In 2023, Botswana was the leading African country in the Global Expression Report (GxR), scoring 76. Ghana and The Gambia followed, scoring 75 points and 74 points, respectively. South Sudan, Equatorial Guinea, and Eritrea were the countries ranking at the bottom of the list for Africa. GxR ranks countries based on the openness of the society, with a higher score being given to countries with more freedom of expression.
May 2024
Africa
2023
The source adds the following information regarding the metric: The Global Expression Report’s metric (the GxR Metric) tracks freedom of expression across the world. In 161 countries, 25 indicators were used to create an overall freedom of expression score for every country, on a scale of 1 to 100 which places it in an expression category.
Further information regarding methodology is available on the dedicated web page by the source.
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