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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

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

Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. See themethodology.

* Indicates a territory as opposed to an independent country.

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