TM

Turkmenistan

Asia

Turkmenistan ranks #185 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 34.5/100.

Score

34.5

F

How to read Turkmenistan's freedom profile

With an overall score of 34.5/100, Turkmenistan is among the least free places in the world. It ranks #185 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 Due Process (5.0/10), while Political Participation (0.3/10) is where it scores lowest. That 4.7-point spread means Turkmenistan's record is uneven, with real gaps between its strongest and weakest freedoms. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

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

Free Expression

1.9F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 19.1/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Equal Protection

1.7F

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.172 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Assembly & Association

0.6F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.058 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Political Participation

0.3F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.033 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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