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Civil liberties score by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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196 countries · 2003–2025
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2025
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All income groups
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Country
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Value
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1
Finland
60
2
Norway
60
3
Luxembourg
59
4
New Zealand
59
5
Sweden
59
6
Netherlands
58
7
San Marino
58
8
Ireland
58
9
Canada
58
10
Slovenia
58
11
Czechia
58
12
Iceland
57
13
Denmark
57
14
Belgium
57
15
Monaco
57
16
Chile
57
17
Switzerland
57
18
Liechtenstein
57
19
Barbados
57
20
Estonia
57
21
Portugal
57
22
Uruguay
57
23
Tuvalu
56
24
Austria
56
25
Japan
56
26
Palau
55
27
Australia
55
28
Dominica
55
29
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
55
30
Marshall Islands
55
31
Germany
55
32
Andorra
55
33
Taiwan
55
34
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
54
35
St. Kitts and Nevis
54
36
Cabo Verde
54
37
Spain
54
38
United Kingdom
53
39
St. Lucia
53
40
Malta
53
41
Kiribati
53
42
Slovak Republic
53
43
Costa Rica
53
44
Belize
53
45
Grenada
52
46
Cyprus
52
47
Lithuania
52
48
Italy
52
49
Bahamas, The
52
50
Latvia
52
51
Samoa
52
52
France
51
53
Mauritius
51
54
Antigua and Barbuda
51
55
Argentina
50
56
Greece
50
57
Korea, Rep.
50
58
Vanuatu
50
59
Tonga
50
60
Trinidad and Tobago
49
61
United States
49
62
Sao Tome and Principe
49
63
Poland
48
64
Croatia
48
65
Mongolia
48
66
Romania
48
67
Solomon Islands
47
68
Panama
47
69
Jamaica
47
70
South Africa
47
71
Seychelles
46
72
Suriname
46
73
Namibia
45
74
Guyana
45
75
Ghana
45
76
Fiji
44
77
Botswana
44
78
Bulgaria
44
79
Brazil
43
80
Naoero
43
81
Montenegro
42
82
Benin
42
83
Albania
41
84
Hungary
41
85
Senegal
40
86
Dominican Republic
40
87
Timor-Leste
40
88
Israel
39
89
Peru
39
90
Papua New Guinea
39
91
North Macedonia
39
92
Bolivia
39
93
Sierra Leone
38
94
Malawi
38
95
Colombia
38
96
Paraguay
37
97
Bosnia and Herzegovina
37
98
Ecuador
37
99
Lesotho
36
100
Bhutan
36
101
Serbia
35
102
Moldova
35
103
Madagascar
34
104
Liberia
34
105
Sri Lanka
34
106
Philippines
33
107
Georgia
32
108
Nepal
32
109
Hong Kong SAR, China
32
110
Mexico
32
111
Malaysia
31
112
Armenia
31
113
India
31
114
Tunisia
31
115
Zambia
31
116
Ukraine
29
117
Singapore
29
118
Bangladesh
29
119
Gambia, The
29
120
Cote d'Ivoire
29
121
Mozambique
29
122
Guatemala
29
123
Indonesia
28
124
Kenya
28
125
El Salvador
27
126
Honduras
26
127
Lebanon
26
128
Guinea-Bissau
26
129
Togo
26
130
Comoros
25
131
Nigeria
24
132
Niger
24
133
Morocco
24
134
Mauritania
23
135
Kuwait
23
136
Uganda
23
137
Thailand
22
138
Tanzania
22
139
Jordan
22
140
Maldives
22
141
Guinea
22
142
Algeria
21
143
Kyrgyz Republic
21
144
Pakistan
20
145
Brunei Darussalam
20
146
Gabon
20
147
Djibouti
19
148
Qatar
18
149
Burkina Faso
18
150
Angola
18
151
Kazakhstan
18
152
Oman
18
153
Mali
18
154
Cambodia
18
155
Haiti
17
156
Zimbabwe
17
157
Viet Nam
16
158
Turkiye
16
159
Eswatini
16
160
Congo, Rep.
15
161
Iraq
15
162
Chad
14
163
Rwanda
14
164
Congo, Dem. Rep.
14
165
United Arab Emirates
13
166
Venezuela, RB
13
167
Nicaragua
12
168
Syrian Arab Republic
12
169
Egypt, Arab Rep.
12
170
China
11
171
Burundi
11
172
Lao PDR
11
173
Bahrain
10
174
Ethiopia
10
175
Uzbekistan
10
176
Yemen, Rep.
9
177
Cuba
9
178
Cameroon
9
179
Saudi Arabia
8
180
Russian Federation
8
181
Libya
8
182
Afghanistan
7
183
Myanmar
6
184
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6
185
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
6
186
Belarus
6
187
Azerbaijan
6
188
Equatorial Guinea
5
189
Sudan
5
190
Tajikistan
5
191
South Sudan
4
192
Central African Republic
4
193
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
3
194
Eritrea
2
195
Turkmenistan
1
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