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Civil liberties Index (IDEA) by country 2021 | worldgovdata
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Civil liberties Index (IDEA)
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172 countries · 1975–2021
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Data 2021 · Status unspecified
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League table
2021
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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Country
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Value
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1
Estonia
91
2
Sweden
90.7
3
Denmark
90.3
4
Iceland
88.8
5
Portugal
88.3
6
Ireland
88.1
7
Finland
88
8
Switzerland
88
9
Canada
87.1
10
Luxembourg
87
11
New Zealand
87
12
Norway
86
13
Latvia
85
14
Costa Rica
84.6
15
Belgium
83.4
16
Netherlands
82.8
17
Austria
82.7
18
Germany
82.5
19
Barbados
82.4
20
Jamaica
82.3
21
Taiwan
81.8
22
Australia
81.7
23
Vanuatu
81.3
24
Dominican Republic
80.9
25
Japan
80.7
26
Italy
80.6
27
France
80.5
28
United States
80.2
29
Cabo Verde
79.9
30
Trinidad and Tobago
79.7
31
Czechia
79.2
32
Uruguay
79.1
33
Chile
79
34
Korea, Rep.
78.5
35
United Kingdom
78.2
36
Malta
77.6
37
Slovak Republic
77.6
38
Greece
77.6
39
Spain
77.6
40
Cyprus
76.8
41
Argentina
76.4
42
Lithuania
76.2
43
Namibia
76
44
Ghana
75
45
Liberia
74.8
46
Peru
74.2
47
Suriname
74
48
South Africa
73.7
49
Guyana
73.4
50
Croatia
73.2
51
Ecuador
73
52
Botswana
72.8
53
Gambia, The
72.5
54
Panama
72.2
55
Timor-Leste
71.6
56
Mongolia
71.5
57
Armenia
71.5
58
Georgia
71.3
59
Sierra Leone
71
60
Romania
70.4
61
Israel
70.3
62
Senegal
70.3
63
Malawi
70.3
64
Albania
70.2
65
Honduras
70
66
Solomon Islands
69.9
67
North Macedonia
69.8
68
Papua New Guinea
69.6
69
Moldova
69.4
70
Mauritius
69
71
Bulgaria
68.8
72
Paraguay
68.3
73
Slovenia
68
74
Montenegro
67.7
75
Mexico
66.9
76
Lesotho
66.6
77
Niger
65.8
78
Bolivia
64.9
79
Guinea-Bissau
64.8
80
Brazil
64.2
81
Hungary
64.1
82
Tunisia
63.7
83
Benin
63.5
84
Poland
63.5
85
Burkina Faso
63.4
86
Nepal
63.1
87
Bosnia and Herzegovina
62.8
88
Gabon
62.7
89
Mali
61
90
Kenya
60.8
91
Ukraine
60.8
92
Guatemala
60.7
93
Maldives
60.2
94
Serbia
59.7
95
Lebanon
59.7
96
Haiti
59.1
97
Nigeria
59
98
Zambia
58.3
99
Colombia
58
100
Mozambique
57.5
101
Fiji
57.2
102
Bhutan
57.2
103
Indonesia
57
104
Togo
56.1
105
Cote d'Ivoire
56.1
106
Morocco
55.6
107
Madagascar
54.9
108
Philippines
54.4
109
Malaysia
53.7
110
India
53.6
111
Angola
53.3
112
Sri Lanka
53.2
113
Tanzania
53.1
114
Central African Republic
53
115
Kyrgyz Republic
52.8
116
West Bank and Gaza
52.5
117
Congo, Dem. Rep.
52.4
118
Comoros
52
119
Mauritania
51.9
120
Singapore
51.1
121
Kuwait
50.5
122
El Salvador
50.3
123
Pakistan
50.2
124
Ethiopia
49
125
Zimbabwe
48.8
126
Libya
48.3
127
Jordan
47.9
128
Iraq
47.9
129
Kazakhstan
47.3
130
Bangladesh
46.8
131
Guinea
46.6
132
Cameroon
46.4
133
Uganda
45.9
134
Russian Federation
45.6
135
Chad
45.5
136
Azerbaijan
45.4
137
Djibouti
44.9
138
Cambodia
44.7
139
Algeria
44.5
140
Congo, Rep.
44.2
141
Oman
44.2
142
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
43.8
143
Venezuela, RB
43.2
144
Thailand
42.8
145
Uzbekistan
42.4
146
Sudan
41.9
147
Rwanda
41.8
148
Viet Nam
40.4
149
Qatar
39
150
South Sudan
38.4
151
Iran, Islamic Rep.
37.7
152
Turkiye
36.7
153
United Arab Emirates
36.4
154
Eswatini
35.9
155
Egypt, Arab Rep.
35.9
156
Equatorial Guinea
35.1
157
Tajikistan
34.4
158
Burundi
34.4
159
Afghanistan
33.5
160
Bahrain
33.5
161
Cuba
32.4
162
Nicaragua
32.1
163
Yemen, Rep.
31.6
164
Lao PDR
31.1
165
Saudi Arabia
27.7
166
Turkmenistan
26.9
167
China
26.9
168
Myanmar
23
169
Belarus
21.6
170
Eritrea
20.5
171
Syrian Arab Republic
19
172
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
5.8
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