List of Indices of Freedom
There are several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world and rank countries as being free, partly free, or unfree using various measures of freedom, including political rights, economic rights, and civil liberties.
- Freedom in the World published by Freedom House ranks countries by political rights and civil liberties that are derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Countries are assessed as free, partly free, or unfree.
- The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual report published by The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. Countries are assessed as free, mostly free, mostly unfree, and unfree.
- Worldwide Press Freedom Index is published by Reporters Without Borders. Countries are assessed as having a good situation, a satisfactory situation, noticeable problems, a difficult situation, or a very serious situation.
Current assessments
Here is a table of the assessments in each index for most countries of the world. For exact rankings rather than assessments, refer to the individual index articles.
| Index | Scale | |||||||||
| Freedom in the World | free | partly free | not free | |||||||
| Index of Economic Freedom | free | mostly free | mostly unfree | unfree | ||||||
| Worldwide Press Freedom Index | good | satisfactory | problems | difficult | very serious | |||||
| Country | Freedom House | Economic Freedom | Press Freedom |
| Missing image Afghanistan_flag_large.png Afghanistan | not free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Albania_flag_large.png Albania Albania | partly free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Algeria.png Algeria Algeria | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Andorra_flag_large.png Andorra Andorra | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Angola_flag_large.png Angola Angola | not free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Antigua_and_barbuda_flag_large.png Antigua and Barbuda Antigua and Barbuda | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Argentina_flag_large.png Argentina Argentina | free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Armenia_flag_large.png Armenia Armenia | partly free | mostly free | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Australia_flag_large.png Australia Australia | free | free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Austria_flag_large.png Austria Austria | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Azerbaijan_flag_large.png Azerbaijan Azerbaijan | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Bahamas_flag_large.png Bahamas | free | mostly free | n/a |
| Missing image Bahrain_flag_large.png Bahrain Bahrain | partly free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Bangladesh_flag_large.png Bangladesh | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Barbados_flag_large.png Barbados | free | mostly free | n/a |
| Missing image Flag_of_Belarus.png Belarus Belarus | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Belgium_flag_large.png Belgium Belgium | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Belize_flag_large.png Belize | free | mostly free | n/a |
| Missing image Benin_flag_large.png Benin Benin | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Bhutan_flag_large.png Bhutan | not free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Bolivia_flag_large.png Bolivia Bolivia | partly free | mostly free | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Bosnia_flag_large.png Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Botswana_flag_large.png Botswana | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Brazil_flag_large.png Brazil Brazil | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Brunei_flag_large.png Brunei Darussalam | not free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Bulgaria_flag_large.png Bulgaria Bulgaria | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Burkina_faso_flag_large.png Burkina Faso | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Myanmar_flag_large.png Burma Burma | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Burundi_flag_large.png Burundi | partly free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Cambodia_flag_large.png Cambodia | not free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Cameroon_flag_large.png Cameroon | not free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Canada_flag_large.png Canada Canada | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Cape_verde_flag_large.png Cape Verde | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Central_african_republic_flag_large.png Central African Republic | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Chad_flag_large.png Chad | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Chile_flag_large.png Chile Chile | free | free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image PRC_flag_large.png China China | not free | mostly unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Colombia_flag_large.png Colombia | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Comoros_flag_large.png Comoros | partly free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Costa_rica_flag_large.png Costa Rica | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Cote_d'ivoire_flag_large.png Côte d'Ivoire | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Congo_republic_flag_large.png Congo-Brazzaville Congo-Brazzaville | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Congo_democratic_flag_large.png Congo-Kinshasa Congo-Kinshasa | not free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Croatia_flag_large.png Croatia Croatia | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Cuba_flag_large.png Cuba Cuba | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Cyprus_flag_large.png Cyprus Cyprus | free | mostly free | n/a |
| Missing image Czech_republic_flag_large.png Czechia Czech Republic | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Denmark_flag_large.png Denmark Denmark | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Djibouti_flag_large.png Djibouti Djibouti | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Dominica_flag_large.png Dominica Dominica | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Dominican_republic_flag_large.png Dominican Republic Dominican Republic | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image East_timor_flag_large.png East Timor East Timor | partly free | n/a | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Ecuador_flag_large.png Ecuador Ecuador | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Egypt_flag_300.png Egypt Egypt | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image El_salvador_flag_large.png El Salvador | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Equatorial_guinea_flag_large.png Equatorial Guinea | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Eritrea_flag_large.png Eritrea | not free | n/a | very serious situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Estonia.png Estonia Estonia | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Ethiopia_flag_large.png Ethiopia Ethiopia | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Fiji_flag_large.png Fiji Fiji | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Finland_flag_large.png Finland Finland | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image France_flag_large.png France France | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Gabon_flag_large.png Gabon | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Gambia_flag_large.png The Gambia | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Flag_of_Georgia.png Georgia Georgia | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Germany_flag_300.png Germany Germany | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Ghana_flag_large.png Ghana | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Greece_flag_large.png Greece Greece | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Grenada_flag_large.png Grenada Grenada | free | n/a | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Guatemala_flag_large.png Guatemala | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Guinea_flag_large.png Guinea | not free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Guinea_bissau_flag_large.png Guinea-Bissau | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Guyana_flag_large.png Guyana | free | mostly unfree | n/a |
| Missing image Haiti_flag_large.png Haiti | not free | unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Honduras_flag_large.png Honduras | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Hong_Kong_SAR.png Hong Kong Hong Kong | partly free | free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Hungary_flag_large.png Hungary Hungary | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Iceland_flag_large.png Iceland Iceland | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image India_flag_large.png India India | free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Indonesia_flag_large.png Indonesia Indonesia | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Iran_flag_large.png Iran Iran | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Iraq_flag_large.png Iraq Iraq | not free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Ireland_flag_large.png Ireland Ireland | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Israel_flag_large.png Israel Israel | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Italy.png Italy Italy | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Jamaica_flag_large.png Jamaica | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Japan_flag_large.png Japan Japan | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Jordan_flag_large.png Jordan Jordan | partly free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Kazakhstan.png Kazakhstan Kazakhstan | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Kenya_flag_large.png Kenya | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Kiribati_flag_large.png Kiribati | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Kuwait_flag_large.png Kuwait Kuwait | partly free | mostly free | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Kyrgyzstan_flag_large.png Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Laos_flag_large.png Laos Laos | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Latvia_flag_large.png Latvia Latvia | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Lebanon_flag_large.png Lebanon Lebanon | not free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Lesotho_flag_large.png Lesotho | free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Liberia_flag_large.png Liberia Liberia | partly free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Libya_flag_large.png Libya | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Liechtenstein_flag_large.png Liechtenstein Liechtenstein | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Lithuania_flag_large.png Lithuania Lithuania | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Luxembourg_flag_large.png Luxembourg Luxembourg | free | free | n/a |
| Missing image Flag_of_Macedonia.png Republic of Macedonia Macedonia | partly free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Madagascar_flag_large.png Madagascar | partly free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Malawi_flag_large.png Malawi Malawi | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Malaysia_flag_large.png Malaysia Malaysia | partly free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Maldives_flag_large.png Maldives | not free | n/a | very serious situation |
| Missing image Mali_flag_large.png Mali Mali | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Malta_flag_large.png Malta Malta | free | mostly free | n/a |
| Missing image Wikipedia_flag_republic_of_the_marshall_islands.png Marshall Islands Marshall Islands | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Flag_of_Mauritania.png Mauritania | not free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Mauritius_flag_large.png Mauritius | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Mexico_flag_large.png Mexico Mexico | free | mostly free | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Micronesia_flag_large.png Micronesia Micronesia | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Moldova_flag_large.png Moldova Moldova | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Monaco_flag_large.png Monaco Monaco | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Flag_of_Mongolia.png Mongolia | free | mostly free | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Morocco_flag_large.png Morocco Morocco | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Mozambique_flag_large.png Mozambique Mozambique | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Namibia_flag_large.png Namibia | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Nauru_flag_large.png Nauru | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Nepal_flag_large.png Nepal Nepal | partly free | mostly unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Netherlands_flag_large.png Netherlands Netherlands | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image New_zealand_flag_large.png New Zealand New Zealand | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Nicaragua_flag_large.png Nicaragua | partly free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Niger_flag_large.png Niger | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Nigeria_flag_large.png Nigeria Nigeria | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image North_korea_flag_large.png North Korea North Korea | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Norway_flag_large.png Norway Norway | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Oman_flag_large.png Oman Oman | not free | mostly free | n/a |
| Missing image Pakistan_flag_large.png Pakistan Pakistan | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Palau_flag_large.png Palau | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Flag_of_Palestine.png Palestinian Authority Palestinian Authority | not free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Panama_flag_large.png Panama | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Papua_new_guinea_flag_large.png Papua New Guinea | partly free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Paraguay_flag_large.png Paraguay | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Peru_flag_large.png Peru Peru | free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Philippines_flag_large.png Philippines Philippines | free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Poland_flag_large.png Poland Poland | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portugal Portugal | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Qatar.png Qatar Qatar | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Romania_flag_large.png Romania Romania | free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Russia_flag_large.png Russia Russia | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Rwanda_flag_large.png Rwanda Rwanda | not free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image St_kitts_and_nevis_flag_large.png Saint Kitts and Nevis | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image St_lucia_flag_large.png Saint Lucia | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image St_vincent_grenadines_flag_large.png Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Samoa_flag_large.png Samoa | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image San_marino_flag_large.png San Marino San Marino | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Sao_tome_and_principe_flag_large.png São Tomé and Príncipe | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Saudi_arabia_flag_large.png Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia | not free | mostly free | very serious situation |
| Missing image Senegal_flag_large.png Senegal | free | mostly free | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro.png Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro | free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Seychelles_flag_large.png Seychelles | partly free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Sierra_leone_flag_large.png Sierra Leone | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Singapore_flag_large.png Singapore | partly free | free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Slovakia_flag_large.png Slovakia Slovakia | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Slovenia_flag_large.png Slovenia Slovenia | free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Solomon_islands_flag_large.png Solomon Islands | partly free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Somalia_flag_large.png Somalia | not free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image South_africa_flag_large.png South Africa | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image South_korea_flag_large.png South Korea South Korea | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Spain_flag_large.png Spain Spain | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Sri_lanka_flag_large.png Sri Lanka | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Sudan_flag_large.png Sudan | not free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Suriname_flag_large.png Suriname | free | mostly unfree | n/a |
| Missing image Swaziland_flag_large.png Swaziland | not free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Sweden_flag_large.png Sweden Sweden | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Switzerland_flag_large.png Switzerland Switzerland | free | free | good situation |
| Missing image Syria_flag_large.png Syria Syria | not free | mostly unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image ROC_flag_large.png Taiwan Taiwan | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Tajikistan_flag_large.png Tajikistan Tajikistan | not free | unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Tonga_flag_large.png Tonga | partly free | mostly unfree | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Thailand_flag_large.png Thailand | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Togo_flag_large.png Togo Togo | not free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Tonga_flag_large.png Tonga | partly free | n/a | difficult situation |
| Missing image Trinidad_and_tobago_flag_large.png Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago | partly free | mostly free | good situation |
| Missing image Tunisia_flag_large.png Tunisia Tunisia | not free | mostly unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Turkey_flag_large.png Turkey Turkey | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Northern_Cyprus_Flag.png Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus | free | n/a | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Turkmenistan_flag_large.png Turkmenistan Turkmenistan | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image TV-flag-lg.png Tuvalu Tuvalu | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Uganda_flag_large.png Uganda Uganda | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Ukraine_flag_large.png Ukraine Ukraine | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Uae_flag_large.png United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates | not free | mostly free | difficult situation |
| Missing image Uk_flag_large.png United Kingdom United Kingdom | free | free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_the_United_States.png United States United States | free | free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Uruguay.png Uruguay Uruguay | free | mostly free | satisfactory situation |
| Missing image Flag_of_Uzbekistan.png Uzbekistan Uzbekistan | not free | unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Vanuatu_flag_large.png Vanuatu Vanuatu | free | n/a | n/a |
| Missing image Venezuela_flag_large.png Venezuela Venezuela | partly free | unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Vietnam_flag_large.png Vietnam Vietnam | not free | mostly unfree | very serious situation |
| Missing image Yemen_flag_large.png Yemen Yemen | partly free | mostly unfree | difficult situation |
| Missing image Zambia_flag_large.png Zambia Zambia | partly free | mostly unfree | noticeable problems |
| Missing image Zimbabwe_flag_300.png Zimbabwe Zimbabwe | not free | unfree | very serious situation |
External links
- Freedom House's Freedom in the World
- The Wall Street Journal's Index of Economic Freedom
- Reporters Without Borders' Worldwide Press Freedom Index