FreedomRankings
EC

Ecuador

Americas

Ecuador ranks #95 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 59.7/100.

Score
59.7
C

Universal category breakdown

Religion
9.8A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.8/10

Fraser HFIView source
Freedom of Movement
9.6A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 9.6/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
7.2B

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.719 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Economic Liberty
6.3C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6.3/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
5.9C

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (53.8/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (63/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

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Due Process
4.6D+

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.46/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Political Participation
4.6D+

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.462 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Property Rights
4.5D+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 4.5/10

Fraser HFIView source
Equal Protection
2.2F

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.222 (0–1)

V-DemView source