Freedom House researches this exact topic and they're funded by the US Government. Their current chair is a republican but they're non-partisan.
Looking at their most recent data[0], we can see the US scored 14/16 in 2022 on "Freedom of Expression and Belief", meaning that 53 countries were better by scoring 15/16 or 16/16. Of the 27 countries that scored 16/16, 11 were European. Qatar scored 6/16 by the way.
When you look at the total Freedom Index, the US scores 83/100 which is good for place 62 and lower than most of Europe. Qatar scored 25/100. Here is a world map[1].
Freedom House researches this exact topic and they're funded by the US Government. Their current chair is a republican but they're non-partisan.
Looking at their most recent data[0], we can see the US scored 14/16 in 2022 on "Freedom of Expression and Belief", meaning that 53 countries were better by scoring 15/16 or 16/16. Of the 27 countries that scored 16/16, 11 were European. Qatar scored 6/16 by the way.
When you look at the total Freedom Index, the US scores 83/100 which is good for place 62 and lower than most of Europe. Qatar scored 25/100. Here is a world map[1].
[0] https://freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/2022-02/Aggrega...
[1] https://freedomhouse.org/explore-the-map?type=fiw&year=2022