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