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Albania

Europe

Albania ranks #69 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 65.2/100.

Score

65.2

B-

How to read Albania's freedom profile

With an overall score of 65.2/100, Albania is broadly free, with clear room to improve in places. It ranks #69 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Europe region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Freedom of Movement (9.8/10), while Political Participation (2.9/10) is where it scores lowest. That 6.9-point spread means Albania's record is very uneven — freedom here depends heavily on which right you look at. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Freedom of Movement

9.8A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 9.8/10

Fraser HFIView source

Religion

9.8A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.8/10

Fraser HFIView source

Assembly & Association

7.9B+

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.785 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Economic Liberty

7.6B+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 7.6/10

Fraser HFIView source

Equal Protection

5.9C

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.589 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Free Expression

5.8C

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 58.2/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Property Rights

5.6C

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 5.6/10

Fraser HFIView source

Privacy

5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source

Due Process

4.9D+

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.49/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source

Political Participation

2.9F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.290 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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