 | Parts of this article (those related to The table is updated only up to 2022 (and not fully)) need to be updated.(April 2024) |
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world. [2]
Freedom in the World was launched in 1973 by Raymond Gastil. It produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties in each state and territory, on a scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free". [3] The report is often used by researchers in order to measure democracy and correlates highly with several other measures of democracy such as the Polity data series. [4]
The Freedom House rankings are widely reported in the media and used as sources by political researchers. Their construction and use has been evaluated by critics and supporters. [5]
The rankings are from the Freedom in the World 2019, [7] 2020, [8] 2021, [9] and 2022 surveys, each report covering the previous year. The average of each pair of ratings on political rights and civil liberties determines the overall status of "Free" (1.0–2.5), "Partly Free" (3.0–5.0), or "Not Free" (5.5–7.0). [10]
An asterisk (*) indicates countries which are "electoral democracies". To qualify as an "electoral democracy", a state must have satisfied the following criteria:
An electoral democracy must have a score of 7 or more out of 12 in political rights subcategory A (Electoral Progress), an overall aggregate score of 20 in their political rights rating and an overall aggregate score of 30 in their civil liberties rating. [11]
Freedom House's term "electoral democracy" differs from "liberal democracy" in that the latter also implies the presence of a substantial array of civil liberties. In the survey, all Free countries qualify as both electoral and liberal democracies. By contrast, some Partly Free countries qualify as electoral, but not liberal, democracies. [10]
* indicates "Civil liberties in country or territory" or "Human rights in country or territory" links.
PR = political rights, CL = civil liberties
| Country (2024) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR Rating [12] | CL Rating [12] | Total | PR | CL | Free | |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 5 | Not free |
| Albania | 3 | 3 | 68 | 28 | 40 | Partly free |
| Algeria | 6 | 5 | 32 | 10 | 22 | Not free |
| Andorra | 1 | 1 | 93 | 38 | 55 | Free |
| Angola | 6 | 5 | 28 | 10 | 18 | Not free |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2 | 85 | 33 | 52 | Free |
| Argentina | 2 | 2 | 85 | 36 | 50 | Free |
| Armenia | 4 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 31 | Partly free |
| Australia | 1 | 1 | 95 | 38 | 57 | Free |
| Austria | 1 | 1 | 93 | 37 | 56 | Free |
| Azerbaijan | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | Not free |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1 | 91 | 38 | 53 | Free |
| Bahrain | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | Not free |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 5 | 40 | 15 | 25 | Partly free |
| Barbados | 1 | 1 | 94 | 37 | 57 | Free |
| Belarus | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | Not free |
| Belgium | 1 | 1 | 96 | 39 | 57 | Free |
| Belize | 2 | 1 | 87 | 34 | 53 | Free |
| Benin | 4 | 3 | 61 | 19 | 42 | Partly free |
| Bhutan | 2 | 4 | 63 | 30 | 33 | Partly free |
| Bolivia | 3 | 3 | 66 | 27 | 39 | Partly free |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 4 | 51 | 17 | 34 | Partly free |
| Botswana | 3 | 2 | 72 | 28 | 44 | Free |
| Brazil | 2 | 3 | 72 | 30 | 42 | Free |
| Brunei | 6 | 5 | 28 | 7 | 21 | Not free |
| Bulgaria | 2 | 2 | 78 | 32 | 46 | Free |
| Burkina Faso | 7 | 5 | 27 | 3 | 24 | Not free |
| Burundi | 7 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 10 | Not free |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1 | 92 | 38 | 54 | Free |
| Cambodia | 7 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 19 | Not free |
| Cameroon | 6 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 9 | Not free |
| Canada | 1 | 1 | 97 | 39 | 58 | Free |
| Central African Republic | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 4 | Not free |
| Chad | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 14 | Not free |
| Chile | 1 | 1 | 94 | 38 | 56 | Free |
| China | 7 | 6 | 9 | -2 | 11 | Not free |
| Colombia | 2 | 3 | 70 | 31 | 39 | Free |
| Comoros | 5 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 26 | Partly free |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1 | 91 | 38 | 53 | Free |
| Croatia | 2 | 2 | 83 | 34 | 49 | Free |
| Cuba | 7 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 11 | Not free |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 92 | 38 | 54 | Free |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 1 | 94 | 36 | 58 | Free |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 15 | Not free |
| Denmark | 1 | 1 | 97 | 40 | 57 | Free |
| Djibouti | 7 | 5 | 24 | 5 | 19 | Not free |
| Dominica | 1 | 1 | 93 | 37 | 56 | Free |
| Dominican Republic | 3 | 3 | 68 | 27 | 41 | Partly free |
| East Timor | 72 | 33 | 39 | Free | ||
| Ecuador | 3 | 3 | 67 | 29 | 38 | Partly free |
| Egypt | 6 | 6 | 18 | 6 | 12 | Not free |
| El Salvador | 4 | 4 | 53 | 21 | 32 | Partly free |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Not free |
| Eritrea | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | Not free |
| Estonia | 1 | 1 | 95 | 38 | 57 | Free |
| Eswatini | 7 | 6 | 17 | 1 | 16 | Not free |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 10 | Not free |
| Fiji | 3 | 3 | 66 | 27 | 39 | Partly free |
| Finland | 1 | 1 | 100 | 40 | 60 | Free |
| France | 1 | 2 | 89 | 38 | 51 | Free |
| Gabon | 7 | 5 | 20 | 2 | 18 | Not free |
| Gambia | 50 | 22 | 28 | Partly free | ||
| Georgia | 4 | 3 | 58 | 22 | 36 | Partly free |
| Germany | 1 | 1 | 93 | 39 | 54 | Free |
| Ghana | 2 | 2 | 80 | 35 | 45 | Free |
| Greece | 2 | 2 | 85 | 35 | 50 | Free |
| Grenada | 1 | 2 | 89 | 37 | 52 | Free |
| Guatemala | 5 | 4 | 46 | 17 | 29 | Partly free |
| Guinea | 6 | 5 | 30 | 7 | 23 | Not free |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 26 | Partly free |
| Guyana | 2 | 3 | 73 | 30 | 43 | Free |
| Haiti | 6 | 5 | 30 | 11 | 19 | Not free |
| Honduras | 4 | 4 | 48 | 22 | 26 | Partly free |
| Hungary | 3 | 3 | 65 | 24 | 41 | Partly free |
| Iceland | 1 | 1 | 94 | 37 | 57 | Free |
| India | 2 | 4 | 66 | 33 | 33 | Partly free |
| Indonesia | 3 | 4 | 57 | 29 | 28 | Partly free |
| Iran | 7 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 7 | Not free |
| Iraq | 5 | 6 | 30 | 16 | 14 | Not free |
| Ireland | 1 | 1 | 97 | 39 | 58 | Free |
| Israel | 2 | 3 | 74 | 34 | 40 | Free |
| Italy | 1 | 1 | 90 | 36 | 54 | Free |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 4 | 49 | 19 | 30 | Partly free |
| Jamaica | 2 | 2 | 80 | 33 | 47 | Free |
| Japan | 1 | 1 | 96 | 40 | 56 | Free |
| Jordan | 6 | 5 | 33 | 11 | 22 | Not free |
| Kazakhstan | 7 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 18 | Not free |
| Kenya | 4 | 4 | 52 | 22 | 30 | Partly free |
| Kiribati | 1 | 1 | 90 | 37 | 53 | Free |
| Kosovo | 3 | 4 | 60 | 28 | 32 | Partly free |
| Kuwait | 5 | 5 | 38 | 14 | 24 | Partly free |
| Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 23 | Not free |
| Laos | 7 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 11 | Not free |
| Latvia | 1 | 2 | 88 | 37 | 51 | Free |
| Lebanon | 5 | 4 | 42 | 13 | 29 | Partly free |
| Lesotho | 2 | 3 | 66 | 30 | 36 | Free |
| Liberia | 2 | 4 | 64 | 30 | 34 | Partly free |
| Libya | 7 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 8 | Not free |
| Liechtenstein | 2 | 1 | 90 | 33 | 53 | Free |
| Lithuania | 1 | 2 | 89 | 38 | 51 | Free |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1 | 97 | 38 | 59 | Free |
| Madagascar | 3 | 4 | 58 | 24 | 34 | Partly free |
| Malawi | 3 | 3 | 66 | 29 | 37 | Partly free |
| Malaysia | 4 | 4 | 53 | 22 | 31 | Partly free |
| Maldives | 4 | 5 | 44 | 21 | 23 | Partly free |
| Mali | 6 | 5 | 26 | 6 | 20 | Not free |
| Malta | 2 | 2 | 87 | 35 | 52 | Free |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 1 | 93 | 38 | 55 | Free |
| Mauritania | 5 | 5 | 39 | 15 | 24 | Partly free |
| Mauritius | 2 | 2 | 85 | 35 | 50 | Free |
| Mexico | 3 | 4 | 60 | 27 | 33 | Partly free |
| Micronesia | 1 | 1 | 92 | 37 | 55 | Free |
| Moldova | 3 | 3 | 61 | 26 | 35 | Partly free |
| Monaco | 3 | 1 | 82 | 25 | 57 | Free |
| Mongolia | 1 | 2 | 84 | 36 | 48 | Free |
| Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 69 | 27 | 42 | Partly free |
| Morocco | 5 | 5 | 37 | 13 | 24 | Partly free |
| Mozambique | 5 | 4 | 44 | 14 | 30 | Partly free |
| Myanmar | 7 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 8 | Not free |
| Namibia | 2 | 2 | 77 | 31 | 46 | Free |
| Nauru | 2 | 3 | 77 | 34 | 43 | Free |
| Nepal | 3 | 4 | 62 | 28 | 34 | Partly free |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 97 | 39 | 58 | Free |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 99 | 40 | 59 | Free |
| Nicaragua | 7 | 6 | 16 | 4 | 12 | Not free |
| Niger | 6 | 4 | 33 | 6 | 27 | Partly free |
| Nigeria | 4 | 5 | 44 | 20 | 24 | Partly free |
| North Korea | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | Not free |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 3 | 67 | 28 | 39 | Partly free |
| Norway | 1 | 1 | 98 | 39 | 59 | Free |
| Oman | 6 | 5 | 24 | 6 | 18 | Not free |
| Pakistan | 5 | 5 | 35 | 14 | 21 | Partly free |
| Palau | 1 | 1 | 92 | 37 | 55 | Free |
| Panama | 2 | 2 | 83 | 35 | 48 | Free |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 3 | 61 | 22 | 39 | Partly free |
| Paraguay | 3 | 3 | 63 | 26 | 37 | Partly free |
| Peru | 3 | 3 | 66 | 27 | 39 | Partly free |
| Philippines | 3 | 4 | 58 | 25 | 33 | Partly free |
| Poland | 2 | 2 | 80 | 33 | 47 | Free |
| Portugal | 1 | 1 | 96 | 39 | 57 | Free |
| Qatar | 6 | 5 | 25 | 7 | 18 | Not free |
| Republic of the Congo | 7 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 15 | Not free |
| Romania | 2 | 2 | 83 | 35 | 48 | Free |
| Russia | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 9 | Not free |
| Rwanda | 6 | 6 | 23 | 8 | 15 | Not free |
| Samoa | 2 | 2 | 84 | 32 | 52 | Free |
| San Marino | 1 | 1 | 97 | 39 | 58 | Free |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 2 | 2 | 84 | 35 | 49 | Free |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 7 | Not free |
| Senegal | 3 | 3 | 67 | 28 | 39 | Partly free |
| Serbia | 4 | 3 | 57 | 18 | 39 | Partly free |
| Seychelles | 2 | 2 | 79 | 34 | 45 | Free |
| Sierra Leone | 3 | 3 | 60 | 24 | 36 | Partly free |
| Singapore | 4 | 4 | 48 | 19 | 29 | Partly free |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 90 | 37 | 53 | Free |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 96 | 39 | 57 | Free |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 2 | 75 | 28 | 47 | Free |
| Somalia | 7 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | Not free |
| South Africa | 2 | 2 | 79 | 33 | 46 | Free |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 83 | 33 | 50 | Free |
| South Sudan | 7 | 7 | 1 | -3 | 4 | Not free |
| Spain | 1 | 1 | 90 | 37 | 53 | Free |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 4 | 54 | 22 | 33 | Partly free |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 1 | 89 | 35 | 54 | Free |
| Saint Lucia | 1 | 1 | 92 | 38 | 54 | Free |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1 | 90 | 36 | 54 | Free |
| Sudan | 7 | 6 | 6 | -3 | 9 | Not free |
| Suriname | 2 | 2 | 79 | 34 | 45 | Free |
| Sweden | 1 | 1 | 99 | 40 | 59 | Free |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 96 | 39 | 57 | Free |
| Syria | 7 | 7 | 1 | -3 | 4 | Not free |
| Tajikistan | 7 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 5 | Not free |
| Tanzania | 5 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 24 | Partly free |
| Thailand | 5 | 5 | 36 | 12 | 24 | Partly free |
| Togo | 5 | 4 | 42 | 15 | 27 | Partly free |
| Tonga | 2 | 2 | 81 | 31 | 50 | Free |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2 | 82 | 33 | 49 | Free |
| Tunisia | 5 | 3 | 51 | 16 | 35 | Partly free |
| Turkey | 5 | 6 | 33 | 17 | 16 | Not free |
| Turkmenistan | 7 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | Not free |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 1 | 93 | 37 | 56 | Free |
| Uganda | 6 | 5 | 34 | 10 | 24 | Not free |
| Ukraine | 4 | 4 | 49 | 21 | 28 | Partly free |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 13 | Not free |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 91 | 38 | 53 | Free |
| United States | 2 | 2 | 83 | 33 | 50 | Free |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1 | 96 | 40 | 56 | Free |
| Uzbekistan | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 10 | Not free |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 2 | 82 | 32 | 50 | Free |
| Venezuela | 7 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 14 | Not free |
| Vietnam | 7 | 6 | 19 | 4 | 15 | Not free |
| Yemen | 7 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 9 | Not free |
| Zambia | 4 | 4 | 54 | 23 | 31 | Partly free |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 5 | 27 | 10 | 17 | Not free |
| Country | Electoral democracy | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | CL | Free | Pts | PR | CL | Free | Pts | PR | CL | Free | Pts | PR | CL | Free | Pts | PR | CL | Free | Pts | ||
 Afghanistan * | No | 5 | 6 | Not | 27 | 5 | 6 | Not | 27 | 5 | 6 | Not | 27 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | ||||
 Albania * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 68 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | ||||
 Algeria * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 34 | 6 | 5 | Not | 34 | 6 | 5 | Not | 32 | 6 | 5 | Not | 32 | ||||
 Andorra * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||
 Angola * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 31 | 6 | 5 | Not | 32 | 6 | 5 | Not | 31 | 6 | 5 | Not | 30 | ||||
 Antigua and Barbuda | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 85 | 2 | 2 | Free | 85 | 2 | 2 | Free | 85 | ||||
 Argentina * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 85 | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | ||||
 Armenia * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 51 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 55 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 55 | ||||
 Australia * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | ||||
 Austria * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||
 Azerbaijan * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | 7 | 6 | Not | 10 | 7 | 6 | Not | 10 | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | ||||
 Bahamas | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | ||||
 Bahrain * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 12 | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | 7 | 6 | Not | 12 | 7 | 6 | Not | 12 | ||||
 Bangladesh * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 41 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 39 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 39 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 39 | ||||
 Barbados | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | ||||
 Belarus * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 19 | 7 | 6 | Not | 19 | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | 7 | 7 | Not | 8 | ||||
 Belgium * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | ||||
 Belize | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 86 | 2 | 2 | Free | 86 | 2 | 1 | Free | 87 | 2 | 1 | Free | 87 | ||||
 Benin * | No | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 4 | 2 | Partly | 66 | 4 | 2 | Partly | 65 | 5 | 3 | Partly | 59 | ||||
 Bhutan * | Yes | 3 | 4 | Partly | 59 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 59 | 2 | 4 | Partly | 61 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 61 | ||||
 Bolivia * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | ||||
 Bosnia and Herzegovina * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | ||||
 Botswana * | Yes | 3 | 2 | Free | 72 | 3 | 2 | Free | 72 | 3 | 2 | Free | 72 | 3 | 2 | Free | 72 | ||||
 Brazil * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 75 | 2 | 2 | Free | 75 | 2 | 3 | Free | 74 | 2 | 3 | Free | 73 | ||||
 Brunei * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 29 | 6 | 5 | Not | 28 | 6 | 5 | Not | 28 | 6 | 5 | Not | 28 | ||||
 Bulgaria * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 80 | 2 | 2 | Free | 80 | 2 | 2 | Free | 78 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | ||||
 Burkina Faso * | Yes | 4 | 3 | Partly | 60 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 56 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 54 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | ||||
 Burundi * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | 7 | 6 | Not | 13 | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | ||||
 Cambodia * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 26 | 7 | 5 | Not | 25 | 7 | 5 | Not | 24 | 7 | 5 | Not | 24 | ||||
 Cameroon * | No | 6 | 6 | Not | 19 | 6 | 6 | Not | 18 | 6 | 6 | Not | 16 | 6 | 6 | Not | 15 | ||||
 Canada * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 99 | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | ||||
 Cape Verde * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 90 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | ||||
 Central African Republic * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 9 | 7 | 7 | Not | 10 | 7 | 7 | Not | 9 | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | ||||
 Chad * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | 7 | 6 | Not | 15 | ||||
 Chile * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 2 | Free | 90 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | ||||
 China * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | 7 | 6 | Not | 10 | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | ||||
 Colombia * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 64 | ||||
 Comoros * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 50 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 44 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 42 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 42 | ||||
 DR Congo * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 15 | 7 | 6 | Not | 18 | 7 | 6 | Not | 20 | ||||||||
 Congo * | No | 7 | 5 | Not | 21 | 7 | 5 | Not | 20 | 7 | 5 | Not | 20 | ||||||||
 Costa Rica * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | ||||||||
 Croatia * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 85 | 1 | 2 | Free | 85 | 1 | 2 | Free | 85 | ||||||||
 Cuba * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | 7 | 6 | Not | 13 | ||||||||
 Cyprus * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | ||||||||
 Czech Republic * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | ||||||||
 Denmark * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | ||||||||
 Djibouti * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 26 | 7 | 5 | Not | 24 | 7 | 5 | Not | 24 | ||||||||
 Dominica | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||||||
 Dominican Republic * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | ||||||||
 East Timor * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 70 | 2 | 3 | Free | 71 | 2 | 3 | Free | 72 | ||||||||
 Ecuador * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | ||||||||
 Egypt * | No | 6 | 6 | Not | 22 | 6 | 6 | Not | 21 | 6 | 6 | Not | 18 | ||||||||
 El Salvador * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 67 | 2 | 4 | Partly | 66 | 2 | 4 | Partly | 63 | ||||||||
 Equatorial Guinea * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 6 | 7 | 7 | Not | 6 | 7 | 7 | Not | 5 | ||||||||
 Eritrea * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | ||||||||
 Estonia * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | ||||||||
 Ethiopia * | No | 6 | 6 | Not | 19 | 6 | 6 | Not | 24 | 6 | 6 | Not | 22 | ||||||||
 Eswatini * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 16 | 7 | 5 | Not | 19 | 7 | 5 | Not | 19 | ||||||||
 Fiji * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 61 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 60 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 60 | ||||||||
 Finland * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | ||||||||
 France * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 90 | 1 | 2 | Free | 90 | 1 | 2 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Gabon * | No | 7 | 5 | Not | 23 | 7 | 5 | Not | 22 | 7 | 5 | Not | 22 | ||||||||
 Gambia | No | 4 | 5 | Partly | 45 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 46 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 46 | ||||||||
 Georgia * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 61 | 4 | 3 | Partly | 60 | ||||||||
 Germany * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | ||||||||
 Ghana * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 83 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | ||||||||
 Greece * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 87 | 1 | 2 | Free | 88 | 1 | 2 | Free | 87 | ||||||||
 Grenada * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | ||||||||
 Guatemala * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 53 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 52 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 52 | ||||||||
 Guinea * | No | 5 | 4 | Partly | 43 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 40 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 38 | ||||||||
 Guinea-Bissau * | No | 5 | 4 | Partly | 42 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 46 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 44 | ||||||||
 Guyana * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 75 | 2 | 3 | Free | 74 | 2 | 3 | Free | 73 | ||||||||
 Haiti * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 41 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 38 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | ||||||||
 Honduras * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 46 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 45 | 4 | 5 | Partly | 44 | ||||||||
 Hungary * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 70 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 70 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 69 | ||||||||
 Iceland * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | ||||||||
 India * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 75 | 2 | 3 | Free | 71 | 2 | 4 | Partly | 67 | ||||||||
 Indonesia * | No | 2 | 4 | Partly | 62 | 2 | 4 | Partly | 61 | 2 | 4 | Partly | 59 | ||||||||
 Iran * | No | 6 | 6 | Not | 18 | 6 | 6 | Not | 17 | 6 | 6 | Not | 16 | ||||||||
 Iraq * | No | 5 | 6 | Not | 32 | 5 | 6 | Not | 31 | 5 | 6 | Not | 29 | ||||||||
 Ireland * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | ||||||||
 Israel * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 78 | 2 | 3 | Free | 76 | 2 | 3 | Free | 76 | ||||||||
 Italy * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 89 | 1 | 1 | Free | 89 | 1 | 1 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Ivory Coast * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 51 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 51 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 44 | ||||||||
 Jamaica * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 78 | 2 | 2 | Free | 78 | 2 | 2 | Free | 80 | ||||||||
 Japan * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | ||||||||
 Jordan * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | 6 | 5 | Not | 34 | ||||||||
 Kazakhstan * | No | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 23 | 7 | 5 | Not | 23 | |||||||||
 Kenya * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 48 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 48 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 48 | ||||||||
 Kiribati * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||||||
 Kosovo * | Yes | 3 | 4 | Partly | 54 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 56 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 54 | ||||||||
 Kuwait * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 36 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 36 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | ||||||||
 Kyrgyzstan * | No | 5 | 4 | Partly | 38 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 39 | 7 | 5 | Not | 28 | ||||||||
 Laos * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | 7 | 6 | Not | 13 | ||||||||
 Latvia * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 87 | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | ||||||||
 Lebanon * | No | 5 | 4 | Partly | 45 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 44 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 43 | ||||||||
 Lesotho * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | ||||||||
 Liberia * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 62 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 60 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 60 | ||||||||
 Libya * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | ||||||||
 Liechtenstein * | Yes | 2 | 1 | Free | 90 | 2 | 1 | Free | 90 | 2 | 1 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Lithuania * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 2 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Luxembourg | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | ||||||||
 Madagascar * | Yes | 3 | 4 | Partly | 56 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 61 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 60 | ||||||||
 Malawi * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 64 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 62 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | ||||||||
 Malaysia * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 52 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 52 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 51 | ||||||||
 Maldives * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 35 | 4 | 5 | Partly | 40 | 4 | 5 | Partly | 40 | ||||||||
 Mali * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 44 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 41 | 6 | 5 | Not | 33 | ||||||||
 Malta * | Yes | 2 | 1 | Free | 91 | 2 | 1 | Free | 90 | 2 | 1 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Marshall Islands * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||||||
 Mauritania * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 32 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 34 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 35 | ||||||||
 Mauritius * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | 1 | 2 | Free | 89 | 1 | 2 | Free | 87 | ||||||||
 Mexico * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 62 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 61 | ||||||||
 Micronesia * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | ||||||||
 Moldova * | Yes | 3 | 4 | Partly | 58 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 60 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 61 | ||||||||
 Monaco * | Yes | 3 | 1 | Free | 82 | 3 | 1 | Free | 83 | 3 | 1 | Free | 83 | ||||||||
 Mongolia * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 85 | 1 | 2 | Free | 84 | 1 | 2 | Free | 84 | ||||||||
 Montenegro | Yes | 4 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 4 | 3 | Partly | 62 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | ||||||||
 Morocco * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 39 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | ||||||||
 Mozambique * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 51 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 45 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 43 | ||||||||
 Myanmar * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 30 | 5 | 6 | Not | 30 | 5 | 6 | Not | 28 | ||||||||
 Namibia * | Yes | 3 | 2 | Free | 75 | 2 | 2 | Free | 77 | 2 | 2 | Free | 77 | ||||||||
 Nauru * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 78 | 2 | 3 | Free | 77 | 2 | 3 | Free | 77 | ||||||||
 Nepal * | Yes | 3 | 4 | Partly | 54 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 56 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 56 | ||||||||
 Netherlands * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 99 | 1 | 1 | Free | 99 | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | ||||||||
 New Zealand * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 97 | 1 | 1 | Free | 99 | ||||||||
 Nicaragua * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 32 | 6 | 5 | Not | 31 | 6 | 5 | Not | 30 | ||||||||
 Niger * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 49 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 48 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 48 | ||||||||
 Nigeria * | No | 3 | 5 | Partly | 50 | 4 | 5 | Partly | 47 | 4 | 5 | Partly | 45 | ||||||||
 North Korea * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 3 | 7 | 7 | Not | 3 | 7 | 7 | Not | 3 | ||||||||
 North Macedonia * | Yes | 4 | 3 | Partly | 59 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 63 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 66 | ||||||||
 Norway * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | ||||||||
 Oman * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 23 | 6 | 5 | Not | 23 | 6 | 5 | Not | 23 | ||||||||
 Pakistan * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 39 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 38 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 37 | ||||||||
 Palau * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | ||||||||
 Panama | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 84 | 1 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | ||||||||
 Papua New Guinea * | Yes | 4 | 3 | Partly | 64 | 4 | 3 | Partly | 62 | 4 | 3 | Partly | 62 | ||||||||
 Paraguay * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | ||||||||
 Peru * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 73 | 2 | 3 | Free | 72 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 71 | ||||||||
 Philippines * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 61 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 59 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 56 | ||||||||
 Poland * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | ||||||||
 Portugal * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | ||||||||
 Qatar * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 25 | 6 | 5 | Not | 25 | 6 | 5 | Not | 25 | ||||||||
 Romania * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 81 | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | ||||||||
 Russia * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 20 | 7 | 6 | Not | 20 | 7 | 6 | Not | 20 | ||||||||
 Rwanda * | No | 6 | 6 | Not | 23 | 6 | 6 | Not | 22 | 6 | 6 | Not | 21 | ||||||||
 Saint Kitts and Nevis | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 89 | 1 | 1 | Free | 89 | 2 | 1 | Free | 89 | ||||||||
 Saint Lucia | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | ||||||||
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | 1 | 1 | Free | 91 | ||||||||
 Samoa * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 81 | 2 | 2 | Free | 81 | 2 | 2 | Free | 81 | ||||||||
 San Marino | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||||||
 São Tomé and Príncipe * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | 2 | 2 | Free | 84 | ||||||||
 Saudi Arabia * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | ||||||||
 Senegal * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 72 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 71 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 71 | ||||||||
 Serbia * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 67 | 4 | 3 | Partly | 66 | 4 | 3 | Partly | 64 | ||||||||
 Seychelles | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 71 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 72 | 2 | 3 | Free | 77 | ||||||||
 Sierra Leone * | Yes | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 65 | ||||||||
 Singapore * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 51 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 50 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 48 | ||||||||
 Slovakia * | Yes | 1 | 2 | Free | 88 | 1 | 2 | Free | 88 | 1 | 1 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Slovenia | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 95 | ||||||||
 Solomon Islands * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | ||||||||
 Somalia * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | ||||||||
 South Africa * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | ||||||||
 South Korea * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | ||||||||
 South Sudan * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | ||||||||
 Spain * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 92 | 1 | 1 | Free | 90 | ||||||||
 Sri Lanka * | Yes | 3 | 4 | Partly | 56 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 56 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 56 | ||||||||
 Sudan * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | 6 | Not | 12 | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | ||||||||
 Suriname * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 77 | 2 | 3 | Free | 75 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | ||||||||
 Sweden * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | 1 | 1 | Free | 100 | ||||||||
 Switzerland * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | 1 | 1 | Free | 96 | ||||||||
 Syria * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 0 | 7 | 7 | Not | 0 | 7 | 7 | Not | 1 | 7 | 7 | Not | 1 | 7 | 7 | Not | 1 |
 Tajikistan * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | 7 | 6 | Not | 9 | 7 | 6 | Not | 8 | 7 | 6 | Not | 8 | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 |
 Tanzania * | No | 4 | 5 | Partly | 45 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 40 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 34 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 34 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 36 |
 Thailand * | No | 7 | 5 | Not | 30 | 6 | 4 | Partly | 32 | 7 | 5 | Not | 30 | 7 | 5 | Not | 29 | 6 | 5 | Not | 30 |
 Togo * | No | 5 | 4 | Partly | 43 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 44 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 43 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 42 | 5 | 4 | Partly | 42 |
 Tonga * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 79 | 2 | 2 | Free | 81 |
 Trinidad and Tobago * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | ||||||||
 Tunisia * | Yes | 2 | 3 | Free | 69 | 2 | 3 | Free | 70 | 2 | 3 | Free | 71 | ||||||||
 Turkey * | No | 5 | 6 | Not | 31 | 5 | 6 | Not | 32 | 5 | 6 | Not | 32 | ||||||||
 Turkmenistan * | No | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | 7 | 7 | Not | 2 | ||||||||
 Tuvalu * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||||||
 Uganda * | No | 6 | 5 | Not | 36 | 6 | 5 | Not | 34 | 6 | 5 | Not | 34 | ||||||||
 Ukraine * | No | 3 | 4 | Partly | 60 | 3 | 3 | Partly | 62 | 3 | 4 | Partly | 60 | ||||||||
 United Arab Emirates * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | 7 | 6 | Not | 17 | ||||||||
 United Kingdom * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | ||||||||
 United States * | Yes | 2 | 1 | Free | 86 | 2 | 1 | Free | 86 | 2 | 2 | Free | 83 | ||||||||
 Uruguay * | Yes | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | 1 | 1 | Free | 98 | |||||||||
 Uzbekistan * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 10 | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | |||||||||
 Vanuatu * | Yes | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | 2 | 2 | Free | 82 | ||||||||
 Venezuela * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 19 | 7 | 6 | Not | 16 | 7 | 6 | Not | 14 | ||||||||
 Vietnam * | No | 7 | 5 | Not | 20 | 7 | 5 | Not | 20 | 7 | 6 | Not | 19 | ||||||||
 Yemen * | No | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | 7 | 6 | Not | 11 | ||||||||
 Zambia * | No | 4 | 4 | Partly | 54 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 54 | 4 | 4 | Partly | 52 | ||||||||
 Zimbabwe * | No | 5 | 5 | Partly | 31 | 5 | 5 | Partly | 29 | 6 | 5 | Not | 28 | ||||||||
| Territory (2024) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | PR | CL | Free | |
| Abkhazia | 39 | 17 | 22 | Partly free |
| Crimea | 2 | -2 | 4 | Not free |
| Eastern Donbas | 2 | -1 | 3 | Not free |
| Gaza Strip | 8 | 3 | 5 | Not free |
| Hong Kong | 41 | 9 | 32 | Partly free |
| Indian Kashmir | 26 | 6 | 20 | Not free |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | -3 | -3 | 0 | Not free |
| Northern Cyprus | 76 | 27 | 49 | Free |
| Pakistani Kashmir | 29 | 9 | 20 | Not free |
| Somaliland | 43 | 17 | 26 | Partly free |
| South Ossetia | 12 | 3 | 9 | Not free |
| Taiwan | 94 | 38 | 56 | Free |
| Tibet | 0 | -2 | 2 | Not free |
| Transnistria | 17 | 5 | 12 | Not free |
| West Bank | 22 | 4 | 18 | Not free |
| Western Sahara | 4 | -3 | 7 | Not free |
| Country | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2020 | 2021 [13] | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | Pts | PR | CL | Free | Pts | |
 Abkhazia * | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 17 | 23 | Partly | 40 | 17 | 23 | Partly | 40 |
 Crimea (disputed) | 4 | 3 | Partly | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | -2 | 10 | Not | 8 | -2 | 9 | Not | 7 |
| Donetsk PR and Luhansk PR (disputed) | -1 | 6 | Not | 5 | -1 | 5 | Not | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Gaza Strip (Palestine) | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 3 | 8 | Not | 11 | 3 | 8 | Not | 11 |
 Hong Kong * (China) | 5 | 2 | Partly | 5 | 2 | Partly | 5 | 2 | Partly | 5 | 2 | Partly | 5 | 2 | Partly | 16 | 39 | Partly | 55 | 15 | 37 | Partly | 52 |
| Indian Kashmir (India) | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 8 | 20 | Not | 28 | 7 | 20 | Not | 27 |
| Azad Kashmir (Pakistan) | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 9 | 19 | Not | 28 | 9 | 19 | Not | 28 |
 Northern Cyprus * | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 31 | 50 | Free | 81 | 28 | 50 | Free | 78 |
 Puerto Rico (United States)* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free [14] | ||||||||||||||
 Somaliland * | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 17 | 24 | Partly | 41 | 18 | 24 | Partly | 42 |
 South Ossetia * | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 2 | 8 | Not | 10 | 2 | 8 | Not | 10 |
 Taiwan * | 1 | 1 | Free | 93 | 1 | 1 | Free | 94 | |||||||||||||||
| Tibet (China) | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | -2 | 3 | Not | 1 | -2 | 3 | Not | 1 |
 Transnistria * | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 9 | 13 | Not | 22 | 8 | 12 | Not | 20 |
| West Bank (Palestine) | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 4 | 21 | Not | 25 | 4 | 21 | Not | 25 |
 Western Sahara * | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | -3 | 7 | Not | 4 | -3 | 7 | Not | 4 |
Former entries from Freedom in the World. Most are territories added in the 1978 report for 1977 and received their last coverage in the 2000 report of the same year. Other territories with differing dates are noted below. Their placements are based on their final rankings before ceasing coverage.
Åland (1992–2000)
American Samoa 
Anguilla 
Aruba (1988–2000)
Azores 
Bermuda 
British Virgin Islands 
Canary Islands 
Cayman Islands 
Ceuta 
Christmas Island 
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 
Cook Islands Czechoslovakia (1972–1993)
Easter Island 
Falkland Islands 
Faroe Islands 
French Polynesia West Germany (1972–1990)
Gibraltar 
Greenland 
Guam 
Guernsey 
Isle of Man 
Jersey 
Madeira 
Melilla 
Montserrat 
Netherlands Antilles 
Niue 
Norfolk Island 
Northern Mariana Islands 
Pitcairn Islands Puerto Rico (1977–2016)
Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006)
Tokelau 
Turks and Caicos Islands 
United States Virgin Islands 
Republic of Artsakh (1991–2023)
Kurdistan Region (1992–2004)
Macau (1977–2004)
Panama Canal Zone (1977–1979)
Vatican City (1984–1988)
South Vietnam (1972–1976)
North Yemen (1972–1990)
Yugoslavia (1972–1992)
Bophuthatswana (1977–1994)
Chechnya (1998–2009)
Ciskei (1981–1994)
East Germany (1972–1990)
Juan Fernández Islands (1977–1978)
Palestinian Territories (1997–2010)
Transkei (1988–1994)
Venda (1979–1994)
Soviet Union (1972–1990)
North Vietnam (1972–1976)
South Yemen (1972–1990)Percentage of countries in each category, from the 1973 through 2021 reports:
 | 1973–2021 Not Free Electoral Democracies |
| Year | Free | Partly Free | Not Free | Electoral Democracies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 41 (27%) | 48 (32%) | 63 (41%) | — |
| 1980 | 51 (32%) | 54 (33%) | 56 (35%) | — |
| 1985 | 53 (32%) | 59 (35%) | 55 (33%) | — |
| 1990 | 61 (37%) | 44 (26%) | 62 (37%) | 69 (41%) |
| 1995 | 76 (40%) | 61 (32%) | 54 (28%) | 113 (59%) |
| 2000 | 85 (44%) | 60 (31%) | 47 (25%) | 120 (63%) |
| 2005 | 89 (46%) | 54 (28%) | 49 (26%) | 119 (62%) |
| 2010 | 89 (46%) | 58 (30%) | 47 (24%) | 116 (60%) |
| 2011 | 87 (45%) | 60 (31%) | 47 (24%) | 115 (59%) |
| 2012 | 87 (45%) | 60 (31%) | 48 (25%) | 117 (60%) |
| 2013 | 90 (46%) | 58 (30%) | 47 (24%) | 117 (60%) |
| 2014 | 88 (45%) | 59 (30%) | 48 (25%) | 122 (63%) |
| 2015 | 89 (46%) | 55 (28%) | 51 (26%) | 125 (64%) |
| 2016 | 86 (44%) | 59 (30%) | 50 (26%) | 125 (64%) |
| 2017 | 87 (45%) | 59 (30%) | 49 (25%) | 123 (63%) |
| 2018 | 88 (45%) | 58 (30%) | 49 (25%) | 116 (59%) |
| 2019 | 86 (44%) | 59 (30%) | 50 (26%) | 115 (59%) |
| 2020 | 83 (43%) | 63 (32%) | 49 (25%) | 115 (59%) |
| 2021 | 82 (42%) | 59 (30%) | 54 (28%) | 114 (58%) |
| 2022 | 83 (43%) | 56 (29%) | 56 (29%) | 115 (59%) |
| 2023 | 84 (43%) | 54 (28%) | 57 (29%) | 110 (56%) |
Sources: Country Status and ratings overview 1973–2016, [15] [12] Number and percentages of electoral democracies 1989–2016, [16] Freedom in the World 2018 report covering 2017. [17]
Notes:
There is some debate over the neutrality of Freedom House and the methodology used for the Freedom in the World report, which has been written by Raymond Gastil and his colleagues. [3] The neutrality and biases of human-rights indices have been discussed in several publications by Kenneth A. Bollen. [18] Bollen wrote that "Considered together these criticisms suggest that some nations may have been incorrectly rated on Gastil's measures. However, none of the criticisms have demonstrated a systematic bias in all the ratings. Most of the evidence consists of anecdotal evidence of relatively few cases. Whether there is a systematic or sporadic slant in Gastil's ratings is an open question" (Bollen, 1986, p. 586). [3] The freedom index of Freedom in the World has a very strong and positive (at least an 80%) correlation with three other democracy-indices studied in Mainwaring (2001, p. 53). [19]
In his 1986 study, Bollen discussed reviews of measurements of human rights, including the index reported in Freedom in the World (Bollen, 1986, p. 585). Criticisms of Freedom in the World during the 1980s were discussed by Gastil (1990), who stated that "generally such criticism is based on opinions about Freedom House rather than detailed examination of survey ratings", a conclusion disputed by Giannone. [20] The definition of Freedom in Gastil (1982) and Freedom House (1990) emphasized liberties rather than the exercise of freedom, according to Adam Przeworski, who gave the following example: In the United States, citizens are free to form political parties and to vote, yet even in presidential elections only half of U.S. "citizens" vote; in the U.S., "the same two parties speak in a commercially sponsored unison", wrote Przeworski (2003 , p. 277). [5]
More recent charges of ideological bias prompted Freedom House to issue this 2010 statement:
Freedom House does not maintain a culture-bound view of freedom. The methodology of the survey is grounded in basic standards of political rights and civil liberties, derived in large measure from relevant portions of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. These standards apply to all countries and territories, irrespective of geographical location, ethnic or religious composition, or level of economic development. [10]
Mainwaring et alia (2001, p. 52) [19] wrote that Freedom House's index had "two systematic biases: scores for leftist were tainted by political considerations, and changes in scores are sometimes driven by changes in their criteria rather than changes in real conditions." Nonetheless, when evaluated in Latin American countries yearly, Freedom House's index was very strongly and positively correlated with the index of Adam Przeworski and with the index of the authors themselves: They evaluated Pearson's coefficient of linear correlation between their index and Freedom House's index, which was 0.82; among these indices and the two others studied, the correlations were all between 0.80 and 0.86 (Mainwaring et alia, 2001, p. 53). [19]
As previously quoted, Bollen criticized previous studies of Freedom in the World as anecdotal and inconclusive; they raised issues needing further study by scientific methods rather than anecdotes. [3] Bollen studied the question of ideological bias using multivariate statistics. Using their factor-analytic model for human-rights measurements, Bollen and Paxton estimate that Gastil's method produces a bias of -0.38 standard deviations (s.d.) against Marxist–Leninist countries and a larger bias, +0.5 s.d., favoring Christian countries; similar results held for the methodology of Sussman (Bollen and Paxton, 2000, p. 585). [21] In contrast, another method by a critic of Freedom in the World produced a bias for Leftist countries during the 1980s of at least +0.8 s.d., a bias that is "consistent with the general finding that political scientists are more favorable to leftist politics than is the general population" (Bollen and Paxton, p. 585). [21]
Political scientists Andrew T. Little and Anne Meng argued that the data produced by Freedom House and the Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem) project relies heavily on subjective, as opposed to objective, measures and thus are tainted by coder bias. [22]
Criticisms of the reception and uses of the Freedom in the World report have been noted by Diego Giannone: [23] [ unreliable source? ]
In "Political and ideological aspects in the measurement of democracy: the Freedom House case" (2010) which reviewed changes to the methodology since 1990, Diego Giannone concluded that "because of the changes in methodology over time and the strict interconnection between methodological and political aspects, the FH data do not offer an unbroken and politically neutral time series, such that they should not be used for cross-time analyses even for the development of first hypotheses. The internal consistency of the data series is open to question." [29]
On this topic, the Freedom House website replies that they have "made a number of modest methodological changes to adapt to evolving ideas about political rights and civil liberties. At the same time, the time series data are not revised retroactively, and any changes to the methodology are introduced incrementally in order to ensure the comparability of the ratings from year to year." [10]
Freedom House is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is best known for political advocacy surrounding issues of democracy, political freedom, and human rights. Freedom House was founded in October 1941, with Wendell Willkie and Eleanor Roosevelt serving as its first honorary chairpersons. Most of the organization's funding comes from the U.S. State Department and other government grants. It also receives funds from various semi-public and private foundations, as well as individual contributions.
The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created in 1995 by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The creators of the index assert that they take an approach inspired by Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, that "basic institutions that protect the liberty of individuals to pursue their own economic interests result in greater prosperity for the larger society".
Economic freedom, or economic liberty, refers to the agency of people to make economic decisions. This is a term used in economic and policy debates as well as in the philosophy of economics. One approach to economic freedom comes from the liberal tradition emphasizing free markets, free trade, and private property. Another approach to economic freedom extends the welfare economics study of individual choice, with greater economic freedom coming from a larger set of possible choices. Other conceptions of economic freedom include freedom from want and the freedom to engage in collective bargaining.
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The Democracy Index published by the Economist Group is an index measuring the quality of democracy across the world. This quantitative and comparative assessment is centrally concerned with democratic rights and democratic institutions. The methodology for assessing democracy used in this democracy index is according to Economist Intelligence Unit which is part of the Economist Group, a UK-based private company, which publishes the weekly newspaper The Economist. The index is based on 60 indicators grouped into five categories, measuring pluralism, civil liberties, and political culture. In addition to a numeric score and a ranking, the index categorizes each country into one of four regime types: full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, and authoritarian regimes. The first Democracy Index report was published in 2006. Reports were published every two years until 2010 and annually thereafter. The index includes 167 countries and territories, of which 166 are sovereign states and 164 are UN member states. Other democracy indices with similar assessments of the state of democracy include V-Dem Democracy indices or Bertelsmann Transformation Index.
Freedom of the Press was an annual report on media independence around the world, published between 1980 and 2017 by US-based non-governmental organization Freedom House. It presented measurements of the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in nations and significant disputed territories around the world.
This is a list of Australia's international rankings on a range of social, economic and other criteria.
The Democracy Ranking is an index compiled by the Association for Development and Advancement of the Democracy Award, an Austria-based non-partisan organization. Democracy Ranking produces an annual global ranking of liberal democracies. The applied conceptual formula, which measures the quality of democracy, integrates democracy and other characteristics of the political system with the performance of non-political dimensions. Democracy Ranking has emphasized a broader understanding of democracy, creating a conceptual link between politics and the output and performance of society. The Democracy Ranking has compared several-year intervals, delivering ranking results, which show how ranking positions and score levels have developed recently. Referring to that information, a Democracy Improvement Ranking has been regularly released.
Canada ranks among the highest in international measurements of civil liberties, quality of life, education levels, gender equality, public services, public security and environmental sustainability. It ranks among the lowest of the most developed countries for housing affordability, healthcare services and foreign direct investment.
The International Research and Exchanges Board’s (IREX) Media Sustainability Index (MSI) is a tool to evaluate the global development of independent media. The MSI is one of the most important indices "to assess how media systems change over time and across borders", in addition to the Freedom of the Press Index compiled by Freedom House and the Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders.
The Index of Freedom in the World is an index of civil liberties published in late 2012 by Canada's Fraser Institute, Germany's Liberales Institut, and the U.S. Cato Institute. The index is the predecessor of the Human Freedom Index, which has been published annually since 2015. The coauthors of both indexes are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik.
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.
Democracy in Africa is measured according to various definitions of democracy by a variety of indexes, such as V-Dem Democracy indices, and Democracy Index by The Economist.
The V-Dem Institute, founded by Staffan I. Lindberg in 2014, studies the qualities of government. The headquarters of the project is based at the department of political science, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.
The Democracy Indices by V-Dem are democracy indices published by the V-Dem Institute that describe qualities of different democracies. It is published annually. In particular, the V-Dem dataset is popular among political scientists and describes the characteristics of political regimes. Datasets released by the V-Dem Institute include information on hundreds of indicator variables describing all aspects of government, especially on the quality of democracy, inclusivity, and other economic indicators.
Democracy indices are quantitative and comparative assessments of the state of democracy for different countries according to various definitions of democracy.