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
176
Highest
2.39
China
Lowest
-2.33
Palestine
Median
1.25
Years covered
237
1789β2025
Data points
30,487
What the numbers show
Foreign Policy Free from Interference of other States Score is currently reported for 176 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 1.14.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 88 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.39 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 2 | India | 2.22 | 2025 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Estonia | 2.14 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 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 |
| 15 | Mexico | 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 |
| 38 | Malta | 1.79 | 2025 | up 73.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Norway | 1.79 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 41 | Singapore | 1.78 | 2025 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 1.76 | 2025 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Slovenia | 1.76 | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 44 | New Zealand | 1.75 | 2025 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 45 | Turkey | 1.75 | 2025 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Suriname | 1.73 | 2025 | down 6.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 1.73 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.73 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 49 | Ghana | 1.72 | 2025 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 50 | Sri Lanka | 1.71 | 2025 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 51 | South Africa | 1.71 | 2025 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Myanmar | 1.71 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 53 | Gambia | 1.7 | 2025 | down 9.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Malaysia | 1.68 | 2025 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 55 | Indonesia | 1.66 | 2025 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Guatemala | 1.66 | 2025 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Benin | 1.66 | 2025 | up 325.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Malawi | 1.65 | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 1.62 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 60 | Serbia | 1.61 | 2025 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Angola | 1.58 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 62 | Uzbekistan | 1.58 | 2025 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 63 | Denmark | 1.55 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 64 | Czechia | 1.54 | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Barbados | 1.51 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 66 | Ecuador | 1.49 | 2025 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 66 | Namibia | 1.49 | 2025 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Qatar | 1.49 | 2025 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 69 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.49 | 2025 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Vietnam | 1.48 | 2025 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 71 | Somalia | 1.47 | 2025 | up 948.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Morocco | 1.47 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Greece | 1.45 | 2025 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Guinea | 1.44 | 2025 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Peru | 1.43 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 76 | Senegal | 1.38 | 2025 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 76 | East Timor | 1.38 | 2025 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Sweden | 1.38 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 79 | Brazil | 1.38 | 2025 | down 32.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Fiji | 1.37 | 2025 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Algeria | 1.33 | 2025 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Canada | 1.33 | 2025 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Zimbabwe | 1.32 | 2025 | down 19.9% | volatile |
| 84 | Vanuatu | 1.32 | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Equatorial Guinea | 1.31 | 2025 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Montenegro | 1.3 | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Finland | 1.27 | 2025 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Zambia | 1.25 | 2025 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Nepal | 1.24 | 2025 | down 5.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Botswana | 1.22 | 2025 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Cameroon | 1.22 | 2025 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 92 | Saudi Arabia | 1.22 | 2025 | up 33.2% | falling |
| 93 | Mozambique | 1.21 | 2025 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 1.21 | 2025 | up 67.8% | falling |
| 95 | Laos | 1.19 | 2025 | down 12.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Poland | 1.18 | 2025 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Mongolia | 1.18 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 98 | Ireland | 1.16 | 2025 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Burundi | 1.15 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 100 | Honduras | 1.15 | 2025 | up 59.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Eritrea | 1.13 | 2025 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.12 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 103 | Cape Verde | 1.11 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 103 | Eswatini | 1.11 | 2025 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 105 | United Arab Emirates | 1.1 | 2025 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Moldova | 1.06 | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 107 | Nicaragua | 1.03 | 2025 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 108 | South Korea | 1.03 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 109 | Egypt | 1.02 | 2025 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 110 | Cuba | 1.02 | 2025 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Japan | 1.01 | 2025 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Tunisia | 1.01 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 113 | Togo | 0.987 | 2025 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 114 | United Kingdom | 0.983 | 2025 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 0.969 | 2025 | up 26.5% | falling |
| 116 | Panama | 0.964 | 2025 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Congo | 0.951 | 2025 | up 83.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Gabon | 0.947 | 2025 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Djibouti | 0.938 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 120 | Croatia | 0.889 | 2025 | down 32.5% | rising |
| 121 | Turkmenistan | 0.87 | 2025 | down 43.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Uganda | 0.839 | 2025 | down 58.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Sudan | 0.823 | 2025 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Philippines | 0.822 | 2025 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 0.8 | 2025 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Argentina | 0.773 | 2025 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Madagascar | 0.772 | 2025 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Cambodia | 0.77 | 2025 | down 47.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Guyana | 0.756 | 2025 | down 54.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Niger | 0.733 | 2025 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Cyprus | 0.715 | 2025 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Lesotho | 0.704 | 2025 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Pakistan | 0.703 | 2025 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 134 | Papua New Guinea | 0.701 | 2025 | down 23.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.698 | 2025 | up 128.9% | falling |
| 136 | Mauritania | 0.697 | 2025 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 0.681 | 2025 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Tajikistan | 0.681 | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 139 | Rwanda | 0.647 | 2025 | down 68.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Dominican Republic | 0.638 | 2025 | down 56.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.624 | 2025 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 142 | South Sudan | 0.607 | 2025 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Albania | 0.599 | 2025 | down 70.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Paraguay | 0.59 | 2025 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 145 | North Macedonia | 0.546 | 2025 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Bolivia | 0.512 | 2025 | down 66.1% | rising |
| 147 | Taiwan | 0.511 | 2025 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Jordan | 0.507 | 2025 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Georgia | 0.454 | 2025 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 150 | Ukraine | 0.443 | 2025 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Bhutan | 0.429 | 2025 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Ethiopia | 0.422 | 2025 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 153 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.395 | 2025 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Comoros | 0.355 | 2025 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.336 | 2025 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 156 | Armenia | 0.335 | 2025 | up 200.9% | volatile |
| 157 | El Salvador | 0.287 | 2025 | down 82.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Iran | 0.272 | 2025 | down 83.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Israel | 0.251 | 2025 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.201 | 2025 | up 139.3% | volatile |
| 161 | Chad | 0.179 | 2025 | down 70.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Venezuela | 0.108 | 2025 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 0.039 | 2025 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Haiti | -0.054 | 2025 | down 113.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Iraq | -0.232 | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 166 | Belarus | -0.303 | 2025 | down 119.7% | falling |
| 167 | Afghanistan | -0.343 | 2025 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Bahrain | -0.355 | 2025 | up 57.0% | volatile |
| 169 | Vatican | -0.427 | 1870 | unchanged | volatile |
| 170 | Libya | -0.443 | 2025 | down 363.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Lebanon | -0.776 | 2025 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Central African Republic | -0.945 | 2025 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 173 | Syria | -1.07 | 2025 | up 52.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Yemen | -1.31 | 2025 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 175 | Hong Kong | -1.72 | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 176 | Palestine | -2.33 | 1948 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Central estimate of the extent to which foreign policy is free from the interference of other states.