Foreign Policy Free from Interference of other States Score by country

Central estimate of the extent to which foreign policy is free from the interference of other states.

Countries reporting
171
Highest
2.39
China
Lowest
-2.33
Palestine
Median
1.25
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,487

What the numbers show

Foreign Policy Free from Interference of other States Score is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 2.39 in China; the lowest is -2.33 in Palestine.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.25, and the mean is 1.15.

Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 86 fell. The largest increase was in Somalia (up 948.6%), and the largest decrease in Libya (down 363.7%).

Foreign Policy Free from Interference of other States Score: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 China 2.39 2025 unchanged volatile
1 Malta 1.79 2025 up 73.2% volatile
2 India 2.22 2025 down 7.3% volatile
2 Luxembourg 1.62 2025 unchanged volatile
3 Estonia 2.14 2025 unchanged falling
3 Ireland 1.16 2025 down 29.9% volatile
4 Portugal 2.11 2025 unchanged rising
5 Oman 2.08 2025 unchanged volatile
6 Switzerland 2.08 2025 unchanged volatile
6 Iceland 2.08 2025 unchanged volatile
8 Kuwait 2.08 2025 unchanged volatile
9 Australia 2.07 2025 unchanged volatile
10 Slovakia 2.03 2025 unchanged volatile
11 United States 2.02 2025 unchanged flat
12 Russia 2.02 2025 unchanged falling
13 Romania 2.01 2025 unchanged volatile
14 Hungary 2 2025 unchanged volatile
16 Seychelles 1.99 2025 unchanged volatile
17 Germany 1.99 2025 unchanged rising
18 Austria 1.98 2025 unchanged rising
19 Spain 1.98 2025 unchanged rising
20 Costa Rica 1.95 2025 unchanged rising
20 Uruguay 1.95 2025 down 3.2% volatile
22 Nigeria 1.95 2025 unchanged volatile
23 Italy 1.93 2025 unchanged volatile
23 Lithuania 1.93 2025 unchanged falling
25 Mauritius 1.93 2025 unchanged volatile
26 Bulgaria 1.92 2025 up 24.6% volatile
27 Kenya 1.92 2025 unchanged volatile
28 Chile 1.91 2025 unchanged volatile
29 Mali 1.91 2025 up 477.9% volatile
30 Latvia 1.89 2025 unchanged falling
31 Tanzania 1.88 2025 unchanged volatile
32 Belgium 1.88 2025 unchanged volatile
33 France 1.88 2025 unchanged rising
34 Netherlands 1.84 2025 unchanged volatile
35 North Korea 1.84 2025 unchanged volatile
36 Maldives 1.83 2025 up 67.3% volatile
37 Thailand 1.82 2025 unchanged rising
38 Jamaica 1.79 2025 up 67.4% volatile
39 Norway 1.79 2025 unchanged volatile
41 Bangladesh 1.76 2025 up 14.7% volatile
42 Slovenia 1.76 2025 up 15.4% falling
43 New Zealand 1.75 2025 down 13.4% volatile
44 Turkey 1.75 2025 down 14.5% volatile
45 Suriname 1.73 2025 down 6.4% volatile
46 Sierra Leone 1.73 2025 unchanged volatile
46 Sao Tome and Principe 1.73 2025 unchanged volatile
48 Ghana 1.72 2025 down 7.4% volatile
49 Sri Lanka 1.71 2025 up 59.8% volatile
50 South Africa 1.71 2025 down 18.8% volatile
51 Myanmar 1.71 2025 unchanged volatile
52 Gambia 1.7 2025 down 9.2% volatile
53 Malaysia 1.68 2025 down 9.9% volatile
54 Indonesia 1.66 2025 up 4.2% volatile
55 Guatemala 1.66 2025 up 31.3% volatile
56 Benin 1.66 2025 up 325.4% volatile
57 Malawi 1.65 2025 down 9.1% volatile
58 Serbia 1.61 2025 up 2.0% volatile
59 Angola 1.58 2025 unchanged volatile
60 Uzbekistan 1.58 2025 down 20.2% volatile
61 Denmark 1.55 2025 unchanged volatile
62 Czechia 1.54 2025 down 19.9% volatile
63 Barbados 1.51 2025 unchanged volatile
64 Ecuador 1.49 2025 down 24.5% rising
64 Namibia 1.49 2025 down 12.2% volatile
64 Qatar 1.49 2025 up 21.4% volatile
67 Guinea-Bissau 1.49 2025 up 67.4% volatile
68 Vietnam 1.48 2025 down 14.9% flat
69 Somalia 1.47 2025 up 948.6% volatile
70 Morocco 1.47 2025 unchanged volatile
71 Greece 1.45 2025 down 2.6% volatile
72 Guinea 1.44 2025 down 18.5% volatile
73 Peru 1.43 2025 unchanged volatile
74 Senegal 1.38 2025 down 10.3% volatile
74 East Timor 1.38 2025 down 28.4% volatile
76 Sweden 1.38 2025 unchanged flat
77 Brazil 1.38 2025 down 32.9% volatile
78 Fiji 1.37 2025 down 8.5% volatile
79 Algeria 1.33 2025 down 22.7% volatile
80 Canada 1.33 2025 down 24.9% volatile
81 Zimbabwe 1.32 2025 down 19.9% volatile
82 Vanuatu 1.32 2025 down 32.8% volatile
83 Equatorial Guinea 1.31 2025 up 3.3% volatile
84 Montenegro 1.3 2025 down 35.4% volatile
85 Finland 1.27 2025 down 29.0% volatile
86 Zambia 1.25 2025 up 34.0% volatile
87 Nepal 1.24 2025 down 5.2% volatile
88 Botswana 1.22 2025 down 24.2% volatile
88 Cameroon 1.22 2025 down 15.2% rising
90 Saudi Arabia 1.22 2025 up 33.2% falling
91 Mozambique 1.21 2025 down 2.7% volatile
92 Azerbaijan 1.21 2025 up 67.8% falling
93 Laos 1.19 2025 down 12.1% volatile
94 Poland 1.18 2025 down 39.4% volatile
95 Mongolia 1.18 2025 unchanged volatile
96 Burundi 1.15 2025 unchanged volatile
97 Honduras 1.15 2025 up 59.0% volatile
98 Eritrea 1.13 2025 down 44.0% volatile
99 Colombia 1.12 2025 unchanged volatile
100 Cape Verde 1.11 2025 unchanged volatile
100 Eswatini 1.11 2025 down 23.4% volatile
102 United Arab Emirates 1.1 2025 up 5.1% volatile
103 Moldova 1.06 2025 down 11.2% falling
104 Nicaragua 1.03 2025 down 43.6% volatile
105 South Korea 1.03 2025 unchanged volatile
106 Egypt 1.02 2025 down 35.6% volatile
107 Cuba 1.02 2025 down 37.6% volatile
108 Japan 1.01 2025 down 39.8% volatile
109 Tunisia 1.01 2025 unchanged volatile
110 Togo 0.987 2025 up 4.7% volatile
111 United Kingdom 0.983 2025 down 26.7% falling
112 Kazakhstan 0.969 2025 up 26.5% falling
114 Congo 0.951 2025 up 83.6% volatile
115 Gabon 0.947 2025 down 27.7% volatile
117 Croatia 0.889 2025 down 32.5% rising
118 Turkmenistan 0.87 2025 down 43.9% volatile
119 Uganda 0.839 2025 down 58.8% volatile
120 Sudan 0.823 2025 down 9.1% volatile
121 Philippines 0.822 2025 down 43.3% volatile
122 Solomon Islands 0.8 2025 down 31.0% volatile
123 Argentina 0.773 2025 down 40.7% volatile
124 Madagascar 0.772 2025 down 19.0% volatile
125 Cambodia 0.77 2025 down 47.9% volatile
126 Guyana 0.756 2025 down 54.6% volatile
127 Niger 0.733 2025 down 35.4% volatile
128 Cyprus 0.715 2025 up 42.7% volatile
129 Lesotho 0.704 2025 up 119.3% volatile
130 Pakistan 0.703 2025 down 45.2% volatile
131 Papua New Guinea 0.701 2025 down 23.7% volatile
132 Kyrgyzstan 0.698 2025 up 128.9% falling
133 Mauritania 0.697 2025 down 54.9% volatile
134 Burkina Faso 0.681 2025 up 9.5% volatile
134 Tajikistan 0.681 2025 down 7.1% falling
136 Rwanda 0.647 2025 down 68.3% volatile
137 Dominican Republic 0.638 2025 down 56.9% volatile
138 Cote d'Ivoire 0.624 2025 down 51.6% volatile
139 South Sudan 0.607 2025 up 22.6% volatile
140 Albania 0.599 2025 down 70.0% volatile
141 Paraguay 0.59 2025 down 57.2% volatile
142 North Macedonia 0.546 2025 down 59.3% volatile
143 Bolivia 0.512 2025 down 66.1% rising
144 Taiwan 0.511 2025 down 32.8% volatile
145 Jordan 0.507 2025 down 51.9% volatile
146 Georgia 0.454 2025 down 78.1% falling
147 Ukraine 0.443 2025 down 17.2% volatile
148 Bhutan 0.429 2025 down 41.1% volatile
149 Ethiopia 0.422 2025 down 71.2% falling
150 Trinidad and Tobago 0.395 2025 down 64.5% volatile
151 Comoros 0.355 2025 down 43.6% volatile
152 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.336 2025 down 35.6% volatile
153 Armenia 0.335 2025 up 200.9% volatile
154 El Salvador 0.287 2025 down 82.0% volatile
155 Iran 0.272 2025 down 83.9% volatile
156 Israel 0.251 2025 down 87.7% volatile
157 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.201 2025 up 139.3% volatile
158 Chad 0.179 2025 down 70.6% volatile
159 Venezuela 0.108 2025 down 69.3% volatile
160 Liberia 0.039 2025 down 95.0% volatile
161 Haiti -0.054 2025 down 113.6% volatile
162 Iraq -0.232 2025 down 61.1% volatile
163 Belarus -0.303 2025 down 119.7% falling
164 Afghanistan -0.343 2025 down 25.6% volatile
165 Bahrain -0.355 2025 up 57.0% volatile
166 Vatican -0.427 1870 unchanged volatile
167 Libya -0.443 2025 down 363.7% volatile
168 Lebanon -0.776 2025 down 77.6% volatile
169 Central African Republic -0.945 2025 up 18.6% volatile
170 Syria -1.07 2025 up 52.7% volatile
171 Yemen -1.31 2025 up 9.6% volatile
173 Palestine -2.33 1948 unchanged flat

About this data

Indicator
Foreign Policy Free from Interference of other States Score
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,487 data points, 1789–2025
Last refreshed

Central estimate of the extent to which foreign policy is free from the interference of other states.