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Palestine

AsiaUN observer

Palestine ranks #150 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 45.7/100.

Score
45.7
D+

How to read Palestine's freedom profile

With an overall score of 45.7/100, Palestine is constrained across most freedoms. It ranks #150 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Asia region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Equal Protection (8.0/10), while Political Participation (1.5/10) is where it scores lowest. That 6.5-point spread means Palestine's record is very uneven — freedom here depends heavily on which right you look at. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Equal Protection
8.0A-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.795 (0–1)

Due Process
5.0C-

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

World Justice ProjectView source
Property Rights
5.0C-

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

Fraser HFIView source
Economic Liberty
5.0C-

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

Fraser HFIView source
Freedom of Movement
5.0C-

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

Fraser HFIView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source
Religion
5.0C-

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

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
3.5D-

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.353 (0–1)

Free Expression
2.7F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 27.4/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Political Participation
1.5F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.150 (0–1)

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