# Freedom in the World by region

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.

## Sub-Saharan Africa

    Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free
| | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Country | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free |
| Angola | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not |
| Benin* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Botswana* | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free |
| Burkina Faso* | 5 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 3 | Partly | 6 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly |
| Burundi | 4 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Cameroon | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not |
| Cape Verde* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Central African Republic | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Chad | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Comoros* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly |
| Congo, Republic of | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Ivory Coast* | 6 | 5 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Djibouti | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Equatorial Guinea | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Eritrea | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Ethiopia | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Gabon | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not |
| Gambia | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 4 | 5 | Partly |
| Ghana* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Guinea | 7 | 6 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Kenya* | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Lesotho* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Liberia* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Madagascar* | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly |
| Malawi* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Mali | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 7 | 5 | Not | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly |
| Mauritania | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Mauritius* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Mozambique | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Namibia* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Niger | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Nigeria* | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 3 | 5 | Partly | 3 | 5 | Partly |
| Rwanda | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not |
| São Tomé and Príncipe* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Senegal* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Seychelles* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Sierra Leone* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 2 | 3 | Free | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Somalia | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| South Africa* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| South Sudan | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Sudan | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Eswatini | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Tanzania* | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Togo | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Uganda | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 4 | Partly |
| Zambia | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not |

## Americas

    Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free
| | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Country | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free |
| Antigua and Barbuda* | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Argentina* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Bahamas* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Barbados* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Belize* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Bolivia* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Brazil* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Canada* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Chile* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Colombia* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Costa Rica* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Cuba | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Dominica* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Dominican Republic* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Ecuador* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| El Salvador* | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free |
| Grenada* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Guatemala* | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Guyana* | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free |
| Haiti | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Honduras | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Jamaica* | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free |
| Mexico* | 2 | 3 | Free | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Nicaragua | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly |
| Panama* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Paraguay* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Peru* | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Saint Lucia* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines* | 2 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Suriname* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Trinidad and Tobago* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| United States* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free |
| Uruguay* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Venezuela | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |

## Asia-Pacific

    Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free
| | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Country | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free |
| Afghanistan | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not |
| Australia* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Bangladesh* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Bhutan* | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly |
| Brunei | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Cambodia | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| China | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Fiji* | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| India* | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free |
| Indonesia* | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free | 2 | 4 | Partly | 2 | 4 | Partly | 2 | 4 | Partly | 2 | 4 | Partly | 2 | 4 | Partly |
| Japan* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Kiribati* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| North Korea | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| South Korea* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Laos | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Malaysia | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Maldives | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Marshall Islands* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Micronesia* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Mongolia* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Myanmar | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Nauru* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Nepal* | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly |
| New Zealand* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Pakistan* | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly |
| Palau* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Papua New Guinea* | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Philippines* | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Samoa* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Singapore | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Solomon Islands* | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free |
| Sri Lanka* | 4 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly |
| Taiwan* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Thailand | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Timor-Leste* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 2 | 3 | Free |
| Tonga* | 5 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Tuvalu* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Vanuatu* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Vietnam | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not |

## Eurasia

    Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free
| | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Country | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free |
| Armenia | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly |
| Azerbaijan | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Belarus | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not |
| Georgia* | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Kazakhstan | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not |
| Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 5 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Moldova* | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Russia | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Tajikistan | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Turkmenistan | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Ukraine* | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Uzbekistan | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |

## Europe

    Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free
| | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Country | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free |
| Albania* | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Andorra* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Austria* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Belgium* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina* | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly |
| Bulgaria* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Croatia* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Cyprus* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Czech Republic* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Denmark* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Estonia* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Finland* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| France* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Germany* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Greece* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Hungary* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free |
| Iceland* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Ireland* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Italy* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Kosovo* | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly |
| Latvia* | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| Liechtenstein* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free |
| Lithuania* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Luxembourg* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Macedonia | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly | 4 | 3 | Partly |
| Malta* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Monaco* | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 2 | 1 | Free | 3 | 1 | Free | 3 | 1 | Free |
| Montenegro* | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly |
| Netherlands* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Norway* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Poland* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free |
| Portugal* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Romania* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free |
| San Marino* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Serbia* | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 2 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free | 3 | 2 | Free |
| Slovakia* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Slovenia* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Spain* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Sweden* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Switzerland* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |
| Turkey | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 6 | Not |
| United Kingdom* | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free | 1 | 1 | Free |

## Middle East and North Africa

Note: The Middle East countries of Turkey, Cyprus, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia can be found in the "Europe" and "Eurasia" sections of Freedom House's Freedom in the World report.
    Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above), PR - Political Rights, CL - Civil Liberties, Free Status: Free, Partly Free, Not Free
| | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 |
| Country | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free | PR | CL | Free |
| Algeria | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Bahrain | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Egypt | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not |
| Iran | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not |
| Iraq | 5 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not | 5 | 6 | Not |
| Israel* | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 2 | Free | 1 | 3 | Free |
| Jordan | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Kuwait | 4 | 4 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Lebanon | 5 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 3 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 6 | 4 | Partly |
| Libya | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 4 | 5 | Partly | 4 | 5 | Partly | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Morocco | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 4 | Partly | 5 | 5 | Partly |
| Oman | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Qatar | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not |
| Saudi Arabia | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Syria | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not | 7 | 7 | Not |
| Tunisia* | 7 | 5 | Not | 7 | 5 | Not | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 4 | Partly | 3 | 3 | Partly | 1 | 3 | Free | 1 | 3 | Free | 1 | 3 | Free | 2 | 3 | Free |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |
| Yemen | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 5 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 6 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not | 7 | 6 | Not |