Data for 2013

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013

Name: Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2013, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.987; North Korea is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.775. Against 2012, 154 values changed (58 up, 96 down), the same countries are covered.

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Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index · Data for 2013

HighestDenmark

0.987

LowestNorth Korea

0.013

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

176countries
1measure
2013the year it describes
146distinct 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, 2013, 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, 2013: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.987
2	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.982
3	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.979
4	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.978
=5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.977
=5	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.977
7	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.974
=8	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.972
=8	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.972
=10	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.970
=10	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.970
12	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.968
=13	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.966
=13	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.966
=15	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.963
=15	United States`USA`Northern America	0.963
=17	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.957
=17	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.957
19	Chile`CHL`South America	0.953
20	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.951
21	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.950
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.949
23	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.946
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.945
25	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.943
=26	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.942
=26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.942
28	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.938
=29	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.935
=29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.935
31	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.934
32	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.932
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.931
=34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.921
=34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.921
36	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.919
37	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.918
38	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.917
=39	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.910
=39	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.910
41	Peru`PER`South America	0.905
42	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.897
43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.895
44	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.893
45	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.891
46	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.889
47	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.887
48	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.886
49	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.884
50	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.883
=51	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.882
=51	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.882
=51	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.882
=54	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.869
=54	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.869
56	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.866
57	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.864
58	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.860
59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.856
60	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.854
=61	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.852
=61	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.852
63	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.846
=64	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.841
=64	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.841
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.839
67	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.837
68	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.835
69	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.830
70	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.829
=71	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.826
=71	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.826
=73	Colombia`COL`South America	0.823
=73	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.823
=75	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.820
=75	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.820
77	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.818
78	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.816
79	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.802
80	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.792
=81	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.790
=81	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.790
83	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.785
84	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.783
=85	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.780
=85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.780
=87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.776
=87	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.776
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.773
90	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.767
91	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.766
=92	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.765
=92	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.765
94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.763
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.761
=95	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.761
97	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.748
98	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.740
99	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.737
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.734
=101	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.711
=101	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.711
=101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.711
104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.709
105	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.701
=106	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.699
=106	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.699
108	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.696
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.695
110	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.690
111	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.685
112	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.684
113	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.680
114	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.677
115	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.673
116	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.670
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.664
118	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.644
119	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.636
=120	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.624
=120	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.624
122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.621
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.617
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.613
125	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.609
126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.596
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.591
128	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.584
129	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.573
=130	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.554
=130	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.554
132	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.546
133	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.537
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.528
135	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.527
136	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.516
137	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.509
138	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.480
139	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.458
140	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.446
141	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.430
142	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.383
143	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.382
144	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.370
145	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.363
146	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.355
147	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.337
=148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.315
=148	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.315
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.278
151	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.270
152	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.258
153	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.252
154	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.231
155	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.229
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.199
157	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.194
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.189
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.182
160	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.181
161	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.169
162	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.163
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.153
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.151
165	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.140
166	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.133
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.120
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.111
169	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.109
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.047
171	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.045
=172	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.029
=172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.029
174	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.024
175	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.018
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.013

02In 2013

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.987
2Germany0.982
3Norway0.979
4Switzerland0.978
5Belgiumshared0.977

Lowest

176North Korea0.013
175Eritrea0.018
174Turkmenistan0.024
172Syriashared0.029
172Laosshared0.029

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.775. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032012 → 2013

Since 2012

What changed between 2012 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
154values changed, of 176 in both
58 · 96rose · fell
22unchanged

Rose most

Georgia0.713 → 0.887+0.174
Malawi0.744 → 0.826+0.082
Sri Lanka0.479 → 0.554+0.075
Belarus0.193 → 0.258+0.065
Gabon0.756 → 0.818+0.062

Fell most

Egypt0.686 → 0.315−0.371
Serbia0.769 → 0.584−0.185
South Sudan0.333 → 0.181−0.152
Venezuela0.571 → 0.430−0.141
Central African Republic0.703 → 0.573−0.130

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 2013.
146 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.882. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2013). Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013 [data set], describing 2013. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-expression/2013

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07Questions

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of expression in Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013?

Denmark, at 0.987, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013 describe?

2013.

How many countries does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013 cover?

176.

Where can I download Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2013?

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