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Academic freedom index

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years.

Source: Our World in Data•174 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.6value
Median: 0.6value
Countries Covered
174
with available data
Highest
Czech Republic
1.0value
Lowest
Nicaragua
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Czech Republic1.0value
2Estonia1.0value
3Belgium0.9value
4Jamaica0.9value
5Slovenia0.9value
By Region
Oceania0.9value(2 countries)
Europe0.8value(32 countries)
South America0.7value(7 countries)
North America0.7value(4 countries)
Africa0.5value(9 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0value)High (1.0value)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 0.6value)

Oceania (2)
Europe (32)
South America (7)
North America (4)
Africa (9)
Other (93)
Asia (27)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2025; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.

Methodology

Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Czech Republic1.0value
2Estonia1.0value
3Belgium0.9value
4Jamaica0.9value
5Slovenia0.9value
6Sweden0.9value
7Honduras0.9value
8Seychelles0.9value
9Latvia0.9value
10Ireland0.9value
11Chile0.9value
12Luxembourg0.9value
13Costa Rica0.9value
14Panama0.9value
15Uruguay0.9value
16Vanuatu0.9value
17Barbados0.9value
18Dominican Republic0.9value
19Solomon Islands0.9value
20Cyprus0.9value
21Austria0.9value
22Germany0.9value
23Nigeria0.9value
24Denmark0.9value
25Malta0.9value
26Spain0.9value
27Cape Verde0.9value
28Trinidad and Tobago0.9value
29Kenya0.9value
30Poland0.9value
31Australia0.9value
32Sierra Leone0.9value
33Canada0.9value
34Norway0.9value
35Bulgaria0.9value
36South Korea0.9value
37Papua New Guinea0.8value
38Brazil0.8value
39New Zealand0.8value
40Zambia0.8value
41Israel0.8value
42Peru0.8value
43Botswana0.8value
44Nepal0.8value
45South Africa0.8value
46Sri Lanka0.8value
47Taiwan, Province of China0.8value
48Suriname0.8value
49Portugal0.8value
50Montenegro0.8value
51Lithuania0.8value
52Italy0.8value
53Republic of The Gambia0.8value
54Finland0.8value
55Croatia0.8value
56Slovakia0.8value
57France0.8value
58Malawi0.8value
59Switzerland0.8value
60Netherlands0.8value
61Guyana0.8value
62Japan0.8value
63Albania0.8value
64Iceland0.8value
65Senegal0.8value
66Romania0.8value
67Bosnia and Herzegovina0.8value
68Guatemala0.7value
69Timor-Leste0.7value
70Namibia0.7value
71Benin0.7value
72Mexico0.7value
73Paraguay0.7value
74Haiti0.7value
75Moldova, Republic of0.7value
76Niger0.7value
77Madagascar0.7value
78Greece0.7value
79Mongolia0.7value
80Ghana0.7value
81United Kingdom0.7value
82The Republic of North Macedonia0.7value
83Lesotho0.6value
84Fiji0.6value
85Sao Tome and Principe0.6value
86Argentina0.6value
87Lebanon0.6value
88Liberia0.6value
89Togo0.6value
90Iraq0.6value
91Colombia0.6value
92Serbia0.6value
93Mauritius0.6value
94Philippines0.6value
95Georgia0.6value
96Armenia0.6value
97Bolivia0.6value
98Cote d'Ivoire0.6value
99Burkina Faso0.6value
100Tunisia0.6value
101Maldives0.6value
102Guinea-Bissau0.5value
103Bangladesh0.5value
104United Republic of Tanzania0.5value
105Democratic Republic of the Congo0.5value
106Somalia0.5value
107Morocco0.5value
108Singapore0.5value
109Ecuador0.4value
110Gabon0.4value
111Kuwait0.4value
112Angola0.4value
113Mozambique0.4value
114Bhutan0.4value
115United States of America0.4value
116Thailand0.4value
117Kyrgyzstan0.4value
118Ethiopia0.3value
119Kazakhstan0.3value
120Indonesia0.3value
121Central African Republic0.3value
122Comoros0.3value
123Djibouti0.3value
124Guinea0.3value
125Hungary0.3value
126Malaysia0.3value
127Libya0.3value
128Mali0.3value
129Ukraine0.3value
130Pakistan0.3value
131Republic of the Congo0.3value
132Mauritania0.3value
133Uzbekistan0.2value
134Yemen0.2value
135Hong Kong0.2value
136Vietnam0.2value
137Cambodia0.2value
138Oman0.2value
139Cameroon0.2value
140Sudan0.2value
141Algeria0.2value
142Syrian Arab Republic0.2value
143Bahrain0.2value
144Uganda0.2value
145United Arab Emirates0.2value
146Eswatini0.2value
147Russian Federation0.2value
148Jordan0.2value
149El Salvador0.2value
150Zimbabwe0.2value
151Burundi0.1value
152India0.1value
153Chad0.1value
154Venezuela0.1value
155Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1value
156Equatorial Guinea0.1value
157Qatar0.1value
158Rwanda0.1value
159Azerbaijan0.1value
160Türkiye0.1value
161Afghanistan0.1value
162Cuba0.1value
163Tajikistan0.1value
164Egypt0.1value
165People's Republic of China0.1value
166Saudi Arabia0.1value
167Turkmenistan0.1value
168Belarus0.1value
169Islamic Republic of Iran0.1value
170South Sudan0.1value
171North Korea0.0value
172Eritrea0.0value
173Myanmar0.0value
174Nicaragua0.0value
Showing 174 of 174 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2025).

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