Private Civil Liberties Index by country

Central estimate the extent to which people are free from forced labor, have property rights, and enjoy freedom of movement and religion.

Countries reporting
171
Highest
0.955
Germany
Lowest
0.001
North Korea
Median
0.768
Years covered
237
1789–2025
Data points
30,494

What the numbers show

Private Civil Liberties Index is currently reported for 171 countries. The highest value is 0.955 in Germany; the lowest is 0.001 in North Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.768, and the mean is 0.6671.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 955.

Over the past decade 47 countries rose and 121 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 153.7%), and the largest decrease in Afghanistan (down 94.2%).

Private Civil Liberties Index: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Germany 0.955 2025 down 0.8% volatile
2 Estonia 0.953 2025 up 0.3% volatile
3 Iceland 0.944 2025 up 0.7% rising
4 New Zealand 0.941 2025 down 0.3% rising
4 Sweden 0.941 2025 down 1.1% rising
6 Ireland 0.939 2025 up 0.1% rising
7 Denmark 0.938 2025 down 2.2% rising
7 Spain 0.938 2025 down 2.0% rising
9 Belgium 0.936 2025 down 0.8% rising
9 Luxembourg 0.936 2025 down 0.5% rising
11 Czechia 0.934 2025 up 2.3% volatile
12 Chile 0.931 2025 down 1.8% volatile
12 Malta 0.931 2025 up 5.3% rising
14 Taiwan 0.93 2025 down 1.5% volatile
15 Finland 0.927 2025 down 3.2% rising
16 Poland 0.926 2025 up 0.4% volatile
17 Latvia 0.925 2025 down 1.9% volatile
18 Croatia 0.919 2025 down 1.5% rising
19 Benin 0.918 2025 up 1.2% volatile
20 Japan 0.917 2025 down 1.1% volatile
21 Italy 0.914 2025 down 2.5% rising
22 Costa Rica 0.912 2025 down 2.5% rising
22 Slovakia 0.912 2025 down 2.7% volatile
24 Barbados 0.91 2025 down 0.7% rising
24 Switzerland 0.91 2025 down 1.7% rising
24 Lithuania 0.91 2025 down 3.4% volatile
24 Norway 0.91 2025 down 5.6% rising
24 Suriname 0.91 2025 up 4.1% rising
29 Sao Tome and Principe 0.909 2025 unchanged volatile
30 Cape Verde 0.908 2025 down 0.2% volatile
31 Albania 0.907 2025 up 0.1% volatile
32 Jamaica 0.899 2025 down 1.5% rising
33 Ghana 0.897 2025 down 0.1% rising
34 South Korea 0.894 2025 down 0.4% volatile
34 Moldova 0.894 2025 up 4.0% volatile
34 Slovenia 0.894 2025 unchanged volatile
34 Seychelles 0.894 2025 up 9.0% rising
38 Gambia 0.892 2025 up 53.8% rising
39 Namibia 0.885 2025 up 8.1% volatile
40 Austria 0.884 2025 down 4.5% volatile
40 Uruguay 0.884 2025 down 4.3% rising
42 Brazil 0.882 2025 down 3.8% volatile
43 Netherlands 0.878 2025 down 3.2% rising
44 Australia 0.873 2025 down 3.9% rising
45 Greece 0.872 2025 down 5.9% volatile
45 Honduras 0.872 2025 up 4.7% rising
47 Bulgaria 0.87 2025 down 0.3% volatile
48 Montenegro 0.869 2025 down 4.4% rising
49 France 0.867 2025 down 7.3% rising
49 Trinidad and Tobago 0.867 2025 down 1.0% rising
51 South Africa 0.86 2025 down 1.8% volatile
52 Georgia 0.857 2025 down 4.2% volatile
53 Romania 0.854 2025 down 6.8% volatile
54 Nigeria 0.848 2025 up 6.1% rising
55 Gabon 0.846 2025 up 0.4% volatile
56 Liberia 0.845 2025 down 2.6% rising
57 Argentina 0.842 2025 down 9.1% rising
57 Mauritius 0.842 2025 down 1.4% rising
59 Botswana 0.839 2025 down 4.4% volatile
59 Serbia 0.839 2025 down 7.3% rising
61 Cyprus 0.838 2025 down 2.0% rising
62 Canada 0.836 2025 down 9.2% rising
63 Colombia 0.833 2025 up 1.8% rising
63 Peru 0.833 2025 down 3.3% rising
65 Hungary 0.832 2025 down 9.5% volatile
65 Senegal 0.832 2025 up 0.2% rising
65 United States 0.832 2025 down 10.9% rising
68 Dominican Republic 0.829 2025 down 1.1% volatile
69 Sierra Leone 0.824 2025 down 4.6% volatile
70 Vanuatu 0.823 2025 up 0.5% rising
71 East Timor 0.821 2025 down 0.7% volatile
72 Malawi 0.819 2025 down 4.3% volatile
73 Lesotho 0.817 2025 down 3.9% volatile
74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.814 2025 down 7.9% volatile
74 Mongolia 0.814 2025 down 8.8% volatile
77 Guyana 0.808 2025 down 9.1% rising
77 Solomon Islands 0.808 2025 up 9.3% rising
79 North Macedonia 0.806 2025 up 3.1% volatile
80 Armenia 0.805 2025 down 7.8% volatile
81 Israel 0.802 2025 up 1.3% volatile
82 Bolivia 0.801 2025 down 0.7% volatile
83 Ecuador 0.8 2025 down 9.4% rising
84 United Kingdom 0.791 2025 down 7.5% rising
85 Paraguay 0.783 2025 down 9.2% volatile
86 Zambia 0.769 2025 up 5.8% volatile
87 Sri Lanka 0.768 2025 down 1.0% rising
88 Papua New Guinea 0.761 2025 down 3.9% volatile
90 Togo 0.747 2025 down 10.2% volatile
91 El Salvador 0.744 2025 down 10.1% volatile
92 Kenya 0.741 2025 up 3.5% volatile
93 Philippines 0.74 2025 down 5.7% rising
94 Madagascar 0.731 2025 down 2.0% volatile
95 Cote d'Ivoire 0.728 2025 down 13.5% volatile
96 Fiji 0.722 2025 down 7.1% rising
97 Guatemala 0.721 2025 down 1.1% volatile
99 Kyrgyzstan 0.713 2025 up 4.7% volatile
100 Niger 0.706 2025 down 1.9% volatile
101 Tunisia 0.685 2025 down 12.3% volatile
102 Mali 0.683 2025 down 9.5% volatile
103 Cameroon 0.681 2025 down 19.1% rising
104 Tanzania 0.679 2025 down 4.0% rising
105 Indonesia 0.676 2025 down 11.6% volatile
106 Bangladesh 0.673 2025 down 4.9% volatile
107 Haiti 0.672 2025 down 13.7% rising
108 Portugal 0.671 2025 down 29.8% volatile
109 Nepal 0.67 2025 down 8.7% volatile
110 Jordan 0.665 2025 down 1.8% rising
111 Malaysia 0.657 2025 up 11.5% flat
113 Lebanon 0.646 2025 down 0.2% flat
114 Kazakhstan 0.635 2025 up 5.7% volatile
115 India 0.631 2025 down 6.7% volatile
116 Mozambique 0.63 2025 down 16.4% volatile
117 Zimbabwe 0.627 2025 down 19.5% volatile
118 Bhutan 0.625 2025 down 10.3% rising
119 Burkina Faso 0.615 2025 down 26.3% rising
120 Angola 0.612 2025 up 5.9% volatile
121 Guinea-Bissau 0.611 2025 down 24.3% volatile
122 Iraq 0.605 2025 up 9.4% rising
123 Venezuela 0.597 2025 down 14.3% rising
124 Maldives 0.566 2025 up 18.9% rising
125 Morocco 0.557 2025 up 2.4% volatile
126 Ukraine 0.54 2025 down 30.6% volatile
127 Burundi 0.538 2025 up 112.6% rising
128 Thailand 0.535 2025 down 22.1% volatile
129 Comoros 0.53 2025 down 4.7% volatile
130 Pakistan 0.52 2025 up 7.9% volatile
131 Vietnam 0.513 2025 up 1.8% volatile
132 Chad 0.468 2025 down 13.8% rising
133 Russia 0.465 2025 down 33.4% volatile
134 Congo 0.46 2025 up 5.0% volatile
135 Belarus 0.457 2025 down 36.6% volatile
136 Oman 0.447 2025 down 3.5% volatile
137 Turkey 0.44 2025 down 22.9% rising
138 Algeria 0.439 2025 down 24.2% volatile
139 Cambodia 0.424 2025 down 18.9% volatile
140 Eswatini 0.413 2025 up 45.9% falling
141 Central African Republic 0.399 2025 down 9.1% volatile
143 Kuwait 0.384 2025 down 13.1% rising
144 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.382 2025 down 3.3% volatile
145 Mauritania 0.374 2025 down 20.3% rising
146 Bahrain 0.367 2025 up 27.9% rising
147 Azerbaijan 0.364 2025 down 36.6% volatile
148 Cuba 0.352 2025 down 3.0% volatile
149 Iran 0.345 2025 down 7.8% volatile
150 Guinea 0.344 2025 down 39.3% rising
151 Uzbekistan 0.34 2025 up 153.7% volatile
152 Uganda 0.331 2025 down 54.1% rising
153 Palestine 0.323 1948 down 3.0% flat
154 Egypt 0.317 2025 up 11.6% rising
155 Tajikistan 0.302 2025 down 19.7% volatile
156 Ethiopia 0.301 2025 down 36.5% volatile
157 Libya 0.29 2025 down 13.4% falling
158 Somalia 0.272 2025 up 30.1% rising
159 Equatorial Guinea 0.27 2025 down 9.4% volatile
160 United Arab Emirates 0.253 2025 down 12.2% rising
161 Syria 0.248 2025 up 115.7% rising
162 South Sudan 0.228 2025 up 11.2% volatile
163 Rwanda 0.209 2025 down 64.9% rising
164 Laos 0.204 2025 up 34.2% volatile
165 Qatar 0.176 2025 down 44.3% volatile
166 Saudi Arabia 0.171 2025 up 32.6% volatile
167 China 0.145 2025 down 22.0% volatile
168 Nicaragua 0.144 2025 down 81.6% volatile
169 Yemen 0.137 2025 up 18.1% volatile
170 Myanmar 0.136 2025 down 55.6% volatile
171 Sudan 0.098 2025 up 12.6% volatile
172 Turkmenistan 0.073 2025 up 28.1% volatile
173 Vatican 0.072 1870 down 20.0% falling
174 Afghanistan 0.028 2025 down 94.2% volatile
175 Eritrea 0.007 2025 down 12.5% volatile
176 North Korea 0.001 2025 unchanged volatile

About this data

Indicator
Private Civil Liberties Index
Source
V-Dem (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
176 places, 30,494 data points, 1789–2025
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Central estimate the extent to which people are free from forced labor, have property rights, and enjoy freedom of movement and religion.