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The Human Freedom Index measures personal and economic freedom in 165 countries, representing 98.1% of the global population, using 82 indicators across 12 categories. In 2021, Switzerland topped the Human Freedom Index at 9.01, followed by New Zealand and Denmark; the global average score was 7.12. Regions like North America and Western Europe ...
Freedom House rates people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories through its annual Freedom in the World report. Individual freedoms—ranging from the right to vote to freedom of expression and equality before the law—can be affected by state or nonstate actors.
This index ranks 160 countries by five categories of indicators: religious freedom, bioethical freedom, drugs freedom, sexuality freedom and family and gender freedom. The index aims at establishing the degree of individual freedom or state control on decisions pertaining to the great moral debates of our time.
Freedom in the World assigns a freedom score and status to 210 countries and territories. Click on the countries to learn more. Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. See the methodology. Freedom on the Net measures internet freedom in 72 countries.
Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based non-governmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant related and disputed territories around the world.
A Congressional Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution. The Freedom Index rates members of congress based on their adherence to constitutional principles of limited government, fiscal responsibility, national sovereignty, and a traditional foreign policy of avoiding foreign entanglements.
Freedom in the World is the most widely read and cited report of its kind, tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties for over 50 years.
Civil liberties score. The variable identifies the fine-grained extent of freedom of expression and association, the rule of law, and personal autonomy. Higher scores indicate more liberties.
The Human Freedom Index (HFI) presents a broad measure of human freedom, understood as the absence of coercive constraint. This eighth annual index uses 83 distinct indicators of personal and economic freedom in the following areas: Rule of law. Security and safety. Movement. Religion.
The HFI is the most comprehensive freedom index so far created for a globally meaningful set of countries and jurisdictions, representing 98.8 percent of the world’s population.