Data for 1992

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992

Name: Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

1992, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992 covers 172 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.011. The middle country reads 0.649. Against 1991, 91 values changed (77 up, 14 down), 1 country joined.

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Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index · Data for 1992

HighestDenmark

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.011

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

172countries
1measure
1992the year it describes
158distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.988
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.984
3	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.978
4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.977
5	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.976
6	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.975
7	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.970
8	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.968
9	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.966
=10	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.964
=10	United States`USA`Northern America	0.964
=12	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.962
=12	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.962
14	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.961
=15	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.960
=15	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.960
=17	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.959
=17	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.959
=19	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.958
=19	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.958
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.957
22	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.955
23	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.953
24	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.948
25	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.944
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.943
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.942
28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.932
29	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.930
30	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.925
31	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.923
32	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.921
33	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.915
=34	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.907
=34	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.907
36	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.898
37	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.897
38	Chile`CHL`South America	0.895
39	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.892
40	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.889
=41	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.888
=41	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.888
43	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.886
44	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.884
45	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.883
46	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.882
47	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.879
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.876
49	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.873
50	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.871
51	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.863
52	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.860
53	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.855
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.847
55	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.839
56	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.837
57	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.835
58	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.822
59	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.819
60	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.818
61	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.816
62	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.812
=63	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.811
=63	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.811
65	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.799
66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.798
67	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.789
68	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.788
69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.786
70	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.768
71	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.766
72	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.765
73	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.753
74	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.745
75	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.739
76	Colombia`COL`South America	0.723
77	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.722
=78	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.705
=78	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.705
80	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.703
81	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.691
82	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.679
83	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.673
84	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.666
85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.652
86	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.649
=87	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.648
=87	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.648
89	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.647
90	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.646
91	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.636
92	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.622
93	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.611
=94	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.609
=94	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.609
=94	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.609
97	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.605
98	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.596
99	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.591
100	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.588
101	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.580
102	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.571
103	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.557
104	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.556
105	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.537
106	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.529
107	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.527
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.521
109	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.485
110	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.477
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.473
112	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.469
113	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.464
114	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.458
=115	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.457
=115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.457
117	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.450
118	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.449
119	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.447
120	Peru`PER`South America	0.442
121	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.432
122	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.416
123	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.412
124	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.402
125	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.395
=126	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.383
=126	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.383
128	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.373
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.353
130	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.351
131	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.342
132	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.336
133	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.327
134	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.319
135	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.310
136	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.308
137	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.303
138	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.297
139	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.286
140	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.276
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.271
142	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.237
143	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.236
144	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.229
145	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.222
146	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.214
147	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.201
148	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.172
149	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.170
150	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.155
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.144
152	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.142
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.139
154	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.123
155	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.122
156	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.110
157	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.107
158	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.096
159	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.092
160	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.082
161	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.081
162	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.075
163	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.066
164	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.059
165	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.058
166	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.043
167	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.042
168	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.029
169	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.026
170	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.024
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.017
172	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.011

02In 1992

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.988
2Germany0.984
3Switzerland0.978
4Finland0.977
5Czechia0.976

Lowest

172North Korea0.011
171Laos0.017
170Syria0.024
169Malawi0.026
168Libya0.029

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.649. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031991 → 1992

Since 1991

What changed between 1991 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+1 / −0countries joined / left
91values changed, of 171 in both
77 · 14rose · fell
80unchanged

Rose most

Madagascar0.371 → 0.818+0.447
Burundi0.142 → 0.447+0.305
Zambia0.434 → 0.679+0.245
Mauritania0.354 → 0.591+0.237
Russia0.589 → 0.816+0.227

Fell most

Tajikistan0.582 → 0.237−0.345
Peru0.721 → 0.442−0.279
Haiti0.641 → 0.458−0.183
Uzbekistan0.177 → 0.107−0.070
Turkmenistan0.144 → 0.096−0.048

+ Bosnia and Herzegovina

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 1992.
158 distinct values among 172
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.609. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 172 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1992). Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992 [data set], describing 1992. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-expression/1992

0636 held

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07Questions

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of expression in Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992?

Denmark, at 0.988, of the 172 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992 describe?

1992.

How many countries does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992 cover?

172.

Where can I download Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 1992?

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