Political rights rating fh, gaps filled by country
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Countries reporting
199
Highest
7
Afghanistan
Lowest
1
Taiwan
Median
3
Years covered
54
1972–2025
Data points
10,266
What the numbers show
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 7 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1 in Taiwan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3, and the mean is 3.73.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 18 fell. The largest increase was in Tunisia (up 500.0%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 50.0%).
Political rights rating fh, gaps filled: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 1 | United Arab Emirates | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Burundi | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 1 | Burkina Faso | 7 | 2025 | up 75.0% | flat |
| 1 | Bahrain | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Belarus | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Central African Republic | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | China | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 1 | Congo | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Djibouti | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Eritrea | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Gabon | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Equatorial Guinea | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Haiti | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 1 | Iran | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 1 | Cambodia | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 1 | Laos | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Libya | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 1 | Mali | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 1 | Myanmar | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 1 | Niger | 7 | 2025 | up 133.3% | falling |
| 1 | Nicaragua | 7 | 2025 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 1 | North Korea | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Russia | 7 | 2025 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Sudan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Somalia | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | South Sudan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Eswatini | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Syria | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Chad | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Venezuela | 7 | 2025 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 1 | Vietnam | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Yemen | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Western Sahara | 7 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Angola | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Brunei | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Cameroon | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Algeria | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Egypt | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Ethiopia | 6 | 2025 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea | 6 | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 44 | Guinea-Bissau | 6 | 2025 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 44 | Hong Kong | 6 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 44 | Kuwait | 6 | 2025 | up 20.0% | flat |
| 44 | Oman | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Palestine | 6 | 1995 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 44 | Qatar | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Rwanda | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 44 | Togo | 6 | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 44 | Thailand | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Tunisia | 6 | 2025 | up 500.0% | falling |
| 44 | Tanzania | 6 | 2025 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 44 | Uganda | 6 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 2025 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 64 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 64 | Comoros | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 64 | Iraq | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 64 | Jordan | 5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 64 | Lebanon | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Morocco | 5 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Madagascar | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 64 | Mozambique | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 64 | Mauritania | 5 | 2025 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 64 | Pakistan | 5 | 2025 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 64 | El Salvador | 5 | 2025 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 64 | Turkey | 5 | 2025 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 64 | USSR | 5 | 1990 | down 16.7% | flat |
| 79 | Armenia | 4 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 79 | Benin | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Georgia | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 79 | Gambia | 4 | 2025 | down 42.9% | rising |
| 79 | Guatemala | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Honduras | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Kenya | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Maldives | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Malaysia | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Nigeria | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Papua New Guinea | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 79 | Singapore | 4 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 79 | Serbia | 4 | 2025 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 79 | Ukraine | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 79 | Zambia | 4 | 2025 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 95 | Albania | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Dominican Republic | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Ecuador | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Fiji | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Guyana | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 95 | Hungary | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 2025 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 95 | Monaco | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 95 | Moldova | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Mexico | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | North Macedonia | 3 | 2025 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 95 | Montenegro | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Namibia | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 95 | Nepal | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Peru | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 95 | Philippines | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Paraguay | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 3 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 95 | Tonga | 3 | 2025 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 115 | Argentina | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Bulgaria | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Belize | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 115 | Bolivia | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Brazil | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Bhutan | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 115 | Botswana | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 115 | Colombia | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 115 | Ghana | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Greece | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Croatia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | India | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Israel | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 115 | Italy | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 115 | Jamaica | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | South Korea | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Liberia | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 115 | Liechtenstein | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Lesotho | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 115 | Malta | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 115 | Malawi | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 115 | Nauru | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Panama | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Poland | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Romania | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Senegal | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Suriname | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Slovakia | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Seychelles | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 115 | East Timor | 2 | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 115 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | United States | 2 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 115 | Vanuatu | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Samoa | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 115 | South Africa | 2 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Andorra | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Australia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Austria | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Belgium | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Bahamas | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Barbados | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Canada | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Switzerland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Chile | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Costa Rica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Cyprus | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Czechia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Germany | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Dominica | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Denmark | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Spain | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Finland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | France | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Micronesia (country) | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | United Kingdom | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Grenada | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Ireland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Iceland | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Japan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Kiribati | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Saint Lucia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Lithuania | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Luxembourg | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Latvia | 1 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Mongolia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Mauritius | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Netherlands | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Norway | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | New Zealand | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Palau | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Puerto Rico | 1 | 2015 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Portugal | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | San Marino | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Slovenia | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Sweden | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Tuvalu | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Uruguay | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 153 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 153 | Taiwan | 1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Political Rights Rating Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
Political rights rating fh with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.