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