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.
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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
How this figure is calculated
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.
Computed from
- Civil liberties rating Freedom House (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
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.