Note: Due to economic or political instability, Angola, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa), Iraq, Sudan and Serbia and Montenegro weren't ranked.

FREE
1

Hong Kong

2

Singapore

3

Luxembourg

4

Estonia

5

Ireland
New Zealand

7

United Kingdom

8

Denmark
Iceland

10

Australia

11

Chile

12

Switzerland
United States

14

Sweden

15

Finland

16

Canada

17

Netherlands

MOSTLY FREE

18

Germany

19

Austria

20

Bahrain

21

Belgium
Cyprus

23

Lithuania

24

El Salvador

25

Bahamas

26

Italy

27

Taiwan

28

Latvia

29

Malta
Norway

31

Spain

32

Barbados

33

Czech Republic
Israel

35

Hungary

36

Slovak Republic

37

Botswana
Portugal

39

Japan

40

Trinidad and Tobago

41

Poland

42

Armenia

43

Uruguay

44

France

45

South Korea
Slovenia

47

Belize

48

Madagascar
United Arab Emirates

50

Bolivia
Mongolia

52

Bulgaria
Panama

54

Costa Rica
Kuwait

56

Peru
South Africa

58

Jordan

59

Greece

60

Jamaica
Oman

62

Cape Verde

63

Cambodia
Mexico

65

Mauritius
Nicaragua

67

Albania
Mauritania

69

Macedonia

70

Malaysia

71

Thailand

72

Saudi Arabia
Senegal

MOSTLY UNFREE

74

Croatia
Uganda

76

Lebanon

77

Moldova
Swaziland

79

Guyana
Sri Lanka

81

Namibia
Qatar

83

Tunisia

84

Bosnia and Herzegovina

85

Guatemala
Mali
Morocco

88

Colombia
Ukraine

90

Brazil
Philippines

92

Ivory Coast

93

Burkina Faso
Fiji
Guinea
Kenya

97

Kyrgyz Republic

98

Djibouti
Ghana

100

Georgia
Mozambique

102

Lesotho

103

Azerbaijan
Chad
Egypt

106

Gabon
Gambia
Zambia

109

Tanzania

110

Honduras

111

Paraguay

112

China
Turkey

114

Algeria
Argentina
Ecuador

117

Central African Republic

118

Equatorial Guinea
India
Niger

121

Dominican Republic
Indonesia
Rwanda

124

Russia

125

Romania

126

Cameroon
Nepal

128

Benin

129

Malawi

130

Kazakhstan

131

Togo

132

Yemen

133

Ethiopia
Pakistan

135

Sierra Leone

136

Republic of Congo (Brazzaville)

137

Vietnam

138

Guinea-Bissau

139

Syria

140

Suriname

141

Bangladesh
Nigeria

143

Belarus

REPRESSED
144

Tajikistan

145

Haiti

146

Venezuela

147

Uzbekistan

148

Iran

149

Cuba

150

Laos

151

Turkmenistan
Zimbabwe

153

Libya

154

Burma

155

North Korea