Equality of civil liberties across social groups score by country
Countries reporting
176
Highest
3.49
Germany
Lowest
-2.95
Afghanistan
Median
0.897
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,496
What the numbers show
Equality of civil liberties across social groups score is currently reported for 176 countries. The highest value is 3.49 in Germany; the lowest is -2.95 in Afghanistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.897, and the mean is 0.7523.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Iraq (up 621.2%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 734.5%).
Equality of civil liberties across social groups score: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3.49 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 3.1 | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 3 | Belgium | 2.86 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 4 | Vanuatu | 2.81 | 2025 | up 32.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Finland | 2.77 | 2025 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 6 | Seychelles | 2.73 | 2025 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Ghana | 2.72 | 2025 | up 161.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Austria | 2.71 | 2025 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Japan | 2.65 | 2025 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Mongolia | 2.57 | 2025 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Taiwan | 2.54 | 2025 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Poland | 2.54 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 13 | Ireland | 2.5 | 2025 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Costa Rica | 2.45 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 15 | Switzerland | 2.45 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 2.43 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 17 | Sweden | 2.29 | 2025 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 18 | Benin | 2.28 | 2025 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Czechia | 2.27 | 2025 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Cape Verde | 2.23 | 2025 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Niger | 2.18 | 2025 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Italy | 2.17 | 2025 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Denmark | 2.17 | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 24 | Latvia | 2.13 | 2025 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Gabon | 2.03 | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 26 | Gambia | 1.98 | 2025 | up 69.7% | rising |
| 27 | Norway | 1.96 | 2025 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Iceland | 1.96 | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 29 | New Zealand | 1.96 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 30 | Tanzania | 1.89 | 2025 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Armenia | 1.89 | 2025 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Lesotho | 1.83 | 2025 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Malawi | 1.82 | 2025 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 34 | Slovenia | 1.79 | 2025 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Uruguay | 1.78 | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Senegal | 1.77 | 2025 | down 21.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.76 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Belarus | 1.75 | 2025 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Solomon Islands | 1.68 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 40 | Mali | 1.67 | 2025 | down 22.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Greece | 1.66 | 2025 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Mauritius | 1.66 | 2025 | down 29.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.65 | 2025 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Spain | 1.65 | 2025 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Bhutan | 1.63 | 2025 | up 59.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Lithuania | 1.63 | 2025 | down 34.5% | volatile |
| 47 | Nigeria | 1.58 | 2025 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Bolivia | 1.57 | 2025 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Estonia | 1.57 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 50 | Cyprus | 1.55 | 2025 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Morocco | 1.55 | 2025 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Malta | 1.54 | 2025 | down 13.7% | flat |
| 53 | Serbia | 1.49 | 2025 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.49 | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Albania | 1.46 | 2025 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 56 | South Korea | 1.45 | 2025 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.42 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 58 | Montenegro | 1.37 | 2025 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 59 | Cameroon | 1.33 | 2025 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 60 | Australia | 1.33 | 2025 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 61 | East Timor | 1.33 | 2025 | down 34.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 1.32 | 2025 | down 51.5% | rising |
| 63 | Jamaica | 1.27 | 2025 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 64 | Israel | 1.26 | 2025 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 64 | Singapore | 1.26 | 2025 | up 39.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Chile | 1.21 | 2025 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Algeria | 1.21 | 2025 | up 9.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Lebanon | 1.18 | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 69 | Fiji | 1.16 | 2025 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Sierra Leone | 1.16 | 2025 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Jordan | 1.15 | 2025 | up 181.7% | falling |
| 72 | Liberia | 1.13 | 2025 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 73 | Barbados | 1.11 | 2025 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Argentina | 1.1 | 2025 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 75 | Maldives | 1.08 | 2025 | up 25.4% | falling |
| 76 | Azerbaijan | 1.06 | 2025 | down 47.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Suriname | 1.06 | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 78 | France | 1.04 | 2025 | down 33.8% | rising |
| 79 | Nepal | 1.04 | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 80 | Cuba | 1.01 | 2025 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Georgia | 0.967 | 2025 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.966 | 2025 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Portugal | 0.961 | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Guinea | 0.957 | 2025 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 85 | Romania | 0.947 | 2025 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.935 | 2025 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Togo | 0.911 | 2025 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Botswana | 0.9 | 2025 | up 29.5% | volatile |
| 89 | South Africa | 0.894 | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Papua New Guinea | 0.889 | 2025 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Rwanda | 0.877 | 2025 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Bulgaria | 0.872 | 2025 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Guyana | 0.86 | 2025 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Brazil | 0.82 | 2025 | up 18.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Kazakhstan | 0.817 | 2025 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Tunisia | 0.803 | 2025 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Hungary | 0.802 | 2025 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Mozambique | 0.786 | 2025 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Croatia | 0.776 | 2025 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 100 | Bangladesh | 0.767 | 2025 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Moldova | 0.764 | 2025 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Eswatini | 0.739 | 2025 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 103 | Slovakia | 0.701 | 2025 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Honduras | 0.7 | 2025 | up 459.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Djibouti | 0.638 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.614 | 2025 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.604 | 2025 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Ukraine | 0.59 | 2025 | up 71.5% | volatile |
| 109 | United Kingdom | 0.583 | 2025 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Iraq | 0.577 | 2025 | up 621.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Hong Kong | 0.576 | 2025 | down 50.4% | volatile |
| 112 | Madagascar | 0.566 | 2025 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Kenya | 0.533 | 2025 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Zimbabwe | 0.529 | 2025 | down 59.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.493 | 2025 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 0.474 | 2025 | up 165.5% | volatile |
| 117 | Ecuador | 0.463 | 2025 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Zambia | 0.428 | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Namibia | 0.386 | 2025 | down 68.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Egypt | 0.358 | 2025 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Burundi | 0.33 | 2025 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 122 | Angola | 0.324 | 2025 | up 138.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Ethiopia | 0.304 | 2025 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 124 | Vietnam | 0.296 | 2025 | down 72.9% | rising |
| 125 | Malaysia | 0.291 | 2025 | up 506.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 0.26 | 2025 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 127 | United States | 0.239 | 2025 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 128 | Comoros | 0.169 | 2025 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 0.087 | 2025 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Philippines | 0.081 | 2025 | down 77.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Somalia | -0.009 | 2025 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 132 | Palestine | -0.023 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Tajikistan | -0.03 | 2025 | down 104.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Peru | -0.037 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 135 | Turkey | -0.173 | 2025 | down 131.4% | volatile |
| 136 | Indonesia | -0.241 | 2025 | down 131.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Syria | -0.283 | 2025 | up 89.6% | volatile |
| 138 | North Korea | -0.289 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 139 | Canada | -0.331 | 2025 | down 128.8% | volatile |
| 140 | Mexico | -0.365 | 2025 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 141 | Venezuela | -0.389 | 2025 | down 131.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Russia | -0.404 | 2025 | down 162.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Haiti | -0.441 | 2025 | up 42.3% | falling |
| 144 | El Salvador | -0.463 | 2025 | down 180.9% | volatile |
| 145 | Cambodia | -0.481 | 2025 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Thailand | -0.519 | 2025 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 147 | Congo | -0.551 | 2025 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 148 | Central African Republic | -0.563 | 2025 | down 416.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Sudan | -0.564 | 2025 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 150 | Chad | -0.574 | 2025 | down 25.3% | rising |
| 151 | Laos | -0.687 | 2025 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 152 | Turkmenistan | -0.759 | 2025 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.792 | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 154 | Libya | -0.849 | 2025 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Iran | -0.878 | 2025 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 156 | Panama | -0.91 | 2025 | down 309.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Dominican Republic | -0.936 | 2025 | down 76.3% | rising |
| 158 | Eritrea | -0.94 | 2025 | down 104.8% | rising |
| 159 | United Arab Emirates | -0.948 | 2025 | down 41.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Kuwait | -1.02 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 161 | Uganda | -1.09 | 2025 | down 280.0% | falling |
| 162 | Paraguay | -1.14 | 2025 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 163 | Pakistan | -1.18 | 2025 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Yemen | -1.28 | 2025 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 165 | India | -1.32 | 2025 | down 364.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Qatar | -1.33 | 2025 | down 514.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Mauritania | -1.4 | 2025 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | -1.42 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 169 | Guatemala | -1.43 | 2025 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 170 | Saudi Arabia | -1.72 | 2025 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Nicaragua | -1.82 | 2025 | down 97.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Myanmar | -1.85 | 2025 | down 15.9% | rising |
| 173 | China | -2.29 | 2025 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Vatican | -2.58 | 1870 | unchanged | falling |
| 175 | South Sudan | -2.83 | 2025 | down 137.8% | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | -2.95 | 2025 | down 734.5% | falling |