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This article contains 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[edit]

The indices and their origins:

  • Canada
    • The Economic Freedom of the World Index 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
    • Worldwide 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, 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 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[edit]

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
Press Freedom Index 1 good 2 satisfactory 3 problematic 4 difficult 5 very serious
Democracy Index 1 full democracy 2 flawed democracy 3 hybrid regime 4— 5 authoritarian regime


List by country[edit]

Total Country Score Freedom in the World 2023[13] Score Index of Economic Freedom 2023[14] Score Press Freedom Index 2023[3] Score Democracy Index 2023[9]
281.89  Norway 100 1 free 76.9 2 mostly free 95.18 1 good 9.81 1 full democracy
277.96  Ireland 97 1 free 82 1 free 89.91 1 good 9.05 1 full democracy
274.91  Sweden 100 1 free 77.5 2 mostly free 88.15 1 good 9.26 1 full democracy
274.24  Finland 100 1 free 77.1 2 mostly free 87.94 1 good 9.2 1 full democracy
273.23  Denmark 97 1 free 77.6 2 mostly free 89.48 1 good 9.15 1 full democracy
273.03  Switzerland 96 1 free 83.8 1 free 84.4 2 satisfactory 8.83 1 full democracy
271.38  New Zealand 99 1 free 78.9 2 mostly free 84.23 2 satisfactory 9.25 1 full democracy
270.96  Netherlands 97 1 free 78 2 mostly free 87 1 good 8.96 1 full democracy
266.06  Luxembourg 97 1 free 78.4 2 mostly free 81.98 2 satisfactory 8.68 1 full democracy
265.75  Estonia 94 1 free 78.6 2 mostly free 85.31 1 good 7.84 2 flawed democracy
264.47  Canada 98 1 free 73.7 2 mostly free 83.53 2 satisfactory 9.24 1 full democracy
259.18  Taiwan 94 1 free 80.7 1 free 75.54 2 satisfactory 8.94 1 full democracy
258.76  Iceland 94 1 free 72.2 2 mostly free 83.19 2 satisfactory 9.37 1 full democracy
258.28  Germany 94 1 free 73.7 2 mostly free 81.91 2 satisfactory 8.67 1 full democracy
258  Portugal 96 1 free 69.5 3 moderately free 84.6 2 satisfactory 7.9 2 flawed democracy
257  Australia 95 1 free 74.8 2 mostly free 78.24 2 satisfactory 8.96 1 full democracy
255.15  Czech Republic 92 1 free 71.9 2 mostly free 83.58 2 satisfactory 7.67 2 flawed democracy
255.12  Lithuania 89 1 free 72.2 2 mostly free 86.79 1 good 7.13 2 flawed democracy
251.31  Latvia 88 1 free 72.8 2 mostly free 83.27 2 satisfactory 7.24 2 flawed democracy
249.95  United Kingdom 93 1 free 69.9 3 moderately free 78.51 2 satisfactory 8.54 1 full democracy
249.56  Austria 93 1 free 71.1 2 mostly free 77.3 2 satisfactory 8.16 1 full democracy
249.19  Slovakia 90 1 free 69 3 moderately free 83.22 2 satisfactory 6.97 2 flawed democracy
247.08  Belgium 96 1 free 67.1 3 moderately free 76.47 2 satisfactory 7.51 2 flawed democracy
245.86  Costa Rica 91 1 free 66.5 3 moderately free 80.2 2 satisfactory 8.16 1 full democracy
245.14  Uruguay 96 1 free 70.2 2 mostly free 70.33 2 satisfactory 8.61 1 full democracy
241.63  Slovenia 95 1 free 68.5 3 moderately free 70.59 2 satisfactory 7.54 2 flawed democracy
240.48  Cyprus 92 1 free 72.3 2 mostly free 68.62 3 problematic 7.56 2 flawed democracy
239.31  France 89 1 free 63.6 3 moderately free 78.72 2 satisfactory 7.99 2 flawed democracy
238.49  Spain 90 1 free 65 3 moderately free 75.37 2 satisfactory 8.12 2full democracy
237.38  Japan 96 1 free 69.3 3 moderately free 63.95 3 problematic 8.13 1 full democracy
235.54  South Korea 83 1 free 73.7 2 mostly free 70.83 2 satisfactory 8.01 1 full democracy
233.52  Cabo Verde 92 1 free 65.8 3 moderately free 75.72 2 satisfactory — n/a
233.47  Chile 94 1 free 71.1 2 mostly free 60.09 3 problematic 8.28 1 full democracy
233.45  Samoa 83 1 free 68.3 3 moderately free 82.15 2 satisfactory — n/a
232.74  United States 83 1 free 70.6 2 mostly free 71.22 2 satisfactory 7.92 2 flawed democracy
232.09  Italy 90 1 free 62.3 3 moderately free 72.05 2 satisfactory 7.74 2 flawed democracy
231.12  Jamaica 80 1 free 68.1 3 moderately free 75.89 2 satisfactory 7.13 2 flawed democracy
229.3  Mauritius 85 1 free 70.6 2 mostly free 65.56 3 problematic 8.14 1 full democracy
228.85  Croatia 84 1 free 66.4 3 moderately free 71.95 2 satisfactory 6.5 2 flawed democracy
225.2  Trinidad and Tobago 82 1 free 59.5 4 mostly unfree 76.54 2 satisfactory 7.16 2 flawed democracy
223.94  Malta 89 1 free 67.5 3 moderately free 59.76 3 problematic 7.68 2 flawed democracy
223.21  Poland 81 1 free 67.7 3 moderately free 67.66 3 problematic 6.85 2 flawed democracy
222.94  Romania 83 1 free 64.5 3 moderately free 69.04 3 problematic 6.4 2 flawed democracy
222.13  Namibia 77 1 free 57.7 4 mostly unfree 80.91 2 satisfactory 6.52 2 flawed democracy
220.35  South Africa 79 1 free 55.7 4 mostly unfree 78.6 2 satisfactory 7.05 2 flawed democracy
217.99  Bulgaria 79 1 free 69.3 3 moderately free 62.98 3 problematic 6.71 2 flawed democracy
217.65  Panama 83 1 free 63.8 3 moderately free 63.67 3 problematic 7.18 2 flawed democracy
217.29  Belize 87 1 free 59.8 4 mostly unfree 70.49 2 satisfactory — n/a
216.31  Argentina 85 1 free 51 4 mostly unfree 73.36 2 satisfactory 6.95 2 flawed democracy
214.21  Seychelles 79 1 free 59.5 4 mostly unfree 75.71 2 satisfactory — n/a
212.86  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 91 1 free 63.5 3 moderately free 58.36 3 problematic — n/a
212.29  Tonga 81 1 free 60 3 moderately free 71.29 2 satisfactory — n/a
211.94  North Macedonia 68 3 partly free 63.7 3 moderately free 74.35 2 satisfactory 5.89 3 hybrid regime
211.51  Mongolia 84 1 free 61.7 3 moderately free 59.33 3 problematic 6.48 2 flawed democracy
211.31  Israel 77 1 free 68.9 3 moderately free 57.57 3 problematic 7.84 2 flawed democracy
211.06  Dominica 93 1 free 59.7 4 mostly unfree 58.36 3 problematic — n/a
211.06  Saint Lucia 92 1 free 60.7 3 moderately free 58.36 3 problematic — n/a
210.75  Timor-Leste 72 1 free 47.2 5 repressed 84.49 2 satisfactory 7.06 2 flawed democracy
210.43  Ghana 80 1 free 58 4 mostly unfree 65.93 3 problematic 6.5 2 flawed democracy
209.13  Botswana 72 1 free 64.9 3 moderately free 64.61 3 problematic 7.62 2 flawed democracy
208.8  Dominican Republic 68 3 partly free 62.6 3 moderately free 71.88 2 satisfactory 6.32 2 flawed democracy
207.95  Montenegro 67 3 partly free 60.9 3 moderately free 74.28 2 satisfactory 5.77 3 hybrid regime
205.49  Greece 86 1 free 56.9 4 mostly unfree 55.2 3 problematic 7.39 2 flawed democracy
203.9  Moldova 62 3 partly free 58.5 4 mostly unfree 77.62 2 satisfactory 5.78 3 hybrid regime
203.41  Guyana 73 1 free 56.9 4 mostly unfree 67.5 3 problematic 6.01 2 flawed democracy
202.54  Suriname 79 1 free 46.1 5 repressed 70.62 2 satisfactory 6.82 2 flawed democracy
199.62  Hungary 66 3 partly free 64.1 3 moderately free 62.96 3 problematic 6.56 2 flawed democracy
196.24  Albania 67 3 partly free 65.3 3 moderately free 57.86 3 problematic 6.08 2 flawed democracy
195.77  Peru 70 1 free 66.5 3 moderately free 52.74 4 difficult 6.53 2 flawed democracy
195.06  Armenia 54 3 partly free 65.1 3 moderately free 70.61 2 satisfactory 5.35 3 hybrid regime
193.7  Georgia 58 3 partly free 68.7 3 moderately free 61.69 3 problematic 5.31 3 hybrid regime
191.64  Ecuador 70 1 free 55 4 mostly unfree 60.51 3 problematic 6.13 2 flawed democracy
191.09  Brazil 72 1 free 53.5 4 mostly unfree 58.67 3 problematic 6.92 2 flawed democracy
190.32  Malaysia 53 3 partly free 67.3 3 moderately free 62.83 3 problematic 7.19 2 flawed democracy
189.08  Kosovo 60 3 partly free 60.7 3 moderately free 68.38 3 problematic — n/a
188.88  Serbia 60 3 partly free 63.5 3 moderately free 59.16 3 problematic 6.22 2 flawed democracy
188.19  Lesotho 66 3 partly free 51.6 4 mostly unfree 64.29 3 problematic 6.3 2 flawed democracy
188.14  Paraguay 65 3 partly free 61 3 moderately free 55.96 3 problematic 6.18 2 flawed democracy
187.19  Senegal 68 3 partly free 57.7 4 mostly unfree 55.82 3 problematic 5.67 3 hybrid regime
186.42  Papua New Guinea 61 3 partly free 51.7 4 mostly unfree 67.62 3 problematic 6.1 2 flawed democracy
185.37  Colombia 70 1 free 63.1 3 moderately free 45.23 4 difficult 7.04 2 flawed democracy
184.96  Bhutan 61 3 partly free 59 4 mostly unfree 59.25 3 problematic 5.71 3 hybrid regime
184.88  Malawi 66 3 partly free 52.8 4 mostly unfree 60.34 3 problematic 5.74 3 hybrid regime
184.81  Singapore 47 3 partly free 83.9 1 free 47.88 4 difficult 6.03 2 flawed democracy
182.63  Indonesia 58 3 partly free 63.5 3 moderately free 54.83 4 difficult 6.3 2 flawed democracy
182.34  Côte d'Ivoire 49 3 partly free 60.4 3 moderately free 68.83 3 problematic 4.11 3 hybrid regime
182.26  Madagascar 61 3 partly free 58.9 4 mostly unfree 56.66 3 problematic 5.7 3 hybrid regime
181.99  Fiji 59 3 partly free 58 4 mostly unfree 59.27 3 problematic 5.72 3 hybrid regime
181.45  The Gambia 48 3 partly free 57.9 4 mostly unfree 71.06 2 satisfactory 4.49 3 hybrid regime
180.61  Sierra Leone 63 3 partly free 50.2 4 mostly unfree 62.55 3 problematic 4.86 3 hybrid regime
180.33  Bosnia and Herzegovina 52 3 partly free 62.9 3 moderately free 65.43 3 problematic — n/a
179.26  Liberia 60 3 partly free 49.6 5 repressed 64.34 3 problematic 5.32 3 hybrid regime
177.25  Mexico 60 3 partly free 63.2 3 moderately free 47.98 4 difficult 6.07 3flawed democracy
175.82  Benin 59 3 partly free 59.8 4 mostly unfree 52.44 4 difficult 4.58 3 hybrid regime
174.83  Niger 51 3 partly free 53.7 4 mostly unfree 66.84 3 problematic 3.29 5 authoritarian regime
174.47  Liechtenstein 90 1 free — n/a 84.47 2 satisfactory — n/a
172.51    Nepal 58 3 partly free 51.4 4 mostly unfree 57.89 3 problematic 5.22 3 hybrid regime
170.07  Philippines 58 3 partly free 59.3 4 mostly unfree 46.21 4 difficult 6.56 2 flawed democracy
169.26  El Salvador 56 3 partly free 56 4 mostly unfree 51.36 4 difficult 5.9 3 hybrid regime
168.05  Andorra 93 1 free — n/a 75.05 2 satisfactory — n/a
166.07  Zambia 54 3 partly free 47.8 5 repressed 59.41 3 problematic 4.86 3 hybrid regime
165.6  Tunisia 56 3 partly free 52.9 4 mostly unfree 50.11 4 difficult 6.59 2 flawed democracy
165.57  Bolivia 66 3 partly free 43.4 5 repressed 51.09 4 difficult 5.08 3 hybrid regime
164.79  Guatemala 49 3 partly free 62.7 3 moderately free 48.12 4 difficult 4.97 3 hybrid regime
163.8  Barbados 94 1 free 69.8 3 moderately free — n/a — n/a
163.16  Togo 42 3 partly free 55.3 4 mostly unfree 63.06 3 problematic 2.8 5 authoritarian regime
162.13  India 66 3 partly free 52.9 4 mostly unfree 36.62 5 very serious 6.61 2 flawed democracy
160.84  Comoros 42 3 partly free 53.5 4 mostly unfree 62.25 3 problematic 3.09 5 authoritarian regime
160.7  Kenya 52 3 partly free 52.5 4 mostly unfree 51.15 4 difficult 5.05 3 hybrid regime
158.19  Sri Lanka 54 3 partly free 52.2 4 mostly unfree 45.85 4 difficult 6.14 2 flawed democracy
157.57  Burkina Faso 30 5 not free 56.2 4 mostly unfree 67.64 3 problematic 3.73 5 authoritarian regime
157.14  Mozambique 45 3 partly free 52.5 4 mostly unfree 56.13 3 problematic 3.51 5 authoritarian regime
154.67  Mauritania 36 3 partly free 55.3 4 mostly unfree 59.45 3 problematic 3.92 5 authoritarian regime
154.6  Federated States of Micronesia 92 1 free 62.6 3 moderately free — n/a — n/a
153.6  The Bahamas 91 1 free 62.6 3 moderately free — n/a — n/a
152.12  Qatar 25 5 not free 68.6 3 moderately free 55.28 3 problematic 3.24 5 authoritarian regime
151.88  Thailand 30 5 not free 60.6 3 moderately free 55.24 3 problematic 6.04 2 flawed democracy
151.8  Guinea-Bissau 43 3 partly free 44.6 5 repressed 61.57 3 problematic 2.63 5 authoritarian regime
150.56  Nigeria 43 3 partly free 53.9 4 mostly unfree 49.56 4 difficult 4.1 3 hybrid regime
149.8  Kiribati 91 1 free 58.8 4 mostly unfree — n/a — n/a
147.36  Grenada 89 1 free — n/a 58.36 3 problematic — n/a
147.36  Saint Kitts and Nevis 89 1 free — n/a 58.36 3 problematic — n/a
145.79  Guinea 30 5 not free 53.2 4 mostly unfree 59.51 3 problematic 3.08 5 authoritarian regime
145.5  São Tomé and Príncipe 84 1 free 61.5 3 moderately free — n/a — n/a
145.12  Tanzania 36 3 partly free 60 3 moderately free 44.02 4 difficult 5.1 3 hybrid regime
144.71  Honduras 48 3 partly free 58.7 4 mostly unfree 32.65 5 very serious 5.36 3 hybrid regime
144.53  Maldives 41 3 partly free 46.6 5 repressed 56.93 3 problematic — n/a
144.13  Morocco 37 3 partly free 58.4 4 mostly unfree 43.69 4 difficult 5.04 3 hybrid regime
144.1  Vanuatu 82 1 free 62.1 3 moderately free — n/a — n/a
143.36  Antigua and Barbuda 85 1 free — n/a 58.36 3 problematic — n/a
143.22  Lebanon 43 3 partly free 45.6 5 repressed 50.46 4 difficult 4.16 3 hybrid regime
142.5  Haiti 31 5 not free 49.9 5 repressed 57.38 3 problematic 4.22 3 hybrid regime
139.72  Mali 29 5 not free 54.5 4 mostly unfree 52.29 4 difficult 3.93 5 authoritarian regime
138.21  Jordan 33 5 not free 58.8 4 mostly unfree 42.79 4 difficult 3.62 5 authoritarian regime
137.9  Brunei 28 5 not free 65.7 3 moderately free 44.2 4 difficult — n/a
137.76  Gabon 20 5 not free 56.1 4 mostly unfree 58.12 3 problematic 3.54 5 authoritarian regime
137.42  Uganda 35 5 not free 51.4 4 mostly unfree 46.08 4 difficult 4.94 3 hybrid regime
136.92  Kyrgyzstan 27 5 not free 55.8 4 mostly unfree 49.91 4 difficult 4.21 3 hybrid regime
136.34  Kuwait 37 3 partly free 56.7 4 mostly unfree 38.84 5 very serious 3.8 5 authoritarian regime
135.7  Bangladesh 40 3 partly free 54.4 4 mostly unfree 35.31 5 very serious 5.99 3 hybrid regime
134.59  United Arab Emirates 18 5 not free 70.9 2 mostly free 42.99 4 difficult 2.7 5 authoritarian regime
134.11  Kazakhstan 23 5 not free 62.1 3 moderately free 45.87 4 difficult 3.14 5 authoritarian regime
132.96  Angola 28 5 not free 53 4 mostly unfree 48.3 4 difficult 3.66 5 authoritarian regime
132.9  Solomon Islands 76 1 free 56.9 4 mostly unfree — n/a — n/a
130.66  Pakistan 37 3 partly free 49.4 5 repressed 39.95 5 very serious 4.31 3 hybrid regime
128.63  Republic of the Congo 17 5 not free 48.1 5 repressed 60.42 3 problematic 3.11 5 authoritarian regime
127.64  Eswatini 17 5 not free 54.9 4 mostly unfree 52.66 4 difficult 3.08 5 authoritarian regime
127.35  Türkiye 32 5 not free 56.9 4 mostly unfree 33.97 5 very serious 4.48 3 hybrid regime
125.62  Cambodia 24 5 not free 56.5 4 mostly unfree 42.02 4 difficult 3.1 5 authoritarian regime
124.88  Rwanda 23 5 not free 52.2 4 mostly unfree 46.58 4 difficult 3.1 5 authoritarian regime
124.71  Algeria 32 5 not free 43.2 5 repressed 45.74 4 difficult 3.77 5 authoritarian regime
123.37  Oman 24 5 not free 58.5 4 mostly unfree 37.87 5 very serious 3 5 authoritarian regime
122.28  Chad 15 5 not free 52 4 mostly unfree 53.73 4 difficult 1.55 5 authoritarian regime
120.38  Ethiopia 21 5 not free 48.3 5 repressed 47.7 4 difficult 3.38 5 authoritarian regime
118.68  Djibouti 24 5 not free 56.1 4 mostly unfree 35.87 5 very serious 2.71 5 authoritarian regime
118.33  Zimbabwe 28 5 not free 39 5 repressed 48.17 4 difficult 3.16 5 authoritarian regime
117  Ukraine 50 3 partly free — n/a 61.19 3 problematic 5.81 3 hybrid regime
116.58  Democratic Republic of the Congo 19 5 not free 47.9 5 repressed 48.55 4 difficult 1.13 5 authoritarian regime
116.35  Uzbekistan 12 5 not free 56.5 4 mostly unfree 45.73 4 difficult 2.12 5 authoritarian regime
115.25  Cameroon 15 5 not free 51.9 4 mostly unfree 45.58 4 difficult 2.77 5 authoritarian regime
114.59  Nicaragua 19 5 not free 54.9 4 mostly unfree 37.09 5 very serious 3.6 5 authoritarian regime
113.01  Azerbaijan 9 5 not free 61.4 3 moderately free 39.93 5 very serious 2.68 5 authoritarian regime
110.18  Burundi 14 5 not free 41.9 5 repressed 52.14 4 difficult 2.14 5 authoritarian regime
109.68  Central African Republic 7 5 not free 43.8 5 repressed 57.56 3 problematic 1.32 5 authoritarian regime
108.32  Vietnam 19 5 not free 61.8 3 moderately free 24.58 5 very serious 2.94 5 authoritarian regime
107.88  Russia 16 5 not free 53.8 4 mostly unfree 34.77 5 very serious 3.31 5 authoritarian regime
107.58  Bahrain 12 5 not free 62.5 3 moderately free 30.59 5 very serious 2.49 5 authoritarian regime
105.57  Equatorial Guinea 5 5 not free 48.3 5 repressed 50.35 4 difficult 1.92 5 authoritarian regime
103.9  Egypt 18 5 not free 49.6 5 repressed 33.37 5 very serious 2.93 5 authoritarian regime
101.73  Laos 13 5 not free 50.3 4 mostly unfree 36.66 5 very serious 1.77 5 authoritarian regime
100.81  Saudi Arabia 8 5 not free 58.3 4 mostly unfree 32.43 5 very serious 2.08 5 authoritarian regime
98.76  Belarus 8 5 not free 51 4 mostly unfree 37.17 5 very serious 2.59 5 authoritarian regime
98.6  Tajikistan 7 5 not free 50.6 4 mostly unfree 39.06 5 very serious 1.94 5 authoritarian regime
97  San Marino 97 1 free — n/a — n/a — n/a
93  Marshall Islands 93 1 free — n/a — n/a — n/a
93  Tuvalu 93 1 free — n/a — n/a — n/a
92.43  Hong Kong 42 3 partly free — n/a 44.86 4 difficult 5.57 3 hybrid regime
92  Palau 92 1 free — n/a — n/a — n/a
86.8  Burma 9 5 not free 46.5 5 repressed 28.26 5 very serious 3.04 5 authoritarian regime
86.17  Sudan 10 5 not free 32.8 5 repressed 40.83 4 difficult 2.54 5 authoritarian regime
84  Monaco 84 1 free — n/a — n/a — n/a
82.54  China 9 5 not free 48.3 5 repressed 22.97 5 very serious 2.27 5 authoritarian regime
81.21  Iran 12 5 not free 42.2 5 repressed 24.81 5 very serious 2.2 5 authoritarian regime
80.55  Venezuela 15 5 not free 25.8 5 repressed 36.99 5 very serious 2.76 5 authoritarian regime
77  Nauru 77 1 free — n/a — n/a — n/a
76.04  Turkmenistan 2 5 not free 46.5 5 repressed 25.82 5 very serious 1.72 5 authoritarian regime
72.51  Eritrea 3 5 not free 39.5 5 repressed 27.86 5 very serious 2.15 5 authoritarian regime
68.14  Cuba 12 5 not free 24.3 5 repressed 29 5 very serious 2.84 5 authoritarian regime
65.56  Iraq 29 5 not free — n/a 32.94 5 very serious 3.62 5 authoritarian regime
52.24  Somalia 8 5 not free — n/a 44.24 4 difficult — n/a
52.17  Libya 10 5 not free — n/a 40.22 4 difficult 1.95 5 authoritarian regime
51.62  South Sudan 1 5 not free — n/a 50.62 4 difficult — n/a
50.6  Afghanistan 8 5 not free — n/a 39.75 5 very serious 2.85 5 authoritarian regime
43.73  Yemen 9 5 not free — n/a 32.78 5 very serious 1.95 5 authoritarian regime
41.69  Palestine — n/a — n/a 37.86 5 very serious 3.83 5 authoritarian regime
29.65  Syria 1 5 not free — n/a 27.22 5 very serious 1.43 5 authoritarian regime
28.7  North Korea 3 5 not free 2.9 5 repressed 21.72 5 very serious 1.08 5 authoritarian regime

Disputed territories[edit]

Total Country Score Freedom in the World 2023[13] Index of Economic Freedom 2023[14] Score Press Freedom Index 2023[3] Democracy Index

2023[9]

137.73  Northern Cyprus 76 1 free n/a 61.73 3 problematic n/a
59.86  West Bank 22 5 not free n/a 37.86 5 very serious n/a
48.86  Gaza Strip 11 5 not free n/a 37.86 5 very serious n/a
47.69  Western Sahara 4 5 not free n/a 43.69 4 difficult n/a
44  Somaliland 44 3 partly free n/a — n/a n/a
39  Abkhazia 39 3 partly free n/a — n/a n/a
37  Artsakh 37 3 partly free n/a — n/a n/a
29  Azad Kashmir 29 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a
27  Jammu and Kashmir 27 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a
18  Transnistria 18 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a
12  South Ossetia 12 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a
4  Crimea 4 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a
3  Novorossiya 3 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a
1  Tibet 1 5 not free n/a — n/a n/a

See also[edit]

Notes and references[edit]

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  7. ^ "International IDEA". International IDEA. Dec 23, 2022. Retrieved Jan 2, 2023.
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  9. ^ a b c "Democracy Index 2021: the China challenge". Economist Intelligence Unit. Retrieved 2022-08-19.
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  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.
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  13. ^ a b c "Countries and Territories", Freedom in the World, retrieved 2022-08-19
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