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Freedom House
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193 countries · 2013–2024
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2024
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1
Marshall Islands
16
2
Trinidad and Tobago
16
3
Palau
16
4
Chile
16
5
Estonia
16
6
Liechtenstein
16
7
Sweden
16
8
Luxembourg
16
9
Barbados
16
10
Cabo Verde
16
11
Tuvalu
16
12
Kiribati
16
13
Netherlands
16
14
Monaco
16
15
Taiwan
16
16
Costa Rica
16
17
Norway
16
18
New Zealand
16
19
Finland
16
20
Denmark
16
21
Belize
16
22
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
16
23
Portugal
16
24
Ireland
16
25
South Africa
15
26
Lithuania
15
27
Italy
15
28
Slovenia
15
29
St. Lucia
15
30
Cyprus
15
31
San Marino
15
32
Guyana
15
33
Vanuatu
15
34
Argentina
15
35
Dominica
15
36
Antigua and Barbuda
15
37
Belgium
15
38
Jamaica
15
39
Panama
15
40
Iceland
15
41
Sao Tome and Principe
15
42
Australia
15
43
Suriname
15
44
Uruguay
15
45
Peru
15
46
Bahamas, The
15
47
Slovak Republic
15
48
Grenada
15
49
Switzerland
15
50
Japan
15
51
Canada
15
52
Fiji
14
53
Papua New Guinea
14
54
Austria
14
55
France
14
56
Dominican Republic
14
57
United Kingdom
14
58
Solomon Islands
14
59
Germany
14
60
Ghana
14
61
Namibia
14
62
Seychelles
14
63
Mauritius
14
64
Mongolia
14
65
Andorra
14
66
Malta
14
67
Timor-Leste
14
68
Tonga
14
69
Brazil
14
70
Bolivia
14
71
Latvia
14
72
Spain
14
73
Samoa
14
74
Benin
14
75
Korea, Rep.
14
76
Colombia
13
77
Malawi
13
78
Albania
13
79
Senegal
13
80
Naoero
13
81
Croatia
13
82
Greece
13
83
Poland
13
84
Romania
13
85
Bulgaria
13
86
Moldova
12
87
Montenegro
12
88
North Macedonia
12
89
Botswana
12
90
Mexico
12
91
Paraguay
12
92
Israel
12
93
Ecuador
12
94
Lesotho
12
95
Sierra Leone
12
96
Madagascar
11
97
Philippines
11
98
El Salvador
11
99
Serbia
11
100
Liberia
11
101
Tunisia
11
102
Bosnia and Herzegovina
10
103
Guatemala
10
104
Lebanon
10
105
Nepal
10
106
Kenya
10
107
Kosovo
10
108
Cote d'Ivoire
10
109
Guinea-Bissau
10
110
Hungary
10
111
Kyrgyz Republic
10
112
Bhutan
10
113
Sri Lanka
9
114
Uganda
9
115
India
9
116
Indonesia
9
117
Georgia
9
118
Armenia
9
119
Guinea
9
120
Togo
9
121
Mozambique
9
122
Gambia, The
9
123
Mauritania
9
124
Honduras
9
125
Ukraine
9
126
Niger
9
127
Nigeria
9
128
Zambia
8
129
Haiti
8
130
Comoros
8
131
Malaysia
8
132
Morocco
7
133
Tanzania
7
134
Zimbabwe
7
135
Burkina Faso
7
136
Hong Kong SAR, China
7
137
Gabon
7
138
Singapore
7
139
Angola
7
140
Mali
7
141
Congo, Dem. Rep.
7
142
Cambodia
7
143
Qatar
7
144
Kuwait
6
145
Djibouti
6
146
Pakistan
6
147
Chad
6
148
Brunei Darussalam
6
149
Algeria
6
150
Venezuela, RB
6
151
Jordan
6
152
Thailand
6
153
Bangladesh
6
154
Congo, Rep.
6
155
Eswatini
5
156
Sudan
5
157
Turkiye
5
158
Oman
5
159
Ethiopia
4
160
Kazakhstan
4
161
Cameroon
4
162
United Arab Emirates
4
163
Cuba
4
164
Burundi
4
165
Uzbekistan
4
166
Iraq
4
167
Lao PDR
3
168
Maldives
3
169
Central African Republic
3
170
Egypt, Arab Rep.
3
171
Libya
3
172
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
3
173
Rwanda
3
174
Syrian Arab Republic
3
175
Myanmar
3
176
Viet Nam
3
177
Azerbaijan
2
178
South Sudan
2
179
Bahrain
2
180
Yemen, Rep.
2
181
Equatorial Guinea
2
182
Nicaragua
2
183
Saudi Arabia
2
184
Belarus
1
185
Eritrea
1
186
China
1
187
Russian Federation
1
188
Afghanistan
0
189
Tajikistan
0
190
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
191
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
192
Turkmenistan
0
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