Freedom in the World 2019 Scores

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Freedom in the World 2019 Scores


Abkhazia*	39/100 Partly Free	17	22	Not covered				Not covered
Afghanistan	6/100 Not Free	1	5	Not covered				Not covered
Albania	68/100 Partly Free	28	40	Not covered				46/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	46.43	3.79
Algeria	31/100 Not Free	10	21	Not covered				Not covered
Andorra	93/100 Free	38	55	Not covered				Not covered
Angola	28/100 Not Free	10	18	60/100 Partly Free	12	29	19	Not covered
Antarctica	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Antigua and Barbuda	83/100 Free	32	51	Not covered				Not covered
Argentina	85/100 Free	35	50	71/100 Free	20	27	24	Not covered
Armenia	54/100 Partly Free	23	31	72/100 Free	20	28	24	35/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	34.52	3.07
Australia	95/100 Free	39	56	75/100 Free	23	28	24	Not covered
Austria	93/100 Free	37	56	Not covered				Not covered
Azerbaijan	7/100 Not Free	0	7	34/100 Not Free	12	13	9	1/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	1.19	1.07
Bahrain	12/100 Not Free	2	10	30/100 Not Free	16	6	8	Not covered
Bangladesh	45/100 Partly Free	16	29	45/100 Partly Free	12	20	13	Not covered
Barbados	94/100 Free	37	57	Not covered				Not covered
Belarus	7/100 Not Free	1	6	20/100 Not Free	12	5	3	2/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	1.79	1.11
Belgium	96/100 Free	39	57	Not covered				Not covered
Belize	88/100 Free	35	53	Not covered				Not covered
Benin	60/100 Partly Free	18	42	Not covered				Not covered
Bhutan	68/100 Free	32	36	Not covered				Not covered
Bolivia	65/100 Partly Free	26	39	Not covered				Not covered
Bosnia and Herzegovina	52/100 Partly Free	17	35	Not covered				36/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	36.31	3.18
Botswana	75/100 Free	31	44	Not covered				Not covered
Brazil	72/100 Free	30	42	65/100 Partly Free	22	24	19	Not covered
Brunei	27/100 Not Free	7	20	Not covered				Not covered
Bulgaria	77/100 Free	32	45	Not covered				59/100 Semi-Consolidated Democracy	58.93	4.54
Burkina Faso	25/100 Not Free	3	22	Not covered				Not covered
Burundi	15/100 Not Free	4	11	Not covered				Not covered
Cabo Verde	92/100 Free	38	54	Not covered				Not covered
Cambodia	23/100 Not Free	4	19	42/100 Partly Free	14	14	14	Not covered
Cameroon	15/100 Not Free	6	9	Not covered				Not covered
Canada	97/100 Free	39	58	85/100 Free	22	32	31	Not covered
Central African Republic	5/100 Not Free	1	4	Not covered				Not covered
Chad	15/100 Not Free	1	14	Not covered				Not covered
Chile	95/100 Free	38	57	87/100 Free	24	32	31	Not covered
China	9/100 Not Free	-2	11	9/100 Not Free	7	2	0	Not covered
Colombia	70/100 Free	31	39	64/100 Partly Free	19	24	21	Not covered
Comoros	42/100 Partly Free	16	26	Not covered				Not covered
Costa Rica	91/100 Free	38	53	86/100 Free	22	32	32	Not covered
Crimea*	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Croatia	82/100 Free	34	48	Not covered				54/100 Semi-Consolidated Democracy	54.17	4.25
Cuba	10/100 Not Free	1	9	21/100 Not Free	5	10	6	Not covered
Cyprus	91/100 Free	38	53	Not covered				Not covered
Czechia	95/100 Free	37	58	Not covered				76/100 Consolidated Democracy	75.60	5.54
Côte d'Ivoire	49/100 Partly Free	19	30	Not covered				Not covered
Democratic Republic of the Congo	18/100 Not Free	4	14	Not covered				Not covered
Denmark	97/100 Free	40	57	Not covered				Not covered
Djibouti	24/100 Not Free	5	19	Not covered				Not covered
Dominica	92/100 Free	37	55	Not covered				Not covered
Dominican Republic	68/100 Partly Free	27	41	Not covered				Not covered
Eastern Donbas*	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Ecuador	65/100 Partly Free	28	37	63/100 Partly Free	17	24	22	Not covered
Egypt	18/100 Not Free	6	12	28/100 Not Free	14	9	5	Not covered
El Salvador	47/100 Partly Free	17	30	Not covered				Not covered
Equatorial Guinea	5/100 Not Free	0	5	Not covered				Not covered
Eritrea	3/100 Not Free	1	2	Not covered				Not covered
Estonia	96/100 Free	39	57	91/100 Free	25	31	35	83/100 Consolidated Democracy	83.33	6.00
Eswatini	17/100 Not Free	1	16	Not covered				Not covered
Ethiopia	18/100 Not Free	8	10	30/100 Not Free	7	13	10	Not covered
Falkland Islands	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Fiji	69/100 Partly Free	28	41	Not covered				Not covered
Finland	100/100 Free	40	60	Not covered				Not covered
France	89/100 Free	38	51	76/100 Free	23	29	24	Not covered
Gabon	21/100 Not Free	2	19	Not covered				Not covered
Gaza Strip*	2/100 Not Free	-2	4	Not covered				Not covered
Georgia	55/100 Partly Free	21	34	70/100 Free	19	26	25	34/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	33.93	3.04
Germany	95/100 Free	40	55	74/100 Free	23	27	24	Not covered
Ghana	80/100 Free	35	45	64/100 Partly Free	15	28	21	Not covered
Greece	85/100 Free	35	50	Not covered				Not covered
Grenada	89/100 Free	37	52	Not covered				Not covered
Guatemala	48/100 Partly Free	19	29	Not covered				Not covered
Guinea	30/100 Not Free	7	23	Not covered				Not covered
Guinea-Bissau	41/100 Partly Free	15	26	Not covered				Not covered
Guyana	74/100 Free	30	44	Not covered				Not covered
Haiti	24/100 Not Free	6	18	Not covered				Not covered
Honduras	48/100 Partly Free	22	26	Not covered				Not covered
Hong Kong*	40/100 Partly Free	9	31	Not covered				Not covered
Hungary	65/100 Partly Free	24	41	69/100 Partly Free	21	23	25	43/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	42.86	3.57
Iceland	95/100 Free	38	57	94/100 Free	25	34	35	Not covered
India	63/100 Partly Free	31	32	51/100 Partly Free	15	19	17	Not covered
Indian Kashmir*	38/100 Partly Free	17	21	Not covered				Not covered
Indonesia	56/100 Partly Free	28	28	48/100 Partly Free	15	17	16	Not covered
Iran	11/100 Not Free	4	7	13/100 Not Free	8	4	1	Not covered
Iraq	31/100 Not Free	16	15	41/100 Partly Free	11	16	14	Not covered
Ireland	97/100 Free	39	58	Not covered				Not covered
Israel	73/100 Free	34	39	Not covered				Not covered
Italy	89/100 Free	36	53	74/100 Free	22	28	24	Not covered
Jamaica	80/100 Free	33	47	Not covered				Not covered
Japan	96/100 Free	40	56	78/100 Free	22	30	26	Not covered
Jordan	34/100 Partly Free	12	22	47/100 Partly Free	14	16	17	Not covered
Kazakhstan	23/100 Not Free	5	18	37/100 Not Free	14	12	11	5/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	4.76	1.29
Kenya	51/100 Partly Free	22	29	58/100 Partly Free	14	24	20	Not covered
Kiribati	89/100 Free	36	53	Not covered				Not covered
Kosovo	60/100 Partly Free	28	32	Not covered				38/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	38.10	3.29
Kuwait	31/100 Not Free	7	24	Not covered				Not covered
Kyrgyzstan	26/100 Not Free	4	22	47/100 Partly Free	15	17	15	11/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	10.71	1.64
Laos	13/100 Not Free	2	11	Not covered				Not covered
Latvia	89/100 Free	37	52	Not covered				80/100 Consolidated Democracy	79.76	5.79
Lebanon	39/100 Partly Free	13	26	50/100 Partly Free	10	22	18	Not covered
Lesotho	66/100 Free	30	36	Not covered				Not covered
Liberia	64/100 Partly Free	30	34	Not covered				Not covered
Libya	10/100 Not Free	2	8	43/100 Partly Free	8	21	14	Not covered
Liechtenstein	90/100 Free	33	57	Not covered				Not covered
Lithuania	89/100 Free	38	51	Not covered				79/100 Consolidated Democracy	78.57	5.71
Luxembourg	97/100 Free	38	59	Not covered				Not covered
Macao	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Madagascar	55/100 Partly Free	21	34	Not covered				Not covered
Malawi	65/100 Partly Free	28	37	61/100 Partly Free	11	26	24	Not covered
Malaysia	53/100 Partly Free	22	31	60/100 Partly Free	19	21	20	Not covered
Maldives	43/100 Partly Free	20	23	Not covered				Not covered
Mali	24/100 Not Free	6	18	Not covered				Not covered
Malta	87/100 Free	35	52	Not covered				Not covered
Marshall Islands	93/100 Free	38	55	Not covered				Not covered
Mauritania	39/100 Partly Free	15	24	Not covered				Not covered
Mauritius	86/100 Free	35	51	Not covered				Not covered
Mexico	59/100 Partly Free	26	33	61/100 Partly Free	18	25	18	Not covered
Micronesia	92/100 Free	37	55	Not covered				Not covered
Moldova	60/100 Partly Free	25	35	Not covered				36/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	35.71	3.14
Monaco	82/100 Free	25	57	Not covered				Not covered
Mongolia	84/100 Free	36	48	Not covered				Not covered
Montenegro	69/100 Partly Free	27	42	Not covered				46/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	45.83	3.75
Morocco	37/100 Partly Free	13	24	54/100 Partly Free	18	21	15	Not covered
Mozambique	41/100 Partly Free	12	29	Not covered				Not covered
Myanmar	7/100 Not Free	0	7	9/100 Not Free	2	5	2	Not covered
Nagorno-Karabakh*	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Namibia	73/100 Free	28	45	Not covered				Not covered
Nauru	75/100 Free	32	43	Not covered				Not covered
Nepal	62/100 Partly Free	28	34	Not covered				Not covered
Netherlands	97/100 Free	39	58	84/100 Free	24	30	30	Not covered
New Zealand	99/100 Free	40	59	Not covered				Not covered
Nicaragua	14/100 Not Free	2	12	38/100 Not Free	11	14	13	Not covered
Niger	30/100 Not Free	5	25	Not covered				Not covered
Nigeria	44/100 Partly Free	20	24	59/100 Partly Free	17	24	18	Not covered
North Korea	3/100 Not Free	0	3	Not covered				Not covered
North Macedonia	67/100 Partly Free	28	39	Not covered				46/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	46.43	3.79
Northern Cyprus*	76/100 Free	27	49	Not covered				Not covered
Norway	99/100 Free	39	60	Not covered				Not covered
Oman	24/100 Not Free	6	18	Not covered				Not covered
Pakistan	32/100 Partly Free	12	20	27/100 Not Free	6	13	8	Not covered
Pakistani Kashmir*	30/100 Not Free	9	21	Not covered				Not covered
Palau	92/100 Free	37	55	Not covered				Not covered
Palestine	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Panama	83/100 Free	35	48	Not covered				Not covered
Papua New Guinea	61/100 Partly Free	22	39	Not covered				Not covered
Paraguay	63/100 Partly Free	26	37	Not covered				Not covered
Peru	67/100 Partly Free	28	39	Not covered				Not covered
Philippines	58/100 Partly Free	25	33	61/100 Partly Free	17	23	21	Not covered
Poland	82/100 Free	34	48	Not covered				57/100 Semi-Consolidated Democracy	57.14	4.43
Portugal	96/100 Free	39	57	Not covered				Not covered
Puerto Rico	Not covered			Not covered				Not covered
Qatar	25/100 Not Free	7	18	Not covered				Not covered
Republic of the Congo	17/100 Not Free	2	15	Not covered				Not covered
Romania	82/100 Free	34	48	Not covered				57/100 Semi-Consolidated Democracy	56.55	4.39
Russia	12/100 Not Free	4	8	17/100 Not Free	10	4	3	1/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	1.19	1.07
Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine*	-1/100 Not Free	-2	1	Not covered				Not covered
Rwanda	21/100 Not Free	7	14	34/100 Not Free	13	11	10	Not covered
Samoa	84/100 Free	32	52	Not covered				Not covered
San Marino	97/100 Free	39	58	Not covered				Not covered
Saudi Arabia	9/100 Not Free	1	8	25/100 Not Free	13	7	5	Not covered
Senegal	69/100 Free	30	39	Not covered				Not covered
Serbia	56/100 Partly Free	18	38	67/100 Partly Free	21	24	22	43/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	43.45	3.61
Seychelles	80/100 Free	34	46	Not covered				Not covered
Sierra Leone	59/100 Partly Free	23	36	Not covered				Not covered
Singapore	48/100 Partly Free	19	29	53/100 Partly Free	19	17	17	Not covered
Slovakia	89/100 Free	36	53	Not covered				70/100 Consolidated Democracy	70.24	5.21
Slovenia	96/100 Free	39	57	Not covered				80/100 Consolidated Democracy	79.76	5.79
Solomon Islands	75/100 Free	28	47	Not covered				Not covered
Somalia	8/100 Not Free	2	6	Not covered				Not covered
Somaliland*	47/100 Partly Free	21	26	Not covered				Not covered
South Africa	81/100 Free	34	47	73/100 Free	19	28	26	Not covered
South Korea	81/100 Free	32	49	65/100 Partly Free	21	23	21	Not covered
South Ossetia*	12/100 Not Free	3	9	Not covered				Not covered
South Sudan	1/100 Not Free	-3	4	Not covered				Not covered
Spain	90/100 Free	37	53	Not covered				Not covered
Sri Lanka	58/100 Partly Free	26	32	53/100 Partly Free	14	21	18	Not covered
St. Kitts and Nevis	89/100 Free	35	54	Not covered				Not covered
St. Lucia	91/100 Free	38	53	Not covered				Not covered
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	90/100 Free	36	54	Not covered				Not covered
Sudan	2/100 Not Free	-3	5	27/100 Not Free	5	14	8	Not covered
Suriname	80/100 Free	34	46	Not covered				Not covered
Sweden	99/100 Free	40	59	Not covered				Not covered
Switzerland	96/100 Free	39	57	Not covered				Not covered
Syria	5/100 Not Free	-3	8	Not covered				Not covered
São Tomé and Príncipe	84/100 Free	35	49	Not covered				Not covered
Taiwan	94/100 Free	38	56	79/100 Free	24	29	26	Not covered
Tajikistan	5/100 Not Free	0	5	Not covered				1/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	0.60	1.04
Tanzania	35/100 Not Free	11	24	Not covered				Not covered
Thailand	34/100 Not Free	11	23	39/100 Not Free	17	14	8	Not covered
The Bahamas	90/100 Free	38	52	Not covered				Not covered
The Gambia	50/100 Partly Free	22	28	56/100 Partly Free	13	25	18	Not covered
Tibet*	0/100 Not Free	-2	2	Not covered				Not covered
Timor-Leste	72/100 Free	33	39	Not covered				Not covered
Togo	41/100 Partly Free	14	27	Not covered				Not covered
Tonga	80/100 Free	30	50	Not covered				Not covered
Transnistria*	17/100 Not Free	5	12	Not covered				Not covered
Trinidad and Tobago	82/100 Free	33	49	Not covered				Not covered
Tunisia	44/100 Partly Free	11	33	59/100 Partly Free	17	24	18	Not covered
Turkey	33/100 Not Free	17	16	31/100 Not Free	13	10	8	Not covered
Turkmenistan	1/100 Not Free	0	1	Not covered				0/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	0.00	1.00
Tuvalu	93/100 Free	37	56	Not covered				Not covered
Uganda	34/100 Not Free	10	24	52/100 Partly Free	15	21	16	Not covered
Ukraine	51/100 Partly Free	23	28	62/100 Partly Free	19	22	21	40/100 Transitional or Hybrid Regime	40.48	3.43
United Arab Emirates	18/100 Not Free	5	13	28/100 Not Free	14	9	5	Not covered
United Kingdom	92/100 Free	39	53	76/100 Free	24	28	24	Not covered
United States	84/100 Free	34	50	73/100 Free	20	28	25	Not covered
Uruguay	96/100 Free	40	56	Not covered				Not covered
Uzbekistan	12/100 Not Free	2	10	29/100 Not Free	11	11	7	3/100 Consolidated Authoritarian Regime	2.98	1.18
Vanuatu	82/100 Free	32	50	Not covered				Not covered
Venezuela	13/100 Not Free	0	13	26/100 Not Free	8	9	9	Not covered
Vietnam	20/100 Not Free	4	16	22/100 Not Free	12	6	4	Not covered
West Bank*	22/100 Not Free	4	18	Not covered				Not covered
Western Sahara*	4/100 Not Free	-3	7	Not covered				Not covered
Yemen	10/100 Not Free	1	9	Not covered				Not covered
Zambia	53/100 Partly Free	22	31	62/100 Partly Free	16	27	19	Not covered
Zimbabwe	26/100 Not Free	9	17	50/100 Partly Free	10	22	18	Not covered

Freedom in the World 2019 Scores

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