Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Civil liberties rating. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
183
Highest
100 % change on previous year
Cyprus
Lowest
-50 % change on previous year
Puerto Rico
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
53
1973–2025
Data points
9,695
What the numbers show
Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 100 % change on previous year in Cyprus; the lowest is -50 % change on previous year in Puerto Rico.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is 0.3916 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 9 fell. The largest increase was in Sri Lanka (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in USSR (down 220.0%).
Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cyprus | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 1 | Italy | 100 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 3 | Comoros | 25 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Afghanistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Angola | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Albania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Andorra | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Argentina | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Armenia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Azerbaijan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Burundi | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Belgium | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Benin | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Burkina Faso | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bahrain | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bahamas | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Belarus | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Belize | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Brazil | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Barbados | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Bhutan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Botswana | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Chile | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | China | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cameroon | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Congo | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Colombia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cape Verde | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cuba | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Czechia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Germany | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Djibouti | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Dominica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Algeria | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Ecuador | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Eritrea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Spain | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Estonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Ethiopia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Finland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | France | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Gabon | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Georgia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Ghana | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Gambia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Greece | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Grenada | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Guatemala | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Guyana | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Hong Kong, China | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Honduras | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Croatia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Haiti | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Hungary | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | India | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Ireland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | flat |
| 4 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Iraq | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Israel | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Jamaica | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Jordan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Japan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Kenya | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Cambodia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Kiribati | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Republic of Korea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Kuwait | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Lebanon | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Liberia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Libya | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Lesotho | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Lithuania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Latvia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Morocco | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Republic of Moldova | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Madagascar | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Maldives | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Mexico | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | North Macedonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Mali | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Myanmar | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Mongolia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Mozambique | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Mauritius | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Malawi | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Malaysia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Namibia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Niger | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Nigeria | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Nepal | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Naoero | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Oman | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Panama | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Peru | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Philippines | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Palau | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Papua New Guinea | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Portugal | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Paraguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Palestine, State of | 0 % change on previous year | 1995 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Qatar | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Romania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Russian Federation | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Rwanda | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Sudan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Senegal | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Singapore | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Solomon Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Sierra Leone | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | El Salvador | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Somalia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Serbia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | South Sudan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Suriname | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Slovakia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Slovenia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Eswatini | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Seychelles | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Chad | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Togo | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Thailand | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Tajikistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Turkmenistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Timor-Leste | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Tonga | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Tunisia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Tuvalu | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | flat |
| 4 | Uganda | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Ukraine | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Uruguay | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | United States of America | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Uzbekistan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Viet Nam | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Samoa | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Yemen | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Zambia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Taiwan, China | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 4 | Western Sahara | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 196 | USSR | -20 % change on previous year | 1990 | down 220.0% | volatile |
| 197 | Fiji | -33.33 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 198 | Malta | -50 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Puerto Rico | -50 % change on previous year | 2015 | unchanged | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Civil liberties rating. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Civil liberties rating Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Civil liberties rating. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.