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Country Freedom Rankings

Every UN member state plus Palestine, Vatican City, Taiwan, and Kosovo — 197 countries scored on ten universal freedom categories. Each country is evaluated on free expression, assembly, due process, property, economic liberty, movement, privacy, equal protection, religion, and political participation.

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#	Country	Region	Score	Grade	Top Strengths
1	Denmark	Europe	85.4	A	Move9.9Eq9.8Rel9.8
2	Norway	Europe	84.1	A-	Rel9.9Move9.6Eq9.6
3	Sweden	Europe	82.9	A-	Rel9.9Move9.8Assy9.3
4	Ireland	Europe	82.6	A-	Move9.9Rel9.9Eq9.6
5	Luxembourg	Europe	82.3	A-	Move9.9Eq9.9Rel9.8
6	Estonia	Europe	81.8	A-	Move9.9Rel9.8Assy9.1
7	New Zealand	Oceania	81.7	A-	Move9.9Rel9.9Assy8.9
8	Finland	Europe	81.6	A-	Move9.8Rel9.8Prop8.9
9	Netherlands	Europe	81.5	A-	Move9.7Rel9.6Eq9.2
10	Switzerland	Europe	81.0	A-	Move9.8Rel9.6Eq9.5
11	Australia	Oceania	80.8	A-	Rel9.9Move9.8Assy8.8
12	Germany	Europe	80.1	A-	Move10.0Eq9.7Rel8.8
13	Belgium	Europe	80.0	A-	Move9.8Eq9.6Assy9.0
14	Czechia	Europe	79.9	B+	Move10.0Rel10.0Eq9.5
15	Austria	Europe	79.5	B+	Move9.8Eq9.2Rel9.1
16	Japan	Asia	79.3	B+	Move9.9Eq9.8Rel9.6
17	Latvia	Europe	79.2	B+	Move9.9Rel9.7Eq9.6
18	Iceland	Europe	78.6	B+	Move9.9Rel9.8Assy9.2
19	Costa Rica	Americas	78.2	B+	Move9.8Rel9.4Assy9.2
20	Taiwan	Asia	77.6	B+	Rel9.9Move9.8Eq9.2
21	Lithuania	Europe	77.1	B+	Move9.9Rel9.4Assy8.4
22	San Marino	Europe	77.0	B+	Expr8.0Assy8.0Due8.0
23	Spain	Europe	76.8	B+	Move9.9Assy9.2Rel9.0
24	United Kingdom	Europe	76.7	B+	Move9.6Rel9.5Assy8.6
25	Malta	Europe	75.8	B+	Move9.9Rel9.7Assy9.0
26	Chile	Americas	75.5	B+	Move9.9Rel9.8Assy8.6
27	Italy	Europe	75.4	B+	Move9.9Eq9.3Assy8.8
28	Portugal	Europe	75.3	B+	Rel9.9Move9.7Assy8.7
29	Canada	Americas	75.2	B+	Move9.7Rel9.4Assy8.7
30	France	Europe	74.9	B	Move9.7Assy8.9Rel8.0
31	Slovenia	Europe	74.7	B	Move9.9Rel9.2Eq8.9
32	United States	Americas	74.3	B	Move9.8Rel9.8Assy9.1
33	Uruguay	Americas	74.2	B	Move9.9Rel9.9Assy9.0
34	Poland	Europe	74.0	B	Move9.8Eq9.1Rel8.9
35	Cyprus	Asia	73.7	B	Move9.7Eq9.1Assy8.9
36	South Korea	Asia	73.7	B	Rel9.9Assy8.4Eq8.2
37	Jamaica	Americas	73.5	B	Rel9.8Move9.7Assy8.8
38	Monaco	Europe	72.5	B	Expr7.5Assy7.5Due7.5
39	Cabo Verde	Africa	72.2	B	Move9.8Rel9.8Assy8.7
40	Slovakia	Europe	72.0	B	Move9.9Rel8.6Assy8.4
41	Mauritius	Africa	71.9	B	Move9.4Assy8.9Rel8.4
42	Trinidad and Tobago	Americas	71.3	B	Rel9.9Move9.5Assy8.8
43	Croatia	Europe	70.4	B	Move9.9Rel9.7Assy8.2
44	Kiribati	Oceania	69.8	B-	Expr7.2Assy7.2Due7.2
45	Marshall Islands	Oceania	69.8	B-	Expr7.2Assy7.2Due7.2
46	Micronesia	Oceania	69.8	B-	Expr7.2Assy7.2Due7.2
47	Palau	Oceania	69.8	B-	Expr7.2Assy7.2Due7.2
48	Tuvalu	Oceania	69.8	B-	Expr7.2Assy7.2Due7.2
49	Romania	Europe	69.6	B-	Move9.7Rel8.7Assy8.1
50	Greece	Europe	69.5	B-	Move9.9Rel8.4Eq8.1
51	Seychelles	Africa	69.3	B-	Rel9.8Eq9.1Assy8.3
52	Barbados	Americas	69.2	B-	Move9.9Rel9.9Assy8.8
53	Suriname	Americas	68.6	B-	Move9.8Rel9.8Assy8.8
54	Montenegro	Europe	68.5	B-	Move9.8Assy8.7Rel7.7
55	South Africa	Africa	68.3	B-	Rel8.9Assy8.7Move8.0
56	Ghana	Africa	68.0	B-	Move9.8Rel9.7Assy8.9
57	Panama	Americas	67.5	B-	Move9.6Rel9.0Assy8.8
58	Dominican Republic	Americas	67.4	B-	Move9.8Rel9.6Assy8.8
59	Armenia	Asia	67.3	B-	Assy8.7Eq8.6Rel8.2
60	Brazil	Americas	67.2	B-	Move9.8Rel8.9Assy8.8
61	Bulgaria	Europe	67.2	B-	Move9.9Rel8.6Assy8.3
62	Namibia	Africa	66.7	B-	Move9.8Rel9.5Assy8.7
63	Israel	Asia	66.6	B-	Rel9.3Eq8.4Move7.8
64	Botswana	Africa	66.5	B-	Move9.6Assy8.5Rel8.4
65	Nauru	Oceania	66.2	B-	Expr6.8Assy6.8Due6.8
66	Gambia	Africa	65.7	B-	Rel9.6Move8.2Assy7.8
67	Singapore	Asia	65.7	B-	Prop8.6Eq8.6Econ8.5
68	Moldova	Europe	65.3	B-	Rel8.5Move8.2Assy8.1
69	Albania	Europe	65.2	B-	Move9.8Rel9.8Assy7.9
70	Argentina	Americas	65.2	B-	Move9.9Rel9.6Assy8.4
71	Timor-Leste	Asia	64.7	C+	Rel9.6Assy8.4Move7.8
72	North Macedonia	Europe	64.5	C+	Move9.6Rel8.4Assy7.7
73	Mongolia	Asia	64.3	C+	Move9.6Eq8.3Rel8.2
74	Bahamas	Americas	64.0	C+	Move10.0Rel10.0Econ6.9
75	Fiji	Oceania	63.7	C+	Move9.4Rel8.8Eq7.6
76	Hungary	Europe	63.7	C+	Move9.9Rel8.2Econ7.1
77	Malawi	Africa	63.7	C+	Move9.7Rel9.2Assy7.7
78	Colombia	Americas	63.4	C+	Assy8.9Rel8.9Move7.9
79	Senegal	Africa	63.4	C+	Rel8.8Move8.2Assy8.0
80	Nepal	Asia	62.7	C+	Assy8.7Rel8.1Move7.6
81	Lesotho	Africa	62.6	C+	Rel9.7Assy8.7Move8.1
82	Georgia	Asia	62.5	C+	Rel8.4Move8.1Econ7.7
83	Papua New Guinea	Oceania	62.4	C+	Rel9.7Move9.5Assy8.8
84	Sierra Leone	Africa	62.1	C+	Rel8.8Assy8.4Move8.1
85	Malaysia	Asia	61.9	C+	Assy7.9Econ7.6Move7.6
86	Belize	Americas	61.8	C+	Move10.0Rel10.0Expr6.8
87	Sri Lanka	Asia	61.6	C+	Assy8.5Rel8.4Move7.7
88	Peru	Americas	61.4	C+	Rel9.8Move8.0Assy7.8
89	Guatemala	Americas	60.8	C+	Rel9.6Move9.4Assy8.3
90	Guyana	Americas	60.8	C+	Rel9.6Assy8.2Move7.8
91	Liberia	Africa	60.7	C+	Rel8.4Assy8.1Move8.1
92	Benin	Africa	60.1	C+	Rel9.5Move8.2Eq7.6
93	Bolivia	Americas	60.0	C+	Rel8.4Assy8.1Move8.0
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Europe	59.8	C	Rel8.6Assy7.9Move7.9
95	Ecuador	Americas	59.7	C	Rel9.8Move9.6Assy7.2
96	Serbia	Europe	59.7	C	Rel8.7Move8.0Eq7.2
97	Cote d'Ivoire	Africa	59.4	C	Rel9.1Move7.6Eq6.7
98	Tanzania	Africa	59.3	C	Rel8.9Move8.0Eq7.2
99	Paraguay	Americas	59.1	C	Move9.4Rel8.8Assy8.0
100	Honduras	Americas	58.5	C	Rel9.7Assy8.7Move8.0
101	Kenya	Africa	58.1	C	Assy7.9Move7.5Rel7.5
102	Gabon	Africa	57.8	C	Rel8.7Move8.1Eq7.3
103	Nigeria	Africa	57.7	C	Assy8.5Rel7.9Eq7.4
104	Bhutan	Asia	57.4	C	Eq7.7Rel7.2Prop6.8
105	Niger	Africa	57.3	C	Rel9.0Eq8.8Move7.9
106	Zambia	Africa	57.2	C	Rel9.0Move8.1Assy7.5
107	Mexico	Americas	56.8	C	Rel8.8Move8.1Assy7.0
108	Guinea-Bissau	Africa	56.0	C	Rel9.7Move9.6Eq7.1
109	Solomon Islands	Oceania	55.5	C	Assy8.7Eq7.5Expr5.0
110	Kosovo	Europe	55.3	C	Assy8.4Eq7.5Due5.6
111	Madagascar	Africa	55.0	C	Move9.3Rel8.4Assy8.1
112	Lebanon	Asia	54.8	C-	Rel8.3Assy7.2Eq7.2
113	Philippines	Asia	54.8	C-	Rel7.9Move7.6Econ7.1
114	Vanuatu	Oceania	54.8	C-	Assy8.3Eq8.3Expr5.0
115	Togo	Africa	54.6	C-	Rel8.0Move7.8Eq6.4
116	Jordan	Asia	54.4	C-	Move7.7Econ7.5Eq6.5
117	Sao Tome and Principe	Africa	54.1	C-	Assy7.7Eq7.5Expr5.0
118	Maldives	Asia	53.7	C-	Assy7.8Eq7.5Expr5.2
119	Indonesia	Asia	53.5	C-	Move7.9Econ7.0Rel6.7
120	Liechtenstein	Europe	53.3	C-	Expr8.3Assy5.0Due5.0
121	Brunei	Asia	53.2	C-	Econ7.1Move6.7Prop5.8
122	Mozambique	Africa	53.1	C-	Rel8.6Move7.5Econ6.2
123	Thailand	Asia	53.1	C-	Rel8.4Econ7.1Move6.9
124	Tunisia	Africa	53.1	C-	Eq7.8Rel6.7Econ5.9
125	Samoa	Oceania	51.9	C-	Expr6.9Assy5.0Due5.0
126	Tonga	Oceania	51.8	C-	Expr6.8Assy5.0Due5.0
127	Burkina Faso	Africa	51.6	C-	Rel9.3Eq6.9Econ6.3
128	India	Asia	51.6	C-	Move7.7Econ6.6Assy5.9
129	Ukraine	Europe	51.6	C-	Eq7.1Expr6.3Move5.6
130	Antigua and Barbuda	Americas	51.4	C-	Due6.4Expr5.0Assy5.0
131	Andorra	Europe	51.3	C-	Expr6.3Assy5.0Due5.0
132	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Americas	51.3	C-	Due6.3Expr5.0Assy5.0
133	Saint Lucia	Americas	51.2	C-	Due6.2Expr5.0Assy5.0
134	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Americas	51.2	C-	Due6.2Expr5.0Assy5.0
135	El Salvador	Americas	51.0	C-	Rel9.0Econ7.1Move7.1
136	Grenada	Americas	51.0	C-	Due6.0Expr5.0Assy5.0
137	Mali	Africa	51.0	C-	Rel8.8Eq8.2Move6.3
138	Dominica	Americas	50.8	C-	Due5.8Expr5.0Assy5.0
139	Kyrgyzstan	Asia	50.1	C-	Move7.4Rel6.7Econ6.6
140	Morocco	Africa	49.8	D+	Eq6.7Econ6.4Move5.7
141	Comoros	Africa	48.7	D+	Move7.3Expr5.9Econ5.5
142	Guinea	Africa	48.1	D+	Rel6.7Eq6.3Move6.0
143	Kuwait	Asia	47.8	D+	Move7.6Econ6.5Eq6.0
144	Mauritania	Africa	47.5	D+	Expr6.8Econ6.1Rel5.9
145	Iraq	Asia	47.0	D+	Rel6.9Assy5.8Econ5.4
146	Cameroon	Africa	46.9	D+	Rel8.2Eq7.0Econ5.6
147	Kazakhstan	Asia	46.7	D+	Econ6.8Move6.1Prop5.7
148	Angola	Africa	46.3	D+	Move7.7Rel7.1Assy6.1
149	Uganda	Africa	45.9	D+	Move7.1Econ6.9Rel5.5
150	Palestine	Asia	45.7	D+	Eq8.0Due5.0Prop5.0
151	Zimbabwe	Africa	45.6	D+	Rel7.1Move5.7Expr5.1
152	Oman	Asia	45.5	D+	Move7.0Econ6.6Prop5.6
153	Rwanda	Africa	45.5	D+	Econ6.4Due6.3Prop6.0
154	Haiti	Americas	45.4	D+	Rel8.2Move7.3Assy6.1
155	Djibouti	Africa	45.1	D+	Move6.6Econ6.1Rel5.5
156	Bangladesh	Asia	44.8	D	Rel7.0Econ5.8Move5.5
157	Congo	Africa	44.7	D	Rel7.5Move6.8Expr6.1
158	Chad	Africa	44.4	D	Rel7.5Move6.8Expr5.2
159	Democratic Republic of the Congo	Africa	44.0	D	Move7.0Rel6.0Econ5.0
160	Central African Republic	Africa	43.3	D	Rel8.6Expr6.0Due5.0
161	Algeria	Africa	42.9	D	Eq7.0Move5.4Priv5.0
162	United Arab Emirates	Asia	42.9	D	Econ7.3Prop6.9Due6.4
163	Equatorial Guinea	Africa	41.7	D	Due5.0Prop5.0Econ5.0
164	Ethiopia	Africa	41.7	D	Rel6.2Econ5.0Priv5.0
165	Libya	Africa	41.7	D	Assy5.1Due5.0Priv5.0
166	Turkey	Asia	41.7	D	Assy5.6Eq5.6Econ5.4
167	Azerbaijan	Asia	41.5	D	Move6.9Eq6.0Econ5.8
168	Eswatini	Africa	41.4	D	Rel7.4Move7.2Econ5.4
169	Qatar	Asia	40.6	D	Econ6.7Due6.2Expr5.8
170	Somalia	Africa	40.0	D	Econ6.3Move5.2Due5.0
171	Cuba	Americas	39.9	D-	Eq6.8Due5.0Prop5.0
172	Pakistan	Asia	39.8	D-	Rel5.8Econ5.6Assy5.0
173	Burundi	Africa	39.7	D-	Rel6.1Due5.0Econ5.0
174	Cambodia	Asia	39.6	D-	Rel7.7Move6.9Econ6.8
175	Uzbekistan	Asia	39.5	D-	Due5.0Prop5.0Econ5.0
176	Belarus	Europe	38.6	D-	Eq7.4Econ5.9Move5.2
177	Vietnam	Asia	38.0	D-	Econ6.2Move5.5Prop5.3
178	Bahrain	Asia	37.9	D-	Econ7.4Due5.0Priv5.0
179	South Sudan	Africa	37.8	D-	Expr5.2Due5.0Prop5.0
180	Laos	Asia	37.6	D-	Econ5.7Due5.0Priv5.0
181	Russia	Europe	36.3	D-	Move5.2Econ5.1Priv5.0
182	Eritrea	Africa	35.9	D-	Due5.0Prop5.0Econ5.0
183	Saudi Arabia	Asia	35.7	D-	Econ7.0Prop5.9Due5.0
184	Tajikistan	Asia	34.8	F	Move6.7Econ6.3Due5.0
185	Turkmenistan	Asia	34.5	F	Due5.0Prop5.0Econ5.0
186	Sudan	Africa	34.3	F	Move6.4Rel5.6Priv5.0
187	Venezuela	Americas	33.7	F	Rel6.8Move5.4Priv5.0
188	North Korea	Asia	33.0	F	Due5.0Prop5.0Econ5.0
189	Iran	Asia	32.5	F	Eq5.6Priv5.0Econ4.4
190	Yemen	Asia	32.3	F	Econ5.1Due5.0Priv5.0
191	Egypt	Africa	32.1	F	Econ5.1Move5.0Priv5.0
192	Syria	Asia	31.9	F	Eq6.3Due5.0Priv5.0
193	Afghanistan	Asia	30.9	F	Prop5.0Econ5.0Move5.0
194	Myanmar	Asia	30.1	F	Priv5.0Rel4.6Econ4.5
195	China	Asia	29.7	F	Econ6.1Priv5.0Prop4.9
196	Nicaragua	Americas	29.7	F	Econ6.4Priv5.0Prop3.4
—	Vatican Citydata pending	Europe	50.0	C-	Expr5.0Assy5.0Due5.0