Freedom Score by country
Freedom House's total democracy score is a 0-to-100 aggregate that adds up a country's points on 25 indicators of political rights (max 40) and civil liberties (max 60), creating a single snapshot of the freedoms people actually enjoy.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
100
Finland
Lowest
0
South Sudan
Median
61
Years covered
24
2002–2025
Data points
4,706
What the numbers show
Freedom Score is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 100 in Finland; the lowest is 0 in South Sudan.
The median across all reporting countries is 61, and the mean is 56.02.
Over the past decade 49 countries rose and 126 fell. The largest increase was in Syria (up 1,100.0%), and the largest decrease in South Sudan (down 100.0%).
Freedom Score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Norway | 99 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | New Zealand | 99 | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 2 | Sweden | 99 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Canada | 97 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | Denmark | 97 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 6 | Netherlands | 97 | 2025 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 6 | San Marino | 97 | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 6 | Slovenia | 97 | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 6 | Uruguay | 97 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Switzerland | 96 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Estonia | 96 | 2025 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 13 | Japan | 96 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Portugal | 96 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Belgium | 95 | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Chile | 95 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Czechia | 95 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Germany | 95 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Iceland | 95 | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 22 | Australia | 94 | 2025 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 22 | Austria | 94 | 2025 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 22 | Barbados | 94 | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 25 | Andorra | 93 | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 25 | Marshall Islands | 93 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Tuvalu | 93 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 25 | Taiwan | 93 | 2025 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 29 | Cape Verde | 92 | 2025 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 29 | Dominica | 92 | 2025 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 29 | Micronesia (country) | 92 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 29 | United Kingdom | 92 | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 29 | Palau | 92 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 91 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 34 | Spain | 91 | 2025 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 91 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 37 | Bahamas | 90 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 37 | Cyprus | 90 | 2025 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 37 | Lithuania | 90 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 37 | Puerto Rico | 90 | 2015 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 37 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 90 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 43 | France | 89 | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 43 | Grenada | 89 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 43 | Kiribati | 89 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 43 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 89 | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 43 | Latvia | 89 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 48 | Slovakia | 88 | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Belize | 87 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 50 | Italy | 87 | 2025 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 50 | Mauritius | 87 | 2025 | down 3.3% | flat |
| 53 | Argentina | 85 | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 53 | Greece | 85 | 2025 | up 2.4% | flat |
| 55 | Mongolia | 84 | 2025 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 55 | Sao Tome and Principe | 84 | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 55 | Samoa | 84 | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 58 | Antigua and Barbuda | 83 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 58 | South Korea | 83 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Romania | 83 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | Trinidad and Tobago | 83 | 2025 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 62 | Croatia | 82 | 2025 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 62 | Monaco | 82 | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 62 | Panama | 82 | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 62 | Poland | 82 | 2025 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 62 | Vanuatu | 82 | 2025 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 67 | Jamaica | 81 | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 67 | Suriname | 81 | 2025 | up 5.2% | flat |
| 67 | Seychelles | 81 | 2025 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 67 | United States | 81 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 67 | South Africa | 81 | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 72 | Ghana | 80 | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 73 | Tonga | 79 | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 74 | Botswana | 75 | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 74 | Nauru | 75 | 2025 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 76 | Bulgaria | 74 | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 76 | Guyana | 74 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Solomon Islands | 74 | 2025 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 79 | Brazil | 73 | 2025 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 79 | Israel | 73 | 2025 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 79 | Namibia | 73 | 2025 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 79 | East Timor | 73 | 2025 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 83 | Fiji | 72 | 2025 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 84 | Senegal | 70 | 2025 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 85 | Albania | 69 | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 85 | Bolivia | 69 | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 85 | Bhutan | 69 | 2025 | up 23.2% | rising |
| 85 | Colombia | 69 | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 89 | Montenegro | 68 | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 89 | Malawi | 68 | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 91 | Dominican Republic | 67 | 2025 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 91 | Lesotho | 67 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 67 | 2025 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 94 | Peru | 66 | 2025 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 95 | Hungary | 65 | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 95 | Liberia | 65 | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 97 | Ecuador | 64 | 2025 | up 8.5% | flat |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 63 | 2025 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 98 | Paraguay | 63 | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 100 | India | 62 | 2025 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 101 | Benin | 61 | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 101 | Papua New Guinea | 61 | 2025 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 101 | Sierra Leone | 61 | 2025 | down 6.2% | flat |
| 104 | Moldova | 60 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Nepal | 59 | 2025 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 106 | Mexico | 58 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 106 | Philippines | 58 | 2025 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 108 | Indonesia | 56 | 2025 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 109 | Armenia | 54 | 2025 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 109 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54 | 2025 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 111 | Malaysia | 53 | 2025 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 111 | Serbia | 53 | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 111 | Zambia | 53 | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 114 | Georgia | 51 | 2025 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 114 | Gambia | 51 | 2025 | up 183.3% | falling |
| 114 | Ukraine | 51 | 2025 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 117 | Madagascar | 50 | 2025 | down 10.7% | flat |
| 118 | Kenya | 49 | 2025 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 119 | Guatemala | 48 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 119 | Singapore | 48 | 2025 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 121 | Honduras | 47 | 2025 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 122 | Cote d'Ivoire | 46 | 2025 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 123 | Bangladesh | 44 | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 123 | Nigeria | 44 | 2025 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 125 | Mozambique | 42 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 125 | El Salvador | 42 | 2025 | down 39.1% | falling |
| 125 | Tunisia | 42 | 2025 | down 46.8% | rising |
| 128 | Comoros | 41 | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 128 | Hong Kong | 41 | 2025 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 128 | Lebanon | 41 | 2025 | down 4.7% | flat |
| 128 | Maldives | 41 | 2025 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 132 | Mauritania | 38 | 2025 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 133 | Morocco | 37 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 133 | Togo | 37 | 2025 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 135 | Jordan | 34 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 33 | 2025 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 136 | Thailand | 33 | 2025 | up 3.1% | falling |
| 136 | Uganda | 33 | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 139 | Pakistan | 32 | 2025 | down 22.0% | flat |
| 139 | Turkey | 32 | 2025 | down 39.6% | falling |
| 141 | Algeria | 31 | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 141 | Iraq | 31 | 2025 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 143 | Kuwait | 30 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 144 | Angola | 28 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 144 | Guinea | 28 | 2025 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 144 | Tanzania | 28 | 2025 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 147 | Brunei | 27 | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 147 | Niger | 27 | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 149 | Gabon | 25 | 2025 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 149 | Kyrgyzstan | 25 | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 149 | Qatar | 25 | 2025 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | 25 | 2025 | down 21.9% | rising |
| 153 | Djibouti | 24 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 153 | Oman | 24 | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 155 | Kazakhstan | 23 | 2025 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 156 | Haiti | 22 | 2025 | down 46.3% | flat |
| 156 | Cambodia | 22 | 2025 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 158 | Mali | 21 | 2025 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 158 | Rwanda | 21 | 2025 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 20 | 2025 | down 66.1% | falling |
| 160 | Vietnam | 20 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | United Arab Emirates | 18 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 162 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 18 | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 162 | Egypt | 18 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 18 | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 166 | Congo | 17 | 2025 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 166 | Eswatini | 17 | 2025 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 168 | Cameroon | 15 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 168 | Chad | 15 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 170 | Nicaragua | 14 | 2025 | down 74.1% | falling |
| 171 | Burundi | 13 | 2025 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 171 | Laos | 13 | 2025 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 171 | Venezuela | 13 | 2025 | down 62.9% | falling |
| 174 | Bahrain | 12 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 174 | Russia | 12 | 2025 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 174 | Uzbekistan | 12 | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Iran | 10 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 177 | Libya | 10 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Syria | 10 | 2025 | up 1,100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Yemen | 10 | 2025 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 181 | China | 9 | 2025 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 181 | Cuba | 9 | 2025 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 181 | Saudi Arabia | 9 | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 184 | Afghanistan | 8 | 2025 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 184 | Somalia | 8 | 2025 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Belarus | 7 | 2025 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 187 | Azerbaijan | 6 | 2025 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Central African Republic | 5 | 2025 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 188 | Equatorial Guinea | 5 | 2025 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 188 | Tajikistan | 5 | 2025 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Myanmar | 4 | 2025 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Western Sahara | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 193 | Eritrea | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 193 | North Korea | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 195 | Sudan | 1 | 2025 | down 83.3% | falling |
| 195 | Turkmenistan | 1 | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 197 | South Sudan | 0 | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Freedom House's total democracy score is a 0-to-100 aggregate that adds up a country's points on 25 indicators of political rights (max 40) and civil liberties (max 60), creating a single snapshot of the freedoms people actually enjoy.