Freedom in the World 2019

Freedom in the World 2019

• Freedom in the World has recorded global declines in political rights and civil liberties for an alarming 13 consecutive years, from 2005 to 2018. The global average score has declined each year, and countries with net score declines have consistently outnumbered those with net improvements.
• A total of 68 countries suffered net declines in political rights and civil liberties during 2018, with only 50 registering gains.

Source: Freedom House

Note: Asterisks indicate territories, as opposed to countries.

#	Country or Territory	Aggregate Score
1	Finland	100
2	Norway	100
3	Sweden	100
4	Canada	99
5	Netherlands	99
6	Australia	98
7	Luxembourg	98
8	New Zealand	98
9	Uruguay	98
10	Denmark	97
11	Ireland	97
12	Barbados	96
13	Belgium	96
14	Japan	96
15	Portugal	96
16	Switzerland	96
17	San Marino	95
18	Andorra	94
19	Chile	94
20	Cyprus	94
21	Estonia	94
22	Germany	94
23	Iceland	94
24	Slovenia	94
25	Spain	94
26	Austria	93
27	Dominica	93
28	Kiribati	93
29	Marshall Islands	93
30	Taiwan	93
31	Tuvalu	93
32	United Kingdom	93
33	Micronesia	92
34	Palau	92
35	St. Lucia	92
36	Bahamas	91
37	Costa Rica	91
38	Czech Republic	91
39	Lithuania	91
40	Malta	91
41	St. Vincent and Grenadines	91
42	Cape Verde	90
43	France	90
44	Liechtenstein	90
45	Grenada	89
46	Italy	89
47	Mauritius	89
48	St. Kitts and Nevis	89
49	Slovakia	88
50	Greece	87
51	Latvia	87
52	Belize	86
53	United States	86
54	Croatia	85
55	Mongolia	85
56	Antigua and Barbuda	84
57	Argentina	84
58	Panama	84
59	Poland	84
60	Ghana	83
61	São Tomé and Príncipe	83
62	South Korea	83
63	Monaco	82
64	Trinidad and Tobago	82
65	Vanuatu	82
66	Northern Cyprus *	81
67	Romania	81
68	Samoa	81
69	Bulgaria	80
70	Benin	79
71	Solomon Islands	79
72	South Africa	79
73	Tonga	79
74	Israel	78
75	Jamaica	78
76	Nauru	78
77	Suriname	77
78	Brazil	75
79	Guyana	75
80	India	75
81	Namibia	75
82	Peru	73
83	Botswana	72
84	Senegal	72
85	Seychelles	71
86	Hungary	70
87	Timor-Leste	70
88	Tunisia	69
89	Albania	68
90	Bolivia	67
91	Dominican Republic	67
92	El Salvador	67
93	Serbia	67
94	Colombia	66
95	Montenegro	65
96	Paraguay	65
97	Sierra Leone	65
98	Malawi	64
99	Papua New Guinea	64
100	Ecuador	63
101	Georgia	63
102	Lesotho	63
103	Mexico	63
104	Indonesia	62
105	Liberia	62
106	Fiji	61
107	Philippines	61
108	Burkina Faso	60
109	Ukraine	60
110	Ukraine	60
111	Bhutan	59
112	Hong Kong *	59
113	North Macedonia	59
114	Moldova	58
115	Madagascar	56
116	Sri Lanka	56
117	Kosovo	54
118	Nepal	54
119	Zambia	54
120	Bosnia and Herzegovina	53
121	Guatemala	53
122	Malaysia	52
123	Armenia	51
124	Côte d'Ivoire	51
125	Mozambique	51
126	Singapore	51
127	Comoros	50
128	Nigeria	50
129	Indian Kashmir *	49
130	Niger	49
131	Kenya	48
132	Honduras	46
133	Gambia, The	45
134	Lebanon	45
135	Tanzania	45
136	Mali	44
137	Guinea	43
138	Somaliland*	43
139	Togo	43
140	Guinea-Bissau	42
141	Abkhazia*	41
142	Bangladesh	41
143	Haiti	41
144	Morocco	39
145	Pakistan	39
146	Kyrgyzstan	38
147	Jordan	37
148	Kuwait	36
149	Uganda	36
150	Maldives	35
151	Algeria	34
152	Iraq	32
153	Mauritania	32
154	Nicaragua	32
155	Angola	31
156	Nagorno-Karabakh *	31
157	Turkey	31
158	Zimbabwe	31
159	Myanmar	30
160	Thailand	30
161	Brunei	29
162	Pakistani Kashmir *	28
163	Afghanistan	27
164	Cambodia	26
165	Djibouti	26
166	Qatar	25
167	West Bank*	25
168	Transnistria *	24
169	Gabon	23
170	Oman	23
171	Rwanda	23
172	Egypt	22
173	Kazakhstan	22
174	Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville)	21
175	Russia	20
176	Vietnam	20
177	Belarus	19
178	Cameroon	19
179	Ethiopia	19
180	Venezuela	19
181	Venezuela (Spanish)	19
182	Iran	18
183	Chad	17
184	United Arab Emirates	17
185	Eswatini	16
186	Congo, DR of (Kinshasa)	15
187	Burundi	14
188	Cuba	14
189	Laos	14
190	Bahrain	12
191	Azerbaijan	11
192	China	11
193	Gaza Strip *	11
194	Yemen	11
195	South Ossetia*	10
196	Central African Republic	9
197	Libya	9
198	Tajikistan	9
199	Uzbekistan	9
200	Crimea *	8
201	Crimea	8
202	Saudi Arabia	7
203	Somalia	7
204	Sudan	7
205	Equatorial Guinea	6
206	Western Sahara*	4
207	North Korea	3
208	Eritrea	2
209	South Sudan	2
210	Turkmenistan	2
211	Tibet *	1
212	Syria	0