Visualizing The State Of Freedom Around The World
Visualizing The State Of Freedom Around The World

In 2024, 60 countries saw their freedom decline in a historic election year.

Strikingly, 40% of countries and territories that held elections experienced targeted attacks on candidates amid heightened instability.

Yet bright spots were seen in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Syria, driven by political reform.

This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld, shows the state of freedom by country, based on data fromย Freedom House.

Global Freedom Continues to Deteriorate

For the 19th year in a row, the state of freedom declined globally.

In particular, freedom declined the most in 2024 for El Salvador, Haiti, and Kuwait. In absolute terms, the Gaza Strip and the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine have among the lowest scores of freedom amid ongoing, violent conflict.

Country/ Territory Status Score
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland F 100
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand F 99
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway F 99
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden F 99
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada F 97
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark F 97
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland F 97
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg F 97
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands F 97
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino F 97
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium F 96
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia F 96
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan F 96
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal F 96
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia F 96
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland F 96
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay F 96
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia F 95
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile F 95
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic F 95
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany F 95
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland F 95
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados F 94
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan F 94
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Andorra F 93
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria F 93
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ญ Marshall Islands F 93
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ป Tuvalu F 93
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde F 92
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica F 92
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia F 92
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ผ Palau F 92
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom F 92
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica F 91
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus F 91
๐Ÿด St. Lucia F 91
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas F 90
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein F 90
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain F 90
๐Ÿด St. Vincent and the Grenadines F 90
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France F 89
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada F 89
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy F 89
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati F 89
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia F 89
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania F 89
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia F 89
๐Ÿด St. Kitts and Nevis F 89
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize F 88
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta F 87
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius F 86
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina F 85
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece F 85
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia F 84
๐Ÿ‡ผ๐Ÿ‡ธ Samoa F 84
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe F 84
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States F 84
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda F 83
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama F 83
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia F 82
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco F 82
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland F 82
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania F 82
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago F 82
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu F 82
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa F 81
๐Ÿด South Korea F 81
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana F 80
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica F 80
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles F 80
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname F 80
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga F 80
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria F 77
๐Ÿด Northern Cyprus F 76
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana F 75
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ท Nauru F 75
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands F 75
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana F 74
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel F 73
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia F 73
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil F 72
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste F 72
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia F 70
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji PF 69
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro PF 69
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal F 69
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania PF 68
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan F 68
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic PF 68
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia PF 67
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru PF 67
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho F 66
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia PF 65
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador PF 65
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary PF 65
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi PF 65
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia PF 64
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India PF 63
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay PF 63
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal PF 62
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea PF 61
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin PF 60
๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo PF 60
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova PF 60
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico PF 59
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone PF 59
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines PF 58
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka PF 58
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia PF 56
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia PF 56
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia PF 55
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar PF 55
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia PF 54
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia PF 53
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia PF 53
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina PF 52
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya PF 51
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine PF 51
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ The Gambia PF 50
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cote d’Ivoire PF 49
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala PF 48
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras PF 48
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore PF 48
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador PF 47
๐Ÿด Somaliland PF 47
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh PF 45
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria PF 44
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia PF 44
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives PF 43
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros PF 42
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau PF 41
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique PF 41
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo PF 41
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong PF 40
๐Ÿด Abkhazia PF 39
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon PF 39
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania PF 39
๐Ÿด Indian Kashmir PF 38
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco PF 37
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania NF 35
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan PF 34
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand NF 34
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda NF 34
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey NF 33
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan PF 32
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria NF 31
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq NF 31
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait NF 31
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea NF 30
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger NF 30
๐Ÿด Pakistani Kashmir NF 30
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola NF 28
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei NF 27
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan NF 26
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe NF 26
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso NF 25
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar NF 25
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti NF 24
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti NF 24
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali NF 24
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman NF 24
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia NF 23
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan NF 23
๐Ÿด West Bank NF 22
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon NF 21
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda NF 21
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam NF 20
๐Ÿด Congo (Kinshasa) NF 18
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt NF 18
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia NF 18
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates NF 18
๐Ÿด Congo (Brazzaville) NF 17
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini NF 17
๐Ÿด Transnistria NF 17
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi NF 15
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon NF 15
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad NF 15
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua NF 14
๐Ÿด Laos NF 13
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela NF 13
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain NF 12
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia NF 12
๐Ÿด South Ossetia NF 12
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan NF 12
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran NF 11
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba NF 10
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya NF 10
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen NF 10
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China NF 9
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia NF 9
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia NF 8
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan NF 7
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus NF 7
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar NF 7
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซ Afghanistan NF 6
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ Central African Republic NF 5
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea NF 5
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria NF 5
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan NF 5
๐Ÿด Western Sahara NF 4
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea NF 3
๐Ÿด North Korea NF 3
๐Ÿด Gaza Strip NF 2
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan NF 2
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan NF 1
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan NF 1
๐Ÿด Tibet NF 0
๐Ÿด Russian-Occupied Territories of Ukraine NF -1

Finland ranks highest globally, supported by a multiparty system that mitigates voter polarization.

Following behind are New Zealand, Norway, and Swedenโ€”each with populations under six million. Notably, only two countries in the top 10 have medium-sized populations: the Netherlands (18 million) and Canada (39 million).

When it comes to the U.S., freedom continued to erode in 2024. In recent years, institutional trust has plunged to near record lows. Political polarization has deepened alongside growing income inequality, further weakening public confidence.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh recorded one of the biggest gains. In 2024, mass protests ousted Sheikh Hasinaโ€™s 15-year regime. Under interim leader and Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus, reforms aimed at curbing corruption and expanding welfare are now underway.

To learn more about this topic from a democratic perspective, check out thisย graphicย on the state of democracy by country in 2024.

Tyler Durden
Wed, 07/09/2025 – 23:00

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