Georgia improves Freedom on the Net ranking by 3 spots
In addition to Georgia, Australia, the USA and Italy also have a score of 76. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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Georgia has improved its Freedom on the Net ranking by one point compared to last year for a score of 76, bringing the country from tenth to seventh place in the global ranking, Freedom House reports.
Based on the study, Georgia’s internet status is listed as free.
In addition to Georgia, Australia, the USA and Italy also have a score of 76.
Georgia is ahead of countries like Japan and Argentina.
As for Georgia’s neighbor countries, Russia, Turkey and Azerbaijan received the status of having a ‘not free internet’, while Armenia has the status of a free internet.
The Freedom on the Net report assessed 67 countries this year and granted statuses of free, partly free and not free net.
Georgia has scored 61 points in the Freedom in the World 2020 report by Freedom House, an annual global report on political rights and civil liberties, covering developments in 195 countries and 15 territories between January 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019.
Georgia's ranking in the Global Innovation Index (GII) deteriorated by 15 spots compared to last year, dropping the country from 48th to 63rd place with a score of 31.78 out of 100.
Georgia is among the world’s top ten countries, which enjoy freedom on the net, based on the Freedom House report released earlier today. The Freedom on the Net report assessed 65 countries between June 1, 2018 and May 31, 2019.
Freedom House has released its Freedom on the Net 2017 index, in which Georgia has improved its position with one point.
Georgia has improved its Freedom on the Net ranking by one point compared to last year for a score of 77.