Freedom Score in Liberia
Liberia: Freedom Score was 65 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Freedom Score in Liberia, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Liberia recorded 65 for freedom score in 2025. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.6% on the previous year and up 6.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, freedom score in Liberia peaked at 65 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 22, in 2002.
Liberia ranks 95th 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 Liberia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 22 | — |
| 2003 | 22 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 40 | +81.8% |
| 2005 | 56 | +40.0% |
| 2006 | 57 | +1.8% |
| 2007 | 59 | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 59 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 58 | -1.7% |
| 2010 | 58 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 60 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 59 | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 56 | -5.1% |
| 2015 | 61 | +8.9% |
| 2016 | 62 | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 62 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 60 | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 60 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 64 | +6.7% |
| 2024 | 64 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 65 | +1.6% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 65 is above the median for low income countries, which is 18, 3.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 65 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 35, 1.9× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Freedom Score in Liberia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +81.8% | 22 | 40 |
| 2005 | +40.0% | 40 | 56 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 46.62 | 22 | 59 | 8 |
| 2010s | 60 | 56 | 62 | 10 |
| 2020s | 62.17 | 60 | 65 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Liberia
More social development data for Liberia
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 1,172 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5,117 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 2 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0009 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 5,117 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0.0002 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 Liberia?
- Freedom score in Liberia was 65 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest freedom score recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 65 in 2025.
- What is the lowest freedom score recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 22 in 2002.
- How does Liberia rank for freedom score?
- Liberia ranks 95th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is freedom score rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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 freedom score captures the extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, a functioning government, freedom of expression and association, the rule of law, and personal autonomy. Higher scores indicate more freedom.