What is freedom of association index in Ireland?

Freedom of association index in Ireland was 0.912 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.

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

The highest recorded value was 0.924 in 2018.

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

The lowest recorded value was 0.604 in 1919.

How does Ireland rank for freedom of association index?

Ireland ranks 10th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.

Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Ireland?

Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Ireland 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 Ireland

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

Ireland: Freedom of Association Index was 0.912 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

0.912

Change on year

unchanged

World rank

10th

of 176 countries

All-time high

0.924

in 2018

All-time low

0.604

in 1919

Years of data

237

1789–2025

Freedom of Association Index in Ireland, 1789–2025

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

Analysis

Ireland recorded 0.912 for freedom of association index in 2025.

The figure is down 0.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, freedom of association index in Ireland peaked at 0.924 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 0.604, in 1919.

That places Ireland 10th out of 176 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

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

Freedom of Association Index in Ireland, year by year

Annual values for Freedom of Association Index in Ireland, 1789 to 2025.
Year	Value	Change
1789	0.735	—
1790	0.778	+5.9%
1791	0.815	+4.8%
1792	0.815	+0.0%
1793	0.815	+0.0%
1794	0.815	+0.0%
1795	0.815	+0.0%
1796	0.816	+0.1%
1797	0.817	+0.1%
1798	0.817	+0.0%
1799	0.817	+0.0%
1800	0.817	+0.0%
1801	0.817	+0.0%
1802	0.818	+0.1%
1803	0.818	+0.0%
1804	0.818	+0.0%
1805	0.818	+0.0%
1806	0.819	+0.1%
1807	0.819	+0.0%
1808	0.819	+0.0%
1809	0.819	+0.0%
1810	0.821	+0.2%
1811	0.821	+0.0%
1812	0.819	-0.2%
1813	0.815	-0.5%
1814	0.815	+0.0%
1815	0.815	+0.0%
1816	0.815	+0.0%
1817	0.815	+0.0%
1818	0.816	+0.1%
1819	0.763	-6.5%
1820	0.766	+0.4%
1821	0.767	+0.1%
1822	0.767	+0.0%
1823	0.767	+0.0%
1824	0.767	+0.0%
1825	0.843	+9.9%
1826	0.843	+0.0%
1827	0.844	+0.1%
1828	0.844	+0.0%
1829	0.816	-3.3%
1830	0.817	+0.1%
1831	0.818	+0.1%
1832	0.818	+0.0%
1833	0.813	-0.6%
1834	0.813	+0.0%
1835	0.82	+0.9%
1836	0.82	+0.0%
1837	0.819	-0.1%
1838	0.816	-0.4%
1839	0.842	+3.2%
1840	0.842	+0.0%
1841	0.843	+0.1%
1842	0.844	+0.1%
1843	0.844	+0.0%
1844	0.844	+0.0%
1845	0.844	+0.0%
1846	0.844	+0.0%
1847	0.844	+0.0%
1848	0.842	-0.2%
1849	0.842	+0.0%
1850	0.842	+0.0%
1851	0.842	+0.0%
1852	0.843	+0.1%
1853	0.844	+0.1%
1854	0.844	+0.0%
1855	0.844	+0.0%
1856	0.844	+0.0%
1857	0.844	+0.0%
1858	0.844	+0.0%
1859	0.846	+0.2%
1860	0.847	+0.1%
1861	0.847	+0.0%
1862	0.847	+0.0%
1863	0.847	+0.0%
1864	0.847	+0.0%
1865	0.844	-0.4%
1866	0.841	-0.4%
1867	0.841	+0.0%
1868	0.841	+0.0%
1869	0.843	+0.2%
1870	0.854	+1.3%
1871	0.854	+0.0%
1872	0.854	+0.0%
1873	0.854	+0.0%
1874	0.856	+0.2%
1875	0.856	+0.0%
1876	0.856	+0.0%
1877	0.856	+0.0%
1878	0.856	+0.0%
1879	0.856	+0.0%
1880	0.853	-0.4%
1881	0.852	-0.1%
1882	0.852	+0.0%
1883	0.852	+0.0%
1884	0.852	+0.0%
1885	0.852	+0.0%
1886	0.852	+0.0%
1887	0.852	+0.0%
1888	0.852	+0.0%
1889	0.852	+0.0%
1890	0.852	+0.0%
1891	0.852	+0.0%
1892	0.855	+0.4%
1893	0.858	+0.4%
1894	0.858	+0.0%
1895	0.855	-0.3%
1896	0.852	-0.4%
1897	0.852	+0.0%
1898	0.866	+1.6%
1899	0.866	+0.0%
1900	0.869	+0.3%
1901	0.873	+0.5%
1902	0.873	+0.0%
1903	0.873	+0.0%
1904	0.873	+0.0%
1905	0.873	+0.0%
1906	0.876	+0.3%
1907	0.876	+0.0%
1908	0.876	+0.0%
1909	0.876	+0.0%
1910	0.875	-0.1%
1911	0.875	+0.0%
1912	0.875	+0.0%
1913	0.875	+0.0%
1914	0.873	-0.2%
1915	0.873	+0.0%
1916	0.873	+0.0%
1917	0.873	+0.0%
1918	0.872	-0.1%
1919	0.604	-30.7%
1920	0.643	+6.5%
1921	0.708	+10.1%
1922	0.802	+13.3%
1923	0.816	+1.7%
1924	0.865	+6.0%
1925	0.865	+0.0%
1926	0.865	+0.0%
1927	0.869	+0.5%
1928	0.879	+1.2%
1929	0.879	+0.0%
1930	0.879	+0.0%
1931	0.879	+0.0%
1932	0.879	+0.0%
1933	0.879	+0.0%
1934	0.879	+0.0%
1935	0.879	+0.0%
1936	0.879	+0.0%
1937	0.88	+0.1%
1938	0.88	+0.0%
1939	0.88	+0.0%
1940	0.88	+0.0%
1941	0.88	+0.0%
1942	0.88	+0.0%
1943	0.88	+0.0%
1944	0.88	+0.0%
1945	0.88	+0.0%
1946	0.88	+0.0%
1947	0.88	+0.0%
1948	0.882	+0.2%
1949	0.883	+0.1%
1950	0.883	+0.0%
1951	0.882	-0.1%
1952	0.881	-0.1%
1953	0.881	+0.0%
1954	0.881	+0.0%
1955	0.88	-0.1%
1956	0.88	+0.0%
1957	0.879	-0.1%
1958	0.879	+0.0%
1959	0.879	+0.0%
1960	0.879	+0.0%
1961	0.887	+0.9%
1962	0.885	-0.2%
1963	0.885	+0.0%
1964	0.885	+0.0%
1965	0.886	+0.1%
1966	0.884	-0.2%
1967	0.883	-0.1%
1968	0.883	+0.0%
1969	0.884	+0.1%
1970	0.885	+0.1%
1971	0.885	+0.0%
1972	0.885	+0.0%
1973	0.885	+0.0%
1974	0.885	+0.0%
1975	0.885	+0.0%
1976	0.885	+0.0%
1977	0.885	+0.0%
1978	0.886	+0.1%
1979	0.886	+0.0%
1980	0.886	+0.0%
1981	0.884	-0.2%
1982	0.883	-0.1%
1983	0.883	+0.0%
1984	0.883	+0.0%
1985	0.883	+0.0%
1986	0.883	+0.0%
1987	0.887	+0.5%
1988	0.888	+0.1%
1989	0.886	-0.2%
1990	0.885	-0.1%
1991	0.912	+3.1%
1992	0.912	+0.0%
1993	0.911	-0.1%
1994	0.911	+0.0%
1995	0.911	+0.0%
1996	0.911	+0.0%
1997	0.911	+0.0%
1998	0.911	+0.0%
1999	0.911	+0.0%
2000	0.911	+0.0%
2001	0.911	+0.0%
2002	0.91	-0.1%
2003	0.91	+0.0%
2004	0.91	+0.0%
2005	0.91	+0.0%
2006	0.91	+0.0%
2007	0.913	+0.3%
2008	0.915	+0.2%
2009	0.915	+0.0%
2010	0.915	+0.0%
2011	0.916	+0.1%
2012	0.917	+0.1%
2013	0.917	+0.0%
2014	0.917	+0.0%
2015	0.917	+0.0%
2016	0.914	-0.3%
2017	0.918	+0.4%
2018	0.924	+0.7%
2019	0.922	-0.2%
2020	0.92	-0.2%
2021	0.92	+0.0%
2022	0.912	-0.9%
2023	0.912	+0.0%
2024	0.912	+0.0%
2025	0.912	+0.0%

Ireland compared with similar countries

Ireland's 0.912 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.868, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
Ireland's 0.912 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.8555, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1780s	0.735	0.735	0.735	1
1790s	0.812	0.778	0.817	10
1800s	0.8182	0.817	0.819	10
1810s	0.8115	0.763	0.821	10
1820s	0.8024	0.766	0.844	10
1830s	0.8196	0.813	0.842	10
1840s	0.8433	0.842	0.844	10
1850s	0.8437	0.842	0.846	10
1860s	0.8445	0.841	0.847	10
1870s	0.8552	0.854	0.856	10
1880s	0.8521	0.852	0.853	10
1890s	0.8566	0.852	0.866	10
1900s	0.8738	0.869	0.876	10
1910s	0.8468	0.604	0.875	10
1920s	0.8191	0.643	0.879	10
1930s	0.8793	0.879	0.88	10
1940s	0.8805	0.88	0.883	10
1950s	0.8805	0.879	0.883	10
1960s	0.8841	0.879	0.887	10
1970s	0.8852	0.885	0.886	10
1980s	0.8846	0.883	0.888	10
1990s	0.9086	0.885	0.912	10
2000s	0.9115	0.91	0.915	10
2010s	0.9177	0.914	0.924	10
2020s	0.9147	0.912	0.92	6

Countries ranked near Ireland

7 Norway 0.915 compare
7 Spain 0.915 compare
9 United States 0.913 compare
11 Estonia 0.908 compare
12 Malta 0.902 compare
12 Uruguay 0.902 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is freedom of association index in Ireland?: Freedom of association index in Ireland was 0.912 in 2025, according to V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
What is the highest freedom of association index recorded in Ireland?: The highest recorded value was 0.924 in 2018.
What is the lowest freedom of association index recorded in Ireland?: The lowest recorded value was 0.604 in 1919.
How does Ireland rank for freedom of association index?: Ireland ranks 10th out of 176 countries with data for 2025.
Is freedom of association index rising or falling in Ireland?: Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ireland 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.