Reports
Freedom House is founded on the core conviction that freedom flourishes in democratic nations where governments are accountable to their people. Our research and analysis frame the policy debate in the United States and abroad on the progress and decline of freedom.
Freedom in the World
Latest Edition
Explore the latest edition of Freedom House's flagship report to learn more about the status of global freedom.
About the Report
Published since 1973, Freedom in the World is Freedom House’s flagship annual report, assessing the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world.
Explore Country Data & Narratives
Visit our Countries & Territories page to explore the numerical ratings and supporting country narrative texts for the 195 countries and 13 territories assessed in the Freedom in the World 2025 report.
Freedom on the Net
2025 Edition Now Live
The immediate future of internet freedom will depend on how governments deploy incentives for and controls over the next wave of technological innovation. Explore the latest edition of Freedom on the Net.
About the Report
Freedom on the Net is Freedom House’s annual survey and analysis of internet and digital media freedom around the world.
Explore Country Data & Narratives
Visit our Countries & Territories page to explore the numerical ratings and supporting country texts for the 72 countries assessed in the Freedom on the Net 2025 report.
Nations in Transit
Final Edition
Democratic governance in the Nations in Transit region declined for the 20th consecutive year in 2023, as the region becomes increasingly defined by the widening gulf between those nations committed to a liberal, democratic order and those that violently reject it. Explore Nations in Transit 2024: A Region Reordered by Autocracy and Democracy.
About the Report
Nations in Transit was the only comprehensive, comparative, and multidimensional study of reform in the former Communist states of Europe and Eurasia.
Explore Country Data & Narratives
Visit our Countries & Territories page to explore the numerical ratings and supporting country texts for the 29 countries and administrative areas assessed in the Nations in Transit 2024 report.
Visible and Invisible Bars
Visible and Invisible Bars, a report from Free Them All: The Fred Hiatt Program to Free Political Prisoners, draws attention both to political imprisonment and its damaging impacts on prisoners and their families, and the consequences of civil death.
Freedom House's Reporting on Transnational Repression
Transnational repression is a serious threat to human rights, democratic institutions, and state sovereignty, as well as a disturbing manifestation of global authoritarianism. Freedom House aims to explain the repercussions of these campaigns, and to help policymakers, international organizations, technology companies, and civil society think about how they can respond to protect exiles and diasporas.
The China Dissent Monitor
Despite increasingly repressive rule under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), dissent in China occurs regularly and is geographically widespread. The China Dissent Monitor features interactive research on collective action in public spaces and cases of online dissent, filling a critical information gap in a country with severe media restrictions and risks associated with exposing dissent.
Special Reports & Analysis
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