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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Central estimate the extent to which people are free from forced labor, have property rights, and enjoy freedom of movement and religion.