Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Civil liberties rating, gaps filled was 7 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara, 1989–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived).
Analysis
The most recent figure for civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara is 7, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 37 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara peaked at 7 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 4, in 1989.
That places Western Sahara 1st out of 199 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 37 years of available data.
Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 4 | — |
| 1990 | 4 | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 5 | +25.0% |
| 1992 | 5 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 6 | +20.0% |
| 1994 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 6 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 7 | +16.7% |
| 2012 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 7 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 7 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| 1990s | 5.6 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.9 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
- 1 Afghanistan 7 compare
- 1 Azerbaijan 7 compare
- 1 Belarus 7 compare
- 1 Central African Republic 7 compare
- 1 Eritrea 7 compare
- 1 Equatorial Guinea 7 compare
- 1 Iran 7 compare
- 1 Myanmar 7 compare
- 1 North Korea 7 compare
- 1 Sudan 7 compare
- 1 Somalia 7 compare
- 1 South Sudan 7 compare
- 1 Tajikistan 7 compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 7 compare
More reference data data for Western Sahara
- Free country 0 (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Free country, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 7 (2025)
- Area of permanent meadows and pastures 5.00 million hectares (2023)
- Fertility rate vs. Human Development Index 2.16 live births per woman (2023)
- Exposure to extreme temperature — Annual temperature change 1.35 Degrees celsius (2023)
- Average age of mothers at childbirth 29.99 years (2023)
- Exposure to extreme precipitation — Annual precipitation change 9.13 Millimetres per year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara?
- Civil liberties rating, gaps filled in Western Sahara was 7 in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest civil liberties rating, gaps filled recorded in Western Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 7 in 2011.
- What is the lowest civil liberties rating, gaps filled recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was 4 in 1989.
- How does Western Sahara rank for civil liberties rating, gaps filled?
- Western Sahara ranks 1st out of 199 countries with data for 2025.
- Is civil liberties rating, gaps filled rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.