FreedomRankings
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Lesotho

Africa

Lesotho ranks #81 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 62.6/100.

Score
62.6
C+

Universal category breakdown

Religion
9.7A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.7/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
8.7A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.873 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Freedom of Movement
8.1A-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 8.1/10

Fraser HFIView source
Equal Protection
6.5B-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.651 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Economic Liberty
6.0C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
5.2C-

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 52.1/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Due Process
5.0C-

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

World Justice ProjectView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source
Property Rights
4.4D

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 4.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Political Participation
4.0D

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.404 (0–1)

V-DemView source