

Countries and Territories
Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 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.
Country | Total Score and Status Sort descending | Political Rights | Civil Liberties |
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Tibet* | -2 Not Free | -5 | 3 |
Syria | -2 Not Free | -6 | 4 |
South Sudan | 1 Not Free | -3 | 4 |
Turkmenistan | 2 Not Free | 0 | 2 |
Eastern Donbas* | 3 Not Free | -1 | 4 |
Eritrea | 3 Not Free | 1 | 2 |
North Korea | 3 Not Free | 0 | 3 |
Western Sahara* | 4 Not Free | -3 | 7 |
Crimea* | 4 Not Free | -2 | 6 |
Myanmar | 5 Not Free | -4 | 9 |
Equatorial Guinea | 5 Not Free | 0 | 5 |
China | 6 Not Free | -5 | 11 |
Central African Republic | 7 Not Free | 3 | 4 |
Tajikistan | 7 Not Free | 0 | 7 |
Belarus | 8 Not Free | 2 | 6 |
Somalia | 8 Not Free | 2 | 6 |
Saudi Arabia | 8 Not Free | 1 | 7 |
Afghanistan | 8 Not Free | 1 | 7 |
Sudan | 8 Not Free | -2 | 10 |
Azerbaijan | 9 Not Free | 2 | 7 |
Yemen | 9 Not Free | 1 | 8 |
Libya | 10 Not Free | 1 | 9 |
Gaza Strip* | 11 Not Free | 3 | 8 |
South Ossetia* | 12 Not Free | 3 | 9 |
Uzbekistan | 12 Not Free | 2 | 10 |
Bahrain | 12 Not Free | 2 | 10 |
Iran | 12 Not Free | 4 | 8 |
Cuba | 12 Not Free | 1 | 11 |
Laos | 13 Not Free | 2 | 11 |
Burundi | 14 Not Free | 4 | 10 |
Cameroon | 15 Not Free | 6 | 9 |
Venezuela | 15 Not Free | 1 | 14 |
Chad | 15 Not Free | 1 | 14 |
Russia | 16 Not Free | 5 | 11 |
Eswatini | 17 Not Free | 1 | 16 |
Republic of the Congo | 17 Not Free | 2 | 15 |
United Arab Emirates | 18 Not Free | 5 | 13 |
Transnistria* | 18 Not Free | 6 | 12 |
Egypt | 18 Not Free | 6 | 12 |
Vietnam | 19 Not Free | 4 | 15 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19 Not Free | 4 | 15 |
Ethiopia | 19 Not Free | 8 | 11 |
Nicaragua | 19 Not Free | 5 | 14 |
Gabon | 20 Not Free | 2 | 18 |
West Bank* | 22 Not Free | 4 | 18 |
Rwanda | 23 Not Free | 8 | 15 |
Kazakhstan | 23 Not Free | 5 | 18 |
Djibouti | 24 Not Free | 5 | 19 |
Cambodia | 24 Not Free | 5 | 19 |
Oman | 24 Not Free | 6 | 18 |
Qatar | 25 Not Free | 7 | 18 |
Kyrgyzstan | 26 Not Free | 3 | 23 |
Indian Kashmir* | 27 Not Free | 7 | 20 |
Brunei | 28 Not Free | 7 | 21 |
Zimbabwe | 28 Not Free | 11 | 17 |
Angola | 28 Not Free | 10 | 18 |
Mali | 29 Not Free | 8 | 21 |
Iraq | 29 Not Free | 16 | 13 |
Pakistani Kashmir* | 29 Not Free | 9 | 20 |
Guinea | 30 Not Free | 7 | 23 |
Thailand | 30 Not Free | 6 | 24 |
Burkina Faso | 30 Not Free | 3 | 27 |
Haiti | 31 Not Free | 11 | 20 |
Turkey | 32 Not Free | 16 | 16 |
Algeria | 32 Not Free | 10 | 22 |
Jordan | 33 Not Free | 11 | 22 |
Uganda | 35 Not Free | 11 | 24 |
Mauritania | 36 Partly Free | 14 | 22 |
Tanzania | 36 Partly Free | 12 | 24 |
Kuwait | 37 Partly Free | 14 | 23 |
Morocco | 37 Partly Free | 13 | 24 |
Pakistan | 37 Partly Free | 15 | 22 |
Nagorno-Karabakh* | 37 Partly Free | 17 | 20 |
Abkhazia* | 39 Partly Free | 17 | 22 |
Bangladesh | 40 Partly Free | 15 | 25 |
Maldives | 41 Partly Free | 19 | 22 |
Togo | 42 Partly Free | 15 | 27 |
Comoros | 42 Partly Free | 16 | 26 |
Hong Kong* | 42 Partly Free | 10 | 32 |
Nigeria | 43 Partly Free | 20 | 23 |
Guinea-Bissau | 43 Partly Free | 17 | 26 |
Lebanon | 43 Partly Free | 14 | 29 |
Somaliland* | 44 Partly Free | 18 | 26 |
Mozambique | 45 Partly Free | 14 | 31 |
Singapore | 47 Partly Free | 19 | 28 |
Honduras | 48 Partly Free | 22 | 26 |
Ukraine | 48 Partly Free | 20 | 28 |
The Gambia | 48 Partly Free | 21 | 27 |
Côte d'Ivoire | 49 Partly Free | 19 | 30 |
Guatemala | 49 Partly Free | 20 | 29 |
Niger | 51 Partly Free | 23 | 28 |
Kenya | 52 Partly Free | 22 | 30 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 52 Partly Free | 18 | 34 |
Sri Lanka | 53 Partly Free | 22 | 31 |
Malaysia | 53 Partly Free | 22 | 31 |
Zambia | 54 Partly Free | 23 | 31 |
Armenia | 54 Partly Free | 23 | 31 |
Tunisia | 56 Partly Free | 20 | 36 |
El Salvador | 56 Partly Free | 25 | 31 |
Indonesia | 58 Partly Free | 30 | 28 |
Georgia | 58 Partly Free | 22 | 36 |
Nepal | 58 Partly Free | 26 | 32 |
Philippines | 58 Partly Free | 25 | 33 |
Benin | 59 Partly Free | 17 | 42 |
Fiji | 59 Partly Free | 24 | 35 |
Serbia | 60 Partly Free | 20 | 40 |
Kosovo | 60 Partly Free | 28 | 32 |
Mexico | 60 Partly Free | 27 | 33 |
Liberia | 60 Partly Free | 27 | 33 |
Papua New Guinea | 61 Partly Free | 22 | 39 |
Madagascar | 61 Partly Free | 27 | 34 |
Bhutan | 61 Partly Free | 29 | 32 |
Moldova | 62 Partly Free | 27 | 35 |
Sierra Leone | 63 Partly Free | 27 | 36 |
Paraguay | 65 Partly Free | 28 | 37 |
India | 66 Partly Free | 33 | 33 |
Malawi | 66 Partly Free | 29 | 37 |
Hungary | 66 Partly Free | 24 | 42 |
Bolivia | 66 Partly Free | 27 | 39 |
Lesotho | 66 Free | 30 | 36 |
Montenegro | 67 Partly Free | 26 | 41 |
Albania | 67 Partly Free | 28 | 39 |
Dominican Republic | 68 Partly Free | 27 | 41 |
North Macedonia | 68 Partly Free | 29 | 39 |
Senegal | 68 Partly Free | 29 | 39 |
Peru | 70 Partly Free | 29 | 41 |
Ecuador | 70 Free | 30 | 40 |
Colombia | 70 Free | 31 | 39 |
Timor-Leste | 72 Free | 33 | 39 |
Botswana | 72 Free | 28 | 44 |
Brazil | 72 Free | 30 | 42 |
Guyana | 73 Free | 30 | 43 |
Northern Cyprus* | 76 Free | 27 | 49 |
Solomon Islands | 76 Free | 29 | 47 |
Namibia | 77 Free | 31 | 46 |
Israel | 77 Free | 34 | 43 |
Nauru | 77 Free | 34 | 43 |
Suriname | 79 Free | 34 | 45 |
South Africa | 79 Free | 33 | 46 |
Bulgaria | 79 Free | 33 | 46 |
Seychelles | 79 Free | 34 | 45 |
Ghana | 80 Free | 35 | 45 |
Jamaica | 80 Free | 34 | 46 |
Tonga | 81 Free | 31 | 50 |
Poland | 81 Free | 34 | 47 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 82 Free | 33 | 49 |
Vanuatu | 82 Free | 33 | 49 |
Samoa | 83 Free | 31 | 52 |
Romania | 83 Free | 35 | 48 |
Panama | 83 Free | 35 | 48 |
South Korea | 83 Free | 33 | 50 |
United States | 83 Free | 33 | 50 |
Monaco | 84 Free | 27 | 57 |
Croatia | 84 Free | 35 | 49 |
Mongolia | 84 Free | 36 | 48 |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 84 Free | 35 | 49 |
Argentina | 85 Free | 35 | 50 |
Mauritius | 85 Free | 35 | 50 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 85 Free | 33 | 52 |
Greece | 86 Free | 35 | 51 |
Belize | 87 Free | 34 | 53 |
Latvia | 88 Free | 37 | 51 |
Grenada | 89 Free | 37 | 52 |
St. Kitts and Nevis | 89 Free | 35 | 54 |
Lithuania | 89 Free | 38 | 51 |
Malta | 89 Free | 35 | 54 |
France | 89 Free | 38 | 51 |
Slovakia | 90 Free | 37 | 53 |
Italy | 90 Free | 36 | 54 |
Liechtenstein | 90 Free | 33 | 57 |
Spain | 90 Free | 37 | 53 |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 91 Free | 36 | 55 |
Costa Rica | 91 Free | 38 | 53 |
The Bahamas | 91 Free | 38 | 53 |
Kiribati | 91 Free | 37 | 54 |
St. Lucia | 92 Free | 38 | 54 |
Cabo Verde | 92 Free | 38 | 54 |
Palau | 92 Free | 37 | 55 |
Micronesia | 92 Free | 37 | 55 |
Cyprus | 92 Free | 38 | 54 |
Czech Republic | 92 Free | 36 | 56 |
Austria | 93 Free | 37 | 56 |
United Kingdom | 93 Free | 39 | 54 |
Dominica | 93 Free | 37 | 56 |
Marshall Islands | 93 Free | 38 | 55 |
Andorra | 93 Free | 38 | 55 |
Tuvalu | 93 Free | 37 | 56 |
Germany | 94 Free | 39 | 55 |
Iceland | 94 Free | 37 | 57 |
Chile | 94 Free | 38 | 56 |
Estonia | 94 Free | 38 | 56 |
Barbados | 94 Free | 37 | 57 |
Taiwan | 94 Free | 38 | 56 |
Australia | 95 Free | 38 | 57 |
Slovenia | 95 Free | 39 | 56 |
Switzerland | 96 Free | 39 | 57 |
Belgium | 96 Free | 39 | 57 |
Japan | 96 Free | 40 | 56 |
Portugal | 96 Free | 39 | 57 |
Uruguay | 96 Free | 40 | 56 |
Ireland | 97 Free | 39 | 58 |
Netherlands | 97 Free | 39 | 58 |
Luxembourg | 97 Free | 38 | 59 |
San Marino | 97 Free | 39 | 58 |
Denmark | 97 Free | 40 | 57 |
Canada | 98 Free | 40 | 58 |
New Zealand | 99 Free | 40 | 59 |
Norway | 100 Free | 40 | 60 |
Finland | 100 Free | 40 | 60 |
Sweden | 100 Free | 40 | 60 |
Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. See the methodology .
* Indicates a territory as opposed to an independent country.