Civil liberties rating, gaps filled by country

Civil liberties rating with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

Countries reporting
199
Highest
7
Afghanistan
Lowest
1
Taiwan, China
Median
3
Years covered
54
1972–2025
Data points
10,266

What the numbers show

Civil liberties rating, gaps filled is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 7 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 1 in Taiwan, China.

The median across all reporting countries is 3, and the mean is 3.48.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 7.

Over the past decade 42 countries rose and 17 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 50.0%).

Civil liberties rating, gaps filled: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 7 2025 up 16.7% falling
1 Azerbaijan 7 2025 up 16.7% flat
1 Belarus 7 2025 up 16.7% rising
1 Central African Republic 7 2025 unchanged rising
1 Eritrea 7 2025 unchanged rising
1 Equatorial Guinea 7 2025 unchanged rising
1 Iran, Islamic Republic of 7 2025 up 16.7% rising
1 Myanmar 7 2025 up 40.0% flat
1 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 7 2025 unchanged flat
1 Sudan 7 2025 unchanged rising
1 Somalia 7 2025 unchanged rising
1 South Sudan 7 2025 up 16.7% rising
1 Tajikistan 7 2025 up 16.7% flat
1 Turkmenistan 7 2025 unchanged rising
1 Western Sahara 7 2025 unchanged rising
16 United Arab Emirates 6 2025 unchanged rising
16 Burundi 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Bahrain 6 2025 unchanged rising
16 China 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Cameroon 6 2025 unchanged rising
16 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Congo 6 2025 up 20.0% falling
16 Cuba 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Egypt 6 2025 up 20.0% rising
16 Ethiopia 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Iraq 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Lao People's Democratic Republic 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Libya 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Nicaragua 6 2025 up 100.0% flat
16 Russian Federation 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Rwanda 6 2025 unchanged flat
16 Saudi Arabia 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
16 Eswatini 6 2025 up 20.0% rising
16 Syrian Arab Republic 6 2025 down 14.3% flat
16 Chad 6 2025 unchanged falling
16 Türkiye 6 2025 up 50.0% rising
16 Uzbekistan 6 2025 down 14.3% rising
16 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 6 2025 up 20.0% rising
16 Viet Nam 6 2025 up 20.0% falling
16 Yemen 6 2025 unchanged rising
41 Angola 5 2025 down 16.7% falling
41 Burkina Faso 5 2025 up 66.7% falling
41 Brunei Darussalam 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Comoros 5 2025 up 25.0% falling
41 Djibouti 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Algeria 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Gabon 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Guinea 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Haiti 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Jordan 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Kazakhstan 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Kyrgyzstan 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Cambodia 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Kuwait 5 2025 unchanged rising
41 Morocco 5 2025 up 25.0% flat
41 Maldives 5 2025 unchanged rising
41 Mali 5 2025 up 25.0% falling
41 Mauritania 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Niger 5 2025 up 25.0% falling
41 Nigeria 5 2025 unchanged rising
41 Oman 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Pakistan 5 2025 unchanged rising
41 Palestine, State of 5 1995 unchanged rising
41 Qatar 5 2025 unchanged flat
41 Thailand 5 2025 unchanged rising
41 Tanzania, United Republic of 5 2025 up 25.0% falling
41 Uganda 5 2025 unchanged falling
41 Zimbabwe 5 2025 unchanged rising
69 Armenia 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Bangladesh 4 2025 unchanged flat
69 Côte d'Ivoire 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Georgia 4 2025 up 33.3% falling
69 Gambia 4 2025 down 33.3% rising
69 Guinea-Bissau 4 2025 down 20.0% falling
69 Guatemala 4 2025 unchanged flat
69 Hong Kong, China 4 2025 up 100.0% rising
69 Honduras 4 2025 unchanged rising
69 Indonesia 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 India 4 2025 up 33.3% rising
69 Kenya 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Lebanon 4 2025 unchanged rising
69 Liberia 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Sri Lanka 4 2025 unchanged rising
69 Madagascar 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Mexico 4 2025 up 33.3% falling
69 Mozambique 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Malaysia 4 2025 unchanged flat
69 Nepal 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Philippines 4 2025 up 33.3% falling
69 Singapore 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 El Salvador 4 2025 up 33.3% falling
69 Togo 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 Tunisia 4 2025 up 33.3% falling
69 Ukraine 4 2025 up 33.3% falling
69 Zambia 4 2025 unchanged falling
69 USSR 4 1990 down 42.9% falling
97 Albania 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Benin 3 2025 up 50.0% volatile
97 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Brazil 3 2025 up 50.0% falling
97 Bhutan 3 2025 down 25.0% falling
97 Colombia 3 2025 down 25.0% rising
97 Dominican Republic 3 2025 unchanged rising
97 Ecuador 3 2025 unchanged flat
97 Hungary 3 2025 up 50.0% volatile
97 Israel 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
97 Lesotho 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Republic of Moldova 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 North Macedonia 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Montenegro 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Malawi 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Naoero 3 2025 up 50.0% rising
97 Peru 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Papua New Guinea 3 2025 unchanged rising
97 Paraguay 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Senegal 3 2025 up 50.0% falling
97 Sierra Leone 3 2025 unchanged falling
97 Serbia 3 2025 up 50.0% falling
97 Timor-Leste 3 2025 unchanged falling
121 Argentina 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Antigua and Barbuda 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Bulgaria 2 2025 unchanged volatile
121 Bahamas 2 2025 up 100.0% falling
121 Botswana 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Cyprus 2 2025 up 100.0% volatile
121 Fiji 2 2025 down 33.3% rising
121 France 2 2025 up 100.0% falling
121 Ghana 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Greece 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Grenada 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Guyana 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
121 Croatia 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Italy 2 2025 up 100.0% falling
121 Jamaica 2 2025 down 33.3% flat
121 Republic of Korea 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Lithuania 2 2025 up 100.0% volatile
121 Latvia 2 2025 unchanged volatile
121 Mongolia 2 2025 unchanged volatile
121 Mauritius 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Namibia 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Panama 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Poland 2 2025 up 100.0% volatile
121 Romania 2 2025 unchanged volatile
121 Solomon Islands 2 2025 down 33.3% rising
121 Sao Tome and Principe 2 2025 unchanged volatile
121 Suriname 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
121 Seychelles 2 2025 down 33.3% falling
121 Tonga 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Trinidad and Tobago 2 2025 unchanged rising
121 United States of America 2 2025 up 100.0% rising
121 Vanuatu 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 Samoa 2 2025 unchanged falling
121 South Africa 2 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Andorra 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Australia 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Austria 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Belgium 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Belize 1 2025 down 50.0% rising
155 Barbados 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Canada 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Switzerland 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Chile 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Cape Verde 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Costa Rica 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Czechia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Germany 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Dominica 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Denmark 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Spain 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Estonia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Finland 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Micronesia, Federated States of 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Ireland 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Iceland 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Japan 1 2025 unchanged rising
155 Kiribati 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Saint Lucia 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Liechtenstein 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Luxembourg 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Monaco 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Marshall Islands 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Malta 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Netherlands 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Norway 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 New Zealand 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Palau 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Puerto Rico 1 2015 unchanged rising
155 Portugal 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 San Marino 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Slovakia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Slovenia 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Sweden 1 2025 unchanged flat
155 Tuvalu 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Uruguay 1 2025 unchanged volatile
155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 2025 unchanged falling
155 Taiwan, China 1 2025 down 50.0% volatile

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Civil liberties rating with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.

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Civil liberties rating, gaps filled
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
199 places, 10,266 data points, 1972–2025
Last refreshed

Civil liberties rating with 183 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.