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World Press Freedom Index
Reporters Without Borders assessment of countries' press freedom
Reporters Without Borders assessment of countries' press freedom
]] The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is an annual ranking of 180 countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the assessment of the non-governmental organization as well as surveys of professionals around the world, of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year. It intends to reflect the degree of freedom that journalists, news organizations, and netizens have in each country, and the efforts made by authorities to respect this freedom. Reporters Without Borders notes that the WPFI only deals with press freedom and does not measure the quality of journalism in the countries it assesses, nor does it look at human rights violations in general.
Methodology
The WPFI is partly based on a questionnaire.
The scores are evaluated against five distinct categories: political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context and safety.
The methodology for the WPFI was dramatically changed in 2022. The thresholds for each categorisation have been shifted accordingly. The methodology from 2013 to 2021 used seven general criteria: pluralism (measures the degree of representation of opinions in the media space), media independence, environment and self-censorship, legislative framework, transparency, infrastructure, and abuses.
Political context
This category aims to evaluate the autonomy of media and the degree of support to the media to keep government and officials accountable.
Legal framework
The questionnaire takes account of the legal framework for the media (including penalties for press offences, the existence of a state monopoly for certain kinds of media and how the media are regulated) and the level of independence of the public media. It also includes violations of the free flow of information on the Internet.
Economic context
This category aims to evaluate economic constraints put on the press by carrying out its mission.
Sociocultural context
This category aims to evaluate the social and cultural constraints put on journalists to self-censor against covering specific issues because it would be in opposition to the predominant culture of a country.
Safety
This category aims to evaluate journalists' safety in disseminating news without the risk of bodily harm, psychological or emotional distress or professional harm.
Violence against journalists, netizens, and media assistants, including abuses attributable to the state, armed militias, clandestine organizations or pressure groups, are monitored by RSF staff during the year and are also part of the final score. A higher score on the report corresponds to greater freedom of the press as reported by the organization.
The questionnaire is sent to Reporters Without Borders's partner organizations: 18 freedom of expression non-governmental organizations located in five continents, its 150 correspondents around the world and journalists, researchers, jurists and human rights activists.
Rankings and scores by country or places
180 countries are ranked on a scale from 0–100 points.
Between 2002-2014, a study found that the ratings became more similar to the press freedom ratings by Freedom House and that more data became available to make ratings more precise. The authors also found a significant correlation with the United Nations Human Development Index scores.
| Country | 2025 |
|---|---|
| 2024 | |
| 2023 | |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | |
| 2020 | |
| 2019 | |
| Norway | (001) |
| 92.31 | (001) |
| 91.89 | (001) |
| 95.18 | (001) |
| 92.65 | (001) |
| 93.28 | (001) |
| 92.16 | |
| Estonia | (002) |
| 89.46 | (006) |
| 86.44 | (008) |
| 85.31 | (004) |
| 88.83 | (015) |
| 84.75 | (014) |
| 87.39 | |
| Netherlands | (003) |
| 88.64 | (004) |
| 87.73 | (006) |
| 87.00 | (028) |
| 77.93 | (006) |
| 90.33 | (005) |
| 90.04 | |
| Sweden | (004) |
| 88.13 | (003) |
| 88.32 | (004) |
| 88.15 | (003) |
| 88.84 | (003) |
| 92.76 | (004) |
| 90.75 | |
| Finland | (005) |
| 87.18 | (005) |
| 86.55 | (005) |
| 87.94 | (005) |
| 88.42 | (002) |
| 93.01 | (002) |
| 92.07 | |
| Denmark | (006) |
| 86.93 | (002) |
| 89.60 | (003) |
| 89.48 | (002) |
| 90.27 | (004) |
| 91.43 | (003) |
| 91.87 | |
| Ireland | (007) |
| 86.92 | (008) |
| 85.59 | (002) |
| 89.91 | (006) |
| 88.3 | (012) |
| 88.09 | (013) |
| 87.40 | |
| Portugal | (008) |
| 84.26 | (007) |
| 85.90 | (009) |
| 84.60 | (007) |
| 87.07 | (009) |
| 89.89 | (010) |
| 88.17 | |
| Switzerland | (009) |
| 83.98 | (009) |
| 84.01 | (012) |
| 84.40 | (014) |
| 82.72 | (010) |
| 89.45 | (008) |
| 89.38 | |
| Czech Republic | (010) |
| 83.96 | (017) |
| 80.14 | (014) |
| 83.58 | (020) |
| 80.54 | (040) |
| 76.62 | (040) |
| 76.43 | |
| Germany | (011) |
| 83.85 | (010) |
| 83.84 | (021) |
| 81.91 | (016) |
| 82.04 | (013) |
| 84.76 | (011) |
| 87.84 | |
| Liechtenstein | (012) |
| 83.42 | (015) |
| 81.52 | (011) |
| 84.47 | (010) |
| 84.03 | (023) |
| 80.51 | (024) |
| 80.48 | |
| Luxembourg | (013) |
| 83.04 | (011) |
| 83.80 | (020) |
| 81.98 | (021) |
| 79.81 | (020) |
| 82.44 | (017) |
| 84.54 | |
| Lithuania | (014) |
| 82.27 | (013) |
| 81.73 | (007) |
| 86.79 | (009) |
| 84.14 | (028) |
| 79.95 | (028) |
| 78.81 | |
| Latvia | (015) |
| 81.82 | (012) |
| 82.90 | (016) |
| 83.27 | (022) |
| 79.17 | (022) |
| 80.74 | (022) |
| 81.44 | |
| New Zealand | (016) |
| 81.37 | (019) |
| 79.72 | (013) |
| 84.23 | (011) |
| 83.54 | (008) |
| 89.96 | (009) |
| 89.31 | |
| Iceland | (017) |
| 81.36 | (018) |
| 80.13 | (018) |
| 83.19 | (015) |
| 82.69 | (016) |
| 84.63 | (015) |
| 84.88 | |
| Belgium | (018) |
| 80.12 | (016) |
| 81.49 | (031) |
| 76.47 | (023) |
| 78.86 | (011) |
| 88.31 | (012) |
| 87.43 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | (019) |
| 79.71 | (025) |
| 76.69 | (030) |
| 76.54 | (025) |
| 78.68 | (031) |
| 78.45 | (036) |
| 76.78 | |
| United Kingdom | (020) |
| 78.89 | (023) |
| 77.51 | (026) |
| 78.51 | (024) |
| 78.71 | (033) |
| 78.41 | (035) |
| 77.07 | |
| Canada | (021) |
| 78.75 | (014) |
| 81.70 | (015) |
| 83.53 | (019) |
| 81.74 | (013) |
| 84.75 | (016) |
| 84.71 | |
| Austria | (022) |
| 78.12 | (032) |
| 74.69 | (029) |
| 77.30 | (031) |
| 76.74 | (017) |
| 83.66 | (018) |
| 84.22 | |
| Spain | (023) |
| 77.35 | (030) |
| 76.01 | (036) |
| 75.37 | (032) |
| 76.71 | (029) |
| 79.56 | (029) |
| 77.84 | |
| Taiwan | (024) |
| 77.04 | (027) |
| 76.13 | (035) |
| 75.54 | (038) |
| 74.08 | (043) |
| 76.14 | (043) |
| 76.24 | |
| France | (025) |
| 76.62 | (021) |
| 78.65 | (024) |
| 78.72 | (026) |
| 78.53 | (034) |
| 77.4 | (034) |
| 77.08 | |
| Jamaica | (026) |
| 75.83 | (024) |
| 77.30 | (032) |
| 75.89 | (012) |
| 83.35 | (007) |
| 90.04 | (006) |
| 89.49 | |
| South Africa | (027) |
| 75.71 | (038) |
| 73.73 | (025) |
| 78.60 | (035) |
| 75.56 | (032) |
| 78.41 | (031) |
| 77.59 | |
| Namibia | (028) |
| 75.35 | (034) |
| 74.16 | (022) |
| 80.91 | (018) |
| 81.84 | (024) |
| 80.28 | (023) |
| 80.75 | |
| Australia | (029) |
| 75.15 | (039) |
| 73.42 | (027) |
| 78.24 | (039) |
| 73.77 | (025) |
| 80.21 | (026) |
| 79.79 | |
| Cape Verde | (030) |
| 74.98 | (041) |
| 72.77 | (033) |
| 75.72 | (036) |
| 75.37 | (027) |
| 79.91 | (025) |
| 79.85 | |
| Poland | (031) |
| 74.79 | (047) |
| 69.17 | (057) |
| 67.66 | (066) |
| 65.64 | (064) |
| 71.16 | (062) |
| 71.35 | |
| Suriname | (032) |
| 74.49 | (028) |
| 76.11 | (048) |
| 70.62 | (052) |
| 68.95 | (019) |
| 83.05 | (020) |
| 82.50 | |
| Slovenia | (033) |
| 74.06 | (042) |
| 72.60 | (050) |
| 70.59 | (054) |
| 68.54 | (036) |
| 76.9 | (032) |
| 77.36 | |
| Armenia | (034) |
| 73.96 | (043) |
| 71.60 | (049) |
| 70.61 | (051) |
| 68.97 | (063) |
| 71.17 | (061) |
| 71.40 | |
| Republic of Moldova | (035) |
| 73.36 | (031) |
| 74.86 | (028) |
| 77.62 | (040) |
| 73.47 | (089) |
| 68.39 | (091) |
| 68.84 | |
| Costa Rica | (036) |
| 73.09 | (026) |
| 76.13 | (023) |
| 80.20 | (008) |
| 85.92 | (005) |
| 91.24 | (007) |
| 89.47 | |
| Montenegro | (037) |
| 72.83 | (040) |
| 73.21 | (039) |
| 74.28 | (063) |
| 66.54 | (104) |
| 65.67 | (105) |
| 66.17 | |
| Slovakia | (038) |
| 72.83 | (029) |
| 76.03 | (017) |
| 83.22 | (027) |
| 78.37 | (035) |
| 76.98 | (033) |
| 77.33 | |
| East Timor | (039) |
| 71.79 | (020) |
| 78.92 | (010) |
| 84.49 | (017) |
| 81.89 | (071) |
| 70.89 | (078) |
| 70.10 | |
| Fiji | (040) |
| 71.20 | (044) |
| 71.23 | (089) |
| 59.27 | (102) |
| 56.91 | (055) |
| 72.08 | (052) |
| 72.59 | |
| Gabon | (041) |
| 70.65 | (056) |
| 65.83 | (094) |
| 58.12 | (105) |
| 56 | (117) |
| 61.4 | (121) |
| 62.80 | |
| North Macedonia | (042) |
| 70.44 | (036) |
| 73.78 | (038) |
| 74.35 | (057) |
| 68.44 | (090) |
| 68.33 | (092) |
| 68.72 | |
| Dominican Republic | (043) |
| 69.87 | (035) |
| 73.89 | (043) |
| 71.88 | (030) |
| 76.9 | (050) |
| 74.4 | (055) |
| 72.10 | |
| Samoa | (044) |
| 69.28 | (022) |
| 78.41 | (019) |
| 82.15 | (045) |
| 71.39 | (021) |
| 80.76 | (021) |
| 81.75 | |
| Seychelles | (045) |
| 68.56 | (037) |
| 73.75 | (034) |
| 75.71 | (013) |
| 83.33 | (052) |
| 74.34 | (063) |
| 71.34 | |
| Tonga | (046) |
| 68.39 | (045) |
| 70.11 | (044) |
| 71.29 | (049) |
| 69.74 | (046) |
| 75.41 | (050) |
| 72.73 | |
| Belize | (047) |
| 68.32 | (054) |
| 66.85 | (051) |
| 70.49 | (047) |
| 70.67 | (053) |
| 72.39 | (053) |
| 72.50 | |
| Italy | (049) |
| 68.01 | (046) |
| 69.80 | (041) |
| 72.05 | (058) |
| 68.16 | (041) |
| 76.61 | (041) |
| 76.31 | |
| Mauritania | (050) |
| 67.52 | (033) |
| 74.20 | (086) |
| 59.45 | (097) |
| 58.1 | (094) |
| 67.75 | (097) |
| 67.46 | |
| Mauritius | (051) |
| 67.31 | (057) |
| 65.55 | (063) |
| 65.56 | (064) |
| 66.07 | (061) |
| 71.26 | (056) |
| 72.00 | |
| Ghana | (052) |
| 67.13 | (050) |
| 67.71 | (062) |
| 65.93 | (060) |
| 67.43 | (030) |
| 78.67 | (030) |
| 77.74 | |
| Panama | (053) |
| 66.75 | (083) |
| 58.55 | (069) |
| 63.67 | (074) |
| 62.78 | (077) |
| 70.06 | (076) |
| 70.22 | |
| Liberia | (054) |
| 66.75 | (060) |
| 65.13 | (066) |
| 64.34 | (075) |
| 62.77 | (098) |
| 66.64 | (095) |
| 67.75 | |
| Romania | (055) |
| 66.42 | (049) |
| 68.45 | (053) |
| 69.04 | (056) |
| 68.46 | (048) |
| 75.09 | (048) |
| 74.09 | |
| Sierra Leone | (056) |
| 66.36 | (064) |
| 64.27 | (074) |
| 62.55 | (046) |
| 71.03 | (075) |
| 70.39 | (085) |
| 69.72 | |
| United States | (057) |
| 65.49 | (055) |
| 66.59 | (045) |
| 71.22 | (042) |
| 72.74 | (044) |
| 76.07 | (045) |
| 76.15 | |
| Gambia | (058) |
| 65.49 | (058) |
| 65.53 | (046) |
| 71.06 | (050) |
| 69.25 | (085) |
| 69.24 | (087) |
| 69.38 | |
| Uruguay | (059) |
| 65.18 | (051) |
| 67.70 | (052) |
| 70.33 | (044) |
| 72.03 | (018) |
| 83.62 | (019) |
| 84.21 | |
| Croatia | (060) |
| 64.20 | (048) |
| 68.79 | (042) |
| 71.95 | (048) |
| 70.42 | (056) |
| 72.05 | (059) |
| 71.49 | |
| South Korea | (061) |
| 64.06 | (062) |
| 64.87 | (047) |
| 70.83 | (043) |
| 72.11 | (042) |
| 76.57 | (042) |
| 76.30 | |
| Ukraine | (062) |
| 63.93 | (061) |
| 65.00 | (079) |
| 61.19 | (106) |
| 55.76 | (097) |
| 67.04 | (096) |
| 67.48 | |
| Brazil | (063) |
| 63.8 | (082) |
| 58.59 | (092) |
| 58.67 | (110) |
| 55.36 | (111) |
| 63.75 | (107) |
| 65.95 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | (064) |
| 63.69 | (053) |
| 66.89 | (054) |
| 68.83 | (037) |
| 74.46 | (066) |
| 71.13 | (068) |
| 71.06 | |
| Andorra | (065) |
| 63.30 | (072) |
| 61.44 | (037) |
| 75.05 | (053) |
| 68.79 | (039) |
| 76.68 | (037) |
| 76.77 | |
| Japan | (066) |
| 63.14 | (070) |
| 62.12 | (068) |
| 63.95 | (071) |
| 64.37 | (067) |
| 71.12 | (066) |
| 71.14 | |
| Malta | (067) |
| 62.96 | (073) |
| 60.96 | (084) |
| 59.76 | (078) |
| 61.55 | (081) |
| 69.54 | (081) |
| 69.84 | |
| Hungary | (068) |
| 62.82 | (067) |
| 62.98 | (072) |
| 62.96 | (085) |
| 59.8 | (092) |
| 68.24 | (089) |
| 69.16 | |
| Chile | (069) |
| 62.25 | (052) |
| 67.32 | (083) |
| 60.09 | (082) |
| 60.61 | (054) |
| 72.11 | (051) |
| 72.69 | |
| Bulgaria | (070) |
| 60.78 | (059) |
| 65.32 | (071) |
| 62.98 | (091) |
| 59.12 | (112) |
| 62.71 | (111) |
| 64.94 | |
| Republic of the Congo | (071) |
| 60.58 | (069) |
| 62.57 | (081) |
| 60.42 | (093) |
| 58.64 | (118) |
| 61.17 | (118) |
| 63.44 | |
| Central African Republic | (072) |
| 60.15 | (076) |
| 60.12 | (098) |
| 57.56 | (101) |
| 56.96 | (126) |
| 58.08 | (132) |
| 57.13 | |
| Guyana | (073) |
| 60.12 | (077) |
| 60.10 | (060) |
| 67.50 | (034) |
| 76.41 | (051) |
| 74.39 | (049) |
| 73.37 | |
| Senegal | (074) |
| 59.43 | (094) |
| 55.44 | (104) |
| 55.82 | (073) |
| 63.07 | (049) |
| 74.78 | (047) |
| 76.01 | |
| Comoros | (075) |
| 59.27 | (071) |
| 61.47 | (075) |
| 62.25 | (083) |
| 60.16 | (084) |
| 69.35 | (075) |
| 70.23 | |
| Malawi | (076) |
| 59.20 | (063) |
| 64.46 | (082) |
| 60.34 | (080) |
| 61.4 | (062) |
| 71.2 | (069) |
| 70.68 | |
| Cyprus | (077) |
| 59.04 | (065) |
| 63.14 | (055) |
| 68.62 | (065) |
| 65.97 | (026) |
| 80.15 | (027) |
| 79.55 | |
| Papua New Guinea | (078) |
| 58.35 | (091) |
| 56.02 | (059) |
| 67.62 | (062) |
| 66.66 | (047) |
| 75.12 | (046) |
| 76.07 | |
| Qatar | (079) |
| 58.25 | (084) |
| 58.48 | (105) |
| 55.28 | (119) |
| 49.03 | (128) |
| 57.4 | (129) |
| 57.49 | |
| Albania | (080) |
| 58.18 | (099) |
| 54.10 | (096) |
| 57.86 | (103) |
| 56.41 | (083) |
| 69.41 | (084) |
| 69.75 | |
| Botswana | (081) |
| 57.64 | (079) |
| 59.78 | (065) |
| 64.61 | (095) |
| 58.49 | (038) |
| 76.75 | (039) |
| 76.44 | |
| Zambia | (082) |
| 57.33 | (095) |
| 55.38 | (087) |
| 59.41 | (109) |
| 55.4 | (115) |
| 61.79 | (120) |
| 63.00 | |
| Niger | (083) |
| 57.05 | (080) |
| 59.71 | (061) |
| 66.84 | (059) |
| 67.8 | (059) |
| 71.56 | (057) |
| 71.75 | |
| Paraguay | (084) |
| 56.84 | (115) |
| 50.48 | (103) |
| 55.96 | (096) |
| 58.36 | (100) |
| 66.48 | (100) |
| 67.03 | |
| Thailand | (085) |
| 56.72 | (087) |
| 58.12 | (106) |
| 55.24 | (115) |
| 50.15 | (137) |
| 54.78 | (140) |
| 55.06 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | (086) |
| 56.33 | (081) |
| 58.85 | (064) |
| 65.43 | (067) |
| 65.64 | (058) |
| 71.66 | (058) |
| 71.49 | |
| Argentina | (087) |
| 56.14 | (066) |
| 63.13 | (040) |
| 73.36 | (029) |
| 77.28 | (069) |
| 71.01 | (064) |
| 71.22 | |
| Malaysia | (088) |
| 56.09 | (107) |
| 52.07 | (073) |
| 62.83 | (113) |
| 51.55 | (119) |
| 60.53 | (101) |
| 66.88 | |
| Greece | (089) |
| 55.37 | (088) |
| 57.15 | (107) |
| 55.20 | (108) |
| 55.52 | (070) |
| 70.99 | (065) |
| 71.20 | |
| Nepal | (090) |
| 55.20 | (074) |
| 60.52 | (095) |
| 57.89 | (076) |
| 62.67 | (106) |
| 65.38 | (112) |
| 64.90 | |
| Northern Cyprus | (091) |
| 54.84 | (090) |
| 56.72 | (076) |
| 61.73 | (081) |
| 61.08 | (076) |
| 70.18 | (077) |
| 70.21 | |
| Benin | (092) |
| 54.60 | (089) |
| 56.73 | (112) |
| 52.44 | (121) |
| 48.39 | (114) |
| 61.82 | (113) |
| 64.89 | |
| Bolivia | (093) |
| 54.09 | (124) |
| 48.88 | (117) |
| 51.09 | (126) |
| 47.58 | (110) |
| 64.53 | (114) |
| 64.63 | |
| Ecuador | (094) |
| 53.76 | (110) |
| 51.30 | (080) |
| 60.51 | (068) |
| 64.61 | (096) |
| 67.17 | (098) |
| 67.38 | |
| Tanzania | (095) |
| 53.68 | (097) |
| 54.80 | (143) |
| 44.02 | (123) |
| 48.28 | (124) |
| 59.31 | (124) |
| 59.75 | |
| Serbia | (096) |
| 53.55 | (098) |
| 54.48 | (091) |
| 59.16 | (079) |
| 61.51 | (093) |
| 67.97 | (093) |
| 68.38 | |
| Brunei | (097) |
| 53.47 | (117) |
| 50.09 | (142) |
| 44.20 | (144) |
| 42.53 | (154) |
| 50.09 | (152) |
| 50.35 | |
| Eswatini | (098) |
| 52.86 | (085) |
| 58.31 | (111) |
| 52.66 | (131) |
| 46.42 | (141) |
| 53.66 | (141) |
| 54.85 | |
| Kosovo | (099) |
| 52.73 | (075) |
| 60.19 | (056) |
| 68.38 | (061) |
| 67 | (078) |
| 69.68 | (070) |
| 70.67 | |
| Angola | (100) |
| 52.67 | (104) |
| 52.44 | (125) |
| 48.30 | (099) |
| 57.17 | (103) |
| 65.94 | (106) |
| 66.08 | |
| Mozambique | (101) |
| 52.63 | (105) |
| 52.42 | (102) |
| 56.13 | (116) |
| 49.89 | (108) |
| 64.61 | (104) |
| 66.21 | |
| Mongolia | (102) |
| 52.57 | (109) |
| 51.34 | (088) |
| 59.33 | (090) |
| 59.17 | (068) |
| 71.03 | (073) |
| 70.39 | |
| Guinea | (103) |
| 52.53 | (078) |
| 59.97 | (085) |
| 59.51 | (084) |
| 59.82 | (109) |
| 64.58 | (110) |
| 65.66 | |
| Maldives | (104) |
| 52.46 | (106) |
| 52.36 | (100) |
| 56.93 | (087) |
| 59.55 | (072) |
| 70.87 | (079) |
| 70.07 | |
| Burkina Faso | (105) |
| 52.25 | (086) |
| 58.24 | (058) |
| 67.64 | (041) |
| 73.12 | (037) |
| 76.83 | (038) |
| 76.53 | |
| Zimbabwe | (106) |
| 52.10 | (116) |
| 50.31 | (126) |
| 48.17 | (137) |
| 44.94 | (130) |
| 56.88 | (126) |
| 59.05 | |
| Lesotho | (107) |
| 52.07 | (122) |
| 48.92 | (067) |
| 64.29 | (088) |
| 59.39 | (088) |
| 68.30 | (086) |
| 69.55 | |
| Chad | (108) |
| 51.89 | (096) |
| 54.81 | (109) |
| 53.73 | (104) |
| 56.18 | (123) |
| 59.8 | (123) |
| 60.30 | |
| South Sudan | (109) |
| 51.63 | (136) |
| 42.57 | (118) |
| 50.62 | (128) |
| 47.06 | (139) |
| 54.22 | (138) |
| 55.51 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | (110) |
| 51.36 | (092) |
| 55.95 | (078) |
| 61.57 | (092) |
| 58.79 | (095) |
| 67.32 | (094) |
| 67.94 | |
| Haiti | (111) |
| 51.06 | (093) |
| 55.92 | (099) |
| 57.38 | (070) |
| 64.55 | (087) |
| 68.88 | (083) |
| 69.80 | |
| Israel | (112) |
| 51.06 | (101) |
| 53.23 | (097) |
| 57.57 | (086) |
| 59.62 | (086) |
| 69.1 | (088) |
| 69.16 | |
| Madagascar | (113) |
| 50.80 | (100) |
| 54.07 | (101) |
| 56.66 | (098) |
| 58.02 | (057) |
| 71.76 | (054) |
| 72.32 | |
| Georgia | (114) |
| 50.53 | (103) |
| 53.05 | (077) |
| 61.69 | (089) |
| 59.3 | (060) |
| 71.36 | (060) |
| 71.41 | |
| Colombia | (115) |
| 49.8 | (119) |
| 49.63 | (139) |
| 45.23 | (145) |
| 42.43 | (134) |
| 56.26 | (130) |
| 57.34 | |
| Philippines | (116) |
| 49.57 | (134) |
| 43.36 | (132) |
| 46.21 | (147) |
| 41.84 | (138) |
| 54.36 | (136) |
| 56.46 | |
| Kenya | (117) |
| 49.41 | (102) |
| 53.22 | (116) |
| 51.15 | (069) |
| 64.59 | (102) |
| 66.35 | (103) |
| 66.28 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | (118) |
| 48.68 | (127) |
| 46.49 | (120) |
| 50.35 | (141) |
| 43.96 | (164) |
| 44.33 | (165) |
| 43.62 | |
| Mali | (119) |
| 48.23 | (114) |
| 50.56 | (113) |
| 52.29 | (111) |
| 54.48 | (099) |
| 66.5 | (108) |
| 65.88 | |
| Morocco | (120) |
| 48.04 | (129) |
| 45.97 | (144) |
| 43.69 | (135) |
| 45.42 | (136) |
| 56.06 | (133) |
| 57.12 | |
| Togo | (121) |
| 48.03 | (113) |
| 50.89 | (070) |
| 63.06 | (100) |
| 57.17 | (074) |
| 70.41 | (071) |
| 70.67 | |
| Nigeria | (122) |
| 46.81 | (112) |
| 51.03 | (123) |
| 49.56 | (129) |
| 46.79 | (120) |
| 60.31 | (115) |
| 64.37 | |
| Singapore | (123) |
| 45.78 | (126) |
| 47.19 | (129) |
| 47.88 | (139) |
| 44.23 | (160) |
| 44.8 | (158) |
| 44.77 | |
| Mexico | (124) |
| 45.55 | (121) |
| 49.01 | (128) |
| 47.98 | (127) |
| 47.57 | (143) |
| 53.29 | (143) |
| 54.55 | |
| Burundi | (125) |
| 45.44 | (108) |
| 51.78 | (114) |
| 52.14 | (107) |
| 55.74 | (147) |
| 52.43 | (160) |
| 44.67 | |
| Algeria | (126) |
| 44.64 | (139) |
| 41.98 | (136) |
| 45.74 | (134) |
| 45.53 | (146) |
| 52.74 | (146) |
| 54.48 | |
| Indonesia | (127) |
| 44.13 | (111) |
| 51.15 | (108) |
| 54.83 | (117) |
| 49.27 | (113) |
| 62.6 | (119) |
| 63.18 | |
| Kuwait | (128) |
| 44.06 | (131) |
| 44.66 | (154) |
| 38.84 | (158) |
| 37.87 | (105) |
| 65.64 | (109) |
| 65.70 | |
| Tunisia | (129) |
| 43.48 | (118) |
| 49.97 | (121) |
| 50.11 | (094) |
| 58.49 | (073) |
| 70.47 | (072) |
| 70.55 | |
| Peru | (130) |
| 42.88 | (125) |
| 47.76 | (110) |
| 52.74 | (077) |
| 61.75 | (091) |
| 68.29 | (090) |
| 69.06 | |
| Cameroon | (131) |
| 42.75 | (130) |
| 44.95 | (138) |
| 45.58 | (118) |
| 49.1 | (135) |
| 56.22 | (134) |
| 56.72 | |
| Lebanon | (132) |
| 42.62 | (140) |
| 41.91 | (119) |
| 50.46 | (130) |
| 46.58 | (107) |
| 65.07 | (102) |
| 66.81 | |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | (133) |
| 42.31 | (123) |
| 48.91 | (124) |
| 48.55 | (125) |
| 47.66 | (149) |
| 51.41 | (150) |
| 50.91 | |
| Oman | (134) |
| 42.29 | (137) |
| 42.52 | (155) |
| 37.87 | (163) |
| 35.99 | (133) |
| 56.63 | (135) |
| 56.58 | |
| El Salvador | (135) |
| 41.19 | (133) |
| 44.01 | (115) |
| 51.36 | (112) |
| 54.09 | (082) |
| 69.51 | (074) |
| 70.30 | |
| Somalia | (136) |
| 40.49 | (145) |
| 39.40 | (141) |
| 44.24 | (140) |
| 44.01 | (161) |
| 44.53 | (163) |
| 44.55 | |
| Libya | (137) |
| 40.42 | (143) |
| 40.59 | (149) |
| 40.22 | (143) |
| 43.16 | (165) |
| 44.27 | (164) |
| 44.23 | |
| Guatemala | (138) |
| 40.32 | (138) |
| 42.28 | (127) |
| 48.12 | (124) |
| 47.94 | (116) |
| 61.55 | (116) |
| 64.26 | |
| Sri Lanka | (139) |
| 39.93 | (150) |
| 35.21 | (135) |
| 45.85 | (146) |
| 42.13 | (127) |
| 57.8 | (127) |
| 58.06 | |
| Hong Kong | (140) |
| 39.86 | (135) |
| 43.06 | (140) |
| 44.86 | (148) |
| 41.64 | (080) |
| 69.56 | (080) |
| 69.99 | |
| Kazakhstan | (141) |
| 39.34 | (142) |
| 41.11 | (134) |
| 45.87 | (122) |
| 48.28 | (155) |
| 49.72 | (157) |
| 45.89 | |
| Honduras | (142) |
| 38.51 | (146) |
| 38.18 | (169) |
| 32.65 | (165) |
| 34.61 | (151) |
| 50.65 | (148) |
| 51.80 | |
| Uganda | (143) |
| 37.61 | (128) |
| 46.00 | (133) |
| 46.08 | (132) |
| 46.35 | (125) |
| 58.81 | (125) |
| 59.05 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | (144) |
| 37.46 | (120) |
| 49.11 | (122) |
| 49.91 | (072) |
| 64.25 | (079) |
| 69.63 | (082) |
| 69.81 | |
| Ethiopia | (145) |
| 36.92 | (141) |
| 41.37 | (130) |
| 47.70 | (114) |
| 50.53 | (101) |
| 66.37 | (099) |
| 67.18 | |
| Rwanda | (146) |
| 35.84 | (144) |
| 40.54 | (131) |
| 46.58 | (136) |
| 45.18 | (156) |
| 49.34 | (155) |
| 49.66 | |
| Jordan | (147) |
| 35.25 | (132) |
| 44.30 | (146) |
| 42.79 | (120) |
| 48.66 | (129) |
| 57.11 | (128) |
| 57.92 | |
| Uzbekistan | (148) |
| 35.24 | (148) |
| 37.27 | (137) |
| 45.73 | (133) |
| 46.35 | (157) |
| 49.26 | (156) |
| 46.93 | |
| Bangladesh | (149) |
| 33.71 | (165) |
| 27.64 | (163) |
| 35.31 | (162) |
| 36.63 | (152) |
| 50.29 | (151) |
| 50.63 | |
| Laos | (150) |
| 33.22 | (153) |
| 33.76 | (160) |
| 36.66 | (161) |
| 36.64 | (172) |
| 29.44 | (172) |
| 35.72 | |
| India | (151) |
| 32.96 | (159) |
| 31.28 | (161) |
| 36.62 | (150) |
| 41 | (142) |
| 53.44 | (142) |
| 54.67 | |
| Bhutan | (152) |
| 32.62 | (147) |
| 37.29 | (090) |
| 59.25 | (033) |
| 76.46 | (065) |
| 71.14 | (067) |
| 71.10 | |
| Tajikistan | (153) |
| 32.21 | (155) |
| 33.31 | (153) |
| 39.06 | (152) |
| 40.26 | (162) |
| 44.48 | (161) |
| 44.66 | |
| Yemen | (154) |
| 31.45 | (154) |
| 33.67 | (168) |
| 32.78 | (169) |
| 29.14 | (169) |
| 37.65 | (167) |
| 41.75 | |
| Iraq | (155) |
| 30.69 | (169) |
| 25.48 | (167) |
| 32.94 | (172) |
| 28.59 | (163) |
| 44.43 | (162) |
| 44.63 | |
| Sudan | (156) |
| 30.34 | (149) |
| 35.73 | (148) |
| 40.83 | (151) |
| 40.96 | (159) |
| 47.07 | (159) |
| 44.67 | |
| Bahrain | (157) |
| 30.24 | (173) |
| 23.21 | (171) |
| 30.59 | (167) |
| 30.97 | (168) |
| 38.9 | (169) |
| 39.87 | |
| Pakistan | (158) |
| 29.62 | (152) |
| 33.90 | (150) |
| 39.95 | (157) |
| 37.99 | (145) |
| 53.14 | (145) |
| 54.48 | |
| Turkey | (159) |
| 29.40 | (158) |
| 31.60 | (165) |
| 33.97 | (149) |
| 41.25 | (153) |
| 50.21 | (154) |
| 49.98 | |
| Venezuela | (160) |
| 29.21 | (156) |
| 33.06 | (159) |
| 36.99 | (159) |
| 37.78 | (148) |
| 52.4 | (147) |
| 54.34 | |
| Cambodia | (161) |
| 28.18 | (151) |
| 34.28 | (147) |
| 42.02 | (142) |
| 43.48 | (144) |
| 53.16 | (144) |
| 54.54 | |
| Saudi Arabia | (162) |
| 27.94 | (166) |
| 27.14 | (170) |
| 32.43 | (166) |
| 33.71 | (170) |
| 37.27 | (170) |
| 37.86 | |
| Palestine | (163) |
| 27.41 | (157) |
| 31.92 | (156) |
| 37.86 | (170) |
| 28.98 | (132) |
| 56.82 | (137) |
| 55.91 | |
| United Arab Emirates | (164) |
| 26.91 | (160) |
| 30.62 | (145) |
| 42.99 | (138) |
| 44.46 | (131) |
| 56.87 | (131) |
| 57.31 | |
| Cuba | (165) |
| 26.03 | (168) |
| 25.63 | (172) |
| 29.00 | (173) |
| 27.32 | (171) |
| 36.06 | (171) |
| 36.19 | |
| Belarus | (166) |
| 25.73 | (167) |
| 26.80 | (157) |
| 37.17 | (153) |
| 39.62 | (158) |
| 49.18 | (153) |
| 50.25 | |
| Azerbaijan | (167) |
| 25.47 | (164) |
| 27.99 | (151) |
| 39.93 | (154) |
| 39.4 | (167) |
| 41.23 | (168) |
| 41.52 | |
| Djibouti | (168) |
| 25.36 | (161) |
| 30.14 | (162) |
| 35.87 | (164) |
| 35.75 | (176) |
| 21.38 | (176) |
| 23.27 | |
| Myanmar | (169) |
| 25.32 | (171) |
| 24.41 | (173) |
| 28.26 | (176) |
| 25.03 | (140) |
| 53.86 | (139) |
| 55.23 | |
| Egypt | (170) |
| 24.74 | (170) |
| 25.10 | (166) |
| 33.37 | (168) |
| 30.23 | (166) |
| 43.83 | (166) |
| 43.18 | |
| Russia | (171) |
| 24.57 | (162) |
| 29.86 | (164) |
| 34.77 | (155) |
| 38.82 | (150) |
| 51.29 | (149) |
| 51.08 | |
| Nicaragua | (172) |
| 22.83 | (163) |
| 29.20 | (158) |
| 37.09 | (160) |
| 37.09 | (121) |
| 60.02 | (117) |
| 64.19 | |
| Vietnam | (173) |
| 19.74 | (174) |
| 22.31 | (178) |
| 24.58 | (174) |
| 26.11 | (175) |
| 21.54 | (175) |
| 25.29 | |
| Turkmenistan | (174) |
| 19.14 | (175) |
| 22.01 | (176) |
| 25.82 | (177) |
| 25.01 | (178) |
| 19.97 | (179) |
| 14.56 | |
| Afghanistan | (175) |
| 17.88 | (178) |
| 19.09 | (152) |
| 39.75 | (156) |
| 38.27 | (122) |
| 59.81 | (122) |
| 62.30 | |
| Iran | (176) |
| 16.22 | (176) |
| 21.30 | (177) |
| 24.81 | (178) |
| 23.22 | (174) |
| 27.3 | (173) |
| 35.19 | |
| Syria | (177) |
| 15.82 | (179) |
| 17.41 | (175) |
| 27.22 | (171) |
| 28.94 | (173) |
| 29.37 | (174) |
| 27.43 | |
| China | (178) |
| 14.80 | (172) |
| 23.36 | (179) |
| 22.97 | (175) |
| 25.17 | (177) |
| 21.28 | (177) |
| 21.52 | |
| North Korea | (179) |
| 12.64 | (177) |
| 20.66 | (180) |
| 21.72 | (180) |
| 13.92 | (179) |
| 18.72 | (180) |
| 14.18 | |
| Eritrea | (180) |
| 11.32 | (180) |
| 16.64 | (174) |
| 27.86 | (179) |
| 19.62 | (180) |
| 18.55 | (178) |
| 16.50 |
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