List of countries according to personal freedom
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 :
- Right of self-determination (Agency) - personal and legal independence and unrestricted freedom of movement (8 indicators)
- Of assembly and freedom of association (Freedom of Assembly and Association) - without government restrictions (3 indicators)
- Freedom of expression and access to information (Freedom of Speech and Access to Information) - unaffected by censorship and government intervention (6 indicators)
- Absence of legal discrimination (Absence of Legal Discrimination) - with regard to gender, sexual orientation, religion, minorities and working conditions (7 indicators)
- 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 | ||
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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 | ||
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 | ||
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 | ||
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
- List of countries according to LGBT tolerance and rights (2 of 27 indicators of "personal freedom" of the PI, from 2009)
- World Happiness Report (UNO World Happiness Report )
- List of Indices of Freedom (Worldwide Measures)
literature
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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 (English; PDF: 30.5 MB, 93 pages ).
- Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Methodology Report (English; PDF: 2 MB, 97 pages ).
Web links
- Legatum Prosperity Index : Official website - Interactive index display - Country selection - Download overview (English).
Individual evidence
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↑ 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).