El Salvador vs Kazakhstan: Freedom of expression index

El Salvador
0.356
in 2025
Kazakhstan
0.329
in 2025
El Salvador rank
138th
Kazakhstan rank
140th

Freedom of expression index over time

  • El Salvador
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 0.356 against 0.329 in Kazakhstan, a difference of 0.027.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.1 times Kazakhstan's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 188 shared years of data; in 1838 it was El Salvador ahead.

El Salvador ranks 138th and Kazakhstan ranks 140th of 176 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 20 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1830s 0.19 0.074 0.116 El Salvador
1840s 0.19 0.071 0.119 El Salvador
1850s 0.19 0.111 0.079 El Salvador
1860s 0.19 0.181 0.009 El Salvador
1870s 0.19 0.1751 0.0149 El Salvador
1880s 0.227 0.1858 0.0412 El Salvador
1890s 0.261 0.19 0.071 El Salvador
1900s 0.249 0.2187 0.0303 El Salvador
1910s 0.2478 0.1825 0.0653 El Salvador
1920s 0.2512 0.0243 0.2269 El Salvador
1930s 0.1364 0.0132 0.1232 El Salvador
1940s 0.1554 0.0127 0.1427 El Salvador
1950s 0.172 0.0212 0.1508 El Salvador
1960s 0.1589 0.0276 0.1313 El Salvador
1970s 0.1215 0.0252 0.0963 El Salvador
1980s 0.1626 0.1196 0.043 El Salvador
1990s 0.5838 0.4414 0.1424 El Salvador
2000s 0.777 0.3616 0.4154 El Salvador
2010s 0.8308 0.3258 0.505 El Salvador
2020s 0.4293 0.347 0.0823 El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher freedom of expression index, El Salvador or Kazakhstan?
El Salvador, at 0.356 against 0.329 in Kazakhstan as of 2025.
What is the difference in freedom of expression index between El Salvador and Kazakhstan?
0.027, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kazakhstan?
188 years are reported by both, from 1838 to 2025.
How do El Salvador and Kazakhstan rank globally for freedom of expression index?
El Salvador ranks 138th and Kazakhstan ranks 140th of 176 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Freedom of expression index. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Freedom of expression index
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,035 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed