List of countries according to personal freedom

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This list of countries for personal freedom is a social indicator for " personal freedom " (Personal Freedom) , the year of the conservative London think tank Legatum Institute as part of the comprehensive welfare indicator Legatum Prosperity Index is published (PI), as the end of 2019. The Prosperity Index includes 167 countries with 99% of the world population and is made up of 12 individual sub- indices  - the one on freedom of the person relates to five policy areas with a total of 27  statistical indicators (out of 294 in total).

Calculation of personal freedom

The report of the Legatum Institute evaluates statistical information provided by the United Nations , World Bank and other leading institutions to a total of 65 policy areas, "elements" called (elements) . These are distributed in 12 "columns" (pillars) , which is calculated as index values from 0.00 to 1.00 and in a hierarchy are brought to be able to compare the individual countries. All indices are divided into three groups: Inclusive Societies, Open Economies and Empowered People (" Inclusive Societies, Open Economic Systems , Participating People") - the first group includes the index on "Personal Freedom" with its five elements and 27  indicators :

  1. Right of self-determination (Agency) - personal and legal independence and unrestricted freedom of movement (8 indicators)
  2. Of assembly and freedom of association (Freedom of Assembly and Association) - without government restrictions (3 indicators)
  3. Freedom of expression and access to information (Freedom of Speech and Access to Information) - unaffected by censorship and government intervention (6 indicators)
  4. Absence of legal discrimination (Absence of Legal Discrimination) - with regard to gender, sexual orientation, religion, minorities and working conditions (7 indicators)
  5. Social tolerance (Social Tolerance) - without restricting individual de facto freedoms of the people (3 indicators - see countries for LGBT tolerance and rights )

Countries according to their freedom

The list with the overall result of the Prosperity Index (PI) and its rank is by one of its 12 sub-indices, the the " personal freedom " (Personal Freedom) with its five policy areas  - the highest freedom value has Norway ( 94.56 ), the lowest Eritrea ( 11.32 ), the three DA-CH countries are marked with flags and are ranked 13th , 17th and 12th :

Country 2019 PI rank Pers.
free-
ness
Rank
(+/−)
2009 Self-
affirmative
right
rank Vers . &
Association.
Freih.
rank My . &
Info.
Freih.
rank No
total
Discreet
rank Soc.
tolerance
tolerance
rank
Norway 83.96 2 94.56 1 (+1) 90.75 94.09 2 96.81 2 98.18 1 89.96 3 93.63 2
Denmark 83.96 1 92.88 2 (+2) 88.62 91.53 5 97.71 1 95.76 2 91.06 2 87.27 5
Finland 82.39 5 90.76 3 (+7) 85.89 91.58 4th 92.21 8th 95.07 3 92.11 1 79.91 14th
Sweden 83.04 4th 89.87 4 (−3) 91.94 95.10 1 93.11 5 95.05 4th 81.72 12 80.78 13
Netherlands 82.19 6th 89.73 5 (−2) 89.99 92.00 3 90.18 16 93.38 6th 88.30 4th 82.35 9
Iceland 80.72 10 89.05 6 (0)  86.67 86.49 13 92.72 6th 92.17 8th 84.95 6th 89.74 3
Canada 80.01 14th 88.63 7 (−2) 87.53 89.18 7th 91.07 12 90.73 13 79.45 13 93.94 1
Luxembourg 80.95 9 88.11 8 (0)  86.23 86.54 11 93.87 4th 92.33 7th 84.58 7th 82.11 10
Ireland 80.38 12 87.76 9 (0)  86.02 86.51 12 92.15 9 91.23 11 82.67 10 86.12 6th
New Zealand 81.24 7th 86.47 10 (+2) 85.28 84.93 15th 90.36 15th 90.40 14th 78.97 14th 88.62 4th
Portugal 73.75 26th 86.09 11 (+8) 79.65 83.14 20th 91.96 10 89.53 15th 83.49 8th 82.01 11
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 83.64 3 85.98 12 (+3) 83.84 89.55 6th 93.96 3 93.92 5 75.16 21st 73.24 20th
GermanyGermany Germany 81.14 8th 85.26 13 (−2) 85.35 86.33 14th 90.78 14th 85.42 22nd 86.59 5 74.14 19th
Australia 78.64 17th 85.02 14 (−1) 84.79 87.47 9 89.50 18th 85.65 20th 76.34 20th 85.70 7th
United Kingdom 80.70 11 84.47 15 (+1) 80.98 84.09 16 92.68 7th 87.26 17th 78.02 19th 79.03 15th
Belgium 76.26 22nd 84.40 16 (−9) 86.49 87.04 10 90.79 13 92.01 9 78.84 17th 68.77 26th
AustriaAustria Austria 80.26 13 83.51 17 (+1) 79.95 88.44 8th 88.70 21st 86.64 18th 81.87 11 66.39 29
Malta 76.40 20th 82.79 18 (+5) 75.08 83.09 21st 89.71 17th 83.72 26th 78.84 16 77.10 16
Spain 74.79 25th 82.56 19 (−5) 84.27 83.73 18th 85.59 31 83.50 27 78.06 18th 81.35 12
Uruguay 67.61 39 82.39 20 (−3) 80.92 77.25 29 88.24 22nd 87.83 16 83.33 9 74.65 18th
Costa Rica 67.66 38 79.21 21 (+1) 75.58 80.09 25th 87.33 24 91.54 10 65.02 30th 69.37 23
United States 77.75 18th 78.71 22 (−2) 79.39 83.91 17th 88.71 20th 83.14 28 59.50 41 76.40 17th
France 76.26 23 77.14 23 (−2) 78.35 80.50 24 84.42 34 84.42 24 64.84 31 68.50 27
Cyprus, Republic 69.99 34 76.42 24 (+4) 72.22 76.97 30th 88.73 19th 86.59 19th 68.57 25th 55.97 38
Estonia 76.31 21st 75.62 25 (+2) 72.93 83.59 19th 91.29 11 90.87 12 78.96 15th 16.66 154
Taiwan 74.83 24 74.60 26 (+3) 71.92 71.64 37 86.09 29 81.93 32 63.42 37 69.34 24
Slovenia 73.66 27 74.49 27 (−2) 73.39 82.05 22nd 86.59 27 79.06 37 69.84 24 45.87 73
Chile 68.70 37 74.48 28 (−2) 73.13 79.49 26th 85.89 30th 79.93 35 59.63 40 63.43 31
Italy 71.68 30th 74.17 29 (+3) 71.59 77.98 27 87.55 23 81.57 33 59.34 42 59.90 33
Argentina 60.47 59 74.08 30 (+14) 66.96 76.80 31 83.85 36 72.07 55 67.47 26th 68.02 28
Japan 77.06 19th 72.14 31 (+2) 70.54 75.11 35 85.57 32 78.93 38 71.67 23 40.89 87
Czech Republic 73.43 28 71.66 32 (−8) 75.04 80.81 23 86.60 26th 84.13 25th 72.30 22nd 19.02 146
Cape Verde 57.36 77 70.55 33 (−2) 71.75 71.63 38 82.19 41 78.88 39 61.14 39 54.67 42
Jamaica 59.86 64 70.15 34 (+11) 66.30 73.14 36 78.32 48 85.60 21st 51.33 72 58.74 34
Slovakia 70.25 32 69.87 35 (+3) 68.70 77.82 28 82.90 39 82.27 31 67.40 28 26.01 133
South Africa 56.65 83 69.07 36 (−2) 70.18 63.91 56 84.86 33 75.95 46 64.62 32 53.35 45
Mauritius 66.41 44 68.56 37 (−1) 69.11 63.03 59 80.46 43 76.55 45 53.12 66 71.84 21st
Lithuania 70.16 33 68.14 38 (+4) 68.09 76.42 33 84.03 35 82.33 30th 64.16 34 19.55 142
Latvia 69.94 35 68.11 39 (+1) 68.57 75.63 34 86.67 25th 84.94 23 64.08 35 13.79 159
Trinidad & Tobago 61.03 55 68.05 40 (+8) 65.45 65.19 50 82.42 40 78.67 40 58.26 46 52.56 49
Hong Kong 79.90 15th 66.90 41 (−6) 69.27 71.37 39 60.03 91 69.49 59 67.43 27 64.45 30th
Brazil 59.08 69 65.42 42 (−3) 68.70 62.18 62 71.31 62 69.00 64 57.39 49 68.89 25th
Greece 66.51 42 65.35 43 (0)  67.48 69.12 44 86.51 28 73.03 51 58.11 47 30.27 123
Sao Tome & Principe 55.20 93 65.13 44 (+6) 64.80 65.56 49 78.15 50 72.99 52 55.78 55 49.04 63
Peru 61.03 56 64.68 45 (+18) 60.52 65.11 51 74.14 56 73.70 49 55.98 52 50.93 54
South Korea 73.04 29 64.41 46 (+15) 62.13 66.82 46 79.56 46 80.27 34 51.87 71 35.72 106
Ghana 53.74 102 64.15 47 (0)  65.71 58.99 71 83.83 37 83.12 29 48.09 88 42.60 81
Panama 63.29 51 63.72 48 (+10) 62.79 65.95 47 79.98 45 69.12 61 47.45 90 52.80 47
Croatia 66.19 45 63.61 49 (−12) 68.77 71.31 40 83.00 38 64.58 77 66.66 29 19.53 143
Suriname 56.70 82 63.41 50 (+2) 64.38 58.69 74 77.14 52 77.70 42 52.16 68 48.94 64
Namibia 56.11 89 63.13 51 (0)  64.57 58.17 77 81.77 42 79.69 36 49.28 83 42.97 79
Dominican. republic 57.33 78 62.09 52 (+4) 63.26 61.29 63 76.77 53 69.16 60 53.24 65 46.23 72
Georgia 61.71 53 61.67 53 (+20) 57.66 64.50 52 71.57 59 74.02 48 50.74 76 41.87 86
Papua New Guinea 47.51 123 61.40 54 (+11) 60.09 50.00 99 79.44 47 76.61 44 52.07 69 48.52 66
Montenegro 63.57 50 61.08 55 (−1) 63.44 69.45 43 70.81 64 66.96 68 57.66 48 30.86 121
Botswana 57.49 76 61.02 56 (+4) 62.35 60.07 68 72.05 57 71.98 56 46.69 92 52.37 52
Romania 64.59 47 60.87 57 (−11) 66.04 69.89 42 69.65 67 69.05 62 64.54 33 18.34 149
Burkina Faso 45.17 134 60.68 58 (+8) 59.67 52.38 92 71.31 61 73.32 50 56.29 51 49.33 61
Ecuador 56.76 80 60.57 59 (+18) 57.25 62.31 60 67.55 70 60.76 92 54.87 57 55.73 40
Belize 55.08 94 60.48 60 (+2) 61.28 65.82 48 71.52 60 77.19 43 42.77 101 38.23 99
Senegal 51.00 111 60.41 61 (−4) 63.23 49.23 103 76.14 55 74.21 47 55.14 56 46.73 70
Poland 69.30 36 60.17 62 (−32) 71.87 76.58 32 67.79 69 67.55 65 58.28 45 15.36 157
Mongolia 56.19 87 59.58 63 (+11) 57.53 62.22 61 77.81 51 72.50 54 55.89 54 18.58 148
Seychelles 64.34 48 59.57 64 (+11) 57.46 63.78 57 64.37 76 61.67 87 54.29 60 50.38 55
Guyana 55.93 90 59.52 65 (+7) 57.82 54.59 83 76.55 54 72.70 53 48.39 87 42.27 82
Benin 45.87 131 59.46 66 (−7) 62.50 51.88 93 80.43 44 64.72 75 53.46 64 45.14 77
Nepal 49.53 115 59.46 67 (+14) 56.26 51.21 94 60.51 90 69.05 63 41.65 104 82.74 8th
Mexico 59.53 67 59.09 68 (+11) 56.42 63.76 58 65.99 72 60.11 94 51.17 74 51.27 53
Bulgaria 64.08 49 58.88 69 (−20) 65.15 67.31 45 78.16 49 62.08 85 51.95 70 24.08 137
Philippines 56.49 84 58.82 70 (−6) 60.26 61.10 65 63.58 78 67.04 67 45.06 96 56.10 37
El Salvador 54.16 98 58.74 71 (+5) 57.40 58.94 72 63.21 79 66.84 70 48.40 86 55.43 41
Israel 70.90 31 58.51 72 (−17) 63.28 59.89 70 70.96 63 77.94 41 55.97 53 17.08 153
Bolivia 52.74 105 57.32 73 (−3) 58.69 60.96 66 62.21 84 59.14 99 49.60 82 52.59 48
Colombia 57.91 72 57.24 74 (+10) 54.85 61.20 64 56.95 96 58.10 102 53.67 63 54.62 43
Albania 59.83 65 56.96 75 (+5) 56.27 64.38 53 66.42 71 56.52 107 54.45 58 35.93 104
Paraguay 57.17 79 56.23 76 (+6) 56.07 56.77 80 61.85 87 60.09 95 50.60 78 50.21 56
Serbia 62.07 52 55.70 77 (−24) 63.67 64.19 55 61.87 86 42.75 130 63.70 36 39.92 90
Malawi 46.35 128 55.54 78 (0)  56.99 53.63 87 71.85 58 71.82 57 46.66 93 27.09 132
Guatemala 54.11 99 54.59 79 (+7) 54.12 60.20 67 61.97 85 61.15 90 38.08 120 48.67 65
Sri Lanka 57.49 75 54.39 80 (+23) 46.89 52.66 91 70.50 66 62.10 84 41.47 106 42.72 80
Mali 41.72 149 54.17 81 (−14) 59.03 38.94 132 58.98 94 66.86 69 59.15 43 49.57 59
North Macedonia 61.10 54 54.07 82 (−11) 58.32 59.99 69 63.96 77 59.58 97 58.47 44 17.77 152
Armenia 60.14 61 53.92 83 (+17) 47.86 57.87 78 59.98 92 61.82 86 50.81 75 32.88 112
Country 2019 PI rank Personal.
free-
ness
Rank
(+/−)
2009 Self-
affirmative
right
rank Versam. &
Verein.
freedom
rank My. &
Inform.
Freedom
rank No
legal
Discreet.
rank Social
tolerance
tolerance
rank
Mozambique 42.62 145 53.76 84 (+14) 48.33 50.69 97 55.30 102 62.35 83 47.38 91 53.86 44
Ukraine 54.50 96 53.71 85 (−16) 58.91 58.63 75 60.68 89 61.22 89 61.90 38 15.27 158
Sierra Leone 42.26 146 53.58 86 (+3) 52.31 53.92 85 64.88 74 63.50 80 37.94 121 45.59 74
Lesotho 45.59 133 53.58 87 (+8) 49.46 53.18 90 63.17 80 62.60 82 45.94 94 39.62 91
Tunisia 54.71 95 53.36 88 (+44) 35.93 57.05 79 68.38 68 71.04 58 40.01 112 21.45 141
Hungary 65.93 46 53.21 89 (−48) 68.26 70.66 41 54.30 104 55.66 110 54.39 59 17.84 151
Madagascar 43.63 137 53.19 90 (−5) 54.29 44.56 115 65.73 73 66.75 71 48.98 84 38.38 95
Liberia 44.38 136 52.93 91 (−8) 55.97 50.94 96 70.57 65 67.44 66 36.53 123 35.27 107
Bosnia Herzegovina 58.15 70 52.91 92 (−24) 58.93 58.72 73 61.41 88 63.89 79 54.23 61 15.51 156
Niger 41.00 151 52.75 93 (−2) 51.58 45.64 113 57.49 95 63.91 78 50.53 79 46.37 71
Comoros 45.98 129 52.25 94 (+7) 47.56 48.64 106 55.83 99 64.62 76 40.61 109 52.53 50
Singapore 79.15 16 51.99 95 (+2) 48.90 64.22 54 35.86 125 34.20 136 57.32 50 69.73 22nd
Ivory Coast 45.95 130 50.55 96 (−6) 52.07 41.54 127 62.69 82 55.35 111 54.10 62 38.26 97
Honduras 52.28 107 50.44 97 (−4) 50.20 55.63 81 53.64 105 48.22 120 43.69 98 49.52 60
Moldova, Republic 56.74 81 50.12 98 (+10) 46.38 58.48 76 62.53 83 59.17 98 47.80 89 10.68 162
Guinea-Bissau 43.49 138 49.87 99 (−5) 49.91 43.82 117 55.16 103 58.08 103 52.75 67 38.13 100
Kyrgyzstan 56.18 88 49.32 100 (+18) 40.70 49.68 100 55.82 100 58.68 101 40.48 110 39.40 93
India 53.77 101 49.22 101 (−13) 52.35 50.25 98 55.46 101 61.08 91 33.53 131 44.30 78
Nigeria 41.99 148 48.92 102 (+2) 46.81 47.00 109 59.50 93 65.30 74 26.95 146 45.46 75
Indonesia 60.01 63 48.59 103 (+8) 45.52 53.98 84 63.10 81 62.98 81 25.02 148 32.49 114
Haiti 40.06 153 48.45 104 (+2) 46.51 45.83 112 52.92 106 65.54 72 42.88 100 31.50 119
Guinea 43.07 141 47.82 105 (−13) 50.46 33.73 147 55.84 98 61.28 88 45.84 95 45.28 76
Kenya 50.54 113 47.72 106 (+1) 46.48 41.67 124 56.59 97 60.46 93 32.48 134 49.30 62
Lebanon 52.86 104 46.58 107 (−11) 49.42 43.22 120 64.75 75 65.39 73 34.33 128 19.22 144
Zambia 48.50 118 46.17 108 (+1) 46.21 46.48 111 51.99 107 51.68 114 40.11 111 38.65 94
Tanzania 48.02 120 45.81 109 (−7) 47.51 48.07 107 43.94 114 53.47 113 39.93 114 42.15 83
Togo 42.69 144 44.73 110 (+6) 43.04 37.59 135 41.85 117 57.51 105 51.19 73 34.82 109
Gambia 46.97 125 43.76 111 (+17) 36.95 43.03 121 49.99 111 50.59 116 25.13 147 52.43 51
Gabon 50.73 112 43.32 112 (−13) 48.25 34.16 146 46.11 113 54.46 112 50.68 77 30.23 124
Nicaragua 51.58 109 42.92 113 (−26) 53.76 53.26 89 15.81 151 46.60 123 39.95 113 60.89 32
Rwanda 52.71 106 41.53 114 (+5) 40.58 53.87 86 33.32 131 30.46 137 49.72 81 35.78 105
Kuwait 60.08 62 41.45 115 (+8) 38.70 42.88 123 35.79 126 58.72 100 27.71 144 41.92 85
Bangladesh 46.47 127 40.77 116 (−6) 45.78 41.45 128 42.21 116 48.02 121 19.95 155 55.79 39
Uganda 45.15 135 40.76 117 (−2) 43.20 43.31 119 37.85 121 55.67 109 29.79 141 35.15 108
Morocco 53.92 100 40.16 118 (−6) 44.41 46.51 110 40.81 118 49.67 117 35.28 126 22.54 139
Malaysia 66.62 41 40.01 119 (+12) 36.50 53.31 88 46.43 112 45.38 127 27.32 145 19.04 145
Thailand 59.53 66 39.95 120 (−15) 46.70 55.05 82 33.27 132 34.34 135 42.45 102 27.83 130
Jordan 56.41 86 39.16 121 (+6) 37.54 51.13 95 35.90 124 43.96 129 39.84 115 16.23 155
Pakistan 43.09 140 38.17 122 (+11) 35.58 31.59 151 50.86 108 57.63 104 14.17 162 38.26 97
Congo, Republic 39.91 154 37.74 123 (−6) 42.94 36.11 139 33.84 130 45.24 128 43.54 99 27.94 129
Zimbabwe 43.10 139 37.12 124 (+31) 25.69 34.62 143 32.30 133 49.31 118 33.18 133 36.68 102
Chad 32.88 164 37.10 125 (+4) 36.81 32.59 149 35.40 128 42.02 132 37.04 122 40.43 89
Cameroon 40.96 152 36.79 126 (−12) 43.80 31.84 150 34.22 129 48.36 119 31.21 138 40.46 88
Cambodia 47.84 122 36.10 127 (−6) 39.56 49.06 104 24.55 138 35.82 134 38.46 118 27.13 131
Venezuela 42.82 143 35.99 128 (−15) 44.25 41.54 126 19.23 143 19.95 150 48.86 85 53.35 45
Myanmar 47.28 124 35.54 129 (+34) 17.85 32.88 148 38.95 120 47.61 122 14.66 161 47.19 69
Djibouti 47.88 121 34.77 130 (+4) 35.50 40.51 131 36.22 123 25.72 141 39.12 117 29.50 126
Central Africa 31.72 165 34.42 131 (−9) 39.29 18.26 164 35.60 127 56.36 108 31.29 137 34.69 111
Afghanistan 33.46 163 34.42 132 (−6) 37.76 25.99 155 50.19 110 57.41 106 22.72 150 12.37 160
Angola 38.14 156 34.15 133 (+8) 32.87 25.17 157 42.72 115 46.57 124 36.48 124 18.04 150
Algeria 51.48 110 34.12 134 (−4) 36.59 44.30 116 29.24 135 46.49 125 31.50 135 10.69 161
Qatar 66.45 43 33.75 135 (+9) 31.89 41.04 129 18.45 144 25.83 140 30.25 139 57.22 35
Libya 42.08 147 33.44 136 (+21) 23.15 26.32 154 36.60 122 45.45 126 23.54 149 38.28 96
Iraq 42.96 142 33.10 137 (+6) 31.90 24.23 158 50.25 109 51.09 115 10.00 164 31.83 118
Society. Arab. Emirates 67.41 40 32.95 138 (0)  34.33 45.35 114 18.00 146 19.41 152 33.24 132 49.90 57
Kazakhstan 59.12 68 32.88 139 (−3) 34.39 49.55 101 17.65 147 21.99 147 40.92 108 29.20 128
Vietnam 56.48 85 32.86 140 (+2) 32.09 49.26 102 16.30 150 16.78 155 41.50 105 37.54 101
Congo, Dem. Rep. 33.60 162 32.52 141 (−2) 34.14 25.95 156 23.48 139 42.22 131 41.72 103 30.35 122
Oman 60.30 60 31.82 142 (+7) 29.82 48.72 105 20.14 141 25.59 142 29.88 140 30.11 125
Mauritania 38.56 155 31.73 143 (−19) 38.33 30.17 152 40.17 119 60.07 96 17.98 158 3.65 167
Russia 57.72 74 31.70 144 (−9) 35.47 37.49 136 26.90 136 24.74 143 41.41 107 24.80 135
Belarus 57.85 73 30.73 145 (0)  31.88 41.61 125 25.76 137 22.47 146 50.31 80 4.14 166
Turkey 55.42 91 30.14 146 (−26) 39.65 43.61 118 19.85 142 26.34 139 20.30 154 39.62 91
Uzbekistan 53.53 103 29.73 147 (+15) 20.04 34.48 145 11.81 154 15.09 157 36.17 125 56.68 36
Swaziland 45.75 132 29.36 148 (+4) 27.03 34.82 141 16.94 149 21.93 148 38.35 119 34.75 110
Tajikistan 50.28 114 28.56 149 (−3) 31.10 37.88 133 12.96 153 20.38 149 34.89 127 36.26 103
Somalia 33.96 161 28.31 150 (+4) 25.87 21.82 160 29.56 134 39.48 133 20.91 152 32.44 115
Laos 49.08 116 28.30 151 (+2) 26.26 42.94 122 10.12 158 11.04 162 29.42 143 49.64 58
Azerbaijan 55.22 92 27.04 152 (−4) 30.01 40.92 130 8.41 161 11.67 160 39.58 116 32.52 113
Ethiopia 41.14 150 26.91 153 (−6) 30.16 37.65 134 13.22 152 29.85 138 20.52 153 31.86 117
Equatorial Guinea 48.86 117 26.80 154 (−4) 27.56 34.59 144 8.65 160 14.07 158 44.58 97 31.30 120
Cuba 54.45 97 26.38 155 (+1) 25.17 36.77 138 6.94 162 9.23 163 33.94 129 47.77 67
Bahrain 60.61 58 25.91 156 (−16) 33.36 47.32 108 3.91 166 12.84 159 29.46 142 32.25 116
Burundi 36.21 159 23.81 157 (−32) 37.80 20.46 161 10.99 155 17.07 153 33.82 130 42.12 84
Saudi Arabia 57.94 71 20.73 158 (+8) 13.25 26.93 153 4.23 165 11.41 161 18.71 156 47.53 68
China, People's Republic 60.76 57 19.97 159 (0)  21.61 37.18 137 10.69 157 4.95 165 21.19 151 22.06 140
South Sudan 29.76 167 19.52 160 (−23) 34.37 15.53 166 17.27 148 24.52 145 18.69 157 23.56 138
Egypt 46.56 126 19.08 161 (−10) 27.56 34.69 142 10.74 156 17.00 154 17.72 159 8.80 163
Turkmenistan 51.67 108 18.65 162 (−2) 21.00 35.85 140 1.20 167 1.82 167 31.35 136 18.76 147
Iran 48.31 119 16.91 163 (+2) 15.50 22.89 159 9.11 159 16.43 156 8.38 166 29.35 127
Yemen 31.14 166 16.65 164 (−3) 20.13 19.18 162 20.26 140 19.61 151 16.03 160 4.49 165
Sudan 36.68 158 16.05 165 (−7) 22.09 18.36 163 18.32 145 24.58 144 9.78 165 6.13 164
Syria 37.66 157 12.46 166 (−2) 16.45 17.94 165 6.62 163 6.81 164 7.05 167 25.86 134
Eritrea 35.55 160 11.32 167 (0)  12.46 12.19 167 4.94 164 4.17 166 14.04 163 24.29 136
Country 2019 PI rank Personal.
free-
ness
Rank
(+/−)
2009 Self-
determined
right
rank Versam. &
Verein.
freedom
rank My. &
Inform.
Freedom
rank No
legal
Discreet.
rank Social
tolerance
tolerance
rank

See also

2018:  Political and Civil Freedom in the World, according to the annual study by the non-governmental organization Freedom House
! free · ! partly free ! unfree

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Legatum Institute : The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - A tool for transformation. London, November 2019 (English; main table pp. 14–16; PDF: 31.3 MB, 92 pages on prosperity.com).
    Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Pillar and element profiles. Pp. 13–17: Personal Freedom (English; PDF: 30.5 MB, 93 pages ).
    Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Methodology Report. London, November 2019, pp. 9–11: Personal Freedom , and pp. 41–43: Appendix I: List of sources , and pp. 47–50: Indicators List: Personal Freedom (English; PDF: 2 MB, 97 pages ).
    Ibid, each on p. 4 (individual PDF: 1.2 MB, 15 pages): Germany, Austria, Switzerland (English; country selection ).
    All indices and 294 indicator values: XLSX table: 12 MB (English).
    Legatum Prosperity Index : Official website - Interactive index display (PI with 12 sub-indices) - Download overview (English).