Data for 2014

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014

Name: Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.987; North Korea is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.772. Against 2013, 109 values changed (44 up, 65 down), the same countries are covered.

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Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index · Data for 2014

HighestDenmark

0.987

LowestNorth Korea

0.013

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
154distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: 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
=7	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.974
9	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
=14	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.963
=14	United States`USA`Northern America	0.963
=16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.957
=16	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.957
=16	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.957
19	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.956
20	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.950
21	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.949
22	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.948
23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.947
24	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.944
25	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.943
=26	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.942
=26	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.942
28	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.940
29	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.939
30	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.938
31	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.934
32	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.931
33	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.929
=34	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.921
=34	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.921
36	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.916
=37	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.910
=37	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.910
39	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.908
40	Peru`PER`South America	0.907
41	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.905
42	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.903
=43	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.902
=43	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.902
45	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.897
46	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.891
47	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.886
=48	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.882
=48	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.882
50	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.881
51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.877
52	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.876
53	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.869
54	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.864
55	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.860
56	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.857
57	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.856
58	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.854
59	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.851
=60	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.846
=60	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.846
=60	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.846
=63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.841
=63	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.841
65	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.837
66	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.832
67	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.830
68	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.829
=69	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.823
=69	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.823
71	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.820
=72	Colombia`COL`South America	0.818
=72	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.818
74	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.817
75	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.812
76	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.809
77	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.808
78	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.802
79	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.800
80	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.793
81	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.792
82	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.790
83	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.787
84	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.783
85	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.780
86	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.778
87	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.776
88	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.772
89	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.771
90	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.770
=91	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.769
=91	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.769
93	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.765
94	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.763
=95	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.759
=95	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.759
97	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.754
=98	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.738
=98	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.738
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.736
101	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.727
102	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.718
103	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.716
104	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.709
105	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.706
=106	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.699
=106	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.699
108	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.694
109	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.691
110	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.688
111	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.687
112	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.682
113	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.680
=114	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.678
=114	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.678
116	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.667
117	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.666
118	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.665
119	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.640
120	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.639
121	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.624
122	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.623
123	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.618
124	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.617
125	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.616
126	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.594
127	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.573
128	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.551
129	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.546
130	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.541
131	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.537
132	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.529
133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.528
134	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.519
135	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.516
136	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.461
137	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.442
138	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.419
139	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.392
140	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.383
141	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.370
=142	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.368
=142	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.368
144	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.365
145	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.355
146	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.340
147	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.318
148	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.315
149	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.311
150	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.299
151	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.272
152	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.270
153	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.245
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.220
155	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.199
156	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.194
157	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.192
158	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.189
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.176
160	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.171
161	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.163
162	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.157
163	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.153
164	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.151
165	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.123
166	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.121
167	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.118
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.109
169	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.106
170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.051
171	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.045
172	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.034
173	Laos`LAO`South-eastern 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 2014

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
173Laos0.029
172Syria0.034

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.772. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
109values changed, of 176 in both
44 · 65rose · fell
67unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.573 → 0.716+0.143
Madagascar0.644 → 0.770+0.126
Fiji0.252 → 0.365+0.113
Iran0.169 → 0.192+0.023
Slovenia0.919 → 0.942+0.023

Fell most

Thailand0.636 → 0.311−0.325
Egypt0.315 → 0.171−0.144
Yemen0.509 → 0.419−0.090
Türkiye0.446 → 0.368−0.078
Ukraine0.699 → 0.639−0.060

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
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154 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.957. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
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Every one of the 176 countries has every column.

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2014). Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-expression/2014

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07Questions

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of expression in Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014?

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

What year does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014 describe?

2014.

How many countries does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014 cover?

176.

Where can I download Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2014?

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