Freedom in the World Score

Aggregate political-rights and civil-liberties score for countries and territories, annual editions.

Source: Freedom House — Freedom in the World Licence: Free reuse with attribution (Freedom House) Unit: score 0–100 (100 = most free) Parsed: 2026-08-03 Open source ↗

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Avg (2024)

57.2

-0.30pp vs 2023

Improving

21

of 196 tracked

Declining

53

period over period

Stable

122

±0.5pp band

FIW total score

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Trend over time

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Movers

Biggest period-over-period changes.

Top risers

Entity	Now	Change
🇫🇯 Fiji	66	+7.0pp
🇹🇭 Thailand	36	+6.0pp
🇱🇷 Liberia	64	+4.0pp
🇳🇵 Nepal	62	+4.0pp
🇲🇻 Maldives	44	+3.0pp

Top fallers

Entity	Now	Change
🇳🇪 Niger	33	-18.0pp
🇹🇳 Tunisia	51	-5.0pp
🇵🇪 Peru	66	-4.0pp
🇸🇩 Sudan	6	-4.0pp
🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	27	-3.0pp

By group

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Asia +0.20pp

Europe -0.40pp

Americas -0.60pp

Africa -0.60pp

Group	Members	Avg	Change
Europe	48	78.6	-0.40pp
Americas	35	71.6	-0.60pp
Asia	58	47.8	+0.20pp
Africa	55	39.1	-0.60pp

Freedom in the World Score — full ranking

Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.

196 entities, 2024, change vs 2023. Highest first.
#	Entity	FIW total score	Change
1	🇫🇮 Finland	100	0.00pp
2	🇳🇿 New Zealand	99	0.00pp
3	🇸🇪 Sweden	99	-1.0pp
4	🇳🇴 Norway	98	-2.0pp
5	🇨🇦 Canada	97	-1.0pp
6	🇩🇰 Denmark	97	0.00pp
7	🇮🇪 Ireland	97	0.00pp
8	🇱🇺 Luxembourg	97	0.00pp
9	🇳🇱 Netherlands	97	0.00pp
10	🇸🇲 San Marino	97	0.00pp
11	🇧🇪 Belgium	96	0.00pp
12	🇯🇵 Japan	96	0.00pp
13	🇵🇹 Portugal	96	0.00pp
14	🇸🇮 Slovenia	96	+1.0pp
15	🇨🇭 Switzerland	96	0.00pp
16	🇺🇾 Uruguay	96	0.00pp
17	🇦🇺 Australia	95	0.00pp
18	🇪🇪 Estonia	95	+1.0pp
19	🇧🇧 Barbados	94	0.00pp
20	🇨🇱 Chile	94	0.00pp
21	🇨🇿 Czech Republic	94	+2.0pp
22	🇮🇸 Iceland	94	0.00pp
23	🇹🇼 Taiwan	94	0.00pp
24	🇦🇩 Andorra	93	0.00pp
25	🇦🇹 Austria	93	0.00pp
26	🇩🇲 Dominica	93	0.00pp
27	🇩🇪 Germany	93	-1.0pp
28	🇲🇭 Marshall Islands	93	0.00pp
29	🇹🇻 Tuvalu	93	0.00pp
30	🇨🇻 Cabo Verde	92	0.00pp
31	🇨🇾 Cyprus	92	0.00pp
32	🇫🇲 Micronesia	92	0.00pp
33	🇵🇼 Palau	92	0.00pp
34	🇱🇨 St. Lucia	92	0.00pp
35	🇧🇸 Bahamas	91	0.00pp
36	🇨🇷 Costa Rica	91	0.00pp
37	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	91	-2.0pp
38	🇮🇹 Italy	90	0.00pp
39	🇰🇮 Kiribati	90	-1.0pp
40	🇱🇮 Liechtenstein	90	0.00pp
41	🇸🇰 Slovakia	90	0.00pp
42	🇪🇸 Spain	90	0.00pp
43	🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines	90	-1.0pp
44	🇫🇷 France	89	0.00pp
45	🇬🇩 Grenada	89	0.00pp
46	🇱🇹 Lithuania	89	0.00pp
47	🇰🇳 St. Kitts and Nevis	89	0.00pp
48	🇱🇻 Latvia	88	0.00pp
49	🇧🇿 Belize	87	0.00pp
50	🇲🇹 Malta	87	-2.0pp
51	🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda	85	0.00pp
52	🇦🇷 Argentina	85	0.00pp
53	🇬🇷 Greece	85	-1.0pp
54	🇲🇺 Mauritius	85	0.00pp
55	🇲🇳 Mongolia	84	0.00pp
56	🇼🇸 Samoa	84	+1.0pp
57	🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe	84	0.00pp
58	🇭🇷 Croatia	83	-1.0pp
59	🇵🇦 Panama	83	0.00pp
60	🇷🇴 Romania	83	0.00pp
61	🇰🇷 South Korea	83	0.00pp
62	🇺🇸 United States	83	0.00pp
63	🇲🇨 Monaco	82	-2.0pp
64	🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago	82	0.00pp
65	🇻🇺 Vanuatu	82	0.00pp
66	🇹🇴 Tonga	81	0.00pp
67	🇬🇭 Ghana	80	0.00pp
68	🇯🇲 Jamaica	80	0.00pp
69	🇵🇱 Poland	80	-1.0pp
70	🇸🇨 Seychelles	79	0.00pp
71	🇿🇦 South Africa	79	0.00pp
72	🇸🇷 Suriname	79	0.00pp
73	🇧🇬 Bulgaria	78	-1.0pp
74	🇳🇦 Namibia	77	0.00pp
75	🇳🇷 Nauru	77	0.00pp
76	🇸🇧 Solomon Islands	75	-1.0pp
77	🇮🇱 Israel	74	-3.0pp
78	🇬🇾 Guyana	73	0.00pp
79	🇧🇼 Botswana	72	0.00pp
80	🇧🇷 Brazil	72	0.00pp
81	🇹🇱 Timor-Leste	72	0.00pp
82	🇨🇴 Colombia	70	0.00pp
83	🇲🇪 Montenegro	69	+2.0pp
84	🇦🇱 Albania	68	+1.0pp
85	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	68	0.00pp
86	🇪🇨 Ecuador	67	-3.0pp
87	🇲🇰 North Macedonia	67	-1.0pp
88	🇸🇳 Senegal	67	-1.0pp
89	🇧🇴 Bolivia	66	0.00pp
90	🇫🇯 Fiji	66	+7.0pp
91	🇮🇳 India	66	0.00pp
92	🇱🇸 Lesotho	66	0.00pp
93	🇲🇼 Malawi	66	0.00pp
94	🇵🇪 Peru	66	-4.0pp
95	🇭🇺 Hungary	65	-1.0pp
96	🇱🇷 Liberia	64	+4.0pp
97	🇧🇹 Bhutan	63	+2.0pp
98	🇵🇾 Paraguay	63	-2.0pp
99	🇳🇵 Nepal	62	+4.0pp
100	🇧🇯 Benin	61	+2.0pp
101	🇲🇩 Moldova	61	-1.0pp
102	🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea	61	0.00pp
103	🇲🇽 Mexico	60	0.00pp
104	🇸🇱 Sierra Leone	60	-3.0pp
105	🇬🇪 Georgia	58	0.00pp
106	🇲🇬 Madagascar	58	-3.0pp
107	🇵🇭 Philippines	58	0.00pp
108	🇮🇩 Indonesia	57	-1.0pp
109	🇷🇸 Serbia	57	-3.0pp
110	🇦🇲 Armenia	54	0.00pp
111	🇱🇰 Sri Lanka	54	0.00pp
112	🇿🇲 Zambia	54	0.00pp
113	🇸🇻 El Salvador	53	-3.0pp
114	🇲🇾 Malaysia	53	0.00pp
115	🇰🇪 Kenya	52	0.00pp
116	🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina	51	-1.0pp
117	🇹🇳 Tunisia	51	-5.0pp
118	🇬🇲 The Gambia	50	+2.0pp
119	🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire	49	0.00pp
120	🇺🇦 Ukraine	49	-1.0pp
121	🇭🇳 Honduras	48	0.00pp
122	🇸🇬 Singapore	48	+1.0pp
123	🇬🇹 Guatemala	46	-3.0pp
124	🇲🇻 Maldives	44	+3.0pp
125	🇲🇿 Mozambique	44	-1.0pp
126	🇳🇬 Nigeria	44	+1.0pp
127	🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau	43	0.00pp
128	🇰🇲 Comoros	42	0.00pp
129	🇱🇧 Lebanon	42	-1.0pp
130	🇹🇬 Togo	42	0.00pp
131	🇭🇰 Hong Kong	41	-1.0pp
132	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	40	0.00pp
133	🇲🇷 Mauritania	39	+3.0pp
134	🇰🇼 Kuwait	38	+1.0pp
135	🇲🇦 Morocco	37	0.00pp
136	🇹🇿 Tanzania	36	0.00pp
137	🇹🇭 Thailand	36	+6.0pp
138	🇵🇰 Pakistan	35	-2.0pp
139	🇺🇬 Uganda	34	-1.0pp
140	🇯🇴 Jordan	33	0.00pp
141	🇳🇪 Niger	33	-18.0pp
142	🇹🇷 Turkey	33	+1.0pp
143	🇩🇿 Algeria	32	0.00pp
144	🇬🇳 Guinea	30	0.00pp
145	🇭🇹 Haiti	30	-1.0pp
146	🇮🇶 Iraq	30	+1.0pp
147	🇦🇴 Angola	28	0.00pp
148	🇧🇳 Brunei	28	0.00pp
149	🇧🇫 Burkina Faso	27	-3.0pp
150	🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan	27	0.00pp
151	🇿🇼 Zimbabwe	27	-1.0pp
152	🇲🇱 Mali	26	-3.0pp
153	🇶🇦 Qatar	25	0.00pp
154	🇩🇯 Djibouti	24	0.00pp
155	🇴🇲 Oman	24	0.00pp
156	🇰🇭 Cambodia	23	-1.0pp
157	🇰🇿 Kazakhstan	23	0.00pp
158	🇷🇼 Rwanda	23	0.00pp
159	🇪🇹 Ethiopia	20	-1.0pp
160	🇬🇦 Gabon	20	0.00pp
161	🇨🇩 Congo (Kinshasa)	19	0.00pp
162	🇻🇳 Vietnam	19	0.00pp
163	🇪🇬 Egypt	18	0.00pp
164	🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates	18	0.00pp
165	🇨🇬 Congo (Brazzaville)	17	0.00pp
166	🇸🇿 Eswatini	17	0.00pp
167	🇳🇮 Nicaragua	16	-3.0pp
168	🇨🇲 Cameroon	15	0.00pp
169	🇹🇩 Chad	15	0.00pp
170	🇻🇪 Venezuela	15	0.00pp
171	🇧🇮 Burundi	14	0.00pp
172	🇱🇦 Laos	13	0.00pp
173	🇷🇺 Russia	13	-3.0pp
174	🇧🇭 Bahrain	12	0.00pp
175	🇨🇺 Cuba	12	0.00pp
176	🇺🇿 Uzbekistan	12	0.00pp
177	🇮🇷 Iran	11	-1.0pp
178	🇾🇪 Yemen	10	+1.0pp
179	🇨🇳 China	9	0.00pp
180	🇱🇾 Libya	9	-1.0pp
181	🇧🇾 Belarus	8	0.00pp
182	🇲🇲 Myanmar	8	-1.0pp
183	🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	8	0.00pp
184	🇸🇴 Somalia	8	0.00pp
185	🇦🇿 Azerbaijan	7	-2.0pp
186	🇦🇫 Afghanistan	6	-2.0pp
187	🇸🇩 Sudan	6	-4.0pp
188	🇨🇫 Central African Republic	5	-2.0pp
189	🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea	5	0.00pp
190	🇹🇯 Tajikistan	5	-2.0pp
191	🇪🇭 Western Sahara	4	0.00pp
192	🇪🇷 Eritrea	3	0.00pp
193	🇰🇵 North Korea	3	0.00pp
194	🇹🇲 Turkmenistan	2	0.00pp
195	🇸🇸 South Sudan	1	0.00pp
196	🇸🇾 Syria	1	0.00pp

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