FreedomRankings
NZ

New Zealand

Oceania

New Zealand ranks #7 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 81.7/100.

Score
81.7
A-

Universal category breakdown

Freedom of Movement
9.9A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 9.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Religion
9.9A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
8.9A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.885 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Equal Protection
8.8A

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.884 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Property Rights
8.7A

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 8.7/10

Fraser HFIView source
Due Process
8.3A-

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.83/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Economic Liberty
8.3A-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 8.3/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
8.1A-

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 81.4/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Political Participation
5.8C

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.581 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source