Freedom-in-the-World country list 2018

Freedom House classification of countries according to their degree of political-civil freedom - 2017 report Free Partially free Not free




The international non-governmental organization Freedom House , based in Washington, DC , publishes an annual report Freedom in the World , which reports on civil liberties in the countries of the world. The following is the Freedom-in-the-World country list 2018 . This summarizes the situation in 2017.

In 2017, according to World Freedom House, 88 countries, in which 2.9 billion people, or 39% of the world's population, lived, could be described as “free”. 58 countries were “partially free” (1.8 billion inhabitants, 24%) and 49 countries were classified as “not free”. The latter was home to 2.7 billion people (37% of the world's population), more than half of which were in a single country, the People's Republic of China .

While Gambia and Uganda could be changed from “not free” to “partially free”, Turkey and Zimbabwe had to be downgraded to “not free”.

The number of electoral democracies is given as 116, although the criteria for this have been raised. According to last year's criteria, 123 countries could be classified as electoral democracies. If you had adjusted this year's criteria to last year, this would not mean any change to the previous year. While the Ivory Coast is no longer classified as an electoral democracy, Nepal has been able to achieve such a status.

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The list of countries in the above report lists the countries according to their degrees of freedom. On the one hand, political rights (PR) and, on the other hand, civil liberties (BF) were assessed according to a point system. A point value of '1' means “maximally free”, one of “7” means “least free”.

The degree of freedom was classified on the basis of an overall score, whereby the division into the three classes "free", "partially free" and "not free" was possible. A higher overall score indicates a higher degree of freedom. Internet freedom was also rated in some countries.
The labels ▲ and ▼ indicate positive or negative developments since the last survey.   

Country	PR (1-7)	BF (1-7)	Overall score	status	Freedom of the press	Internet freedom
Afghanistan	5 ▼	6th	26th	not free	not free
Egypt	6th	5	26th	not free	not free	not free
Albania	3	3	68	partially free	partially free
Algeria	6th	5	35	not free	not free
Andorra	1	1	96	free	free
Angola	6th	6th	26th	not free	not free	partially free
Antigua and Barbuda	2	2	83	free	partially free
Argentina	2	2	83	free	partially free	free
Armenia	5	4th	45	partially free	not free	free
Azerbaijan	7th	6th	12	not free	not free	partially free
Ethiopia	7th	6th	12	not free	not free	not free
Australia	1	1	98	free	free	free
Bahamas	1	1	91	free	free
Bahrain	7th	6th	12	not free	not free	not free
Bangladesh	4th	4th	45	partially free	not free	partially free
Barbados	1	1	96	free	free
Belgium	1	1	95	free	free
Belize	1	2	86	free	free
Benin	2	2	82	free	partially free
Bhutan	3	4th	55	partially free	partially free
Bolivia	3	3	67	partially free	partially free
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4th	4th	55	partially free	partially free
Botswana	3	2	72	free	partially free
Brazil	2	2	78	free	partially free	partially free
Brunei	6th	5	28	not free	not free
Bulgaria	2	2	80	free	partially free
Burkina Faso	4th	3	60	partially free	partially free
Burundi	7th	6th	18th	not free	not free
Chad	7th	6th	18th	not free	not free
Chile	1	1	94	free	free
People's Republic of China	7th	6th	14th	not free	not free	not free
Costa Rica	1	1	91	free	free
Denmark	1	1	97	free	free
Germany	1	1	94	free	free	free
Dominica	1	1	93	free	free
Dominican Republic	3	3	67	partially free	partially free
Djibouti	6th	5	26th	not free	not free
Ecuador	3	3 ▲	60	partially free	not free	partially free
Ivory Coast	4th	4th	51	partially free	partially free
El Salvador	2	3	70	free	partially free
Equatorial Guinea	7th	7th	8th	not free	not free
Eritrea	7th	7th	3	not free	not free
Estonia	1	1	94	free	free	free
Fiji	3	3 ▲	59	partially free	partially free
Finland	1	1	100	free	free
France	1	2 ▼	90	free	free	free
Gabon	7 ▼	5	23	not free	not free
Gambia	4 ▲	5 ▲	41	partially free ▲	not free	not free
Georgia	3	3	64	partially free	partially free	free
Ghana	1	2	83	free	partially free
Greece	2	2	85	free	partially free
Grenada	1	2	88	free	free
Guatemala	4th	4th	56	partially free	partially free
Guinea	5	5	41	partially free	not free
Guinea-Bissau	5	5	41	partially free	partially free
Guyana	2	3	74	free	partially free
Haiti	5	5	41	partially free	partially free
Honduras	4th	4th	46	partially free	not free
India	2	3	77	free	partially free	partially free
Indonesia	2	4th	64	partially free	partially free	partially free
Iran	6th	6th	18th	not free	not free	not free
Iraq	5	6th	31	not free	not free
Ireland	1	1	96	free	free
Iceland	1	1	95	free	free	free
Israel	1	2 ▼	79	free	partially free
Italy	1	1	89	free	partially free	free
Jamaica	2	3	77	free	free
Japan	1	1	96	free	free	free
Yemen	7th	6th	13	not free	not free
Jordan	5	5	37	partially free ▲	not free	partially free
Cambodia	6th	5	30th	not free	not free	partially free
Cameroon	6th	6th	22nd	not free	not free
Canada	1	1	99	free	free	free
Cape Verde	1	1	90	free	free
Kazakhstan	7 ▼	5	22nd	not free	not free	not free
Kenya	4th	4th	48	partially free	partially free	free
Kyrgyzstan	5	5	37	partially free	not free	partially free
Kiribati	1	1	93	free	free
Colombia	3	3	65	partially free	partially free	partially free
Democratic Republic of Congo	7th	6th	17th	not free	not free
Republic of the Congo	7th	5	21st	not free	partially free
Comoros	3	4th	55	partially free	partially free
Kosovo	3	4th	52	partially free	partially free
Croatia	1	2	86	free	partially free
Cuba	7th	6th	14th	not free	not free	not free
Kuwait	5	5	36	partially free	partially free
Laos	7th	6th	12	not free	not free
Latvia	2 ▼	2	87	free	free
Lesotho	3	3	64	partially free	partially free
Lebanon	6 ▼	4th	43	partially free	partially free	partially free
Liberia	3	3 ▲	62	partially free	partially free
Libya	7th	6th	9	not free	not free	partially free
Liechtenstein	2	1	90	free	free
Lithuania	1	1	91	free	free
Luxembourg	1	1	98	free	free
Madagascar	3	4th	56	partially free	partially free
Malawi	3	3	63	partially free	partially free	partially free
Malaysia	4th	4th	45	partially free	not free	partially free
Maldives	5	5	35	partially free	partially free
Mali	5	4th	44	partially free	partially free
Malta	1	1	92	free	free
Morocco	5	5 ▼	39	partially free	not free	partially free
Marshall Islands	1	1	92	free	free
Mauritania	6th	5	30th	not free	partially free
Mauritius	1	2	89	free	free
Macedonia	4th	3	58	partially free	not free
Mexico	3	3	62	partially free	not free	partially free
Micronesia	1	1	93	free	free
Moldova	3	3	61	partially free	partially free
Monaco	3	1	82	free	free
Mongolia	1	2	85	free	partially free
Montenegro	3	3	67	partially free	partially free
Mozambique	4th	4th	52	partially free	partially free
Myanmar	5	5	31	partially free	not free	not free
Namibia	2	2	77	free	partially free
Nauru	2	2	81	free	partially free
Nepal	3	4th	55	partially free	partially free
New Zealand	1	1	98	free	free
Nicaragua	5	4th	44	partially free	partially free
Netherlands	1	1	99	free	free
Niger	4th	4th	49	partially free	partially free
Nigeria	3	5	50	partially free	partially free	partially free
North Korea	7th	7th	3	not free	not free
Norway	1	1	100	free	free
Austria	1	1	94	free	free
Oman	6th	5	23	not free	not free
Pakistan	4th	5	43	partially free	not free	not free
Palau	1	1	92	free	free
Panama	2	2	83	free	partially free
Papua New Guinea	3	3	63	partially free	free
Paraguay	3	3	64	partially free	partially free
Peru	2	3	73	free	partially free
Philippines	3	3	62	partially free	partially free	free
Poland	1	2	85	free	free
Portugal	1	1	97	free	free
Qatar	6th	5	24	not free	not free
Romania	2	2	84	free	partially free
Russia	7th	6th	20th	not free	not free	not free
Rwanda	6th	6th	23	not free	not free	partially free
St. Kitts and Nevis	1 ▲	1	89	free	free
St. Lucia	1	1	91	free	free
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1	1	90	free	free
Zambia	4th	4th	55	partially free	not free	partially free
Samoa	2	2	80	free	free
San Marino	1	1	97	free	free
Sao Tome and Principe	2	2	82	free	free
Saudi Arabia	7th	7th	7th	not free	not free	not free
Senegal	2	2	75	free	partially free
Serbia	3	2	73	free	partially free
Seychelles	3	3	71	partially free	partially free
Sierra Leone	3	3	66	partially free	partially free
Zimbabwe	6 ▼	5	30th	not free ▼	not free	partially free
Singapore	4th	4th	52	partially free	not free	partially free
Slovakia	1	1	89	free	free
Slovenia	1	1	93	free	free
Solomon Islands	3	2	72	free ▲	free
Somalia	7th	7th	7th	not free	not free
South Africa	2	2	78	free	partially free	free
Spain	1	1	94	free	free
Sri Lanka	3	4th	55	partially free	not free	partially free
Sudan	7th	7th	8th	not free	not free	not free
South Korea	2	2	84	free	partially free	partially free
South Sudan	7th	7th	2	not free	not free
Suriname	2	3	78	free	free
Swaziland	7th	6 ▼	16	not free	not free
Sweden	1	1	100	free	free
Switzerland	1	1	96	free	free
Syria	7th	7th	−1	not free	not free	not free
Taiwan	1	1	93	free	free
Tajikistan	7th	6th	11	not free	not free
Tanzania	4 ▼	4th	52	partially free	partially free
Thailand	6th	5	31	not free	not free	not free
East Timor	2 ▲	3	69	partially free	partially free
Togo	4th	4th	47	partially free	partially free
Tonga	2	2	75	free	free
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	81	free	free
Czech Republic	1	1	93	free	free
Tunisia	2 ▼	3	70	free	partially free	partially free
Turkey	5 ▼	6 ▼	32	not free ▼	not free	not free
Turkmenistan	7th	7th	4th	not free	not free
Tuvalu	1	1	94	free	free
Uganda	6th	4 ▲	37	partially free ▲	partially free	partially free
Ukraine	3	3	62	partially free	partially free	partially free
Hungary	3	2	72	free	partially free	free
Uruguay	1	1	98	free	free
Uzbekistan	7th	7th	7th	not free	not free	not free
Vanuatu	2	2	81	free	free
Venezuela	6th	5	26th	not free	not free	partially free
United Arab Emirates	7 ▼	6th	17th	not free	not free	not free
United Kingdom	1	1	94	free	free	free
United States	2 ▼	1	86	free	free	free
Vietnam	7th	5	20th	not free	not free	not free
Belarus	6th	6th	21st	not free	not free	not free
Central African Republic	7th	7th	9	not free	not free
Cyprus	1	1	94	free	free

See also

• List of countries according to personal freedom (Legatum Prosperity Index)
• World Happiness Report (UNO World Happiness Report )
• List of Indices of Freedom (Worldwide Measures)
• List of European systems of government

source

• Freedom House : Freedom in the World 2018. In: FreedomHouse.org. Washington / New York 2018 (English; with reports).