PR = Political Rights
CL=Civil Liberties
CL, PR, and Freedom Rating Score Explanation: (1 = most free and 7 = least free)
Aggregate Score Explanation: (0=WORST, 100=BEST)
| Freedom Status | PR | CL | Freedom Rating | Aggregate Score | Trend Arrow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 45 | |
| Ukraine | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 61 | |
| Ukraine Україна (Translation) | Частково вільна | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 61 | |
| Puerto Rico * | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 91 | |
| Iran | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 17 | |
| Mexico | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 65 | |
| Iraq | Not Free | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 27 | |
| Lesotho | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 67 | |
| Tajikistan | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 16 |
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| Nigeria | Partly Free | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 48 |
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| Dominican Republic | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 70 | |
| Tanzania | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 60 | |
| Moldova | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 60 |
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| China | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 16 | |
| United States | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 90 |
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| Russia | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 22 | |
| Angola | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 24 |
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| Somaliland * | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 40 | |
| Rwanda | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 24 |
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| Guatemala | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 54 | |
| Gambia, The | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 18 | |
| El Salvador | Free | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 69 |
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| St. Kitts and Nevis | Free | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 88 | |
| Montenegro | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 70 |
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| Morocco | Partly Free | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 41 |
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| Venezuela | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 35 | |
| Macedonia | Partly Free | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 57 |
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| Mozambique | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 56 | |
| Madagascar | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 56 | |
| Myanmar | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 28 |
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| Côte d'Ivoire | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 51 | |
| Ethiopia | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 15 | |
| Honduras | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 45 |
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| Azerbaijan | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 16 | |
| Sri Lanka | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 55 |
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| Malawi | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 64 | |
| Burkina Faso | Partly Free | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 59 |
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| Yemen | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 17 |
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| Fiji | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 62 | |
| Maldives | Partly Free | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 43 |
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| Burundi | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 19 |
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| Saudi Arabia | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | |
| Hungary | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 79 |
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| Kosovo | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 52 | |
| Suriname | Free | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 77 | |
| Turkey | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 53 |
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| Nauru | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 84 | |
| Zimbabwe | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 32 | |
| France | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 91 | |
| Bangladesh | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 49 |
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| Zambia | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 60 | |
| Western Sahara * | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | |
| West Bank * | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 30 | |
| Vietnam | Not Free | 7 | 5 | 6.0 | 20 | |
| Vanuatu | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 78 | |
| Uzbekistan | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | |
| Uruguay | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| United Kingdom | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| United Arab Emirates | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 20 | |
| Uganda | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 36 | |
| Tuvalu | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 94 | |
| Turkmenistan | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | |
| Tunisia | Free | 1 | 3 | 2.0 | 79 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 81 | |
| Transnistria * | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 24 | |
| Tonga | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 75 | |
| Togo | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 48 | |
| Tibet * | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | |
| Thailand | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 32 | |
| Taiwan | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 89 | |
| Syria | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | -1 | |
| Switzerland | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | |
| Sweden | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100 | |
| Swaziland | Not Free | 7 | 5 | 6.0 | 18 | |
| Sudan | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | |
| Spain | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| South Sudan | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 14 | |
| South Ossetia * | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 11 | |
| South Korea | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 83 | |
| South Africa | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 79 | |
| Somalia | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | |
| Solomon Islands | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 68 | |
| Slovenia | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 92 | |
| Slovakia | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 89 | |
| Singapore | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 51 | |
| Sierra Leone | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 65 | |
| Seychelles | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 68 | |
| Serbia | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 78 | |
| Senegal | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 78 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 81 | |
| San Marino | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100 | |
| Samoa | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 80 | |
| St. Vincent and Grenadines | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 91 | |
| St. Lucia | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 92 | |
| Romania | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 83 | |
| Qatar | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 27 | |
| Portugal | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 97 | |
| Poland | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 93 | |
| Philippines | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 65 | |
| Peru | Free | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 71 | |
| Paraguay | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 64 | |
| Papua New Guinea | Partly Free | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 59 | |
| Panama | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 83 | |
| Palau | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 92 | |
| Pakistani Kashmir * | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 28 | |
| Pakistan | Partly Free | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 41 | |
| Oman | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 25 | |
| Norway | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100 | |
| Northern Cyprus * | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 79 | |
| North Korea | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | |
| Niger | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 52 | |
| Nicaragua | Partly Free | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 54 | |
| New Zealand | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| Netherlands | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 99 | |
| Nepal | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 51 | |
| Namibia | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 77 | |
| Nagorno-Karabakh * | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 33 | |
| Mongolia | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 86 | |
| Monaco | Free | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 88 | |
| Micronesia | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 93 | |
| Mauritius | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 90 | |
| Mauritania | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 30 | |
| Marshall Islands | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 92 | |
| Malta | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | |
| Mali | Partly Free | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 45 | |
| Luxembourg | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| Lithuania | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 91 | |
| Liechtenstein | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| Libya | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 20 | |
| Liberia | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 61 | |
| Lebanon | Partly Free | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 43 | |
| Latvia | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 86 | |
| Laos | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 12 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 38 | |
| Kuwait | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 36 | |
| Kiribati | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 91 | |
| Kenya | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 51 | |
| Kazakhstan | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 24 | |
| Jordan | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 36 | |
| Japan | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | |
| Jamaica | Free | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 75 | |
| Italy | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 89 | |
| Israel | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 80 | |
| Ireland | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | |
| Indonesia | Partly Free | 2 | 4 | 3.0 | 65 | |
| Indian Kashmir * | Partly Free | 4 | 4 | 4.0 | 51 | |
| India | Free | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 77 | |
| Iceland | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100 | |
| Hong Kong * | Partly Free | 5 | 2 | 3.5 | 63 | |
| Haiti | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 41 | |
| Guyana | Free | 2 | 3 | 2.5 | 74 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 39 | |
| Guinea | Partly Free | 5 | 5 | 5.0 | 40 | |
| Grenada | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 89 | |
| Greece | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 83 | |
| Ghana | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 83 | |
| Germany | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| Georgia | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 64 | |
| Gaza Strip * | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 12 | |
| Gabon | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 34 | |
| Finland | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 100 | |
| Estonia | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 94 | |
| Eritrea | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 8 | |
| Egypt | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 27 | |
| Ecuador | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 59 | |
| Timor-Leste | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 65 | |
| Dominica | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| Djibouti | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 28 | |
| Denmark | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| Czech Republic | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| Cyprus | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 94 | |
| Cuba | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 15 | |
| Croatia | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 87 | |
| Crimea * | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 9 | |
| Costa Rica | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 90 | |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of (Kinshasa) | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 25 | |
| Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 28 | |
| Comoros | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 55 | |
| Colombia | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 63 | |
| Chile | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| Chad | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 20 | |
| Central African Republic | Not Free | 7 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | |
| Cape Verde | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 90 | |
| Canada | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 99 | |
| Cameroon | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 24 | |
| Cambodia | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 32 | |
| Bulgaria | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 80 | |
| Brunei | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 29 | |
| Brazil | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 81 | |
| Botswana | Free | 3 | 2 | 2.5 | 73 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Partly Free | 4 | 3 | 3.5 | 57 | |
| Bolivia | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 68 | |
| Bhutan | Partly Free | 3 | 4 | 3.5 | 56 | |
| Benin | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 82 | |
| Belize | Free | 1 | 2 | 1.5 | 87 | |
| Belgium | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | |
| Belarus | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 17 | |
| Barbados | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| Bahrain | Not Free | 7 | 6 | 6.5 | 14 | |
| Bahamas | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 92 | |
| Austria | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 95 | |
| Australia | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 98 | |
| Armenia | Partly Free | 5 | 4 | 4.5 | 46 | |
| Argentina | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 79 | |
| Antigua and Barbuda | Free | 2 | 2 | 2.0 | 82 | |
| Andorra | Free | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 96 | |
| Algeria | Not Free | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 35 | |
| Albania | Partly Free | 3 | 3 | 3.0 | 67 | |
| Afghanistan | Not Free | 6 | 6 | 6.0 | 24 | |
| Abkhazia * | Partly Free | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 42 |