Countries With the Lowest Political Rights (FH)

Every country with a figure for political rights (fh), ranked from lowest to highest. The top three are Andorra (1), Australia (1) and Austria (1). The middle country of the 197 has 3.

What this measures

Political rights 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. That is the reverse of most measures on this site. Covers elections, the freedom to form competing parties, and how government works. Freedom House changed its method in 2003, adding scores for smaller categories. But the 1-7 ratings are still the published series that runs through all the years.

The full ranking

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

More on political rights (fh)

• Countries With the Highest Political Rights (FH)
• Political rights (FH) by country: trend over time and what it goes with

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• Countries With the Lowest 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.