Jordan vs Zimbabwe: Key media freedoms

Jordan
-0.74
in 2025
Zimbabwe
-0.654
in 2025
Jordan rank
131st
Zimbabwe rank
130th

Key media freedoms over time

  • Jordan
  • Zimbabwe
-1.5-1-0.500.5190019622025

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports -0.654 against -0.74 in Jordan, a difference of 0.086.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 104 shared years of data; in 1922 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Jordan ranks 131st and Zimbabwe ranks 130th of 175 countries.

Across the 11 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 2 and Zimbabwe in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Jordan Zimbabwe Difference Ahead
1920s -1.58 0.391 1.97 Zimbabwe
1930s -1.58 0.391 1.97 Zimbabwe
1940s -1.47 0.195 1.66 Zimbabwe
1950s -1.3 -0.0262 1.27 Zimbabwe
1960s -1.3 -0.6941 0.6069 Zimbabwe
1970s -1.3 -1.34 0.038 Jordan
1980s -1.48 0.2228 1.7 Zimbabwe
1990s -0.7408 -0.4985 0.2423 Zimbabwe
2000s -1.03 -1.08 0.0463 Jordan
2010s -0.9317 -0.5123 0.4194 Zimbabwe
2020s -0.8323 -0.532 0.3003 Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher key media freedoms, Jordan or Zimbabwe?
Zimbabwe, at -0.654 against -0.74 in Jordan as of 2025.
What is the difference in key media freedoms between Jordan and Zimbabwe?
0.086, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Zimbabwe?
104 years are reported by both, from 1922 to 2025.
How do Jordan and Zimbabwe rank globally for key media freedoms?
Jordan ranks 131st and Zimbabwe ranks 130th 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.

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About this data

Indicator
Key media freedoms
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
175 places, 21,793 data points, 1789–2025
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