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Political liberties by country 2025 | worldgovdata
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195 countries · 1789–2025
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2025
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East Asia & Pacific
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Country
↕
Value
↕
1
Jamaica
1
2
Palau
1
3
Seychelles
1
4
Poland
1
5
St. Kitts and Nevis
1
6
St. Lucia
1
7
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
1
8
Slovenia
1
9
Malta
1
10
Panama
1
11
Latvia
1
12
Uruguay
1
13
Dominican Republic
1
14
Liechtenstein
1
15
France
1
16
Iceland
1
17
Romania
1
18
Ireland
1
19
Italy
1
20
Suriname
1
21
Spain
1
22
New Zealand
1
23
Fiji
1
24
Monaco
1
25
Ghana
1
26
Japan
1
27
Netherlands
1
28
Luxembourg
1
29
Croatia
1
30
Taiwan
1
31
Portugal
1
32
Mauritius
1
33
Finland
1
34
Sao Tome and Principe
1
35
Norway
1
36
Mongolia
1
37
Marshall Islands
1
38
Korea, Rep.
1
39
Greece
1
40
Lithuania
1
41
Tonga
1
42
Tuvalu
1
43
Grenada
1
44
San Marino
1
45
Papua New Guinea
1
46
Kiribati
1
47
Trinidad and Tobago
1
48
Estonia
1
49
Guyana
1
50
Namibia
1
51
United Kingdom
1
52
Sweden
1
53
Naoero
1
54
Barbados
1
55
Cyprus
1
56
South Africa
1
57
Belgium
1
58
Andorra
1
59
Chile
1
60
Costa Rica
1
61
Czechia
1
62
Vanuatu
1
63
Antigua and Barbuda
1
64
Belize
1
65
United States
1
66
Switzerland
1
67
Australia
1
68
Bulgaria
1
69
Austria
1
70
Brazil
1
71
Denmark
1
72
Argentina
1
73
Samoa
1
74
Dominica
1
75
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
76
Germany
1
77
Canada
1
78
Bahamas, The
1
79
Cabo Verde
1
80
Burundi
0
81
Bahrain
0
82
Colombia
0
83
Cote d'Ivoire
0
84
Bangladesh
0
85
Botswana
0
86
Afghanistan
0
87
Bolivia
0
88
Belarus
0
89
Djibouti
0
90
Comoros
0
91
Angola
0
92
Albania
0
93
Burkina Faso
0
94
Cameroon
0
95
China
0
96
United Arab Emirates
0
97
Yemen, Rep.
0
98
Brunei Darussalam
0
99
Bosnia and Herzegovina
0
100
Viet Nam
0
101
Congo, Dem. Rep.
0
102
Venezuela, RB
0
103
Bhutan
0
104
Central African Republic
0
105
Cuba
0
106
Armenia
0
107
Uzbekistan
0
108
Benin
0
109
Zimbabwe
0
110
Congo, Rep.
0
111
Zambia
0
112
Azerbaijan
0
113
Honduras
0
114
Morocco
0
115
Mexico
0
116
Kenya
0
117
Haiti
0
118
Turkmenistan
0
119
Slovak Republic
0
120
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
0
121
Mozambique
0
122
Philippines
0
123
Kyrgyz Republic
0
124
Russian Federation
0
125
Equatorial Guinea
0
126
Guinea
0
127
Tajikistan
0
128
Hungary
0
129
Tunisia
0
130
Cambodia
0
131
South Sudan
0
132
Indonesia
0
133
Maldives
0
134
Paraguay
0
135
Syrian Arab Republic
0
136
Timor-Leste
0
137
Sierra Leone
0
138
Nigeria
0
139
Myanmar
0
140
Liberia
0
141
Lao PDR
0
142
Rwanda
0
143
Ethiopia
0
144
Oman
0
145
Iraq
0
146
Mali
0
147
Iran, Islamic Rep.
0
148
Malaysia
0
149
Qatar
0
150
India
0
151
Gambia, The
0
152
Thailand
0
153
Ukraine
0
154
Senegal
0
155
Kazakhstan
0
156
Egypt, Arab Rep.
0
157
Singapore
0
158
Moldova
0
159
Solomon Islands
0
160
Lesotho
0
161
Kuwait
0
162
Niger
0
163
Gabon
0
164
Togo
0
165
Algeria
0
166
North Macedonia
0
167
Israel
0
168
Nepal
0
169
Madagascar
0
170
Mauritania
0
171
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
0
172
Turkiye
0
173
Jordan
0
174
Georgia
0
175
Montenegro
0
176
Peru
0
177
Guinea-Bissau
0
178
Chad
0
179
Guatemala
0
180
Lebanon
0
181
Ecuador
0
182
Serbia
0
183
Sudan
0
184
Pakistan
0
185
Malawi
0
186
Uganda
0
187
Saudi Arabia
0
188
El Salvador
0
189
Nicaragua
0
190
Tanzania
0
191
Eswatini
0
192
Eritrea
0
193
Sri Lanka
0
194
Libya
0
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