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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 ascending Obstacles to Access Limits on Content Violations of User Rights
Iceland 96 Free 25 34 37
Estonia 94 Free 25 32 37
Canada 87 Free 23 32 32
Costa Rica 87 Free 20 33 34
Taiwan 80 Free 24 31 25
Germany 79 Free 22 29 28
France 78 Free 23 30 25
United Kingdom 78 Free 23 30 25
Georgia 77 Free 19 31 27
Italy 76 Free 21 30 25
Japan 76 Free 21 29 26
United States 75 Free 21 29 25
Australia 75 Free 23 27 25
South Africa 73 Free 17 29 27
Serbia 71 Free 21 25 25
Armenia 71 Free 19 26 26
Argentina 71 Free 19 27 25
Hungary 70 Free 21 24 25
South Korea 67 Partly Free 22 24 21
Kenya 66 Partly Free 16 27 23
Colombia 65 Partly Free 19 25 21
Philippines 65 Partly Free 17 26 22
Brazil 64 Partly Free 20 24 20
Ghana 64 Partly Free 14 27 23
Tunisia 63 Partly Free 16 28 19
Ukraine 62 Partly Free 20 21 21
Angola 62 Partly Free 12 30 20
Ecuador 62 Partly Free 17 25 20
Mexico 60 Partly Free 18 25 17
Zambia 59 Partly Free 15 24 20
Malawi 59 Partly Free 11 25 23
Nigeria 59 Partly Free 17 25 17
Malaysia 58 Partly Free 18 21 19
Singapore 54 Partly Free 19 17 18
Morocco 53 Partly Free 15 22 16
The Gambia 53 Partly Free 12 22 19
Kyrgyzstan 53 Partly Free 13 23 17
Sri Lanka 51 Partly Free 11 23 17
Lebanon 51 Partly Free 11 22 18
Uganda 49 Partly Free 11 19 19
India 49 Partly Free 11 21 17
Nicaragua 48 Partly Free 12 18 18
Indonesia 48 Partly Free 14 17 17
Libya 48 Partly Free 7 25 16
Jordan 47 Partly Free 13 17 17
Zimbabwe 46 Partly Free 8 22 16
Cambodia 43 Partly Free 13 18 12
Iraq 41 Partly Free 11 16 14
Bangladesh 40 Partly Free 12 17 11
Rwanda 38 Not Free 13 11 14
Thailand 36 Not Free 16 13 7
Azerbaijan 35 Not Free 10 14 11
Turkey 34 Not Free 15 10 9
Kazakhstan 33 Not Free 11 11 11
Sudan 33 Not Free 6 15 12
Belarus 31 Not Free 10 14 7
Bahrain 30 Not Free 16 8 6
Russia 30 Not Free 12 10 8
Uzbekistan 28 Not Free 9 12 7
Venezuela 28 Not Free 6 12 10
Ethiopia 27 Not Free 4 12 11
United Arab Emirates 27 Not Free 12 9 6
Egypt 26 Not Free 12 10 4
Pakistan 25 Not Free 5 13 7
Saudi Arabia 24 Not Free 12 8 4
Vietnam 22 Not Free 12 6 4
Cuba 21 Not Free 5 9 7
Myanmar 17 Not Free 4 7 6
Iran 16 Not Free 8 5 3
China 10 Not Free 8 2 0

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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