Freedom to Speak Your Mind (Afrobarometer)
Share who feel somewhat or completely free to say what they think. Afrobarometer Round 9, 2023.
Source: Afrobarometer (Round 9) Licence: Afrobarometer terms — public aggregates Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗
Period: Round 9 (2021–2023). Method: Weighted by within-country weight (withinwt_ea); share giving the stated response.
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Avg (2023)
68.9%
single period
Improving
0
of 39 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
39
±0.5pp band
Somewhat or completely free to say what they think
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Freedom to Speak Your Mind (Afrobarometer) — full ranking
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| # | Entity | Somewhat or completely free to say what they think |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 89.4% |
| 2 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 87.6% |
| 3 | 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe | 86.9% |
| 4 | 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde | 86.2% |
| 5 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 84.1% |
| 6 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 83.9% |
| 7 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 83.8% |
| 8 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 83.1% |
| 9 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 80.7% |
| 10 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 79.5% |
| 11 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 79% |
| 12 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 78.6% |
| 13 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 78.5% |
| 14 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 77.9% |
| 15 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 77.4% |
| 16 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 75.3% |
| 17 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 73.3% |
| 18 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 72.7% |
| 19 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 70.6% |
| 20 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 70.4% |
| 21 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 70.4% |
| 22 | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 69.9% |
| 23 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 69.4% |
| 24 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 68.6% |
| 25 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 68.5% |
| 26 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 66.8% |
| 27 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 64.6% |
| 28 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 62.3% |
| 29 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 61.6% |
| 30 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 59.9% |
| 31 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 59.6% |
| 32 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 57.5% |
| 33 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 55.6% |
| 34 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 55.4% |
| 35 | 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire | 51.5% |
| 36 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 50.1% |
| 37 | 🇨🇬 Congo-Brazzaville | 39% |
| 38 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 31.1% |
| 39 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 25.3% |