By Country

 

On this page you can find the results of the Global Right to Information Rating broken down by country. The RTI Rating only assesses the formal legal framework for the right to information and does not take into account implementation. CLD has a parallel methodology for assessing implementation, available at: rti-evaluation.org.

The scores are organised by category. You can reorder the table to sort countries by name, by the date their RTI law was first passed, by their score on a particular category or by overall score (which is the same as ordering by rank) by clicking on the blue row at the top.

Detailed information on scoring can be accessed here.

For an indicator-by-indicator breakdown of a country’s score, click on the country’s name. You can also click on the far right column to download an excel sheet with that country’s results. The column just to the left to this links to the main RTI law for that country.

The RTI Rating assesses each legal framework according to 7 main categories. You can view the country results by category here. These 7 categories are broken down  into 61 discrete indicators. You can view the country results by indicator here.

From April-September 2020, we tracked temporary alterations or suspensions to RTI obligations on account of COVID-19. For the historical data, see https://www.rti-rating.org/covid-19-tracker/  

Ranking Country Date Right of Access Scope Requesting Procedure Exceptions & Refusals Appeals Sanctions & Protections Promotional Measures Total Law Report
1 Afghanistan 2014 5 30 28 30 26 6 14 139
2 Mexico 2002 6 30 28 28 26 4 14 136
3 Serbia 2003 5 30 22 26 29 7 16 135
4 Sri Lanka 2016 5 28 26 23 29 4 16 131
5 Slovenia 2003 2 30 26 25 28 4 13 128
6 Albania 1999 6 29 26 27 23 6 10 127
7 Gambia 2021 2 30 23 23 28 7 14 127
8 India 2005 4 25 25 26 29 5 13 127
9 Croatia 2003 5 30 22 26 29 5 9 126
10 Liberia 2010 4 30 19 27 20 7 16 123
11 Sierra Leone 2013 0 29 25 18 28 7 15 122
12 El Salvador 2011 4 30 24 22 23 1 16 120
13 South Sudan 2013 6 27 16 26 22 8 15 120
14 South Africa 2000 6 22 21 23 29 6 12 119
15 Tunisia 2011 4 28 22 25 23 2 15 119
16 Vanuatu 2017 3 26 21 23 26 6 14 119
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2018 2 25 17 23 25 8 15 115
18 Ukraine 1992 5 26 22 24 25 3 10 115
19 Antigua and Barbuda 2004 3 24 20 23 24 5 14 113
20 Kenya 2016 4 29 19 19 24 6 12 113
21 Maldives 2014 3 26 21 15 28 7 12 112
22 Nepal 2007 4 27 19 18 26 6 12 112
23 Nicaragua 2007 4 30 18 27 14 3 15 111
24 Ethiopia 2008 3 25 19 18 25 6 14 110
25 North Macedonia 2006 2 29 21 22 18 4 14 110
26 Bangladesh 2009 2 25 16 20 23 8 15 109
27 Seychelles 2018 5 25 18 21 24 5 11 109
28 Brazil 2011 6 29 19 16 22 3 13 108
29 Finland 1951 6 28 22 16 20 3 10 105
30 Kosovo 2003 4 24 22 17 20 6 12 105
31 Pakistan 2002 6 25 21 17 21 4 11 105
32 Malawi 2017 3 27 15 18 21 6 14 104
33 Yemen 2012 2 29 16 19 19 3 15 103
34 Armenia 2003 4 28 20 17 17 6 10 102
35 Bahamas 2017 4 16 19 16 27 6 14 102
36 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 4 30 21 19 16 0 12 102
37 Colombia 1985 6 29 16 23 15 4 9 102
38 Sweden 1766 5 25 18 19 22 4 8 101
39 Indonesia 2008 5 28 13 16 25 3 10 100
40 Panama 2002 5 28 15 16 20 5 11 100
41 United Kingdom 2000 2 25 19 13 23 7 10 99
42 Russia 2009 1 30 20 12 26 1 8 98
43 Ghana 2019 5 13 19 18 21 7 14 97
44 South Korea 1996 4 22 16 21 21 1 12 97
45 Uganda 2005 6 26 21 22 11 6 5 97
46 Estonia 2000 4 20 24 22 16 1 8 95
47 Ireland 2003 3 21 21 10 23 6 11 95
48 Azerbaijan 2005 2 27 22 14 20 5 4 94
49 Chile 2008 5 17 21 14 23 4 10 94
50 New Zealand 1982 4 16 22 18 23 6 5 94
51 Canada 1983 5 14 20 13 26 6 9 93
52 Moldova 2000 4 24 18 23 14 3 7 93
53 Peru 2003 4 29 17 17 14 4 8 93
54 Argentina 2004 6 29 20 12 13 1 11 92
55 Guatemala 2008 4 29 16 21 5 3 14 92
56 Uruguay 2008 4 28 15 20 11 2 12 92
57 Georgia 1999 4 30 15 18 14 1 9 91
58 Bulgaria 2000 4 30 21 20 3 4 8 90
59 Jamaica 2002 3 19 23 14 17 5 8 89
60 Montenegro 2005 5 30 22 21 4 2 5 89
61 Trinidad and Tobago 1999 3 24 15 20 15 3 9 89
62 Nigeria 2011 3 29 12 22 4 7 11 88
63 Kyrgyzstan 2007 4 23 17 12 21 2 8 87
64 Mongolia 2011 5 25 18 7 25 3 4 87
65 Australia 1982 2 11 21 15 23 4 10 86
66 Hungary 1992 1 29 15 12 20 0 9 86
67 Italy 1990 4 22 21 18 9 4 7 85
68 Romania 2001 5 29 17 13 6 6 9 85
69 Rwanda 2013 2 30 18 21 10 1 3 85
70 Cyprus 2017 0 27 15 14 18 4 6 84
71 Guinea 2021 4 18 19 18 18 2 5 84
72 Honduras 2006 2 24 13 12 18 2 13 84
73 Belize 1994 1 19 20 16 19 2 6 83
74 United States 1966 2 18 16 17 14 4 12 83
75 Netherlands 1978 4 21 22 15 14 4 2 82
76 Israel 1998 4 23 20 15 10 4 4 80
77 Poland 2001 4 29 18 14 12 1 1 79
78 Burkina Faso 2015 4 25 18 8 14 3 6 78
79 Ivory Coast 2013 4 15 20 17 13 4 5 78
80 Malta 2008 0 19 21 12 10 2 14 78
81 Norway 1970 5 16 15 16 22 2 2 78
82 Switzerland 2004 3 19 18 13 14 0 10 77
83 Ecuador 2004 6 28 8 14 8 3 9 76
84 Japan 1999 3 15 15 22 14 2 5 76
85 Niger 2011 2 19 13 13 17 6 6 76
86 Thailand 1997 4 24 14 13 14 2 5 76
87 Vietnam 2016 3 17 16 14 9 6 11 76
88 Angola 2002 3 20 11 18 18 0 5 75
89 China 2007 2 13 17 15 12 4 12 75
90 Turkey 2003 5 24 13 21 5 2 4 74
91 Andorra 2021 3 16 17 17 10 0 10 73
92 Morocco 2018 4 20 11 15 12 3 8 73
93 Portugal 1993 4 22 19 10 14 0 4 73
94 Spain 2013 0 14 13 20 12 0 14 73
95 Tanzania 2016 3 19 15 21 7 5 3 73
96 Zimbabwe 2002 4 15 13 18 17 2 4 73
97 Cook Islands 2008 4 15 16 16 15 3 2 71
98 Costa Rica 2017 3 23 19 2 16 4 4 71
99 Czech Republic 1999 1 28 14 14 10 0 4 71
100 Iran 2009 1 26 10 10 12 2 10 71
101 Lebanon 2017 2 26 12 7 12 0 11 70
102 Togo 2016 2 23 14 8 20 1 2 70
103 Bolivia 2005 4 15 8 17 13 4 8 69
104 Guyana 2013 4 15 16 10 9 4 11 69
105 Latvia 1998 2 30 17 14 4 2 0 69
106 Slovakia 2000 1 20 25 14 4 2 0 66
107 France 1978 2 17 14 14 16 0 2 65
108 Greece 1986 4 12 16 13 17 0 3 65
109 Denmark 1970 1 17 13 10 23 0 0 64
110 Fiji 2018 4 16 11 10 11 2 10 64
111 Iceland 1996 0 10 21 17 12 0 4 64
112 Sudan 2015 0 18 14 8 12 2 10 64
113 Lithuania 1996 3 24 18 11 6 0 0 62
114 Luxembourg 2018 1 19 16 7 11 2 6 62
115 Kazakhstan 2015 0 30 21 1 7 0 1 60
116 Mozambique 2014 6 17 16 9 5 3 4 60
117 Paraguay 2014 0 25 18 2 7 2 6 60
118 Saudi Arabia 2020 3 24 8 9 4 2 10 60
119 Belgium 1994 2 17 14 15 11 0 0 59
120 San Marino 2011 3 21 12 12 8 2 1 59
121 Uzbekistan 1997 3 25 10 13 7 1 0 59
122 Dominican Republic 2004 4 21 14 11 3 2 3 58
123 Jordan 2007 0 26 6 10 9 0 5 56
124 Taiwan 2005 2 18 9 17 6 1 2 55
125 Germany 2005 0 19 7 11 15 0 2 54
126 Kuwait 2020 3 17 11 10 5 3 5 54
127 Benin 2015 1 7 12 14 14 3 0 51
128 Cape Verde 2022 3 15 17 7 3 0 5 50
129 East Timor 2016 2 17 10 15 4 0 2 50
130 Tajikistan 2002 5 8 17 16 2 0 2 50
131 Philippines 2016 5 13 17 4 4 1 2 46
132 Monaco 2011 1 13 5 15 9 0 0 43
133 Republic of Belarus 2008 2 25 5 3 0 0 3 38
134 Liechtenstein 1999 0 17 10 5 1 0 4 37
135 Austria 1987 2 14 8 2 6 1 0 33
136 Palau 2014 4 16 2 5 5 1 0 33

The following countries have passed RTI laws which we remain in the process of rating: Venezuela (2021) and Namibia (2022).

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