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Nicaragua

Americas

Nicaragua ranks #196 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 29.7/100.

Score
29.7
F

Universal category breakdown

Economic Liberty
6.4C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source
Property Rights
3.4F

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 3.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Due Process
3.3F

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.33/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Free Expression
3.1F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (22.8/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (38/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Freedom of Movement
2.4F

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 2.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Religion
2.4F

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 2.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Equal Protection
2.3F

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.231 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Political Participation
1.0F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.098 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Assembly & Association
0.4F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.042 (0–1)

V-DemView source