Countries With the Highest Civil Liberties (FH)

Every country with a figure for civil liberties (fh), ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Afghanistan (7), Azerbaijan (7) and Belarus (7). The middle country of the 197 has 3.

What this measures

Civil liberties rating, in rating (1-7, 1 = most free). Source: Freedom House. For this measure, higher is worse.

Scored 1 to 7, where 1 is most free. Covers freedom of speech and belief, the right to form groups, the rule of law and personal freedom. The same expert review process produces the political rights rating, so the two are bound to match closely.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2015–2025. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on civil liberties (fh)

• Countries With the Lowest Civil Liberties (FH)
• Civil liberties (FH) by country: trend over time and what it goes with

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• Countries With the Highest Electoral Democracy
• Countries With the Highest Liberal Democracy
• Countries With the Highest Participatory Democracy

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.