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 ↗
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
Group average by period, 2017–2024.
AsiaEuropeAfricaAmericas
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
Change by group, latest period.
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 |