AF

Afghanistan

Asia

Afghanistan ranks #193 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 30.9/100.

Score

30.9

F

How to read Afghanistan's freedom profile

With an overall score of 30.9/100, Afghanistan is among the least free places in the world. It ranks #193 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Asia region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Property Rights (5.0/10), while Assembly & Association (0.2/10) is where it scores lowest. That 4.8-point spread means Afghanistan's record is uneven, with real gaps between its strongest and weakest freedoms. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Property Rights

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Economic Liberty

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Freedom of Movement

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Privacy

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

EditorialEditorialView source

Religion

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Due Process

3.1F

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.31/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source

Free Expression

1.8F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 17.9/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Political Participation

0.5F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.051 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Equal Protection

0.3F

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.027 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Assembly & Association

0.2F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.023 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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