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Botswana

Africa

Botswana ranks #64 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 66.5/100.

Score
66.5
B-

Universal category breakdown

Freedom of Movement
9.6A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 9.6/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
8.5A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.850 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Religion
8.4A-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 8.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Economic Liberty
6.9B-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Equal Protection
6.6B-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.662 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Due Process
6.0C+

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.60/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Property Rights
6.0C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 6/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
5.8C

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 57.6/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source
Political Participation
3.7D-

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.369 (0–1)

V-DemView source