FreedomRankings
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Netherlands

Europe

Netherlands ranks #9 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 81.5/100.

Score
81.5
A-

Universal category breakdown

Freedom of Movement
9.7A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 9.7/10

Fraser HFIView source
Religion
9.6A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.6/10

Fraser HFIView source
Equal Protection
9.2A+

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.919 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Property Rights
8.9A

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 8.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
8.7A

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (88.6/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (84/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Assembly & Association
8.7A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.868 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Due Process
8.2A-

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.82/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Economic Liberty
8.0A-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 8/10

Fraser HFIView source
Political Participation
5.5C

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.553 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source