FreedomRankings
KR

South Korea

Asia

South Korea ranks #36 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 73.7/100.

Score
73.7
B

Universal category breakdown

Religion
9.9A+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 9.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Assembly & Association
8.4A-

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.839 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Equal Protection
8.2A-

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.817 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Freedom of Movement
8.1A-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 8.1/10

Fraser HFIView source
Economic Liberty
7.5B+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 7.5/10

Fraser HFIView source
Due Process
7.4B

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.74/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Property Rights
7.2B

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 7.2/10

Fraser HFIView source
Free Expression
6.5B-

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (64.1/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (65/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Political Participation
5.5C

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.551 (0–1)

V-DemView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source