What is freedom of association index in Egypt?

Freedom of association index in Egypt was 0.159 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Egypt?

The highest recorded value was 0.494 in 2012.

What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Egypt?

The lowest recorded value was 0.05 in 1962.

How does Egypt rank for freedom of association index?

Egypt ranks 149th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Egypt?

Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Egypt data come from?

The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Freedom of Association Index in Egypt

Name: Freedom of Association Index in Egypt
Creator: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
License: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)

Egypt: Freedom of Association Index was 0.159 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.159

Change on year

up 15.2%

World rank

149th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.494

in 2012

All-time low

0.05

in 1962

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Egypt, 1789–2025

Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for freedom of association index in Egypt is 0.159, measured in 2025.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 15.2% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Egypt peaked at 0.494 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.05, in 1962.

Egypt ranks 149th of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 237 years of available data.

Freedom of Association Index in Egypt, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Egypt, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.151	—
1790	0.151	+0.0%
1791	0.151	+0.0%
1792	0.151	+0.0%
1793	0.151	+0.0%
1794	0.151	+0.0%
1795	0.151	+0.0%
1796	0.151	+0.0%
1797	0.151	+0.0%
1798	0.151	+0.0%
1799	0.151	+0.0%
1800	0.151	+0.0%
1801	0.151	+0.0%
1802	0.151	+0.0%
1803	0.151	+0.0%
1804	0.151	+0.0%
1805	0.151	+0.0%
1806	0.151	+0.0%
1807	0.151	+0.0%
1808	0.151	+0.0%
1809	0.151	+0.0%
1810	0.151	+0.0%
1811	0.151	+0.0%
1812	0.151	+0.0%
1813	0.151	+0.0%
1814	0.151	+0.0%
1815	0.151	+0.0%
1816	0.151	+0.0%
1817	0.151	+0.0%
1818	0.151	+0.0%
1819	0.151	+0.0%
1820	0.151	+0.0%
1821	0.151	+0.0%
1822	0.151	+0.0%
1823	0.151	+0.0%
1824	0.151	+0.0%
1825	0.151	+0.0%
1826	0.151	+0.0%
1827	0.151	+0.0%
1828	0.151	+0.0%
1829	0.151	+0.0%
1830	0.151	+0.0%
1831	0.151	+0.0%
1832	0.151	+0.0%
1833	0.151	+0.0%
1834	0.151	+0.0%
1835	0.151	+0.0%
1836	0.151	+0.0%
1837	0.151	+0.0%
1838	0.151	+0.0%
1839	0.151	+0.0%
1840	0.151	+0.0%
1841	0.151	+0.0%
1842	0.151	+0.0%
1843	0.151	+0.0%
1844	0.151	+0.0%
1845	0.151	+0.0%
1846	0.151	+0.0%
1847	0.151	+0.0%
1848	0.151	+0.0%
1849	0.151	+0.0%
1850	0.151	+0.0%
1851	0.151	+0.0%
1852	0.151	+0.0%
1853	0.151	+0.0%
1854	0.151	+0.0%
1855	0.151	+0.0%
1856	0.151	+0.0%
1857	0.151	+0.0%
1858	0.151	+0.0%
1859	0.151	+0.0%
1860	0.151	+0.0%
1861	0.151	+0.0%
1862	0.151	+0.0%
1863	0.151	+0.0%
1864	0.151	+0.0%
1865	0.151	+0.0%
1866	0.151	+0.0%
1867	0.151	+0.0%
1868	0.151	+0.0%
1869	0.151	+0.0%
1870	0.151	+0.0%
1871	0.151	+0.0%
1872	0.151	+0.0%
1873	0.151	+0.0%
1874	0.151	+0.0%
1875	0.151	+0.0%
1876	0.151	+0.0%
1877	0.151	+0.0%
1878	0.151	+0.0%
1879	0.151	+0.0%
1880	0.151	+0.0%
1881	0.151	+0.0%
1882	0.151	+0.0%
1883	0.167	+10.6%
1884	0.167	+0.0%
1885	0.167	+0.0%
1886	0.167	+0.0%
1887	0.167	+0.0%
1888	0.167	+0.0%
1889	0.167	+0.0%
1890	0.167	+0.0%
1891	0.167	+0.0%
1892	0.167	+0.0%
1893	0.167	+0.0%
1894	0.167	+0.0%
1895	0.167	+0.0%
1896	0.167	+0.0%
1897	0.167	+0.0%
1898	0.167	+0.0%
1899	0.167	+0.0%
1900	0.227	+35.9%
1901	0.227	+0.0%
1902	0.227	+0.0%
1903	0.227	+0.0%
1904	0.227	+0.0%
1905	0.227	+0.0%
1906	0.227	+0.0%
1907	0.277	+22.0%
1908	0.277	+0.0%
1909	0.277	+0.0%
1910	0.277	+0.0%
1911	0.277	+0.0%
1912	0.277	+0.0%
1913	0.274	-1.1%
1914	0.245	-10.6%
1915	0.236	-3.7%
1916	0.236	+0.0%
1917	0.236	+0.0%
1918	0.236	+0.0%
1919	0.236	+0.0%
1920	0.219	-7.2%
1921	0.219	+0.0%
1922	0.219	+0.0%
1923	0.219	+0.0%
1924	0.229	+4.6%
1925	0.229	+0.0%
1926	0.229	+0.0%
1927	0.229	+0.0%
1928	0.229	+0.0%
1929	0.229	+0.0%
1930	0.229	+0.0%
1931	0.229	+0.0%
1932	0.229	+0.0%
1933	0.229	+0.0%
1934	0.229	+0.0%
1935	0.229	+0.0%
1936	0.229	+0.0%
1937	0.229	+0.0%
1938	0.229	+0.0%
1939	0.229	+0.0%
1940	0.229	+0.0%
1941	0.229	+0.0%
1942	0.229	+0.0%
1943	0.229	+0.0%
1944	0.229	+0.0%
1945	0.266	+16.2%
1946	0.267	+0.4%
1947	0.267	+0.0%
1948	0.267	+0.0%
1949	0.267	+0.0%
1950	0.287	+7.5%
1951	0.287	+0.0%
1952	0.248	-13.6%
1953	0.064	-74.2%
1954	0.064	+0.0%
1955	0.064	+0.0%
1956	0.066	+3.1%
1957	0.067	+1.5%
1958	0.066	-1.5%
1959	0.066	+0.0%
1960	0.064	-3.0%
1961	0.058	-9.4%
1962	0.05	-13.8%
1963	0.05	+0.0%
1964	0.051	+2.0%
1965	0.051	+0.0%
1966	0.05	-2.0%
1967	0.05	+0.0%
1968	0.05	+0.0%
1969	0.051	+2.0%
1970	0.064	+25.5%
1971	0.071	+10.9%
1972	0.097	+36.6%
1973	0.1	+3.1%
1974	0.1	+0.0%
1975	0.1	+0.0%
1976	0.124	+24.0%
1977	0.152	+22.6%
1978	0.159	+4.6%
1979	0.157	-1.3%
1980	0.156	-0.6%
1981	0.175	+12.2%
1982	0.186	+6.3%
1983	0.186	+0.0%
1984	0.187	+0.5%
1985	0.188	+0.5%
1986	0.188	+0.0%
1987	0.189	+0.5%
1988	0.19	+0.5%
1989	0.19	+0.0%
1990	0.19	+0.0%
1991	0.187	-1.6%
1992	0.187	+0.0%
1993	0.215	+15.0%
1994	0.212	-1.4%
1995	0.212	+0.0%
1996	0.216	+1.9%
1997	0.207	-4.2%
1998	0.221	+6.8%
1999	0.22	-0.5%
2000	0.209	-5.0%
2001	0.212	+1.4%
2002	0.212	+0.0%
2003	0.212	+0.0%
2004	0.219	+3.3%
2005	0.222	+1.4%
2006	0.227	+2.3%
2007	0.227	+0.0%
2008	0.227	+0.0%
2009	0.224	-1.3%
2010	0.224	+0.0%
2011	0.407	+81.7%
2012	0.494	+21.4%
2013	0.288	-41.7%
2014	0.162	-43.7%
2015	0.164	+1.2%
2016	0.162	-1.2%
2017	0.152	-6.2%
2018	0.144	-5.3%
2019	0.147	+2.1%
2020	0.132	-10.2%
2021	0.137	+3.8%
2022	0.141	+2.9%
2023	0.161	+14.2%
2024	0.138	-14.3%
2025	0.159	+15.2%

Egypt compared with similar countries

Egypt's 0.159 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.567, 28% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
Egypt's 0.159 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.29, 55% of the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.151	0.151	0.151	1
1790s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1800s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1810s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1820s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1830s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1840s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1850s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1860s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1870s	0.151	0.151	0.151	10
1880s	0.1622	0.151	0.167	10
1890s	0.167	0.167	0.167	10
1900s	0.242	0.227	0.277	10
1910s	0.253	0.236	0.277	10
1920s	0.225	0.219	0.229	10
1930s	0.229	0.229	0.229	10
1940s	0.2479	0.229	0.267	10
1950s	0.1279	0.064	0.287	10
1960s	0.0525	0.05	0.064	10
1970s	0.1124	0.064	0.159	10
1980s	0.1835	0.156	0.19	10
1990s	0.2067	0.187	0.221	10
2000s	0.2191	0.209	0.227	10
2010s	0.2344	0.144	0.494	10
2020s	0.1447	0.132	0.161	6

Countries ranked near Egypt

146 Cambodia 0.195 compare
147 Hong Kong 0.178 compare
148 Equatorial Guinea 0.167 compare
149 Syria 0.159 compare
151 South Sudan 0.152 compare
152 Uzbekistan 0.149 compare

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Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 23,763 (2025)
Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 6 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Egypt?: Freedom of association index in Egypt was 0.159 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Egypt?: The highest recorded value was 0.494 in 2012.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Egypt?: The lowest recorded value was 0.05 in 1962.
How does Egypt rank for freedom of association index?: Egypt ranks 149th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Egypt?: Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Egypt data come from?: The figures come from V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom of Association Index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Freedom of Association Index
Source: V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 176 places, 30,011 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Central estimate of the extent to which parties, including opposition parties, are allowed to form and participate in elections and the extent to which civil society organizations are allowed to form and operate freely.