* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Academic freedom index, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 171 countries was 0.569 index points. The highest value was in the Czechia: 0.979 index points and the lowest value was in Nicaragua: 0.019 index points. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: Varieties of Democracy (V-Dem)
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Countries Academic freedom, 2024 Global rank Available data
Czechia 0.979 1 1960 - 2024
Estonia 0.977 2 1990 - 2024
Jamaica 0.941 3 1960 - 2024
Sweden 0.94 4 1960 - 2024
Belgium 0.935 5 1960 - 2024
Slovenia 0.927 6 1989 - 2024
Chile 0.924 7 1960 - 2024
Ireland 0.924 8 1960 - 2024
Honduras 0.923 9 1960 - 2024
Uruguay 0.919 10 1960 - 2024
Latvia 0.916 11 1990 - 2024
Barbados 0.914 12 1962 - 2024
Botswana 0.912 13 1964 - 2024
Vanuatu 0.908 14 1968 - 2024
Domin. Rep. 0.907 15 1960 - 2024
Panama 0.906 16 1960 - 2024
Austria 0.899 17 1960 - 2024
Seychelles 0.899 18 2009 - 2024
Iceland 0.897 19 1960 - 2024
Denmark 0.892 20 1960 - 2024
Cyprus 0.891 21 1961 - 2024
Solomon Isl. 0.891 22 1968 - 2024
Italy 0.889 23 1960 - 2024
Luxembourg 0.885 24 1960 - 2024
Spain 0.881 25 1960 - 2024
Germany 0.88 26 1960 - 2024
Slovakia 0.877 27 1993 - 2024
Tr.&Tobago 0.875 28 1960 - 2024
Malta 0.874 29 1960 - 2024
Australia 0.872 30 1960 - 2024
Papua N.G. 0.87 31 1965 - 2024
Cape Verde 0.869 32 1979 - 2024
Poland 0.869 33 1960 - 2024
France 0.868 34 1960 - 2024
Nigeria 0.86 35 1960 - 2024
Canada 0.854 36 1960 - 2024
Sierra Leone 0.849 37 1960 - 2024
Norway 0.847 38 1960 - 2024
Israel 0.843 39 1960 - 2024
Burkina Faso 0.84 40 1960 - 2024
South Africa 0.838 41 1960 - 2024
South Korea 0.834 42 1960 - 2024
Bulgaria 0.833 43 1960 - 2024
Finland 0.832 44 1960 - 2024
Taiwan 0.83 45 1960 - 2024
Peru 0.826 46 1960 - 2024
Romania 0.826 47 1960 - 2024
Croatia 0.825 48 1991 - 2024
Montenegro 0.824 49 1998 - 2024
Malawi 0.821 50 1960 - 2024
Kenya 0.816 51 1960 - 2024
Lithuania 0.812 52 1990 - 2024
Switzerland 0.81 53 1960 - 2024
Suriname 0.808 54 1968 - 2024
Gambia 0.803 55 1978 - 2024
New Zealand 0.803 56 1960 - 2024
Ghana 0.785 57 1960 - 2024
Guyana 0.785 58 1963 - 2024
Nepal 0.785 59 1960 - 2024
Ecuador 0.779 60 1960 - 2024
Albania 0.775 61 1960 - 2024
UK 0.768 62 1960 - 2024
Niger 0.767 63 1963 - 2024
Netherlands 0.76 64 1960 - 2024
Brazil 0.755 65 1960 - 2024
Japan 0.755 66 1960 - 2024
Serbia 0.755 67 1960 - 2024
Zambia 0.749 68 1963 - 2024
Benin 0.744 69 1970 - 2024
North Macedonia 0.743 70 1991 - 2024
Georgia 0.727 71 1990 - 2024
Sri Lanka 0.721 72 1960 - 2024
Portugal 0.719 73 1960 - 2024
Mexico 0.713 74 1960 - 2024
Togo 0.712 75 1960 - 2024
Bosnia & Herz. 0.709 76 1992 - 2024
Moldova 0.708 77 1990 - 2024
Madagascar 0.707 78 1960 - 2024
Mongolia 0.703 79 1960 - 2024
Argentina 0.685 80 1960 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0.685 81 1992 - 2024
USA 0.684 82 1960 - 2024
Paraguay 0.674 83 1960 - 2024
Bolivia 0.669 84 1960 - 2024
Guatemala 0.667 85 1960 - 2024
Haiti 0.66 86 1960 - 2024
Ivory Coast 0.655 87 1960 - 2024
Namibia 0.652 88 1980 - 2024
Greece 0.65 89 1960 - 2024
Fiji 0.644 90 1960 - 2024
Armenia 0.639 91 1990 - 2024
Tunisia 0.636 92 1960 - 2024
Philippines 0.624 93 1960 - 2024
Tanzania 0.621 94 1960 - 2024
Lesotho 0.615 95 1960 - 2024
Colombia 0.595 96 1960 - 2024
Indonesia 0.591 97 1960 - 2024
G.-Bissau 0.582 98 1979 - 2024
Maldives 0.549 99 2011 - 2024
Liberia 0.539 100 1960 - 2024
Morocco 0.533 101 1960 - 2024
Senegal 0.528 102 1960 - 2024
Somalia 0.516 103 1960 - 2024
Kuwait 0.502 104 1966 - 2024
Lebanon 0.493 105 1960 - 2024
DR Congo 0.475 106 1960 - 2024
Kyrgyzstan 0.458 107 1990 - 2024
Thailand 0.457 108 1960 - 2024
Angola 0.437 109 1962 - 2024
Bhutan 0.432 110 2003 - 2024
Singapore 0.421 111 1960 - 2024
Gabon 0.42 112 1960 - 2024
Iraq 0.413 113 1960 - 2024
Mozambique 0.412 114 1962 - 2024
Uganda 0.39 115 1960 - 2024
Kazakhstan 0.36 116 1990 - 2024
Mauritius 0.358 117 1965 - 2024
Pakistan 0.351 118 1960 - 2024
C.A. Republic 0.338 119 1961 - 2024
R. of Congo 0.338 120 1960 - 2024
Mali 0.337 121 1960 - 2024
Djibouti 0.325 122 2006 - 2024
Vietnam 0.322 123 1960 - 2024
Chad 0.309 124 1963 - 2024
Libya 0.305 125 1960 - 2024
Hungary 0.304 126 1960 - 2024
Comoros 0.298 127 2003 - 2024
Malaysia 0.297 128 1960 - 2024
Uzbekistan 0.293 129 1990 - 2024
Guinea 0.289 130 1962 - 2024
Ukraine 0.277 131 1990 - 2024
Ethiopia 0.259 132 1960 - 2024
Jordan 0.252 133 1962 - 2024
Hong Kong 0.238 134 1960 - 2024
Sudan 0.236 135 1960 - 2024
Cameroon 0.231 136 1961 - 2024
Oman 0.226 137 1982 - 2024
Yemen 0.22 138 1970 - 2024
Bangladesh 0.21 139 1971 - 2024
Cambodia 0.21 140 1960 - 2024
Mauritania 0.21 141 1966 - 2024
Zimbabwe 0.21 142 1960 - 2024
Russia 0.208 143 1960 - 2024
El Salvador 0.204 144 1960 - 2024
Burundi 0.203 145 1960 - 2024
Venezuela 0.201 146 1960 - 2024
UA Emirates 0.192 147 1976 - 2024
Algeria 0.191 148 1960 - 2024
Bahrain 0.185 149 1968 - 2024
Swaziland 0.17 150 1976 - 2024
Azerbaijan 0.163 151 1990 - 2024
India 0.161 152 1960 - 2024
Syria 0.157 153 1960 - 2024
Iran 0.142 154 1960 - 2024
Laos 0.135 155 1960 - 2024
Qatar 0.121 156 1973 - 2024
Turkey 0.12 157 1960 - 2024
Cuba 0.101 158 1960 - 2024
Egypt 0.082 159 1960 - 2024
Afghanistan 0.079 160 1960 - 2024
Tajikistan 0.077 161 1990 - 2024
Eq. Guinea 0.069 162 1995 - 2024
Saudi Arabia 0.069 163 1960 - 2024
China 0.067 164 1960 - 2024
Turkmenistan 0.067 165 1990 - 2024
Rwanda 0.06 166 1963 - 2024
Belarus 0.041 167 1990 - 2024
Eritrea 0.03 168 1960 - 2024
Burma 0.026 169 1960 - 2024
Nicaragua 0.019 170 1960 - 2024
North Korea 0.019 171 1960 - 2024


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