Freedom in the World by region

Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based^[2] non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free

	2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
Country	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free
Angola	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not
Benin*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Botswana*	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free
Burkina Faso*	5	3	Partly	5	3	Partly	5	3	Partly	5	3	Partly	5	3	Partly	6	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly
Burundi	4	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	6	5	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Cameroon	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not
Cape Verde*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Central African Republic	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Chad	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Comoros*	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly
Congo, Republic of	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not
Congo, Democratic Republic of	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Ivory Coast*	6	5	Not	7	6	Not	6	6	Not	5	5	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Djibouti	5	5	Partly	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Equatorial Guinea	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Eritrea	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Ethiopia	5	5	Partly	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Gabon	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	7	5	Not
Gambia	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	6	6	Not	4	5	Partly
Ghana*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Guinea	7	6	Not	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Guinea-Bissau	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Kenya*	4	4	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Lesotho*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Liberia*	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly
Madagascar*	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly
Malawi*	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Mali	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	7	5	Not	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly
Mauritania	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Mauritius*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Mozambique	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Namibia*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Niger	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Nigeria*	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	3	5	Partly	3	5	Partly
Rwanda	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not
São Tomé and Príncipe*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Senegal*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	2	3	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Seychelles*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Sierra Leone*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	2	3	Free	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Somalia	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
South Africa*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
South Sudan	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Sudan	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Eswatini	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	6	Not
Tanzania*	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Togo	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Uganda	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	4	Partly
Zambia	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Zimbabwe	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	5	6	Not	5	6	Not	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	6	5	Not

Americas

Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free

	2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
Country	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free
Antigua and Barbuda*	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Argentina*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Bahamas*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Barbados*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Belize*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Bolivia*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Brazil*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Canada*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Chile*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Colombia*	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Costa Rica*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Cuba	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Dominica*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Dominican Republic*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Ecuador*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly
El Salvador*	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free
Grenada*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Guatemala*	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Guyana*	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free
Haiti	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Honduras	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Jamaica*	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free
Mexico*	2	3	Free	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Nicaragua	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly
Panama*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Paraguay*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Peru*	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free
Saint Kitts and Nevis*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	2	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Saint Lucia*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*	2	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Suriname*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	2	Free
Trinidad and Tobago*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
United States*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	2	1	Free
Uruguay*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Venezuela	5	4	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	6	5	Not	6	5	Not

Asia-Pacific

Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free

	2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018				2019
Country	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	Pts	PR	CL	Free	Pts
Afghanistan	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	5	6	Not
Australia*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Bangladesh*	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Bhutan*	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly
Brunei	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Cambodia	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
China	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Fiji*	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly
India*	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free
Indonesia*	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	3	Free	2	4	Partly	2	4	Partly	2	4	Partly	2	4	Partly	2	4	Partly
Japan*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Kiribati*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
North Korea	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
South Korea*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Laos	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Malaysia	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Maldives	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Marshall Islands*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Micronesia*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Mongolia*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Myanmar	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	6	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	5	Not	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Nauru*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Nepal*	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly
New Zealand*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Pakistan*	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly
Palau*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Papua New Guinea*	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Philippines*	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Samoa*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Singapore	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Solomon Islands*	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	2	Free	3	2	Free
Sri Lanka*	4	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	5	Partly	4	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly
Taiwan*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Thailand	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Timor-Leste*	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	2	3	Free
Tonga*	5	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Tuvalu*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Vanuatu*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Vietnam	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not

Eurasia

Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free

	2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
Country	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free
Armenia	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	6	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly
Azerbaijan	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Belarus	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	6	6	Not
Georgia*	4	4	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Kazakhstan	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	7	5	Not	7	5	Not
Kyrgyzstan	6	5	Not	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Moldova*	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Russia	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Tajikistan	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Turkmenistan	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Ukraine*	3	2	Free	3	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Uzbekistan	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not

Europe

Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free

	2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
Country	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free
Albania*	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Andorra*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Austria*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Belgium*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Bosnia and Herzegovina*	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	4	Partly	4	4	Partly
Bulgaria*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Croatia*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Cyprus*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Czech Republic*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Denmark*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Estonia*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Finland*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
France*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Germany*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Greece*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
Hungary*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free
Iceland*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Ireland*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Italy*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	1	Free	2	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Kosovo*	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	4	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly
Latvia*	2	1	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	1	2	Free	2	2	Free
Liechtenstein*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	2	1	Free	2	1	Free
Lithuania*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Luxembourg*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Macedonia	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly	4	3	Partly
Malta*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Monaco*	2	1	Free	2	1	Free	2	1	Free	2	1	Free	2	1	Free	2	1	Free	2	1	Free	3	1	Free	3	1	Free
Montenegro*	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly
Netherlands*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Norway*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Poland*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free
Portugal*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Romania*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free
San Marino*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Serbia*	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	2	2	Free	3	2	Free	3	2	Free
Slovakia*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Slovenia*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Spain*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Sweden*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Switzerland*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free
Turkey	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	3	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	4	5	Partly	5	6	Not
United Kingdom*	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free	1	1	Free

Middle East and North Africa

Note: The Middle East countries of Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia can be found in the "Europe" and "Eurasia" sections of Freedom House's Freedom in the World report.

Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free

	2010			2011			2012			2013			2014			2015			2016			2017			2018
Country	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free	PR	CL	Free
Algeria	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Bahrain	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Egypt	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	5	5	Partly	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not
Iran	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	5	6	Not
Iraq	5	6	Not	5	6	Not	5	6	Not	6	6	Not	5	6	Not	6	6	Not	5	6	Not	5	6	Not	5	6	Not
Israel*	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	2	Free	1	3	Free
Jordan	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Kuwait	4	4	Partly	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly	5	5	Partly
Lebanon	5	3	Partly	5	3	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	6	4	Partly
Libya	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	6	Not	4	5	Partly	4	5	Partly	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not
Morocco	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	4	Partly	5	5	Partly
Oman	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Qatar	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	5	Not
Saudi Arabia	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Syria	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not	7	7	Not
Tunisia*	7	5	Not	7	5	Not	3	4	Partly	3	4	Partly	3	3	Partly	1	3	Free	1	3	Free	1	3	Free	2	3	Free
United Arab Emirates	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not
Yemen	6	5	Not	6	5	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	6	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not	7	6	Not

Notes

↑ "Freedom in the World Countries | Freedom House". freedomhouse.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
↑ William Ide (11 January 2000). "Freedom House Report: Asia Sees Some Significant Progress". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2012.

References

Bollen, Kenneth A. (1991), "On measuring democracy: Its consequences and concomitants (Chapter 1, Political democracy: Conceptual and measurement traps)", in Inkeles, Alex (ed.), Proceedings of the Conference on Measuring Democracy, 27–28 May 1988, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (second printing, 1993 ed.), New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transactions Publishers, pp. 3–20, ISBN 978-0-88738-881-1
Bollen, Kenneth; Paxton, Pamela; Morishima, Rumi (June 2005). "Assessing international evaluations: An example from USAID's Democracy and Governance Programs" (PDF). American Journal of Evaluation. 26 (2): 189–203. doi:10.1177/1098214005275640. S2CID 146522432. Evaluation performed on behalf of the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), at the request of and with funding from the Strategic and Operational Research Agenda (SORA) of USAID (Office of Democracy and Governance in the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance), according to the National Research Council (2008, p. 28).^{[permanent dead link]}
Gastil, Raymond Duncan (1991), "On measuring democracy: Its consequences and concomitants (Chapter 2, The comparative survey of freedom: Experiences and suggestions)", in Inkeles, Alex (ed.), Proceedings of the Conference on Measuring Democracy, 27–28 May 1988, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (second printing, 1993 ed.), New Brunswick, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Transactions Publishers, pp. 21–46, ISBN 978-0-88738-881-1
Inkeles, Alex, ed. (1991), "On measuring democracy: Its consequences and concomitants (Part I: Measuring democratic political systems)", Proceedings of the Conference on Measuring Democracy, 27–28 May 1988, Hoover Institution, Stanford University (second printing, 1993 ed.), New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transactions Publishers, pp. 1–121, ISBN 978-0-88738-881-1
National Research Council, Committee on Evaluation of USAID Democracy Assistance Programs (2008). Goldstone, Jack A (ed.). Improving democracy assistance: Building knowledge through evaluations and research. National Academies Press. pp. xvi+336. ISBN 978-0-309-11736-4. Individuals can download the complete report (pdf format) for private use.

External links

Freedom in the World 2019 - online at Freedom House
Freedom in the World 2018 - online at Freedom House
Freedom in the World 2017 - online at Freedom House
Freedom in the World 2016 - online at Freedom House
Freedom in the World 2015 - online at Freedom House
Freedom in the World 2014 - online at Freedom House
Freedom in the World 2013 - online at Freedom House

[1] "Freedom in the World Countries | Freedom House". freedomhouse.org. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

[2] William Ide (11 January 2000). "Freedom House Report: Asia Sees Some Significant Progress". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 4 December 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2012.

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