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Papua New Guinea

Oceania

Papua New Guinea ranks #83 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 62.4/100.

Score
62.4
C+

Universal category breakdown

Religion
9.7A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.7/10

Fraser HFIView source
Freedom of Movement
9.5A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 9.5/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
8.8A

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.879 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Economic Liberty
6.1C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 6.1/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
5.8C

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 58.4/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Due Process
5.0C-

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

World Justice ProjectView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source
Equal Protection
5.0C-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.504 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Property Rights
4.7D+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 4.7/10

Fraser HFIView source
Political Participation
2.8F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.280 (0–1)

V-DemView source