Indonesia's Internet Freedom Index Ranked 10th in Asia Pacific in 2021

A Freedom House report shows that Indonesia's internet freedom score was 48 out of 100 in 2021. This score placed Indonesia tenth in the Asia-Pacific region, below India and Sri Lanka.

According to Freedom House, Indonesia is still categorized as a country with not entirely free internet usage. Several issues highlighted include internet infrastructure and speed, internet access equity, and the government's authority in regulating internet usage fairly and impartially.

Specifically, Indonesia scored 14 out of 25 regarding internet access barriers. Regarding internet content restrictions, Indonesia scored 17 out of 35. Finally, Indonesia scored 17 out of 40 regarding violations of internet users' rights.

Taiwan ranked first in the Asia-Pacific internet freedom index with a score of 80. Japan and Australia followed with scores of 76 and 75, respectively.

South Korea's internet freedom index score was 67. The Philippines and Malaysia had internet freedom index scores of 65 and 58, respectively.

Singapore and Sri Lanka had internet freedom index scores of 54 and 51, respectively. India's internet freedom score reached 49.

Freedom House calculated the internet freedom index from 70 countries worldwide. Iceland ranked highest globally with a score of 96.