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Name: Civil rights by country, 2025
Creator: Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-Dem
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· higher is better · 136 countries

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Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2025

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136 countries · 2025

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Civil rights league table
#	Country		Region	Income
1	Chile	10	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
2	Estonia	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
3	Latvia	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Taiwan	10	East Asia & Pacific	High income
5	Slovenia	10	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Uruguay	10	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
7	Costa Rica	9	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
8	Lithuania	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
9	Slovak Republic	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	Poland	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Czechia	9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
12	North Macedonia	8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
13	Montenegro	8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
14	Albania	8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	Romania	8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Botswana	8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
17	Croatia	8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
18	Korea, Rep.	8	East Asia & Pacific	High income
19	Trinidad and Tobago	7	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
20	Mongolia	7	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
21	Mauritius	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
22	Benin	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
23	Moldova	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
24	Timor-Leste	7	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
25	Gambia, The	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
26	Argentina	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
27	Armenia	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Bulgaria	7	Europe & Central Asia	High income
29	Jamaica	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
30	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
31	South Africa	7	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
32	Bhutan	7	South Asia	Lower middle income
33	Brazil	7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
34	Malawi	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
35	Ghana	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
36	Zambia	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
37	Cote d'Ivoire	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
38	Panama	6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
39	Hungary	6	Europe & Central Asia	High income
40	Indonesia	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
41	Serbia	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
42	Ukraine	6	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
43	Bolivia	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
44	Singapore	6	East Asia & Pacific	High income
45	Senegal	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
46	Lebanon	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
47	Liberia	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
48	Peru	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
49	Sri Lanka	6	South Asia	Upper middle income
50	Lesotho	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
51	Qatar	6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
52	Paraguay	6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Malaysia	6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
54	Namibia	6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
55	Papua New Guinea	6	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
56	Nepal	6	South Asia	Lower middle income
57	Colombia	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
58	Madagascar	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
59	Bangladesh	5	South Asia	Lower middle income
60	Kenya	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
61	Jordan	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
62	India	5	South Asia	Lower middle income
63	United Arab Emirates	5	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
64	Mauritania	5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
65	Ecuador	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
66	Dominican Republic	5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
67	Algeria	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
68	Tanzania	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
69	Honduras	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
70	Kuwait	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
71	Uzbekistan	4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
72	Nigeria	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
73	Bahrain	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
74	Guinea	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
75	Morocco	4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
76	Mexico	4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
77	Georgia	4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
78	Angola	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
79	Gabon	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
80	Togo	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
81	Philippines	4	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
82	Kazakhstan	4	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
83	Uganda	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
84	Sierra Leone	4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
85	Kyrgyz Republic	4	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
86	Viet Nam	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
87	Thailand	3	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
88	Cuba	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
89	Turkiye	3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
90	Tunisia	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
91	Iraq	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
92	Central African Republic	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
93	Egypt, Arab Rep.	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
94	Djibouti	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
95	Guinea-Bissau	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Syrian Arab Republic	3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
97	Congo, Dem. Rep.	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
98	Rwanda	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
99	Guatemala	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
100	Lao PDR	3	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
101	El Salvador	3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
102	Niger	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
103	Cameroon	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
104	Mali	3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
105	Burkina Faso	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
106	Russian Federation	2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
107	Belarus	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
108	Zimbabwe	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
109	Congo, Rep.	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
110	Tajikistan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
111	Burundi	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
112	South Sudan	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
113	Eswatini	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
114	Mozambique	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
115	Azerbaijan	2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
116	Ethiopia	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
117	Pakistan	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
118	Cambodia	2	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
119	Oman	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
120	Saudi Arabia	2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
121	Nicaragua	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
122	Venezuela, RB	2	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
123	Equatorial Guinea	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
124	Chad	2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
125	Myanmar	1	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	1	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
127	Libya	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
128	Sudan	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
129	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Iran, Islamic Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
131	Haiti	1	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
132	Eritrea	1	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Turkmenistan	1	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
134	China	1	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
135	Yemen, Rep.	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
136	Afghanistan	1	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income

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