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