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A new study has revealed the countries with the most and least internet restrictions in the world. Nigeria ranks amongst the top 10 least restricted countries, with an internet restriction score of 5.4/10.
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Proxyrack have analyzed internet freedom, censorship, the number of people online per 100,000 people and social media restrictions to reveal the most and least internet-restricted countries.
You can view the full research here: https://www.proxyrack.com/internet-freedom-around-the-world/
The top 10 countries with the fewest internet restrictions
|
Rank |
Country |
Number of People online (per 100,000) ADVERTISEMENT
 |
Censorship Score /11 |
Internet Freedom Score /100 ADVERTISEMENT
 |
Social media restrictions (1= restricted 2 = banned) |
Internet Restriction Score /10 |
|
1 |
United Kingdom |
99,231 |
2 |
78 |
0 |
0.26 |
|
2 |
Germany |
93,583 |
2 |
79 |
0 |
0.40 |
|
3 |
France |
94,265 |
2 |
78 |
0 |
0.53 |
|
4 |
Japan |
95,440 |
2 |
76 |
0 |
0.66 |
|
5 |
United States |
90,810 |
2 |
75 |
0 |
1.19 |
|
6 |
Italy |
86,132 |
2 |
76 |
0 |
1.32 |
|
7 |
Brazil |
76,772 |
2 |
64 |
0 |
2.11 |
|
8 |
Mexico |
75,974 |
4 |
60 |
0 |
3.55 |
|
9 |
Philippines |
65,776 |
5 |
65 |
1 |
5.13 |
|
10 |
Nigeria |
49,968 |
3 |
59 |
1 |
5.40 |
