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FIW: Personal social freedoms

Name: FIW: Personal social freedoms by country, 2024
Creator: Freedom House, Freedom in the World
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score · higher is better · 193 countries

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192 countries · 2024

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FIW: Personal social freedoms league table
#	Country	score	Region	Income
1	Taiwan	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
2	Norway	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Netherlands	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	New Zealand	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Sweden	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Uruguay	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Slovenia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
8	Portugal	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	San Marino	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Belgium	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Germany	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	Finland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Spain	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Monaco	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
15	Australia	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
16	United Kingdom	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
17	Luxembourg	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Argentina	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
19	Austria	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Chile	4	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
21	Greece	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Canada	4	North America	High income
23	Ireland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
24	Italy	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
25	Hong Kong SAR, China	4	East Asia & Pacific	High income
26	Switzerland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Cyprus	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
28	Colombia	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
29	Estonia	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
30	Iceland	4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
31	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
32	Croatia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Latvia	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
34	Antigua and Barbuda	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
35	Bahamas, The	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
36	Ecuador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
37	Belize	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
38	Liechtenstein	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
39	St. Lucia	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Bolivia	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
41	Japan	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
42	Grenada	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
43	Mexico	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
44	Dominica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
45	Marshall Islands	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
46	Brazil	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
47	Israel	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
48	Andorra	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
49	Cuba	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
50	Kiribati	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
51	Malta	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Bulgaria	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
53	Barbados	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
54	Montenegro	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
55	France	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
56	Mongolia	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
57	Ghana	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
58	Costa Rica	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
59	Georgia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
60	Denmark	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
61	Cabo Verde	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
62	Mauritius	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
63	Korea, Rep.	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
64	Lithuania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
66	Hungary	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
67	Trinidad and Tobago	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
68	Viet Nam	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
69	Tuvalu	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Tunisia	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
71	Tonga	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
72	Thailand	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
73	Samoa	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
74	Slovak Republic	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	Suriname	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
76	Serbia	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
77	Solomon Islands	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
78	Singapore	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
79	Senegal	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
80	Romania	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
81	Poland	3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
82	Palau	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
83	Philippines	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
84	Panama	3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
85	Naoero	3	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Ukraine	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
87	Papua New Guinea	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
88	Timor-Leste	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
89	Tanzania	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
90	Peru	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	Paraguay	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Turkiye	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
93	Venezuela, RB	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
94	Nepal	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
95	Zambia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
96	South Africa	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
97	Seychelles	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
98	Kosovo	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
99	Vanuatu	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
100	Sierra Leone	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
101	El Salvador	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Sao Tome and Principe	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
103	Rwanda	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
104	Nicaragua	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
105	Haiti	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
106	Bhutan	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
107	North Macedonia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Fiji	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
109	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
110	Jordan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
111	India	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
112	Kazakhstan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Liberia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
114	Bahrain	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
115	Malaysia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
116	Bangladesh	2	South Asia	Lower middle income
117	Guatemala	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
118	Madagascar	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
119	Guyana	2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
120	Moldova	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
121	Indonesia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
122	Botswana	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
123	Armenia	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
124	Kyrgyz Republic	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
125	Belarus	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
126	Algeria	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
127	Namibia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
128	Cambodia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
129	Lao PDR	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
130	Mozambique	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
131	Lesotho	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
132	Albania	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
133	Dominican Republic	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
134	Morocco	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
135	Burkina Faso	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
136	Kuwait	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
137	Sri Lanka	2	South Asia	Upper middle income
138	Benin	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
139	Lebanon	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
140	Jamaica	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
141	China	2	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
142	Honduras	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
143	Kenya	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
144	Iraq	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
145	Ethiopia	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
146	Cameroon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
147	Malawi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
148	Djibouti	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
149	Brunei Darussalam	1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
150	Myanmar	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
151	Mauritania	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
152	United Arab Emirates	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
153	Gambia, The	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
154	Comoros	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
155	Congo, Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
156	Burundi	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
157	Libya	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
158	Congo, Dem. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
159	Guinea-Bissau	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
160	Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Mali	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Azerbaijan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
163	Maldives	1	South Asia	Upper middle income
164	Eritrea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Equatorial Guinea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
166	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
167	Gabon	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
168	Angola	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
169	Cote d'Ivoire	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
170	Uganda	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
171	Eswatini	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
172	Yemen, Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
173	Syrian Arab Republic	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
174	Russian Federation	1	Europe & Central Asia	High income
175	Nigeria	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Qatar	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
177	Togo	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
179	Tajikistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
180	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
181	Zimbabwe	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
182	Pakistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
183	Turkmenistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
184	Oman	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
185	Uzbekistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
186	Niger	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
187	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
188	Chad	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
189	Saudi Arabia	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
190	South Sudan	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
191	Afghanistan	0	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
192	Central African Republic	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income

FIW: Personal social freedoms