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