Data for 2024

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024

Name: Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2024, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024 covers 176 countries. Denmark is highest, at 0.985; North Korea is lowest, at 0.013. The middle country reads 0.726. Against 2023, 153 values changed (64 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index · Data for 2024

HighestDenmark

0.985

LowestNorth Korea

0.013

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

176countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
150distinct 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, 2024, 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, 2024: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.985
2	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.974
=3	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.969
=3	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.969
5	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.967
6	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.960
7	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.959
8	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.957
=9	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.950
=9	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.950
11	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.948
12	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.946
13	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.941
14	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.933
15	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.932
16	Chile`CHL`South America	0.928
=17	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.923
=17	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.923
=17	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.923
=20	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.920
=20	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.920
22	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.919
=23	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.915
=23	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.915
25	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.913
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.912
27	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.911
28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.904
=29	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.899
=29	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.899
31	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.897
32	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.893
33	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.892
34	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.888
35	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.886
36	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.884
37	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.867
38	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.858
=39	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.857
=39	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.857
41	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.855
42	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.851
43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.850
44	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.849
45	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.844
=46	Colombia`COL`South America	0.840
=46	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.840
48	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.838
49	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.837
50	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.836
=51	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.835
=51	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.835
53	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.832
54	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.829
=55	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.823
=55	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.823
57	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.822
58	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.820
59	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.818
60	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.817
=61	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.808
=61	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.808
63	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.807
=64	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.804
=64	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.804
66	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.794
67	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.793
68	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.790
69	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.788
=70	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.784
=70	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.784
72	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.782
=73	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.766
=73	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.766
=75	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.755
=75	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.755
77	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.752
=78	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.751
=78	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.751
80	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.749
81	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.747
82	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.742
83	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.741
84	Peru`PER`South America	0.739
85	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.738
86	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.736
87	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.730
=88	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.726
=88	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.726
90	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.708
91	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.704
92	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.701
93	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.694
94	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.693
95	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.686
96	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.683
97	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.676
98	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.674
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.666
=100	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.658
=100	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.658
102	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.653
103	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.646
104	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.645
105	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.629
=106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.621
=106	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.621
108	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.619
109	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.595
=110	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.593
=110	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.593
=112	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.589
=112	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.589
114	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.582
115	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.578
116	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.576
117	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.575
118	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.565
119	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.559
120	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.558
121	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.539
122	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.533
123	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.520
124	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.512
125	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.486
126	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.479
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.477
128	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.471
129	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.464
130	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.444
131	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.443
132	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.440
133	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.438
134	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.411
135	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.399
136	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.392
137	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.359
=138	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.348
=138	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.348
=138	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.348
141	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.336
142	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.268
143	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.265
144	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.245
145	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.243
146	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.230
147	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.222
148	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.211
149	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.183
150	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.182
151	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.178
152	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.163
153	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.162
154	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.158
155	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.154
156	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.151
157	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.139
158	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.120
159	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.118
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.113
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.090
=162	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.087
=162	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.087
=164	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.080
=164	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.080
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.070
167	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.062
168	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.053
169	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.043
170	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.042
171	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.038
172	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.037
173	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.029
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.024
175	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.022
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.013

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Denmark0.985
2Ireland0.974
3Belgiumshared0.969
3Estoniashared0.969
5Switzerland0.967

Lowest

176North Korea0.013
175Nicaragua0.022
174Eritrea0.024
173Belarus0.029
172Myanmar0.037

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.726. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
153values changed, of 176 in both
64 · 89rose · fell
23unchanged

Rose most

Poland0.659 → 0.911+0.252
Guatemala0.669 → 0.804+0.135
Sri Lanka0.744 → 0.857+0.113
Bangladesh0.343 → 0.444+0.101
Iran0.149 → 0.230+0.081

Fell most

Burkina Faso0.580 → 0.348−0.232
Argentina0.938 → 0.766−0.172
Georgia0.850 → 0.701−0.149
Slovakia0.933 → 0.807−0.126
Moldova0.784 → 0.674−0.110

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 2024.
150 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.923. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2024). Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024 [data set], describing 2024. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-expression/2024

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Other years

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How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions

Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of expression in Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024?

Denmark, at 0.985, of the 176 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024 describe?

2024.

How many countries does Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024 cover?

176.

Where can I download Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2024 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Freedom of Expression and Alternative Sources of Information Index, 2025.

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