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Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 208 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or nonstate actors. Click on a country name below to access the full country narrative report.

All Scores Freedom in the World Freedom on the Net Nations in Transit
Score Change Key:
No Change No Change
Declined Declined
Improved Improved
Abkhazia*
39/100No Change Partly Free
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17 22 Not covered Not covered
Afghanistan
6/100No Change Not Free
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1 5 Not covered Not covered
Albania
68/100No Change Partly Free
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28 40 Not covered
46/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
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46.43 3.79
Algeria
31/100Declined Not Free
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10 21 Not covered Not covered
Andorra
93/100No Change Free
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38 55 Not covered Not covered
Angola
28/100No Change Not Free
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10 18
59/100No Change Partly Free
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12 28 19 Not covered
Antarctica Not covered Not covered Not covered
Antigua and Barbuda
83/100Declined Free
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32 51 Not covered Not covered
Argentina
85/100No Change Free
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35 50
71/100Declined Free
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19 27 25 Not covered
Armenia
54/100No Change Partly Free
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23 31
74/100Improved Free
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20 29 25
35/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
34.52 3.07
Australia
95/100No Change Free
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39 56
76/100No Change Free
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23 28 25 Not covered
Austria
93/100No Change Free
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37 56 Not covered Not covered
Azerbaijan
7/100No Change Not Free
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0 7
34/100Declined Not Free
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11 13 10
1/100No Change Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
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1.19 1.07
Bahrain
12/100No Change Not Free
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2 10
28/100No Change Not Free
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15 6 7 Not covered
Bangladesh
45/100Improved Partly Free
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16 29
40/100Declined Partly Free
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12 17 11 Not covered
Barbados
94/100No Change Free
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37 57 Not covered Not covered
Belarus
7/100Declined Not Free
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1 6
22/100Declined Not Free
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13 5 4
2/100No Change Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
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1.79 1.11
Belgium
96/100No Change Free
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39 57 Not covered Not covered
Belize
88/100Improved Free
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35 53 Not covered Not covered
Benin
60/100Declined Partly Free
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18 42 Not covered Not covered
Bhutan
68/100Improved Free
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32 36 Not covered Not covered
Bolivia
65/100Declined Partly Free
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26 39 Not covered Not covered
Bosnia and Herzegovina
52/100Improved Partly Free
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17 35 Not covered
36/100Declined Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
36.31 3.18
Botswana
75/100Improved Free
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31 44 Not covered Not covered
Brazil
72/100No Change Free
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30 42
65/100Improved Partly Free
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20 25 20 Not covered
Brunei
27/100Declined Not Free
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7 20 Not covered Not covered
Bulgaria
77/100Declined Free
Chevron right
32 45 Not covered
59/100Improved Semi-Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
58.93 4.54
Burkina Faso
25/100Declined Not Free
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3 22 Not covered Not covered
Burundi
15/100Improved Not Free
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4 11 Not covered Not covered
Cabo Verde
92/100No Change Free
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38 54 Not covered Not covered
Cambodia
23/100No Change Not Free
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4 19
43/100Declined Partly Free
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13 16 14 Not covered
Cameroon
15/100No Change Not Free
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6 9 Not covered Not covered
Canada
97/100No Change Free
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39 58
86/100Declined Free
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23 32 31 Not covered
Central African Republic
5/100No Change Not Free
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1 4 Not covered Not covered
Chad
15/100No Change Not Free
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1 14 Not covered Not covered
Chile
95/100Improved Free
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38 57
86/100 Free
Chevron right
24 32 30 Not covered
China
9/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-2 11
9/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 2 0 Not covered
Colombia
70/100No Change Free
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31 39
65/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
19 25 21 Not covered
Comoros
42/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
16 26 Not covered Not covered
Costa Rica
91/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 53
85/100No Change Free
Chevron right
21 32 32 Not covered
Crimea* Not covered Not covered Not covered
Croatia
82/100Declined Free
Chevron right
34 48 Not covered
54/100No Change Semi-Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
54.17 4.25
Cuba
10/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
1 9
20/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 9 6 Not covered
Cyprus
91/100Declined Free
Chevron right
38 53 Not covered Not covered
Czechia
95/100Improved Free
Chevron right
37 58 Not covered
76/100No Change Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
75.60 5.54
Côte d'Ivoire
49/100No Change Partly Free
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19 30 Not covered Not covered
Democratic Republic of the Congo
18/100Declined Not Free
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4 14 Not covered Not covered
Denmark
97/100No Change Free
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40 57 Not covered Not covered
Djibouti
24/100No Change Not Free
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5 19 Not covered Not covered
Dominica
92/100Declined Free
Chevron right
37 55 Not covered Not covered
Dominican Republic
68/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
27 41 Not covered Not covered
Eastern Donbas* Not covered Not covered Not covered
Ecuador
65/100Declined Partly Free
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28 37
63/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
18 23 22 Not covered
Egypt
18/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
6 12
28/100No Change Not Free
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14 9 5 Not covered
El Salvador
47/100Declined Partly Free
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17 30 Not covered Not covered
Equatorial Guinea
5/100No Change Not Free
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0 5 Not covered Not covered
Eritrea
3/100No Change Not Free
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1 2 Not covered Not covered
Estonia
96/100Improved Free
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39 57
92/100Declined Free
Chevron right
25 31 36
83/100No Change Consolidated Democracy
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83.33 6.00
Eswatini
17/100No Change Not Free
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1 16 Not covered Not covered
Ethiopia
18/100Declined Not Free
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8 10
27/100Improved Not Free
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5 12 10 Not covered
Falkland Islands Not covered Not covered Not covered
Fiji
69/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
28 41 Not covered Not covered
Finland
100/100No Change Free
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40 60 Not covered Not covered
France
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 51
76/100No Change Free
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22 29 25 Not covered
Gabon
21/100Improved Not Free
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2 19 Not covered Not covered
Gaza Strip*
2/100Declined Not Free
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-2 4 Not covered Not covered
Georgia
55/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
21 34
74/100Declined Free
Chevron right
19 28 27
34/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
33.93 3.04
Germany
95/100Improved Free
Chevron right
40 55
77/100No Change Free
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23 28 26 Not covered
Ghana
80/100No Change Free
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35 45
65/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
14 28 23 Not covered
Greece
85/100No Change Free
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35 50 Not covered Not covered
Grenada
89/100No Change Free
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37 52 Not covered Not covered
Guatemala
48/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
19 29 Not covered Not covered
Guinea
30/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 23 Not covered Not covered
Guinea-Bissau
41/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 26 Not covered Not covered
Guyana
74/100Improved Free
Chevron right
30 44 Not covered Not covered
Haiti
24/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
6 18 Not covered Not covered
Honduras
48/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 26 Not covered Not covered
Hong Kong*
40/100Declined Partly Free
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9 31 Not covered Not covered
Hungary
65/100No Change Partly Free
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24 41
69/100No Change Partly Free
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21 24 24
43/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
42.86 3.57
Iceland
95/100Improved Free
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38 57
94/100No Change Free
Chevron right
25 34 35 Not covered
India
63/100Declined Partly Free
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31 32
50/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
14 19 17 Not covered
Indian Kashmir*
38/100Improved Partly Free
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17 21 Not covered Not covered
Indonesia
56/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
28 28
49/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
15 18 16 Not covered
Iran
11/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
4 7
12/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
7 4 1 Not covered
Iraq
31/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
16 15
40/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
10 16 14 Not covered
Ireland
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 58 Not covered Not covered
Israel
73/100Declined Free
Chevron right
34 39 Not covered Not covered
Italy
89/100Declined Free
Chevron right
36 53
75/100No Change Free
Chevron right
21 29 25 Not covered
Jamaica
80/100No Change Free
Chevron right
33 47 Not covered Not covered
Japan
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 56
78/100Improved Free
Chevron right
22 30 26 Not covered
Jordan
34/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
12 22
47/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
14 16 17 Not covered
Kazakhstan
23/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 18
34/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
12 12 10
5/100No Change Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
Chevron right
4.76 1.29
Kenya
51/100Declined Partly Free
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22 29
64/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
16 25 23 Not covered
Kiribati
89/100Declined Free
Chevron right
36 53 Not covered Not covered
Kosovo
60/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
28 32 Not covered
38/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
38.10 3.29
Kuwait
31/100Declined Not Free
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7 24 Not covered Not covered
Kyrgyzstan
26/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
4 22
48/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 18 15
11/100No Change Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
Chevron right
10.71 1.64
Laos
13/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 11 Not covered Not covered
Latvia
89/100Improved Free
Chevron right
37 52 Not covered
80/100No Change Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
79.76 5.79
Lebanon
39/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
13 26
50/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
9 22 19 Not covered
Lesotho
66/100No Change Free
Chevron right
30 36 Not covered Not covered
Liberia
64/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
30 34 Not covered Not covered
Libya
10/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
2 8
43/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
8 21 14 Not covered
Liechtenstein
90/100No Change Free
Chevron right
33 57 Not covered Not covered
Lithuania
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 51 Not covered
79/100Improved Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
78.57 5.71
Luxembourg
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 59 Not covered Not covered
Macao Not covered Not covered Not covered
Madagascar
55/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
21 34 Not covered Not covered
Malawi
65/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
28 37
59/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
11 26 22 Not covered
Malaysia
53/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 31
60/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
19 21 20 Not covered
Maldives
43/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
20 23 Not covered Not covered
Mali
24/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
6 18 Not covered Not covered
Malta
87/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 52 Not covered Not covered
Marshall Islands
93/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 55 Not covered Not covered
Mauritania
39/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
15 24 Not covered Not covered
Mauritius
86/100Improved Free
Chevron right
35 51 Not covered Not covered
Mexico
59/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
26 33
61/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
18 25 18 Not covered
Micronesia
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 55 Not covered Not covered
Moldova
60/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
25 35 Not covered
36/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
35.71 3.14
Monaco
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
25 57 Not covered Not covered
Mongolia
84/100No Change Free
Chevron right
36 48 Not covered Not covered
Montenegro
69/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
27 42 Not covered
46/100No Change Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
45.83 3.75
Morocco
37/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
13 24
54/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
17 21 16 Not covered
Mozambique
41/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
12 29 Not covered Not covered
Myanmar
7/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
0 7
9/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
2 5 2 Not covered
Nagorno-Karabakh* Not covered Not covered Not covered
Namibia
73/100Declined Free
Chevron right
28 45 Not covered Not covered
Nauru
75/100Declined Free
Chevron right
32 43 Not covered Not covered
Nepal
62/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
28 34 Not covered Not covered
Netherlands
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 58
83/100 Free
Chevron right
24 29 30 Not covered
New Zealand
99/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 59 Not covered Not covered
Nicaragua
14/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
2 12
41/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
11 16 14 Not covered
Niger
30/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
5 25 Not covered Not covered
Nigeria
44/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
20 24
59/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
17 24 18 Not covered
North Korea
3/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 3 Not covered Not covered
North Macedonia
67/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
28 39 Not covered
46/100Declined Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
46.43 3.79
Northern Cyprus*
76/100No Change Free
Chevron right
27 49 Not covered Not covered
Norway
99/100Improved Free
Chevron right
39 60 Not covered Not covered
Oman
24/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
6 18 Not covered Not covered
Pakistan
32/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
12 20
27/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
6 13 8 Not covered
Pakistani Kashmir*
30/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
9 21 Not covered Not covered
Palau
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 55 Not covered Not covered
Palestine Not covered Not covered Not covered
Panama
83/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 48 Not covered Not covered
Papua New Guinea
61/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 39 Not covered Not covered
Paraguay
63/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
26 37 Not covered Not covered
Peru
67/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
28 39 Not covered Not covered
Philippines
58/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
25 33
60/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
16 23 21 Not covered
Poland
82/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 48 Not covered
57/100Declined Semi-Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
57.14 4.43
Portugal
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 57 Not covered Not covered
Puerto Rico Not covered Not covered Not covered
Qatar
25/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 18 Not covered Not covered
Republic of the Congo
17/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 15 Not covered Not covered
Romania
82/100Declined Free
Chevron right
34 48 Not covered
57/100Improved Semi-Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
56.55 4.39
Russia
12/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
4 8
20/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
10 5 5
1/100Declined Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
Chevron right
1.19 1.07
Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine*
-1/100 Not Free
Chevron right
-2 1 Not covered Not covered
Rwanda
21/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
7 14
36/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
13 11 12 Not covered
Samoa
84/100No Change Free
Chevron right
32 52 Not covered Not covered
San Marino
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 58 Not covered Not covered
Saudi Arabia
9/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
1 8
25/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
13 7 5 Not covered
Senegal
69/100Improved Free
Chevron right
30 39 Not covered Not covered
Serbia
56/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
18 38
70/100Declined Free
Chevron right
21 25 24
43/100Declined Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
43.45 3.61
Seychelles
80/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 46 Not covered Not covered
Sierra Leone
59/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
23 36 Not covered Not covered
Singapore
48/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
19 29
53/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
19 17 17 Not covered
Slovakia
89/100Declined Free
Chevron right
36 53 Not covered
70/100No Change Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
70.24 5.21
Slovenia
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 57 Not covered
80/100Improved Consolidated Democracy
Chevron right
79.76 5.79
Solomon Islands
75/100No Change Free
Chevron right
28 47 Not covered Not covered
Somalia
8/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 6 Not covered Not covered
Somaliland*
47/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
21 26 Not covered Not covered
South Africa
81/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 47
74/100Improved Free
Chevron right
19 29 26 Not covered
South Korea
81/100Declined Free
Chevron right
32 49
66/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
22 23 21 Not covered
South Ossetia*
12/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
3 9 Not covered Not covered
South Sudan
1/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-3 4 Not covered Not covered
Spain
90/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 53 Not covered Not covered
Sri Lanka
58/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
26 32
53/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
14 21 18 Not covered
St. Kitts and Nevis
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 54 Not covered Not covered
St. Lucia
91/100Declined Free
Chevron right
38 53 Not covered Not covered
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
90/100No Change Free
Chevron right
36 54 Not covered Not covered
Sudan
2/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
-3 5
28/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
5 14 9 Not covered
Suriname
80/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 46 Not covered Not covered
Sweden
99/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 59 Not covered Not covered
Switzerland
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 57 Not covered Not covered
Syria
5/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
-3 8 Not covered Not covered
São Tomé and Príncipe
84/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 49 Not covered Not covered
Taiwan
94/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 56
79/100Improved Free
Chevron right
24 29 26 Not covered
Tajikistan
5/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 5 Not covered
1/100No Change Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
Chevron right
0.60 1.04
Tanzania
35/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
11 24 Not covered Not covered
Thailand
34/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
11 23
39/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
16 14 9 Not covered
The Bahamas
90/100Declined Free
Chevron right
38 52 Not covered Not covered
The Gambia
50/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 28
56/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
13 25 18 Not covered
Tibet* Not covered -2 2 Not covered Not covered
Timor-Leste
72/100No Change Free
Chevron right
33 39 Not covered Not covered
Togo
41/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
14 27 Not covered Not covered
Tonga
80/100Declined Free
Chevron right
30 50 Not covered Not covered
Transnistria*
17/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 12 Not covered Not covered
Trinidad and Tobago
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
33 49 Not covered Not covered
Tunisia
44/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
11 33
60/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
16 26 18 Not covered
Turkey
33/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
17 16
31/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
14 10 7 Not covered
Turkmenistan
1/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
0 1 Not covered Not covered 0.00 1.00
Tuvalu
93/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 56 Not covered Not covered
Uganda
34/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
10 24
53/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
14 21 18 Not covered
Ukraine
51/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
23 28
59/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
18 22 19
40/100Improved Transitional or Hybrid Regime
Chevron right
40.48 3.43
United Arab Emirates
18/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 13
30/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
14 9 7 Not covered
United Kingdom
92/100Improved Free
Chevron right
39 53
78/100Declined Free
Chevron right
24 29 25 Not covered
United States
84/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 50
76/100No Change Free
Chevron right
21 29 26 Not covered
Uruguay
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 56 Not covered Not covered
Uzbekistan
12/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 10
27/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
10 11 6
3/100Declined Consolidated Authoritarian Regime
Chevron right
2.98 1.18
Vanuatu
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
32 50 Not covered Not covered
Venezuela
13/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
0 13
30/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
8 11 11 Not covered
Vietnam
20/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
4 16
22/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
12 6 4 Not covered
West Bank*
22/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
4 18 Not covered Not covered
Western Sahara*
4/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-3 7 Not covered Not covered
Yemen
10/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 9 Not covered Not covered
Zambia
53/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
22 31
62/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
15 27 20 Not covered
Zimbabwe
26/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
9 17
48/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
9 21 18 Not covered

Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. See the methodology.

* Indicates a territory as opposed to an independent country.

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