List of indices of freedom

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There are several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world and rank countries as being free, partly free, or unfree using various measures of freedom, including political rights, economic rights, and civil liberties.

Freedom in the World published by Freedom House ranks countries by political rights and civil liberties that are derived in large measure from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Countries are assessed as free, partly free, or unfree.
The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual report published by The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. Countries are assessed as free, mostly free, mostly unfree, and unfree.
Worldwide Press Freedom Index is published by Reporters Without Borders. Countries are assessed as having a good situation, a satisfactory situation, noticeable problems, a difficult situation, or a very serious situation.
The Economic Freedom of the World Index is a report published by the Fraser Institute. It is a numeric index and its results are not (yet) included in the table below.

[edit] Current assessments

A map of the Freedom House data.
Red is unfree
Yellow is partly free
Blue is free
Grey means data unvailable

Here is a table of the assessments in each index for most countries of the world. For exact rankings rather than assessments, refer to the individual index articles.

Index	Scale
Freedom in the World	free		partly free				not free
Index of Economic Freedom	free	mostly free			mostly unfree			unfree
Worldwide Press Freedom Index	good	satisfactory		problems		difficult		very serious

Country	Freedom House	Economic Freedom	Press Freedom
Afghanistan	partly free	n/a	noticeable problems
Albania	partly free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Algeria	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Andorra	free	n/a	n/a
Angola	not free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Antigua and Barbuda	free	n/a	n/a
Argentina	free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Armenia	partly free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Australia	free	free	satisfactory situation
Austria	free	free	good situation
Azerbaijan	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Bahamas	free	mostly free	n/a
Bahrain	partly free	mostly free	difficult situation
Bangladesh	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Barbados	free	mostly free	n/a
Belarus	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Belgium	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Belize	free	mostly free	n/a
Benin	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Bhutan	not free	n/a	difficult situation
Bolivia	partly free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Bosnia and Herzegovina	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Botswana	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Brazil	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Brunei	not free	n/a	n/a
Bulgaria	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Burkina Faso	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Myanmar	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Burundi	partly free	n/a	noticeable problems
Cambodia	not free	mostly free	difficult situation
Cameroon	not free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Canada	free	free	good situation
Cape Verde	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Central African Republic	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Chad	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Chile	free	free	satisfactory situation
People's Republic of China (mainland only)	not free	mostly unfree	very serious situation
Colombia	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Comoros	partly free	n/a	noticeable problems
Costa Rica	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Côte d'Ivoire	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Congo-Brazzaville	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Congo-Kinshasa	not free	n/a	difficult situation
Croatia	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Cuba	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Cyprus	free	free	n/a
Czech Republic	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Denmark	free	free	good situation
Djibouti	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Dominica	free	n/a	n/a
Dominican Republic	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
East Timor	partly free	n/a	satisfactory situation
Ecuador	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Egypt	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
El Salvador	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Equatorial Guinea	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Eritrea	not free	n/a	very serious situation
Estonia	free	free	good situation
Ethiopia	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Fiji	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Finland	free	free	good situation
France	free	free	satisfactory situation
Gabon	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Gambia	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Georgia	partly free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Germany	free	free	good situation
Ghana	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Greece	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Grenada	free	n/a	satisfactory situation
Guatemala	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Guinea	not free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Guinea-Bissau	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Guyana	partly free	mostly unfree	n/a
Haiti	not free	unfree	difficult situation
Honduras	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Hong Kong	partly free	free	satisfactory situation
Hungary	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Iceland	free	free	good situation
India	free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Indonesia	free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Iran	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Iraq	not free	n/a	difficult situation
Republic of Ireland	free	free	good situation
Israel	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Italy	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Jamaica	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Japan	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Jordan	partly free	mostly free	difficult situation
Kazakhstan	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Kenya	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Kiribati	free	n/a	n/a
Kuwait	partly free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Kyrgyzstan	partly free	mostly free	difficult situation
Laos	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Latvia	free	mostly free	good situation
Lebanon	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Lesotho	free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Liberia	partly free	n/a	difficult situation
Libya	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Liechtenstein	free	n/a	n/a
Lithuania	free	mostly free	good situation
Luxembourg	free	free	n/a
Republic of Macedonia	partly free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Madagascar	partly free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Malawi	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Malaysia	partly free	mostly free	difficult situation
Maldives	not free	n/a	very serious situation
Mali	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Malta	free	mostly free	n/a
Marshall Islands	free	n/a	n/a
Mauritania	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Mauritius	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Mexico	free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Federated States of Micronesia	free	n/a	n/a
Moldova	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Monaco	free	n/a	n/a
Mongolia	free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Morocco	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Mozambique	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Namibia	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Nauru	free	n/a	n/a
Nepal	not free	mostly unfree	very serious situation
Netherlands	free	free	good situation
New Zealand	free	free	good situation
Nicaragua	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Niger	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Nigeria	partly free	unfree	difficult situation
North Korea	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Norway	free	mostly free	good situation
Oman	not free	mostly free	n/a
Pakistan	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Palau	free	n/a	n/a
Palestinian territories	partly free	n/a	difficult situation
Panama	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Papua New Guinea	partly free	n/a	n/a
Paraguay	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Peru	free	mostly free	difficult situation
Philippines	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Poland	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Portugal	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Qatar	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Republic of China (Taiwan Area only)	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Romania	free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Russia	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Rwanda	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Saint Kitts and Nevis	free	n/a	n/a
Saint Lucia	free	n/a	n/a
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	free	n/a	n/a
Samoa	free	n/a	n/a
San Marino	free	n/a	n/a
São Tomé and Príncipe	free	n/a	n/a
Saudi Arabia	not free	mostly free	very serious situation
Senegal	free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Serbia and Montenegro	free	n/a	noticeable problems
Seychelles	partly free	n/a	noticeable problems
Sierra Leone	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Singapore	partly free	free	difficult situation
Slovakia	free	mostly free	good situation
Slovenia	free	mostly free	good situation
Solomon Islands	partly free	n/a	n/a
Somalia	not free	n/a	difficult situation
South Africa	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
South Korea	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Spain	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Sri Lanka	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Sudan	not free	n/a	difficult situation
Suriname	free	mostly unfree	n/a
Swaziland	not free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Sweden	free	free	good situation
Switzerland	free	free	good situation
Syria	not free	mostly unfree	very serious situation
Tajikistan	not free	unfree	noticeable problems
Tanzania	partly free	mostly unfree	satisfactory situation
Thailand	partly free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Togo	not free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Tonga	partly free	n/a	difficult situation
Trinidad and Tobago	free	mostly free	good situation
Tunisia	not free	mostly unfree	very serious situation
Turkey	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Northern Cyprus	free	n/a	noticeable problems
Turkmenistan	not free	unfree	very serious situation
Tuvalu	free	n/a	n/a
Uganda	partly free	mostly free	noticeable problems
Ukraine	free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
United Arab Emirates	not free	mostly free	difficult situation
United Kingdom	free	free	good situation
United States	free	free	satisfactory situation
Uruguay	free	mostly free	satisfactory situation
Uzbekistan	not free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Vanuatu	free	n/a	n/a
Venezuela	partly free	unfree	noticeable problems
Vietnam	not free	mostly unfree	very serious situation
Yemen	partly free	mostly unfree	difficult situation
Zambia	partly free	mostly unfree	noticeable problems
Zimbabwe	not free	unfree	very serious situation