Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre by country
Political rights rating fh divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 1.44 units per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Canada.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0087 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 82 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in Hungary (up 197.6%), and the largest decrease in Latvia (down 50.0%).
Political rights rating fh, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 1.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 45.9% | falling |
| 2 | Nauru | 0.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 3 | Tuvalu | 0.0333 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 4 | San Marino | 0.0167 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Maldives | 0.0134 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 0.0125 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Bahrain | 0.0088 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 8 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0077 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 9 | Malta | 0.0063 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 0.0057 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 11 | Singapore | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 0.0056 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0045 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 14 | Seychelles | 0.0043 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 15 | Grenada | 0.0029 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 16 | Tonga | 0.0028 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 17 | Comoros | 0.0027 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 18 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0026 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 19 | Barbados | 0.0023 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 20 | Palau | 0.0022 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Andorra | 0.0021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 23 | Saint Lucia | 0.0016 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Dominica | 0.0013 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 26 | Kiribati | 0.0012 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 27 | Brunei | 0.0011 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Mauritius | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 29 | Palestine | 0.001 units per square kilometre | 1995 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 30 | Samoa | 0.0007 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 31 | Qatar | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 32 | Lebanon | 0.0005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 33 | Eswatini | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 34 | Gambia | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 35 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 36 | Luxembourg | 0.0004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Djibouti | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 38 | Kuwait | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 0.0003 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 40 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Cape Verde | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 42 | Rwanda | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 43 | Montenegro | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Haiti | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 45 | El Salvador | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 46 | Jamaica | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 47 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 48 | Fiji | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 49 | Vanuatu | 0.0002 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Armenia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 51 | East Timor | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2015 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Albania | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Cyprus | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 56 | Solomon Islands | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 57 | Bahamas | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 59 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 60 | Israel | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 61 | Togo | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 62 | Moldova | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 63 | Belize | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 65 | Jordan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 66 | Cuba | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 67 | Lesotho | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 68 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 69 | Dominican Republic | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.3% | rising |
| 70 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | rising |
| 71 | North Korea | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | Eritrea | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 73 | Georgia | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 74 | Bhutan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.4% | falling |
| 75 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 76 | Slovenia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 77 | Serbia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 108.0% | rising |
| 78 | Guatemala | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | flat |
| 79 | Sierra Leone | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 80 | Cambodia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 81 | Bangladesh | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.9% | falling |
| 82 | Syria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | Croatia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Benin | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Belarus | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 88 | Hungary | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Belgium | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 90 | Tunisia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 91 | Malawi | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 92 | Laos | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 93 | Uganda | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 94 | Netherlands | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 95 | Gabon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 96 | Panama | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 98 | Switzerland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 99 | Denmark | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 101 | Estonia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 102 | Vietnam | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 103 | Nepal | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 104 | Slovakia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 105 | Liberia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 106 | Congo | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 107 | South Korea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Costa Rica | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 109 | Oman | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 111 | Latvia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 113 | Uzbekistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 114 | Senegal | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 115 | Greece | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 116 | Zimbabwe | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 117 | Turkmenistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Ireland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | Yemen | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 120 | Czechia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 121 | Cameroon | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 122 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 123 | Suriname | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Malaysia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 125 | Austria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Ecuador | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 127 | Iraq | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 128 | Central African Republic | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 129 | Morocco | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 130 | Somalia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 131 | South Sudan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 132 | Portugal | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Afghanistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 134 | Myanmar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | falling |
| 135 | Philippines | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 136 | Iceland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 137 | Thailand | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 138 | Guyana | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 140 | Ghana | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Romania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 142 | Venezuela | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Paraguay | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 144 | Ukraine | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 145 | Kenya | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 146 | Poland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Turkey | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 148 | Pakistan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | flat |
| 149 | Mozambique | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 150 | Egypt | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 151 | Uruguay | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 152 | Tanzania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 66.7% | falling |
| 153 | Chad | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 154 | Zambia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.3% | falling |
| 155 | Ethiopia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 156 | Botswana | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 157 | Madagascar | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 158 | Mali | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 159 | Mauritania | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 160 | Angola | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 161 | Niger | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 163 | Iran | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 164 | United Kingdom | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 165 | Libya | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.0% | flat |
| 166 | New Zealand | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Sudan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Italy | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 169 | Finland | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 170 | Saudi Arabia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 171 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | flat |
| 172 | Germany | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 173 | Bolivia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 174 | Norway | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 175 | Japan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | falling |
| 176 | Kazakhstan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 177 | Algeria | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Sweden | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 179 | Namibia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 180 | Peru | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Spain | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 182 | France | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Colombia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 184 | South Africa | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 185 | Indonesia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 186 | Mexico | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 187 | Chile | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 188 | China | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 189 | Argentina | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 190 | India | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 191 | Mongolia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Russia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 193 | Brazil | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 194 | United States | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 195 | Australia | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 196 | Canada | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
How this figure is calculated
Political rights rating fh divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Political rights rating fh ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Political rights rating fh Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Political rights rating fh divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.