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Nigeria

Africa

Nigeria ranks #103 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 57.7/100.

Score
57.7
C

Universal category breakdown

Assembly & Association
8.5A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.846 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Religion
7.9B+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 7.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Equal Protection
7.4B

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.741 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Freedom of Movement
6.4C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 6.4/10

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Economic Liberty
5.9C

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 5.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
5.3C-

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (46.8/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (59/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

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Due Process
4.1D

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.41/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Property Rights
4.0D

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 4/10

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Political Participation
3.2F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.323 (0–1)

V-DemView source