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Antigua and Barbuda

Americas

Antigua and Barbuda ranks #130 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 51.4/100.

Score
51.4
C-

How to read Antigua and Barbuda's freedom profile

With an overall score of 51.4/100, Antigua and Barbuda is mixed — genuinely free in some areas and notably restricted in others. It ranks #130 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Americas region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbors.

Its strongest freedom is Due Process (6.4/10), while Political Participation (5.0/10) is where it scores lowest. That 1.4-point spread means Antigua and Barbuda's record is fairly even across the ten categories. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Due Process
6.4/10 (C+).

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.64/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice Project. View source
Free Expression
5.0/10 (C-).

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

RSF + Freedom House. View source
Assembly & Association
5.0/10 (C-).

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

V-Dem. View source
Property Rights
5.0/10 (C-).

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

Fraser HFI. View source
Economic Liberty
5.0/10 (C-).

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

Fraser HFI. View source
Freedom of Movement
5.0/10 (C-).

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

Fraser HFI. View source
Privacy
5.0/10 (C-).

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

Editorial. Editorial. View source
Equal Protection
5.0/10 (C-).

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

V-Dem. View source
Religion
5.0/10 (C-).

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

Fraser HFI. View source
Political Participation
5.0/10 (C-).

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

V-Dem. View source

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