 24 30 25
Canada 87 Free 23 32 32
Costa Rica 88 Free 21 34 33
Estonia 93 Free 25 31 37
Iceland 95 Free 25 34 36

Scores are based on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free)

* Indicates a territory as opposed to an independent country.

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