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Uzbekistan

Asia

Uzbekistan ranks #175 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 39.5/100.

Score

39.5

D-

How to read Uzbekistan's freedom profile

With an overall score of 39.5/100, Uzbekistan is constrained across most freedoms. It ranks #175 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 (0.8/10) is where it scores lowest. That 4.2-point spread means Uzbekistan'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-

WJP Rule of Law Index 2025 — Overall score 0.50/1 (x10 scale; blends Civil Justice + Criminal Justice + 6 other rule-of-law factors)

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

Equal Protection

4.0D

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.402 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Free Expression

3.2F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 (35.2/100) · Freedom on the Net 2025 (29/100)

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Assembly & Association

1.5F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.149 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Political Participation

0.8F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.082 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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