Ranking of Countries by Level of Freedom.

The Human Freedom Index is an important tool for assessing the state of freedom in the world based on a wide range of indicators covering personal, civil, and economic freedom. Here, freedom is defined as the absence of coercive restrictions, making it a valuable factor in human progress.

The annual report, jointly published by the Cato Institute and the Fraser Institute, uses 86 different indicators of personal and economic freedom, including the rule of law, security, freedom of movement, religion, association and civil society, freedom of speech and information.

Country Rankings by Human Freedom Level in 2024

The index covers 165 countries, representing 98.8% of the world’s population, and analyzes data over more than two decades, starting from 2000. The ranking has revealed trends of deteriorating levels of human freedom in recent years, especially following the coronavirus pandemic. It shows that many regions of the world have already faced a significant decline in freedom over the past decade.

Rank		Value	Population
1	Switzerland	8.94	8.5 million
2	New Zealand	8.75	4.8 million
3	Estonia	8.73	1.3 million
4	Denmark	8.72	5.8 million
5	Ireland	8.7	4.9 million
6	Sweden	8.66	10.2 million
7	Iceland	8.64	353 thousand
8	Finland	8.62	5.5 million
9	Netherlands	8.55	17.2 million
10	Luxembourg	8.53	608 thousand
11	Norway	8.51	5.3 million
12	Australia	8.51	25.0 million
13	Canada	8.47	37.1 million
14	Taiwan	8.44	-
15	Latvia	8.42	1.9 million
16	Japan	8.39	126.5 million
17	Lithuania	8.34	2.8 million
18	Czechia	8.33	10.7 million
19	Germany	8.33	82.9 million
20	United Kingdom	8.3	66.5 million
21	Belgium	8.27	11.4 million
22	Austria	8.26	8.8 million
23	United States	8.23	326.7 million
24	Portugal	8.2	10.3 million
25	Malta	8.2	485 thousand
26	Armenia	8.14	3.0 million
27	Bahamas	8.14	386 thousand
28	Cyprus	8.13	1.2 million
29	Cape Verde	8.12	544 thousand
30	South Korea	8.11	51.6 million
31	Spain	8.08	46.8 million
32	Chile	8.06	18.7 million
33	Italy	8.02	60.4 million
34	Hong Kong SAR China	8.01	-
35	Costa Rica	7.98	5.0 million
36	Uruguay	7.97	3.4 million
37	Slovakia	7.94	5.4 million
38	Romania	7.89	19.5 million
39	Slovenia	7.88	2.1 million
40	Croatia	7.86	4.1 million
41	Bulgaria	7.81	7.0 million
42	France	7.8	67.0 million
43	Georgia	7.71	3.7 million
44	Seychelles	7.7	97 thousand
45	Singapore	7.7	5.6 million
46	Barbados	7.69	287 thousand
47	North Macedonia	7.67	2.1 million
48	Albania	7.67	2.9 million
49	Poland	7.66	38.0 million
50	Mauritius	7.63	1.3 million
51	Mongolia	7.62	3.2 million
52	Dominican Republic	7.61	10.6 million
53	Trinidad & Tobago	7.53	-
54	Jamaica	7.53	2.9 million
55	Panama	7.52	4.2 million
56	Peru	7.51	32.0 million
57	Greece	7.5	10.7 million
58	Namibia	7.49	2.4 million
59	Moldova	7.46	2.7 million
60	Montenegro	7.45	631 thousand
61	Botswana	7.44	2.3 million
62	Israel	7.36	8.9 million
63	Bosnia & Herzegovina	7.35	-
64	Fiji	7.28	-
65	Timor-Leste	7.27	-
66	Ghana	7.26	29.8 million
67	Hungary	7.21	9.8 million
68	Suriname	7.2	576 thousand
69	Serbia	7.16	7.0 million
70	Ecuador	7.12	17.1 million
71	Guatemala	7.08	17.2 million
72	Paraguay	7.03	7.0 million
73	Belize	7.02	383 thousand
74	Argentina	6.99	44.5 million
75	Papua New Guinea	6.98	8.6 million
76	Benin	6.95	11.5 million
77	South Africa	6.93	57.8 million
78	Guyana	6.9	779 thousand
79	Malawi	6.89	18.1 million
80	Brazil	6.86	209.5 million
81	Lesotho	6.8	2.1 million
82	Malaysia	6.78	31.5 million
83	Haiti	6.78	11.1 million
84	Nepal	6.77	28.1 million
85	Indonesia	6.74	267.7 million
86	Bhutan	6.71	754 thousand
87	Senegal	6.7	15.9 million
88	Kyrgyzstan	6.7	6.3 million
89	Ukraine	6.68	44.6 million
90	Honduras	6.67	9.6 million
91	Colombia	6.65	49.6 million
92	El Salvador	6.65	6.4 million
93	Burkina Faso	6.63	19.8 million
94	Mozambique	6.62	29.5 million
95	Gabon	6.62	2.1 million
96	Liberia	6.62	4.8 million
97	Gambia	6.61	2.3 million
98	Mexico	6.6	126.2 million
99	Bolivia	6.6	11.4 million
100	Kenya	6.58	51.4 million
101	Guinea-Bissau	6.54	1.9 million
102	Sierra Leone	6.53	7.7 million
103	Philippines	6.52	106.7 million
104	Thailand	6.49	69.4 million
105	Madagascar	6.47	26.3 million
106	Côte d’Ivoire	6.47	-
107	Kazakhstan	6.46	18.3 million
108	Jordan	6.39	10.0 million
109	Zambia	6.38	17.4 million
110	Niger	6.33	22.4 million
111	Sri Lanka	6.33	21.7 million
112	India	6.3	1.4 billion
113	Togo	6.25	7.9 million
114	Kuwait	6.25	4.1 million
115	Tunisia	6.25	11.6 million
116	Cambodia	6.24	16.2 million
117	Tanzania	6.24	56.3 million
118	Uganda	6.13	42.7 million
119	Mali	6.01	19.1 million
120	Russia	6.01	-
121	Lebanon	5.98	6.8 million
122	Angola	5.97	30.8 million
123	Nicaragua	5.96	6.5 million
124	Rwanda	5.93	12.3 million
125	Nigeria	5.93	195.9 million
126	Belarus	5.78	9.5 million
127	United Arab Emirates	5.76	9.6 million
128	Comoros	5.75	832 thousand
129	Qatar	5.73	2.8 million
130	Turkey	5.71	82.3 million
131	Azerbaijan	5.7	9.9 million
132	Vietnam	5.64	95.5 million
133	Brunei	5.62	429 thousand
134	Oman	5.57	4.8 million
135	Myanmar (Burma}	5.56	-
136	Morocco	5.55	36.0 million
137	Mauritania	5.54	4.4 million
138	Bangladesh	5.51	161.4 million
139	Djibouti	5.51	959 thousand
140	Bahrain	5.49	1.6 million
141	Tajikistan	5.49	9.1 million
142	Central African Republic	5.47	4.7 million
143	Guinea	5.45	12.4 million
144	Eswatini	5.45	-
145	Pakistan	5.44	212.2 million
146	Laos	5.44	7.1 million
147	Ethiopia	5.42	109.2 million
148	Congo - Kinshasa	5.39	-
149	Cameroon	5.34	25.2 million
150	Zimbabwe	5.25	14.4 million
151	China	5.22	1.4 billion
152	Chad	5.2	15.5 million
153	Algeria	5.13	42.2 million
154	Libya	4.95	-
155	Burundi	4.82	11.2 million
156	Iraq	4.77	38.4 million
157	Somalia	4.67	15.0 million
158	Saudi Arabia	4.56	33.7 million
159	Sudan	4.31	41.8 million
160	Egypt	4.28	98.4 million
161	Iran	4.26	81.8 million
162	Venezuela	4.09	28.9 million
163	Yemen	3.94	28.5 million
164	Syria	3.3	16.9 million

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