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This article is a list of freedom indices produced by several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world, according to their own various definitions of the term, and rank countries as being free, partly free, or using various measures of freedom, including civil liberties, political rights and economic rights. Some of the indices measure only some aspects of freedom, such as democracy or corruption.

Prominent indices

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The indices and their origins:

  • Canada
    • The Economic Freedom of the World is a report published by Canada-based Fraser Institute in conjunction with the Economic Freedom Network, a group of independent research and educational institutes in 90 nations and territories worldwide. It is a numeric index, and its results are not currently included in the table below.
  • Canada, United States, Germany
    • The Human Freedom Index presents the state of human freedom in the world based on a broad measure that encompasses personal, civil, and economic freedom.[1] The index presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. It uses 79 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom. The index covers the following areas: Rule of Law, Security and Safety, Movement, Religion, Association, Assembly, Civil Society, Expression, Relationships, Size of Government, Legal System and Property Rights, Access to Sound Money, Freedom to Trade Internationally, and Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business. The Human Freedom Index was created in 2015, covering 152 countries for years 2008–2012. The Human Freedom Index 2016 was published in November 2016, covering 159 countries for years 2008–2015. The report is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. Co-authors of the report are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik.
    • The Index of Freedom in the World was a predecessor to the Human Freedom Index. It measured classical civil liberties and was published in 2013 by Canada's Fraser Institute, Germany's Liberales Institute, and the U.S. Cato Institute.[2] It is not currently included in the table below.
  • France
    • World Press Freedom Index, is published each year since 2002 (except that 2011 was combined with 2012) by France-based Reporters Without Borders. Countries are assessed as having a good situation, a satisfactory situation, noticeable problems, a difficult situation, or a very serious situation.[3]
  • Spain
    • The World Index of Moral Freedom was first published on 2 April 2016, by the Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty, based in Madrid, Spain. This index ranks 160 countries by five categories of indicators: religious freedom, bioethical freedom, drugs freedom, sexuality freedom and family and gender freedom. The index aims at establishing the degree of individual freedom or state control on decisions pertaining to the great moral debates of our time.[4]
  • Sweden
    • MaxRange, developed by Max Rånge, and maintained by Mikael Sandberg and Max Rånge, political scientists at Halmstad University, Sweden, is a data set defining a country's level of democracy and institutional structure (regime-type) on a 1000-point graded scale. Values are sorted based on level of democracy and political accountability. MaxRange defines the value corresponding to all states every month from 1789 to the present.[5]
    • V-Dem Democracy indices by V-Dem Institute at the Department of Political Science at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden is an approach to conceptualizing and measuring democracy. It provides a multidimensional and disaggregated dataset that reflects the complexity of the concept of democracy as a system of rule that goes beyond the simple presence of elections. The V-Dem project distinguishes between five high-level principles of democracy: electoral, liberal, participatory, deliberative, and egalitarian, and collects data to measure these principles. With six principal investigators (PIs), seventeen project managers (PMs) with special responsibility for issue areas, more than thirty regional managers (RMs), 170 country coordinators (CCs), research assistants, and 3,000 country experts (CEs), the V-Dem project is one of the largest social science data collection projects focusing on research.[6]
    • International IDEAs "Global State of Democracy Report" provides democratic performance of 168 to 170 countries. "The GSoD Indices are based on 116 individual indicators devised by various scholars and organizations using different types of sources: expert surveys, standards-based coding by research groups and analysts, observational data and composite measures. The Varieties of Democracy project is the largest contributor of indicators to the Global State of Democracies Indices.[7]
  • Switzerland
    • Global Corruption Index, rates and ranks countries by a metric that measures the risk of corruption in the country by using 43 variables. It covers 196 countries and territories and is published by the Swiss-based company, Global Risk Profile.[8]
  • UK
    • The Economist Democracy Index, published by the UK-based Economist Intelligence Unit, is an assessment of countries' democracy. Countries are rated as full democracies, flawed democracies, hybrid regimes, or authoritarian regimes. The index is based on 60 indicators grouped in five different categories measuring pluralism, civil liberties, and political culture.[9]
  • US

Annual assessments

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Here is a table of the assessments by four indices, for most countries of the world. For exact rankings rather than assessments, refer to the individual index articles.

Index Scale
Freedom in the World 1 free 3 partly free 5 not free
Index of Economic Freedom 1 free 2 mostly free 3 moderately free 4 mostly unfree 5 repressed
World Press Freedom Index 1 good 2 satisfactory 3 problematic 4 difficult 5 very serious
The Economist Democracy Index 1 full democracy 2 flawed democracy 3 hybrid regime 5 authoritarian


List of scores by country

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Country Freedom in the World 2024[16] Score change since 2023 Index of Economic Freedom 2024[17] Score Press Freedom Index 2023[3] Score Democracy Index 2023[18] Score
 Finland 1 100 0 2 mostly free 76.3 Decrease 1 good 87.94 1 full democracy 9.30
 New Zealand 1 99 0 2 mostly free 77.8 Decrease 2 satisfactory 84.23 1 full democracy 9.61
 Sweden 1 99 -1 2 mostly free 77.5 Steady 1 good 88.15 1 full democracy 9.39
 Norway 1 98 -2 2 mostly free 77.5 Increase 1 good 95.18 1 full democracy 9.81
 Canada 1 97 -1 2 mostly free 72.4 Decrease 2 satisfactory 83.53 1 full democracy 8.69
 Denmark 1 97 0 2 mostly free 77.8 Increase 1 good 89.48 1 full democracy 9.28
 Ireland 1 97 0 1 free 82.6 Increase 1 good 89.91 1 full democracy 9.19
 Luxembourg 1 97 0 2 mostly free 79.2 Increase 2 satisfactory 81.98 1 full democracy 8.81
 Netherlands 1 97 0 2 mostly free 77.3 Decrease 1 good 87 1 full democracy 9.00
 San Marino 1 97 0 n/a — n/a — n/a —
 Belgium 1 96 0 3 moderately free 65.6 Decrease 2 satisfactory 76.47 2 flawed democracy 7.64
 Japan 1 96 0 3 moderately free 67.5 Decrease 3 problematic 63.95 1 full democracy 8.40
 Portugal 1 96 0 3 moderately free 68.7 Decrease 2 satisfactory 84.6 2 flawed democracy 7.75
 Slovenia 1 96 +1 3 moderately free 65.9 Decrease 2 satisfactory 70.59 2 flawed democracy 7.75
  Switzerland 1 96 0 1 free 83.0 Decrease 2 satisfactory 84.4 1 full democracy 9.14
 Uruguay 1 96 0 3 moderately free 69.8 Decrease 2 satisfactory 70.33 1 full democracy 8.66
 Australia 1 95 0 2 mostly free 76.2 Increase 2 satisfactory 78.24 1 full democracy 8.66
 Estonia 1 95 +1 2 mostly free 77.8 Decrease 1 good 85.31 2 flawed democracy 7.96
 Barbados 1 94 0 3 moderately free 66.8 Decrease n/a — n/a —
 Chile 1 94 0 2 mostly free 71.4 Increase 3 problematic 60.09 2 flawed democracy 7.98
 Czechia 1 94 +2 2 mostly free 70.2 Decrease 2 satisfactory 83.58 2 flawed democracy 7.97
 Iceland 1 94 0 2 mostly free 70.5 Decrease 2 satisfactory 83.19 1 full democracy 9.45
 Taiwan 1 94 0 1 free 80.0 Decrease 2 satisfactory 75.54 1 full democracy 8.92
 Andorra 1 93 0 n/a — 2 satisfactory 75.05 n/a —
 Austria 1 93 0 3 moderately free 68.4 Decrease 2 satisfactory 77.3 1 full democracy 8.28
 Dominica 1 93 0 4 mostly unfree 54.0 Decrease 3 problematic 58.36 n/a —
 Germany 1 93 -1 2 mostly free 72.1 Decrease 2 satisfactory 81.91 1 full democracy 8.80
 Marshall Islands 1 93 0 n/a — n/a — n/a —
 Tuvalu 1 93 0 n/a — n/a — n/a —
 Cabo Verde 1 92 0 3 moderately free 65.8 Decrease 2 satisfactory 75.72 2 flawed democracy 7.65
 Cyprus 1 92 0 2 mostly free 72.2 Decrease 3 problematic 68.62 2 flawed democracy 7.38
 Micronesia 1 92 0 3 moderately free 61.0 Decrease n/a — n/a —
 Palau 1 92 0 n/a — n/a — n/a —
 St. Lucia 1 92 0 3 moderately free 62.2 Increase 3 problematic 58.36 n/a —
 Costa Rica 1 91 0 3 moderately free 67.7 Increase 2 satisfactory 80.2 1 full democracy 8.29
 The Bahamas 1 91 0 3 moderately free 62.5 Decrease n/a — n/a —
 United Kingdom 1 91 -2 3 moderately free 68.6 Decrease 2 satisfactory 78.51 1 flawed democracy 8.28
 Italy 1 90 0 3 moderately free 60.1 Decrease 2 satisfactory 72.05 2 flawed democracy 7.69
 Kiribati 1 90 -1 4 mostly unfree 51.3 Decrease n/a — n/a —
 Liechtenstein 1 90 0 n/a — 2 satisfactory 84.47 n/a —
 Slovakia 1 90 0 3 moderately free 68.1 Decrease 2 satisfactory 83.22 2 flawed democracy 7.07
 Spain 1 90 0 3 moderately free 63.3 Decrease 2 satisfactory 75.37 1full democracy 8.07
 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1 90 -1 4 mostly unfree 59.8 Decrease 3 problematic 58.36 n/a —
 France 1 89 0 3 moderately free 62.5 Decrease 2 satisfactory 78.72 1full democracy 8.07
 Grenada 1 89 0 n/a — 3 problematic 58.36 n/a —
 Lithuania 1 89 0 2 mostly free 72.9 Increase 1 good 86.79 2 flawed democracy 7.31
 St. Kitts and Nevis 1 89 0 n/a — 3 problematic 58.36 n/a —
 Latvia 1 88 0 2 mostly free 71.5 Decrease 2 satisfactory 83.27 2 flawed democracy 7.38
 Belize 1 87 0 3 moderately free 61.2 Increase 2 satisfactory 70.49 n/a —
 Malta 1 87 -2 3 moderately free 64.5 Decrease 3 problematic 59.76 2 flawed democracy 7.93
 Antigua and Barbuda 1 85 0 n/a — 3 problematic 58.36 n/a —
 Argentina 1 85 0 5 repressed 49.9 Decrease 2 satisfactory 73.36 2 flawed democracy 6.62
 Greece 1 85 -1 4 mostly unfree 55.1 Decrease 3 problematic 55.2 1 full democracy 8.14
 Mauritius 1 85 0 2 mostly free 71.5 Increase 3 problematic 65.56 1 full democracy 8.14
 Mongolia 1 84 0 3 moderately free 60.6 Decrease 3 problematic 59.33 2 flawed democracy 6.48
 Samoa 1 84 +1 3 moderately free 67.2 Decrease 2 satisfactory 82.15 n/a —
 São Tomé and Príncipe 1 84 0 3 moderately free 60.5 Decrease n/a — n/a —
 Croatia 1 83 -1 3 moderately free 67.2 Increase 2 satisfactory 71.95 2 flawed democracy 6.50
 Panama 1 83 0 3 moderately free 64.1 Increase 3 problematic 63.67 2 flawed democracy 6.91
 Romania 1 83 0 3 moderately free 64.4 Decrease 3 problematic 69.04 2 flawed democracy 6.45
 South Korea 1 83 0 2 mostly free 73.1 Decrease 2 satisfactory 70.83 1 full democracy 8.09
 United States 1 80 0 2 mostly free 70.1 Decrease 2 satisfactory 71.22 2 flawed democracy 7.85
 Monaco 1 82 -2 n/a — n/a — n/a —
 Trinidad and Tobago 1 82 0 3 moderately free 60.4 Increase 2 satisfactory 76.54 2 flawed democracy 7.16
 Vanuatu 1 82 0 3 moderately free 62.2 Increase n/a — n/a —
 Tonga 1 81 0 4 mostly unfree 59.2 Decrease 2 satisfactory 71.29 n/a —
 Ghana 1 80 0 4 mostly unfree 55.8 Decrease 3 problematic 65.93 2 flawed democracy 6.30
 Jamaica 1 80 0 3 moderately free 68.1 Steady 2 satisfactory 75.89 2 flawed democracy 7.06
 Poland 1 80 -1 3 moderately free 66.0 Decrease 3 problematic 67.66 2 flawed democracy 7.18
 Seychelles 1 79 0 3 moderately free 60.4 Increase 2 satisfactory 75.71 n/a —
 South Africa 1 79 0 4 mostly unfree 55.3 Decrease 2 satisfactory 78.6 2 flawed democracy 7.05
 Suriname 1 79 0 5 repressed 46.7 Increase 2 satisfactory 70.62 2 flawed democracy 6.88
 Bulgaria 1 78 -1 3 moderately free 68.5 Decrease 3 problematic 62.98 2 flawed democracy 6.41
 Namibia 1 77 0 4 mostly unfree 57.5 Decrease 2 satisfactory 80.91 2 flawed democracy 6.52
 Nauru 1 77 0 n/a — n/a — n/a —
 Solomon Islands 1 75 -1 4 mostly unfree 55.0 Decrease n/a — n/a —
 Israel 1 73 -3 2 mostly free 70.1 Increase 3 problematic 57.57 2 flawed democracy 7.80
 Guyana 1 73 0 4 mostly unfree 57.3 Increase 3 problematic 67.5 2 flawed democracy 6.26
 Botswana 1 72 0 3 moderately free 68.0 Increase 3 problematic 64.61 2 flawed democracy 7.73
 Brazil 1 73 0 4 mostly unfree 53.2 Decrease 3 problematic 58.67 2 flawed democracy 6.68
 Timor-Leste 1 72 0 4 mostly unfree 50.2 Increase 2 satisfactory 84.49 2 flawed democracy 7.06
 Colombia 1 70 0 4 mostly unfree 59.2 Decrease 4 difficult 45.23 2 flawed democracy 6.55
 Montenegro 3 69 +2 4 mostly unfree 59.7 Decrease 2 satisfactory 74.28 2 flawed democracy 6.67
 Albania 3 68 +1 3 moderately free 64.8 Decrease 3 problematic 57.86 2 flawed democracy 6.28
 Dominican Republic 3 68 0 3 moderately free 62.9 Increase 2 satisfactory 71.88 2 flawed democracy 6.44
 Ecuador 3 67 -3 4 mostly unfree 55.0 Steady 3 problematic 60.51 3 hybrid regime 5.41
 North Macedonia 3 67 -1 3 moderately free 61.4 Decrease 2 satisfactory 74.35 2 flawed democracy 6.03
 Senegal 3 67 -1 4 mostly unfree 55.4 Decrease 3 problematic 55.82 3 hybrid regime 5.48
 Bolivia 3 66 0 5 repressed 43.5 Increase 4 difficult 51.09 3 hybrid regime 4.20
 Fiji 3 66 +7 4 mostly unfree 58.0 Steady 3 problematic 59.27 3 hybrid regime 5.55
 India 3 64 0 4 mostly unfree 52.9 Steady 5 very serious 36.62 2 flawed democracy 7.18
 Lesotho 1 66 0 4 mostly unfree 51.9 Increase 3 problematic 64.29 2 flawed democracy 6.06
 Malawi 3 66 0 4 mostly unfree 52.1 Decrease 3 problematic 60.34 3 hybrid regime 5.85
 Peru 3 66 -4 3 moderately free 64.8 Decrease 4 difficult 52.74 3 hybrid regime 5.81
 Hungary 3 65 -1 3 moderately free 61.2 Decrease 3 problematic 62.96 2 flawed democracy 6.72
 Liberia 3 64 +4 5 repressed 49.9 Increase 3 problematic 64.34 3 hybrid regime 5.57
 Bhutan 3 63 +2 4 mostly unfree 55.4 Decrease 3 problematic 59.25 3 hybrid regime 5.54
 Paraguay 3 63 -2 3 moderately free 60.1 Decrease 3 problematic 55.96 2 flawed democracy 6.00
   Nepal 3 62 +4 4 mostly unfree 52.1 Increase 3 problematic 57.89 3 hybrid regime 4.60
 Benin 3 61 +2 4 mostly unfree 57.7 Decrease 4 difficult 52.44 3 hybrid regime 4.68
 Moldova 3 61 -1 4 mostly unfree 57.1 Decrease 2 satisfactory 77.62 2 flawed democracy 6.23
 Papua New Guinea 3 61 0 5 repressed 49.4 Decrease 3 problematic 67.62 2 flawed democracy 6.03
 Kosovo 3 60 0 3 moderately free 60.6 Decrease 3 problematic 68.38 n/a —
 Mexico 3 60 0 3 moderately free 62.0 Decrease 4 difficult 47.98 3 hybrid regime 5.14
 Sierra Leone 3 60 -3 5 repressed 44.6 Decrease 3 problematic 62.55 3 hybrid regime 4.32
 Georgia 3 58 0 3 moderately free 68.4 Decrease 3 problematic 61.69 3 hybrid regime 5.20
 Madagascar 3 58 -3 4 mostly unfree 57.3 Decrease 3 problematic 56.66 3 hybrid regime 5.26
 Philippines 3 58 0 4 mostly unfree 59.0 Decrease 4 difficult 46.21 2 flawed democracy 6.66
 Indonesia 3 57 -1 3 moderately free 63.5 Steady 4 difficult 54.83 2 flawed democracy 6.53
 Serbia 3 57 -3 3 moderately free 62.7 Decrease 3 problematic 59.16 2 flawed democracy 6.33
 Armenia 3 54 0 3 moderately free 64.9 Decrease 2 satisfactory 70.61 3 hybrid regime 5.42
 Sri Lanka 3 54 0 5 repressed 49.2 Decrease 4 difficult 45.85 2 flawed democracy 6.17
 Zambia 3 54 0 5 repressed 48.4 Increase 3 problematic 59.41 3 hybrid regime 5.80
 El Salvador 3 53 -3 4 mostly unfree 54.4 Decrease 4 difficult 51.36 3 hybrid regime 4.71
 Malaysia 3 53 0 3 moderately free 65.7 Decrease 3 problematic 62.83 2 flawed democracy 7.29
 Kenya 3 52 0 4 mostly unfree 53.6 Increase 4 difficult 51.15 3 hybrid regime 5.05
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 51 -1 3 moderately free 62.0 Decrease 3 problematic 65.43 3 hybrid regime 5.00
 Tunisia 3 51 -5 5 repressed 48.8 Decrease 4 difficult 50.11 3 hybrid regime 5.51
 The Gambia 3 50 +2 4 mostly unfree 58.2 Increase 2 satisfactory 71.06 3 hybrid regime 4.47
 Côte d'Ivoire 3 49 0 4 mostly unfree 58.4 Decrease 3 problematic 68.83 3 hybrid regime 4.22
 Ukraine 3 49 -1 mostly unfree — 3 problematic 61.19 3 hybrid regime 5.06
 Honduras 3 48 0 4 mostly unfree 58.6 Decrease 5 very serious 32.65 3 hybrid regime 4.98
 Singapore 3 48 +1 1 free 83.5 Decrease 4 difficult 47.88 2 flawed democracy 6.18
 Guatemala 3 46 -3 3 moderately free 62.4 Decrease 4 difficult 48.12 3 hybrid regime 4.47
 Maldives 3 44 +3 5 repressed 47.8 Increase 3 problematic 56.93 n/a —
 Mozambique 3 44 -1 4 mostly unfree 50.7 Decrease 3 problematic 56.13 5 authoritarian 3.51
 Nigeria 3 44 +1 4 mostly unfree 53.1 Decrease 4 difficult 49.56 3 hybrid regime 4.23
 Guinea-Bissau 3 43 0 5 repressed 42.7 Decrease 3 problematic 61.57 5 authoritarian 2.45
 Comoros 3 42 0 4 mostly unfree 52.0 Decrease 3 problematic 62.25 5 authoritarian 3.04
 Lebanon 3 42 -1 5 repressed 48.3 Increase 4 difficult 50.46 5 authoritarian 3.56
 Togo 3 42 0 4 mostly unfree 50.9 Decrease 3 problematic 63.06 5 authoritarian 2.99
 Hong Kong 3 41 -1 n/a — 4 difficult 44.86 3 hybrid regime 5.24
 Bangladesh 3 40 0 4 mostly unfree 54.4 Steady 5 very serious 35.31 3 hybrid regime 5.87
 Mauritania 3 39 +3 4 mostly unfree 55.3 Steady 3 problematic 59.45 3 hybrid regime 4.14
 Kuwait 3 38 +1 4 mostly unfree 58.5 Increase 5 very serious 38.84 5 authoritarian 3.50
 Morocco 3 37 0 4 mostly unfree 56.8 Decrease 4 difficult 43.69 3 hybrid regime 5.04
 Tanzania 3 36 0 4 mostly unfree 59.1 Decrease 4 difficult 44.02 3 hybrid regime 5.35
 Thailand 3 36 +6 4 mostly unfree 59.0 Decrease 3 problematic 55.24 2 flawed democracy 6.35
 Pakistan 3 35 -2 5 repressed 49.5 Increase 5 very serious 39.95 3 hybrid regime 4.25
 Uganda 5 34 -1 4 mostly unfree 50.7 Decrease 4 difficult 46.08 3 hybrid regime 4.49
 Jordan 5 33 0 4 mostly unfree 58.3 Decrease 4 difficult 42.79 5 authoritarian 3.04
 Niger 5 33 -18 4 mostly unfree 52.3 Decrease 3 problematic 66.84 5 authoritarian 2.37
 Turkey 5 33 +1 4 mostly unfree 56.2 Decrease 5 very serious 33.97 3 hybrid regime 4.33
 Algeria 5 32 0 5 repressed 43.9 Increase 4 difficult 45.74 5 authoritarian 3.66
 Guinea 5 30 0 4 mostly unfree 53.3 Increase 3 problematic 59.51 5 authoritarian 2.21
 Haiti 5 30 -1 5 repressed 48.2 Decrease 3 problematic 57.38 5 authoritarian 2.81
 Iraq 5 30 +1 n/a — 5 very serious 32.94 5 authoritarian 2.88
 Angola 5 28 0 4 mostly unfree 54.3 Increase 4 difficult 48.3 3 hybrid regime 4.18
 Brunei 5 28 0 3 moderately free 65.9 Increase 4 difficult 44.2 n/a —
 Burkina Faso 5 27 -3 4 mostly unfree 51.9 Decrease 3 problematic 67.64 5 authoritarian 2.73
 Kyrgyzstan 5 27 0 4 mostly unfree 55.2 Decrease 4 difficult 49.91 5 authoritarian 3.70
 Zimbabwe 5 27 -1 5 repressed 38.2 Decrease 4 difficult 48.17 5 authoritarian 3.04
 Mali 5 26 -3 4 mostly unfree 52.5 Decrease 4 difficult 52.29 5 authoritarian 2.58
 Qatar 5 25 0 3 moderately free 68.8 Increase 3 problematic 55.28 5 authoritarian 3.65
 Djibouti 5 24 0 4 mostly unfree 55.8 Decrease 5 very serious 35.87 5 authoritarian 2.70
 Oman 5 24 0 3 moderately free 62.9 Increase 5 very serious 37.87 5 authoritarian 3.12
 Cambodia 5 23 -1 4 mostly unfree 55.6 Decrease 4 difficult 42.02 5 authoritarian 3.05
 Kazakhstan 5 23 0 3 moderately free 62.0 Decrease 4 difficult 45.87 5 authoritarian 3.08
 Rwanda 5 23 0 4 mostly unfree 51.6 Decrease 4 difficult 46.58 5 authoritarian 3.30
 Ethiopia 5 20 -1 5 repressed 47.9 Decrease 4 difficult 47.7 5 authoritarian 3.37
 Gabon 5 20 0 4 mostly unfree 56.9 Increase 3 problematic 58.12 5 authoritarian 2.18
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 5 19 0 5 repressed 47.6 Decrease 4 difficult 48.55 5 authoritarian 1.68
 Vietnam 5 19 0 3 moderately free 62.8 Increase 5 very serious 24.58 5 authoritarian 2.62
 Egypt 5 18 0 5 repressed 49.7 Increase 5 very serious 33.37 5 authoritarian 2.93
 United Arab Emirates 5 18 0 2 mostly free 71.1 Increase 4 difficult 42.99 5 authoritarian 3.01
 Eswatini 5 17 0 4 mostly unfree 55.6 Increase 4 difficult 52.66 5 authoritarian 2.78
 Republic of the Congo 5 17 0 5 repressed 47.8 Decrease 3 problematic 60.42 5 authoritarian 2.79
 Nicaragua 5 16 -3 4 mostly unfree 53.4 Decrease 5 very serious 37.09 5 authoritarian 2.26
 Cameroon 5 15 0 4 mostly unfree 53.6 Increase 4 difficult 45.58 5 authoritarian 2.56
 Chad 5 15 0 4 mostly unfree 51.4 Decrease 4 difficult 53.73 5 authoritarian 1.67
 Venezuela 5 15 0 5 repressed 28.1 Increase 5 very serious 36.99 5 authoritarian 2.31
 Burundi 5 14 0 5 repressed 38.4 Decrease 4 difficult 52.14 5 authoritarian 2.13
 Laos 5 13 0 4 mostly unfree 50.6 Increase 5 very serious 36.66 5 authoritarian 1.71
 Russia 5 13 -3 4 mostly unfree 52.0 Decrease 5 very serious 34.77 5 hybrid regime 2.22
 Bahrain 5 12 0 3 moderately free 63.4 Increase 5 very serious 30.59 5 authoritarian 2.52
 Cuba 5 12 0 5 repressed 25.7 Increase 5 very serious 29 5 authoritarian 2.65
 Uzbekistan 5 12 0 4 mostly unfree 55.9 Decrease 4 difficult 45.73 5 authoritarian 2.12
 Iran 5 11 -1 5 repressed 41.2 Decrease 5 very serious 24.81 5 authoritarian 1.96
 Yemen 5 10 +1 n/a — 5 very serious 32.78 5 authoritarian 1.95
 China 5 9 0 5 repressed 48.5 Increase 5 very serious 22.97 5 authoritarian 2.12
 Libya 5 9 -1 n/a — 4 difficult 40.22 5 authoritarian 1.78
 Belarus 5 8 0 5 repressed 48.4 Decrease 5 very serious 37.17 5 authoritarian 1.99
 Burma 5 8 -1 5 repressed 42.2 Decrease 5 very serious 28.26 5 authoritarian 0.85
 Saudi Arabia 5 8 0 3 moderately free 61.9 Increase 5 very serious 32.43 5 authoritarian 2.08
 Somalia 5 8 0 n/a — 4 difficult 44.24 n/a —
 Azerbaijan 5 7 -2 3 moderately free 61.6 Increase 5 very serious 39.93 5 authoritarian 2.80
 Afghanistan 5 6 -2 n/a — 5 very serious 39.75 5 authoritarian 0.26
 Sudan 5 6 -4 5 repressed 33.9 Increase 4 difficult 40.83 5 authoritarian 1.76
 Central African Republic 5 5 -2 5 repressed 41.3 Decrease 3 problematic 57.56 5 authoritarian 1.18
 Equatorial Guinea 5 5 0 5 repressed 47.7 Decrease 4 difficult 50.35 5 authoritarian 1.92
 Tajikistan 5 5 -2 4 mostly unfree 51.3 Increase 5 very serious 39.06 5 authoritarian 1.94
 Eritrea 5 3 0 5 repressed 39.5 Steady 5 very serious 27.86 5 authoritarian 1.97
 North Korea 5 3 0 5 repressed 2.9 Steady 5 very serious 21.72 5 authoritarian 1.08
 Turkmenistan 5 2 0 5 repressed 46.3 Decrease 5 very serious 25.82 5 authoritarian 1.66
 South Sudan 5 1 0 n/a — 4 difficult 50.62 n/a —
 Syria 5 1 0 n/a — 5 very serious 27.22 5 authoritarian 1.43
 Palestine n/a — n/a — 5 very serious 37.86 5 authoritarian 3.47

Disputed territories

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Country Freedom in the World 2024 Score change since 2023 Press Freedom Index 2023[3] Score
 Northern Cyprus 1 76 0 3 problematic 61.73
 Somaliland 3 43 -1 n/a —
 Abkhazia 3 39 0 n/a —
 Azad Kashmir 5 29 0 n/a —
 West Bank 5 22 0 5 very serious 37.86
 Transnistria 5 17 -1 n/a —
 South Ossetia 5 12 0 n/a —
 Gaza Strip 5 8 -3 5 very serious 37.86
 Western Sahara 5 4 0 4 difficult 43.69
 Crimea 5 2 -2 n/a —
 Tibet 5 0 -1 n/a —

See also

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Notes and references

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  1. ^ "Human Freedom Index". www.cato.org/human-freedom-index. Archived from the original on September 14, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  2. ^ Craggs, Ryan (January 14, 2013). "World Freedom Index 2013: Canadian Fraser Institute Ranks Countries". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Index", Reporters Without Borders, retrieved 2022-08-19
  4. ^ World Index of Moral Freedom (PDF) (4th ed.), The Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty, retrieved 2022-08-19
  5. ^ "MaxRange: Analyzing political regimes and democratization processes". Sweden: School of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Halmstad University. April 30, 2015. Archived from the original on August 17, 2018. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
  6. ^ "Democracy Report 2022: Autocratization Changing Nature?" (PDF), V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
  7. ^ "International IDEA". International IDEA. Dec 23, 2022. Retrieved Jan 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Global Corruption Index | Global Corruption & ESG Indexes". Retrieved 2022-07-08.
  9. ^ "Democracy Index 2021: the China challenge". Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
  10. ^ "CIRI Human Rights Data Project". humanrightsdat.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2020. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  11. ^ Michael Kirk (December 10, 2010). "Annual International Human Rights Ratings Announced". University of Connecticut. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  12. ^ "Human Rights in 2011: The CIRI Report". CIRI Human Rights Data Project. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 25, 2013.
  13. ^ "Countries and Territories", Freedom in the World, retrieved 2022-08-19
  14. ^ Heritage Foundation (2021). "Country Rankings". 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2014-08-07.
  15. ^ "Polity IV Project". Table footnote. Archived from the original on 4 May 2020. Retrieved 11 Jan 2020.
  16. ^ "Countries and Territories". Freedom House. Retrieved 2024-03-02.
  17. ^ Foundation, The Heritage. "Index of Economic Freedom: All Country Scores | The Heritage Foundation". Index of Economic Freedom | The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
  18. ^ "Democracy Index 2023". Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 2024-03-03.
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