Freedom Score in Guinea
Guinea: Freedom Score was 28 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Freedom Score in Guinea, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for freedom score in Guinea is 28, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 6.7% on the previous year and down 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Guinea peaked at 43 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 15, in 2009.
Guinea ranks 144th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Freedom Score in Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 33 | — |
| 2003 | 36 | +9.1% |
| 2004 | 31 | -13.9% |
| 2005 | 32 | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 32 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 33 | +3.1% |
| 2008 | 28 | -15.2% |
| 2009 | 15 | -46.4% |
| 2010 | 36 | +140.0% |
| 2011 | 34 | -5.6% |
| 2012 | 39 | +14.7% |
| 2013 | 41 | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 41 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 40 | -2.4% |
| 2016 | 41 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 41 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 43 | +4.9% |
| 2019 | 40 | -7.0% |
| 2020 | 38 | -5.0% |
| 2021 | 34 | -10.5% |
| 2022 | 30 | -11.8% |
| 2023 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 30 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 28 | -6.7% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 28 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41, 68% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 28 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35, 80% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Freedom Score in Guinea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +140.0% | 15 | 36 |
| 2009 | -46.4% | 28 | 15 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 30 | 15 | 36 | 8 |
| 2010s | 39.6 | 34 | 43 | 10 |
| 2020s | 31.67 | 28 | 38 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More social development data for Guinea
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 2,154 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 47,692 (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)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0032 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 47,692 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0001 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is freedom score in Guinea?
- Freedom score in Guinea was 28 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 43 in 2018.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 in 2009.
- How does Guinea rank for freedom score?
- Guinea ranks 144th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Freedom Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.