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Countries and Territories

Freedom House measures the level of democratic governance in 29 countries from Central Europe to Central Asia through its annual Nations in Transit report. The democracy score incorporates separate ratings on national and local governance, electoral process, independent media, civil society, judicial framework and independence, and corruption. Click on a country name below to access the full country narrative report.

Viewing: Global Freedom Scores Internet Freedom Scores Democracy Scores
Country Total Score and Status Democracy Percentage Democracy Score Sort descending
Turkmenistan 0 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 0.00 1.00
Azerbaijan 1 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 1.19 1.07
Tajikistan 2 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 1.79 1.11
Belarus 3 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 2.98 1.18
Uzbekistan 4 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 4.17 1.25
Russia 5 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 5.36 1.32
Kazakhstan 6 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 5.95 1.36
Kyrgyzstan 13 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime 12.50 1.75
Armenia 34 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 33.93 3.04
Georgia 35 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 34.52 3.07
Moldova 35 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 35.00 3.11
Kosovo 38 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 37.50 3.25
Bosnia and Herzegovina 38 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 38.10 3.29
Ukraine 39 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 39.29 3.36
Hungary 45 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 44.64 3.68
Albania 46 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 45.83 3.75
Serbia 46 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 46.43 3.79
Montenegro 47 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 47.00 3.82
North Macedonia 47 Transitional or Hybrid Regime 47.02 3.82
Croatia 54 Semi-Consolidated Democracy 54.17 4.25
Romania 56 Semi-Consolidated Democracy 55.95 4.36
Bulgaria 58 Semi-Consolidated Democracy 58.33 4.50
Poland 59 Semi-Consolidated Democracy 58.93 4.54
Slovakia 71 Consolidated Democracy 70.83 5.25
Czech Republic 76 Consolidated Democracy 75.60 5.54
Lithuania 77 Consolidated Democracy 77.38 5.64
Slovenia 79 Consolidated Democracy 78.57 5.71
Latvia 80 Consolidated Democracy 79.76 5.79
Estonia 83 Consolidated Democracy 83.33 6.00

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