FreedomRankings
AE

United Arab Emirates

Asia

United Arab Emirates ranks #162 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 42.9/100.

Score
42.9
D

Universal category breakdown

Economic Liberty
7.3B

Fraser HFI 2025 — Economic Freedom sub-index 7.3/10

Fraser HFIView source
Property Rights
6.9B-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Property Rights sub-index 6.9/10

Fraser HFIView source
Due Process
6.4C+

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.64/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

World Justice ProjectView source
Freedom of Movement
6.4C+

Fraser HFI 2025 — Movement sub-index 6.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Religion
5.4C-

Fraser HFI 2025 — Religion sub-index 5.4/10

Fraser HFIView source
Privacy
5.0C-

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

EditorialEditorialView source
Free Expression
2.8F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (26.9/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (28/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source
Equal Protection
2.0F

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.199 (0–1)

Assembly & Association
0.4F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.040 (0–1)

Political Participation
0.3F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.031 (0–1)