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social2025

Political civil liberties 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•176 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
0.6value
Median: 0.7value
Countries Covered
176
with available data
Highest
Denmark
1.0value
Lowest
North Korea
0.0value
Top 5 Countries
1Denmark1.0value
2Switzerland1.0value
3Ireland1.0value
4Estonia1.0value
5Belgium1.0value
By Region
Oceania0.9value(2 countries)
Europe0.9value(32 countries)
South America0.8value(7 countries)
North America0.8value(4 countries)
Africa0.6value(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 (95)
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 ↕
1Denmark1.0value
2Switzerland1.0value
3Ireland1.0value
4Estonia1.0value
5Belgium1.0value
6Sweden1.0value
7Luxembourg1.0value
8Norway1.0value
9France1.0value
10Uruguay0.9value
11Chile0.9value
12Latvia0.9value
13Finland0.9value
14Jamaica0.9value
15Czech Republic0.9value
16Brazil0.9value
17Costa Rica0.9value
18Iceland0.9value
19Poland0.9value
20New Zealand0.9value
21Austria0.9value
22Spain0.9value
23Canada0.9value
24Dominican Republic0.9value
25Ghana0.9value
26Mauritius0.9value
27Barbados0.9value
28Japan0.9value
29Trinidad and Tobago0.9value
30Suriname0.9value
31Portugal0.9value
32South Korea0.9value
33Australia0.9value
34Vanuatu0.9value
35Taiwan, Province of China0.9value
36Namibia0.9value
37Sri Lanka0.9value
38Cape Verde0.9value
39Lithuania0.9value
40Seychelles0.9value
41Germany0.9value
42Netherlands0.9value
43Solomon Islands0.9value
44Malta0.9value
45Montenegro0.9value
46Papua New Guinea0.9value
47Panama0.9value
48South Africa0.9value
49Cyprus0.9value
50Honduras0.9value
51Italy0.9value
52Sierra Leone0.9value
53Timor-Leste0.9value
54United States of America0.9value
55Nepal0.9value
56Nigeria0.9value
57Kenya0.9value
58United Kingdom0.9value
59Lesotho0.9value
60Guatemala0.9value
61Guyana0.9value
62Greece0.8value
63Liberia0.8value
64Sao Tome and Principe0.8value
65Botswana0.8value
66Colombia0.8value
67Romania0.8value
68Republic of The Gambia0.8value
69Senegal0.8value
70Bulgaria0.8value
71Armenia0.8value
72Slovakia0.8value
73Paraguay0.8value
74Slovenia0.8value
75Zambia0.8value
76Croatia0.8value
77Haiti0.8value
78Argentina0.8value
79Israel0.8value
80Moldova, Republic of0.8value
81Albania0.8value
82Fiji0.8value
83Peru0.8value
84Mongolia0.8value
85Malawi0.8value
86The Republic of North Macedonia0.8value
87Gabon0.7value
88Niger0.7value
89Madagascar0.7value
90Benin0.7value
91Bolivia0.7value
92Bosnia and Herzegovina0.7value
93Lebanon0.7value
94Maldives0.7value
95Cote d'Ivoire0.7value
96Ecuador0.7value
97Malaysia0.7value
98Bhutan0.7value
99Mexico0.6value
100Philippines0.6value
101Bangladesh0.6value
102United Republic of Tanzania0.6value
103Hungary0.6value
104Georgia0.6value
105Indonesia0.6value
106Angola0.6value
107Tunisia0.6value
108Democratic Republic of the Congo0.6value
109Jordan0.5value
110Morocco0.5value
111Guinea-Bissau0.5value
112Serbia0.5value
113Thailand0.5value
114Iraq0.5value
115Somalia0.5value
116Singapore0.5value
117Mauritania0.5value
118Central African Republic0.5value
119Libya0.5value
120Comoros0.5value
121Ukraine0.5value
122Mozambique0.5value
123Pakistan0.5value
124Togo0.5value
125India0.5value
126Guinea0.5value
127Mali0.4value
128El Salvador0.4value
129Kyrgyzstan0.4value
130Cameroon0.4value
131Djibouti0.4value
132Uganda0.4value
133Kuwait0.4value
134Kazakhstan0.4value
135Zimbabwe0.3value
136Burkina Faso0.3value
137Algeria0.3value
138Ethiopia0.3value
139Chad0.3value
140Republic of the Congo0.3value
141Yemen0.3value
142State of Palestine0.3value
143Syrian Arab Republic0.3value
144Sudan0.3value
145Türkiye0.3value
146Uzbekistan0.2value
147Hong Kong0.2value
148Cambodia0.2value
149Rwanda0.2value
150Oman0.2value
151Islamic Republic of Iran0.2value
152Burundi0.2value
153Venezuela0.2value
154Bahrain0.2value
155Egypt0.1value
156Holy See (Vatican City State)0.1value
157United Arab Emirates0.1value
158South Sudan0.1value
159Azerbaijan0.1value
160Equatorial Guinea0.1value
161Russian Federation0.1value
162Vietnam0.1value
163Saudi Arabia0.1value
164Qatar0.1value
165Tajikistan0.1value
166Eswatini0.1value
167Myanmar0.1value
168Turkmenistan0.1value
169Lao People's Democratic Republic0.1value
170Cuba0.0value
171Belarus0.0value
172People's Republic of China0.0value
173Eritrea0.0value
174Afghanistan0.0value
175Nicaragua0.0value
176North Korea0.0value
Showing 176 of 176 countries

Topics

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Data Source

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

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