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