Human Freedom Index
In a world where individual rights, civil liberties, and democratic ideals are increasingly championed, understanding the degree of freedom each country offers its citizens is of paramount importance. The "Human Freedom Index" offers a comprehensive annual ranking of countries based on various aspects including rule of law, security and safety, economic freedom, and individual freedoms such as the freedom of expression, religion, and association. Each year, countries are given a score between 0 and 10, with higher scores indicating a higher level of freedom. Key findings from the data include:
Leading the global ranking for freedom is Switzerland, scoring an impressive 9.11 on the Human Freedom Index. With a renowned reputation for neutrality, democratic processes, and respect for human rights, Switzerland offers its inhabitants high levels of both personal and economic freedom. Aquainted closely with Switzerland, in the second place, we find New Zealand with a score of 9.01. Known for its political stability and transparency, New Zealand's commitment to preserving individual rights and freedoms remains one of its core societal values. Denmark, scoring 8.98, holds its third standing spot in the Freedom index steadfastly. The Nordic country is recognised for its focus on civil liberties, security, and protection of individual rights. Eastern European country Estonia follows next, scoring 8.91 on the index. Despite its tumultuous past, Estonia has made significant strides in health and education freedoms, aiding its high ranking. Ireland attains fifth place with a remarkable 8.90 score. This Emerald Isle is famed for its strong democracy, rule of law, and safeguards for individual rights. The rest of the top ten include Canada (8.85), Finland (8.85), Australia (8.84), Sweden (8.83), and Luxembourg (8.80), all of which have demonstrated a strong commitment to upholding freedom and ensuring rights for their citizens. 10 Freest Countries in the World:
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.14
#42
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.26
#152
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.09
#127
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.38
#73
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.20
#40
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.84
#8
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Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.67
#21
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.16
#125
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.22
#37
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.73
#142
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.75
#140
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.92
#50
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.73
#108
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.61
#23
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.64
#63
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.32
#75
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.86
#98
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.94
#91
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.54
#68
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.90
#52
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.22
#77
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.46
#115
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.08
#44
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.85
#99
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.02
#156
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.47
#113
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.63
#144
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.85
#6
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.62
#146
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.57
#149
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.44
#28
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.57
#148
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.01
#88
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.07
#128
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.25
#36
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.16
#41
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.42
#29
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.61
#24
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.62
#145
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.98
#3
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.84
#135
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.88
#53
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.43
#71
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
4.49
#159
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.39
#72
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.91
#4
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.79
#138
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.95
#130
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.36
#74
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.85
#7
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.34
#34
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.80
#104
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.88
#96
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.20
#39
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.73
#17
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.49
#69
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.86
#55
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.63
#64
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.82
#136
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.49
#70
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.21
#79
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.09
#85
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.41
#30
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.73
#58
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.77
#12
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.39
#117
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.10
#84
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
4.53
#158
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.02
#155
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.90
#5
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.66
#61
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.49
#26
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.90
#94
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.91
#51
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.73
#16
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.91
#93
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.77
#105
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.73
#107
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.34
#119
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.18
#80
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.85
#134
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.67
#22
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.76
#106
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.01
#89
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.81
#102
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.05
#154
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.68
#20
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.80
#10
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.02
#87
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.99
#90
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.17
#81
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.25
#122
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.45
#27
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.73
#141
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.07
#45
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.92
#92
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.68
#60
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.00
#46
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.88
#54
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.90
#133
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.80
#103
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.78
#139
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.56
#65
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.12
#83
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.78
#11
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
9.01
#2
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.24
#123
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.41
#116
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.28
#121
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.75
#57
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.76
#13
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.92
#131
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.63
#143
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.12
#43
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.17
#82
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.54
#67
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.93
#49
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.83
#100
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.96
#48
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.69
#18
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.15
#126
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.55
#150
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.33
#35
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.23
#124
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.36
#118
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.12
#153
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.07
#86
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.54
#66
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.84
#56
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.70
#109
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.98
#47
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.21
#38
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.37
#32
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
4.93
#157
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.30
#76
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.39
#31
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.56
#25
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.58
#110
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
4.48
#160
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.64
#62
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.83
#9
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
9.11
#1
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
3.66
#163
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.68
#19
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.52
#151
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.48
#112
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.89
#95
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.22
#78
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.50
#111
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
7.70
#59
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.46
#114
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.79
#137
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.32
#120
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.86
#97
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.06
#129
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.75
#14
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.73
#15
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
8.36
#33
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
4.03
#162
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.90
#132
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
4.08
#161
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
6.82
#101
Metric
Value
Rank
Human Freedom Index
5.60
#147