Data for 2010

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010

Name: Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010 covers 175 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.988; North Korea is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.778. Against 2009, 140 values changed (76 up, 64 down), the same countries are covered.

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Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index · Data for 2010

HighestDenmark

0.988

LowestNorth Korea

0.013

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

175countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
148distinct 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, 2010, 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, 2010: 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	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.977
=4	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.977
6	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.976
=7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.975
=7	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.975
9	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.974
10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.971
=11	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.970
=11	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.970
=13	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.967
=13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.967
=13	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.967
=16	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.965
=16	United States`USA`Northern America	0.965
18	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.964
19	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.963
20	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.962
21	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.960
=22	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.959
=22	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.959
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.957
25	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.956
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.955
27	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.954
28	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.941
29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.939
30	Chile`CHL`South America	0.938
31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.933
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.931
33	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.930
=34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.924
=34	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.924
=36	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.923
=36	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.923
38	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.922
39	Peru`PER`South America	0.921
40	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.910
41	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.909
42	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.907
43	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.906
44	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.901
45	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.898
46	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.897
47	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.896
=48	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.889
=48	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.889
50	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.887
=51	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.886
=51	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.886
=53	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.885
=53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.885
=55	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.880
=55	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.880
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.879
58	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.878
59	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.876
60	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.874
61	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.871
62	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.864
63	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.862
64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.856
65	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.855
=66	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.851
=66	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.851
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.845
69	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.838
70	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.834
71	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.831
72	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.827
=73	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.825
=73	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.825
=75	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.823
=75	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.823
77	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.818
78	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.816
=79	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.814
=79	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.814
81	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.812
82	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.811
=83	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.808
=83	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.808
85	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.792
86	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.787
87	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.785
88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.778
89	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.777
=90	Colombia`COL`South America	0.773
=90	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.773
92	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.762
93	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.759
94	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.757
95	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.749
=96	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.747
=96	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.747
=98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.745
=98	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.745
100	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.736
101	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.733
=102	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.723
=102	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.723
104	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.719
105	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.716
106	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.714
107	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.704
108	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.703
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.702
110	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.692
111	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.690
112	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.688
113	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.686
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.682
115	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.672
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.663
117	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.661
118	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.658
119	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.646
120	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.644
121	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.640
122	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.626
123	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.619
124	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.615
125	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.613
126	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.605
127	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.604
128	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.596
129	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.587
130	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.580
131	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.567
132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.549
133	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.547
134	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.539
135	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.536
136	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.465
137	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.441
138	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.427
=139	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.422
=139	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.422
141	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.408
142	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.371
=143	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.361
=143	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.361
145	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.355
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.338
147	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.324
148	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.298
149	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.283
150	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.270
151	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.265
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.224
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.218
154	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.215
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.209
156	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.206
157	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.204
158	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.178
=159	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.170
=159	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.170
161	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.160
=162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.153
=162	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.153
164	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.139
165	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.123
166	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.103
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.066
168	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.045
169	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.040
170	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.033
=171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.029
=171	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.029
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.024
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.015
175	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.013

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.988
2Germany0.984
3Switzerland0.978
4Belgiumshared0.977
4Finlandshared0.977

Lowest

175North Korea0.013
174Eritrea0.015
173Laos0.024
171Uzbekistanshared0.029
171Turkmenistanshared0.029

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.778. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
140values changed, of 175 in both
76 · 64rose · fell
35unchanged

Rose most

Moldova0.617 → 0.808+0.191
Kyrgyzstan0.479 → 0.644+0.165
Guinea0.593 → 0.692+0.099
Myanmar0.073 → 0.170+0.097
Sri Lanka0.376 → 0.465+0.089

Fell most

Ukraine0.855 → 0.719−0.136
Burundi0.633 → 0.549−0.084
Türkiye0.623 → 0.547−0.076
Hungary0.952 → 0.885−0.067
Iran0.212 → 0.160−0.052

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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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 2010.
148 distinct values among 175
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.967. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
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Every one of the 175 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2010). Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-expression/2010

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07Questions

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of expression in Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010?

Denmark, at 0.988, of the 175 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010 describe?

2010.

How many countries does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010 cover?

175.

Where can I download Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010?

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Is Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2010 the newest?

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