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Freedom in the World 2019 Scores

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Freedom in the World 2019 Scores

Abkhazia*
40/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
18 22 Not covered
Afghanistan
8/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
1 7 Not covered
Albania
69/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
28 41 Not covered
Algeria
31/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
10 21 Not covered
Andorra
93/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 55 Not covered
Angola
28/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
10 18 Not covered
Antarctica Not covered Not covered
Antigua and Barbuda
83/100No Change Free
Chevron right
32 51 Not covered
Argentina
85/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 50
70/100Declined Free
Chevron right
20 27 23
Armenia
54/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
23 31 Not covered
Australia
94/100Declined Free
Chevron right
39 55
75/100No Change Free
Chevron right
23 28 24
Austria
94/100Improved Free
Chevron right
38 56 Not covered
Azerbaijan
6/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
0 6 Not covered
Bahrain
12/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 10 Not covered
Bangladesh
44/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 29
50/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
16 21 13
Barbados
94/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 57 Not covered
Belarus
7/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 6
21/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
13 5 3
Belgium
95/100Declined Free
Chevron right
38 57 Not covered
Belize
87/100Declined Free
Chevron right
34 53 Not covered
Benin
61/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
19 42 Not covered
Bhutan
69/100Improved Free
Chevron right
33 36 Not covered
Bolivia
69/100Improved Free
Chevron right
30 39 Not covered
Bosnia and Herzegovina
54/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
17 37 Not covered
Botswana
75/100No Change Free
Chevron right
31 44 Not covered
Brazil
73/100Improved Free
Chevron right
30 43
66/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
22 24 20
Brunei
27/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 20 Not covered
Bulgaria
74/100Declined Free
Chevron right
30 44 Not covered
Burkina Faso
20/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
2 18 Not covered
Burundi
13/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
2 11 Not covered
Cabo Verde
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 54 Not covered
Cambodia
22/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
4 18 Not covered
Cameroon
15/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
6 9 Not covered
Canada
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 58 Not covered
Central African Republic
5/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 4 Not covered
Chad
15/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 14 Not covered
Chile
95/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 57 Not covered
China
9/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-2 11
9/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 2 0
Colombia
69/100Declined Free
Chevron right
31 38 Not covered
Comoros
41/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
16 25 Not covered
Costa Rica
91/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 53
86/100No Change Free
Chevron right
22 32 32
Crimea* Not covered Not covered
Croatia
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
34 48 Not covered
Cuba
9/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
0 9
19/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
5 9 5
Cyprus
90/100Declined Free
Chevron right
38 52 Not covered
Czechia
95/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 58 Not covered
Côte d'Ivoire
46/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
17 29 Not covered
Democratic Republic of the Congo
18/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
4 14 Not covered
Denmark
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 57 Not covered
Djibouti
24/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 19 Not covered
Dominica
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 55 Not covered
Dominican Republic
67/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
27 40 Not covered
Eastern Donbas* Not covered Not covered
Ecuador
64/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
27 37 Not covered
Egypt
18/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
6 12
28/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
14 9 5
El Salvador
42/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 27 Not covered
Equatorial Guinea
5/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 5 Not covered
Eritrea
3/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 2 Not covered
Estonia
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 57
91/100No Change Free
Chevron right
25 31 35
Eswatini
17/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 16 Not covered
Ethiopia
18/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
8 10
30/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 13 10
Falkland Islands Not covered Not covered
Fiji
72/100Improved Free
Chevron right
28 44 Not covered
Finland
100/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 60 Not covered
France
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 51
75/100Declined Free
Chevron right
23 29 23
Gabon
25/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
5 20 Not covered
Gaza Strip*
2/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-2 4 Not covered
Georgia
51/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
19 32
68/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
19 25 24
Germany
95/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 55 Not covered
Ghana
80/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 45
66/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
15 28 23
Greece
85/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 50 Not covered
Grenada
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 52 Not covered
Guatemala
48/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
19 29 Not covered
Guinea
28/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
6 22 Not covered
Guinea-Bissau
33/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
7 26 Not covered
Guyana
74/100No Change Free
Chevron right
29 45 Not covered
Haiti
22/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
5 17 Not covered
Honduras
47/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
21 26 Not covered
Hong Kong*
41/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
9 32 Not covered
Hungary
65/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
24 41
69/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
21 23 25
Iceland
95/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 57 Not covered
India
62/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
31 31
50/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
16 18 16
Indian Kashmir*
38/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
17 21 Not covered
Indonesia
56/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
28 28
46/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 16 15
Iran
10/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
4 6
9/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
5 3 1
Iraq
31/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
16 15 Not covered
Ireland
98/100Improved Free
Chevron right
40 58 Not covered
Israel
73/100No Change Free
Chevron right
34 39 Not covered
Italy
87/100Declined Free
Chevron right
35 52 Not covered
Jamaica
81/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 47 Not covered
Japan
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 56 Not covered
Jordan
34/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
12 22
44/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
14 15 15
Kazakhstan
23/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 18 Not covered
Kenya
49/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
21 28
59/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
16 23 20
Kiribati
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
36 53 Not covered
Kosovo
61/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
27 34 Not covered
Kuwait
30/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
7 23 Not covered
Kyrgyzstan
25/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
4 21
45/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
12 17 16
Laos
13/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 11 Not covered
Latvia
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 52 Not covered
Lebanon
41/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
15 26 Not covered
Lesotho
67/100Improved Free
Chevron right
31 36 Not covered
Liberia
65/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
31 34 Not covered
Libya
10/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 8 Not covered
Liechtenstein
90/100No Change Free
Chevron right
33 57 Not covered
Lithuania
90/100Improved Free
Chevron right
38 52 Not covered
Luxembourg
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 59 Not covered
Macao Not covered Not covered
Madagascar
50/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
16 34 Not covered
Malawi
68/100Improved Free
Chevron right
30 38 Not covered
Malaysia
53/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 31 Not covered
Maldives
41/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
19 22 Not covered
Mali
21/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
3 18 Not covered
Malta
88/100Improved Free
Chevron right
35 53 Not covered
Marshall Islands
93/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 55 Not covered
Mauritania
38/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 23 Not covered
Mauritius
87/100Improved Free
Chevron right
36 51 Not covered
Mexico
58/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
26 32
59/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
18 24 17
Micronesia
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 55 Not covered
Moldova
60/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
25 35 Not covered
Monaco
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
25 57 Not covered
Mongolia
84/100No Change Free
Chevron right
36 48 Not covered
Montenegro
68/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
26 42 Not covered
Morocco
37/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
13 24 Not covered
Mozambique
42/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
13 29 Not covered
Myanmar
4/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
-2 6
9/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 5 2
Nagorno-Karabakh* Not covered Not covered
Namibia
73/100No Change Free
Chevron right
28 45 Not covered
Nauru
75/100No Change Free
Chevron right
32 43 Not covered
Nepal
59/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
27 32 Not covered
Netherlands
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 58 Not covered
New Zealand
99/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 59 Not covered
Nicaragua
14/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 12
36/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
12 12 12
Niger
27/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
3 24 Not covered
Nigeria
44/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
20 24
56/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
15 24 17
North Korea
3/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 3 Not covered
North Macedonia
67/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
28 39 Not covered
Northern Cyprus*
75/100Declined Free
Chevron right
28 47 Not covered
Norway
99/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 60 Not covered
Oman
24/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
6 18 Not covered
Pakistan
32/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
12 20
27/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 13 7
Pakistani Kashmir*
30/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
9 21 Not covered
Palau
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 55 Not covered
Palestine Not covered Not covered
Panama
82/100Declined Free
Chevron right
35 47 Not covered
Papua New Guinea
61/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 39 Not covered
Paraguay
63/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
26 37 Not covered
Peru
66/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
27 39 Not covered
Philippines
58/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
25 33 Not covered
Poland
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
34 48 Not covered
Portugal
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 57 Not covered
Puerto Rico Not covered Not covered
Qatar
25/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 18 Not covered
Republic of the Congo
17/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 15 Not covered
Romania
83/100Improved Free
Chevron right
35 48 Not covered
Russia
12/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
4 8
16/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
10 3 3
Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine*
-1/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-2 1 Not covered
Rwanda
21/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
7 14 Not covered
Samoa
84/100No Change Free
Chevron right
32 52 Not covered
San Marino
97/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 58 Not covered
Saudi Arabia
9/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 8
25/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
13 7 5
Senegal
70/100Improved Free
Chevron right
30 40 Not covered
Serbia
53/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
18 35
66/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
21 23 22
Seychelles
81/100Improved Free
Chevron right
35 46 Not covered
Sierra Leone
61/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
23 38 Not covered
Singapore
48/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
19 29 Not covered
Slovakia
88/100Declined Free
Chevron right
35 53 Not covered
Slovenia
97/100Improved Free
Chevron right
39 58 Not covered
Solomon Islands
74/100Declined Free
Chevron right
27 47 Not covered
Somalia
8/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 6 Not covered
Somaliland*
47/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
21 26 Not covered
South Africa
81/100No Change Free
Chevron right
34 47
75/100Improved Free
Chevron right
19 29 27
South Korea
83/100Improved Free
Chevron right
33 50 Not covered
South Ossetia*
12/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
3 9 Not covered
South Sudan
0/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
-4 4 Not covered
Spain
91/100Improved Free
Chevron right
37 54 Not covered
Sri Lanka
63/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
29 34 Not covered
St. Kitts and Nevis
89/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 54 Not covered
St. Lucia
91/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 53 Not covered
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
90/100No Change Free
Chevron right
36 54 Not covered
Sudan
1/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
-4 5
27/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 13 9
Suriname
81/100Improved Free
Chevron right
35 46 Not covered
Sweden
99/100No Change Free
Chevron right
40 59 Not covered
Switzerland
96/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 57 Not covered
Syria
10/100Improved Not Free
Chevron right
-2 12 Not covered
São Tomé and Príncipe
84/100No Change Free
Chevron right
35 49 Not covered
Taiwan
93/100Declined Free
Chevron right
38 55
78/100Declined Free
Chevron right
24 28 26
Tajikistan
5/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 5 Not covered
Tanzania
28/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
6 22 Not covered
Thailand
33/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
11 22 Not covered
The Bahamas
90/100No Change Free
Chevron right
38 52 Not covered
The Gambia
51/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
22 29
60/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
13 26 21
Tibet*
0/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-2 2 Not covered
Timor-Leste
73/100Improved Free
Chevron right
33 40 Not covered
Togo
37/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
11 26 Not covered
Tonga
79/100Declined Free
Chevron right
29 50 Not covered
Transnistria*
16/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
4 12 Not covered
Trinidad and Tobago
83/100Improved Free
Chevron right
34 49 Not covered
Tunisia
42/100Declined Partly Free
Chevron right
11 31 Not covered
Turkey
32/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
16 16
31/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
14 10 7
Turkmenistan
1/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 1 Not covered
Tuvalu
93/100No Change Free
Chevron right
37 56 Not covered
Uganda
33/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
10 23 Not covered
Ukraine
51/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 29
64/100Improved Partly Free
Chevron right
20 23 21
United Arab Emirates
18/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
5 13 Not covered
United Kingdom
92/100No Change Free
Chevron right
39 53
75/100Declined Free
Chevron right
24 27 24
United States
81/100Declined Free
Chevron right
32 49
73/100No Change Free
Chevron right
20 28 25
Uruguay
97/100Improved Free
Chevron right
40 57 Not covered
Uzbekistan
12/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
2 10 Not covered
Vanuatu
82/100No Change Free
Chevron right
32 50 Not covered
Venezuela
13/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
0 13
26/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
9 9 8
Vietnam
20/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
4 16 Not covered
West Bank*
22/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
4 18 Not covered
Western Sahara*
4/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
-3 7 Not covered
Yemen
10/100No Change Not Free
Chevron right
1 9 Not covered
Zambia
53/100No Change Partly Free
Chevron right
22 31 Not covered
Zimbabwe
25/100Declined Not Free
Chevron right
8 17 Not covered
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