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Czechia

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Czechia ranks #14 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 79.9/100.

Score
79.9
B+

How to read Czechia's freedom profile

With an overall score of 79.9/100, Czechia is broadly free, with clear room to improve in places. It ranks #14 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Europe region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbors.

Its strongest freedom is Freedom of Movement (10.0/10), while Privacy (5.0/10) is where it scores lowest. That 5.0-point spread means Czechia'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
10.0/10 (A+).

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 10/10

Fraser HFI. View source
Religion
10.0/10 (A+).

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 10/10

Fraser HFI. View source
Equal Protection
9.5/10 (A+).

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.955 (0–1)

V-Dem. View source
Assembly & Association
8.7/10 (A).

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.872 (0–1)

V-Dem. View source
Free Expression
8.4/10 (A-).

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 84.0/100

RSF + Freedom House. View source
Property Rights
7.7/10 (B+).

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 7.7/10

Fraser HFI. View source
Economic Liberty
7.6/10 (B+).

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

Fraser HFI. View source
Due Process
7.4/10 (B).

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.74/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice Project. View source
Political Participation
5.6/10 (C).

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.562 (0–1)

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

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

Editorial. Editorial. View source

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