Political Rights Score in Guinea
Guinea: Political Rights Score was 6 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Political Rights Score in Guinea, 2002–2025
Source: Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, political rights score in Guinea stood at 6.
The figure is down 14.3% on the previous year and down 64.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, political rights score in Guinea peaked at 17 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 2, in 2009.
That places Guinea 150th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Political Rights Score in Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | — |
| 2003 | 11 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 9 | -18.2% |
| 2005 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 9 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 10 | +11.1% |
| 2008 | 5 | -50.0% |
| 2009 | 2 | -60.0% |
| 2010 | 14 | +600.0% |
| 2011 | 14 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 15 | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 17 | +13.3% |
| 2014 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 17 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 15 | -11.8% |
| 2020 | 14 | -6.7% |
| 2021 | 10 | -28.6% |
| 2022 | 7 | -30.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 6 | -14.3% |
Guinea compared with similar countries
- Guinea's 6 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15, 40% of the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Guinea's 6 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 10.5, 57% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Political Rights 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 | +600.0% | 2 | 14 |
| 2009 | -60.0% | 5 | 2 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 8.25 | 2 | 11 | 8 |
| 2010s | 16 | 14 | 17 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.5 | 6 | 14 | 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 political rights score in Guinea?
- Political rights score in Guinea was 6 in 2025, according to Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest political rights score recorded in Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 17 in 2013.
- What is the lowest political rights score recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2 in 2009.
- How does Guinea rank for political rights score?
- Guinea ranks 150th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is political rights score rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 64.7%. 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 Political Rights Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Identifies the fine-grained extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights.