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Palau

Oceania

Palau ranks #47 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 69.8/100.

Score

69.8

B-

How to read Palau's freedom profile

With an overall score of 69.8/100, Palau is broadly free, with clear room to improve in places. It ranks #47 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Oceania region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Free Expression (7.2/10), while Privacy (5.0/10) is where it scores lowest. That 2.2-point spread means Palau's record is fairly even across the ten categories. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Free Expression

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Assembly & Association

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

V-DemView source

Due Process

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

World Justice ProjectView source

Property Rights

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

Fraser HFIView source

Economic Liberty

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

Fraser HFIView source

Freedom of Movement

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

Fraser HFIView source

Equal Protection

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

V-DemView source

Religion

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

Fraser HFIView source

Political Participation

7.2B

Editorial — Palau is not covered by Fraser HFI, RSF, V-Dem, or WJP. Score is a conservative editorial fill reflecting Freedom House FIW 2026 Free tier (92/100 on FH's political/civil rights scale), applied uniformly across categories.

V-DemView source

Privacy

5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source

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