Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau
Palau: Civil liberties rating, gaps filled was 1 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau, 1994–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau is 1, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 32 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau peaked at 2 in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1, in 2003.
Palau ranks 155th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 32 years of available data.
Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 2 | — |
| 1995 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | -50.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2000s | 1.3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau?
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Palau was 1 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest civil liberties rating, gaps filled recorded in Palau?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 1994.
- What is the lowest civil liberties rating, gaps filled recorded in Palau?
- The lowest recorded value was 1 in 2003.
- How does Palau rank for civil liberties rating, gaps filled?
- Palau ranks 155th out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil liberties rating, gaps filled rising or falling in Palau?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Palau data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Civil liberties rating, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.