Ecuador vs Zambia: Key media freedoms
Ecuador
0.653
in 2025
Zambia
0.665
in 2025
Ecuador rank
82nd
Zambia rank
81st
Key media freedoms over time
- Ecuador
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.665 against 0.653 in Ecuador, a difference of 0.012.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 115 shared years of data; in 1911 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 82nd and Zambia ranks 81st of 175 countries.
Ecuador has averaged higher in every one of the 12 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 0.0572 | -0.172 | 0.2292 | Ecuador |
| 1920s | 0.02 | -0.172 | 0.192 | Ecuador |
| 1930s | -0.0892 | -0.172 | 0.0828 | Ecuador |
| 1940s | 0.0424 | -0.3754 | 0.4178 | Ecuador |
| 1950s | 0.1251 | -0.398 | 0.5231 | Ecuador |
| 1960s | 0.0936 | -0.1491 | 0.2427 | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 0.3198 | -0.8502 | 1.17 | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 1.23 | -1.27 | 2.5 | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 0.6584 | 0.1321 | 0.5263 | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 0.692 | 0.4194 | 0.2726 | Ecuador |
| 2010s | 0.4293 | -0.6945 | 1.12 | Ecuador |
| 2020s | 1.19 | 0.4575 | 0.737 | Ecuador |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher key media freedoms, Ecuador or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.665 against 0.653 in Ecuador as of 2025.
- What is the difference in key media freedoms between Ecuador and Zambia?
- 0.012, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Zambia?
- 115 years are reported by both, from 1911 to 2025.
- How do Ecuador and Zambia rank globally for key media freedoms?
- Ecuador ranks 82nd and Zambia ranks 81st of 175 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Our World in Data, published as Key media freedoms. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.