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Countries with legal guarantees for public access to information
Compare countries with legal guarantees for public access to information across 141 ISO-mapped countries or territories using the fixed 2025 UN SDG Global Database slice.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1.0legal guarantee score
Median: 1.0legal guarantee score
Countries Covered
141
with available data
Highest
Bulgaria
1.0legal guarantee score
Lowest
Bulgaria
1.0legal guarantee score
Top 5 Countries
1Bulgaria1.0legal guarantee score
2Belarus1.0legal guarantee score
3Canada1.0legal guarantee score
4Cape Verde1.0legal guarantee score
5Sri Lanka1.0legal guarantee score
By Region
Key Findings
- •141 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite 2025 observation in the selected slice.
- •Bulgaria has the highest published value (1 legal guarantee score).
- •Bulgaria has the lowest published value (1 legal guarantee score).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (1.0legal guarantee score)High (1.0legal guarantee score)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.0legal guarantee score)
About This Statistic
Country score recording adoption and implementation of constitutional, statutory or policy guarantees for public access to information.
MapTheory retains one fixed year, unit and dimension slice. Only finite ISO-mapped observations are included; aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicates and other dimensions are excluded. No values are estimated or imputed by MapTheory.
Methodology
Country score recording adoption and implementation of constitutional, statutory or policy guarantees for public access to information.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 2 | Belarus | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 3 | Canada | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 6 | Chile | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 7 | People's Republic of China | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 8 | Colombia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 9 | Cook Islands | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 10 | Costa Rica | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 11 | Croatia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 12 | Cuba | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 13 | Cyprus | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 14 | Czech Republic | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 15 | Benin | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 16 | Denmark | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 18 | Ecuador | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 19 | El Salvador | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 20 | Ethiopia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 21 | Estonia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 22 | Fiji | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 23 | Finland | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 24 | France | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 25 | Georgia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 26 | Republic of The Gambia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 27 | Germany | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 28 | Ghana | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 29 | Greece | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 30 | Guatemala | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 31 | Guinea | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 32 | Guyana | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 33 | Honduras | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 34 | Hungary | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 35 | Iceland | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 36 | India | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 37 | Indonesia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 38 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 39 | Ireland | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 40 | Israel | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 41 | Italy | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 43 | Jamaica | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 44 | Japan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 45 | Kazakhstan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 46 | Jordan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 47 | Kenya | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 48 | South Korea | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 49 | Kuwait | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 50 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 51 | Lebanon | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 52 | Latvia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 53 | Liberia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 54 | Liechtenstein | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 55 | Lithuania | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 56 | Luxembourg | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 57 | Malawi | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 58 | Maldives | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 59 | Malta | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 60 | Mexico | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 61 | Monaco | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 62 | Mongolia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 63 | Moldova, Republic of | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 64 | Montenegro | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 65 | Morocco | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 66 | Mozambique | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 67 | Namibia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 68 | Nepal | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 69 | Netherlands | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 71 | New Zealand | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 72 | Nicaragua | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 73 | Niger | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 74 | Nigeria | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 75 | Norway | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 76 | Palau | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 77 | Pakistan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 78 | Panama | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 79 | Paraguay | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 80 | Peru | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 81 | Philippines | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 82 | Poland | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 83 | Portugal | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 84 | Timor-Leste | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 85 | Qatar | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 86 | Romania | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 87 | Russian Federation | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 88 | Rwanda | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 89 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 90 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 91 | San Marino | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 93 | Senegal | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 94 | Serbia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 95 | Seychelles | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 96 | Sierra Leone | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 97 | Slovakia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 98 | Vietnam | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 99 | Slovenia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 100 | South Africa | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 101 | Zimbabwe | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 102 | Spain | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 103 | South Sudan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 104 | Sudan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 105 | Sweden | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 106 | Switzerland | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 107 | Tajikistan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 108 | Thailand | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 109 | Togo | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 111 | Tunisia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 112 | Türkiye | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 113 | Uganda | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 114 | Ukraine | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 115 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 116 | United Kingdom | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 117 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 118 | United States of America | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 120 | Uruguay | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 121 | Uzbekistan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 122 | Venezuela | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 123 | Yemen | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 124 | Zambia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 125 | Afghanistan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 126 | Albania | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 127 | Andorra | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 128 | Angola | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 129 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 130 | Azerbaijan | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 131 | Argentina | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 132 | Australia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 133 | Austria | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 134 | Bahamas | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 135 | Bangladesh | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 136 | Armenia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 137 | Belgium | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 138 | Bolivia | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 140 | Brazil | 1.0legal guarantee score |
| 141 | Belize | 1.0legal guarantee score |
Showing 141 of 141 countries
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Data Source
This data comes from United Nations SDG Global Database (2025).
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