• Closed 1 - 20
  • Repressed 21 - 40
  • Obstructed 41 - 60
  • Narrowed 61 - 80
  • Open 81 - 100

Civic Space Scores

By rating band

This global overview shows the full spread of country civic space scores worldwide. Hover over a dot to see the civic space scores for each country.

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Where do people live?

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Country Monitor

Country Current rating Current score Trend
Afghanistan Closed 13
Albania Narrowed 67
Algeria Repressed 32
Andorra Open 84
Angola Repressed 39
Antigua and Barbuda Narrowed 79
Argentina Narrowed 69
Armenia Narrowed 70
Australia Narrowed 72
Austria Open 83
Azerbaijan Closed 20
Bahamas Open 92
Bahrain Closed 15
Bangladesh Repressed 27
Barbados Open 82
Belarus Closed 16
Belgium Narrowed 80
Belize Narrowed 73
Benin Repressed 40
Bhutan Obstructed 59
Bolivia Obstructed 44
Bosnia & Herzegovina Narrowed 64
Botswana Obstructed 58
Brazil Obstructed 47
Brunei Darussalam Repressed 33
Bulgaria Narrowed 71
Burkina Faso Obstructed 47
Burundi Repressed 28
Cambodia Repressed 27
Cameroon Repressed 31
Canada Open 84
Cape Verde Open 85
Central African Republic Repressed 38
Chad Repressed 22
Chile Narrowed 66
China Closed 12
Colombia Repressed 33
Comoros Obstructed 47
Costa Rica Narrowed 71
Côte d'Ivoire Obstructed 53
Croatia Narrowed 72
Cuba Closed 17
Cyprus Narrowed 72
Czech Republic Open 86
Democratic Republic of the Congo Repressed 31
Denmark Open 90
Djibouti Closed 18
Dominica Narrowed 79
Dominican Republic Narrowed 78
Ecuador Obstructed 57
Egypt Closed 19
El Salvador Obstructed 47
Equatorial Guinea Closed 20
Eritrea Closed 7
Estonia Open 94
Eswatini Repressed 22
Ethiopia Repressed 29
Fiji Obstructed 60
Finland Open 91
France Narrowed 74
Gabon Repressed 38
Gambia Obstructed 58
Georgia Narrowed 68
Germany Open 86
Ghana Obstructed 60
Greece Obstructed 52
Greenland
Grenada Open 86
Guatemala Repressed 40
Guinea Repressed 27
Guinea Bissau Obstructed 46
Guyana Narrowed 76
Haiti Repressed 40
Honduras Repressed 37
Hong Kong Closed 15
Hungary Obstructed 49
Iceland Open 87
India Repressed 31
Indonesia Obstructed 46
Iran Closed 13
Iraq Closed 18
Ireland Open 84
Israel Obstructed 49
Italy Narrowed 76
Jamaica Narrowed 80
Japan Narrowed 75
Jordan Repressed 36
Kazakhstan Repressed 35
Kenya Obstructed 49
Kiribati Open 83
Kosovo Narrowed 72
Kuwait Repressed 38
Kyrgyzstan Obstructed 45
Laos Closed 7
Latvia Open 89
Lebanon Obstructed 47
Lesotho Repressed 39
Liberia Obstructed 59
Libya Closed 20
Liechtenstein Open 93
Lithuania Open 85
Luxembourg Open 84
Madagascar Repressed 40
Malawi Obstructed 52
Malaysia Obstructed 47
Maldives Obstructed 46
Mali Repressed 40
Malta Narrowed 74
Marshall Islands Open 84
Mauritania Repressed 36
Mauritius Narrowed 72
Mexico Repressed 38
Micronesia Open 84
Moldova Narrowed 79
Monaco Open 94
Mongolia Narrowed 61
Montenegro Narrowed 71
Morocco Obstructed 41
Mozambique Repressed 38
Myanmar Closed 12
Namibia Narrowed 75
Nauru Obstructed 49
Nepal Obstructed 46
Netherlands Open 87
New Zealand Open 89
Nicaragua Closed 15
Niger Repressed 36
Nigeria Repressed 35
North Korea Closed 2
North Macedonia Narrowed 73
Norway Open 95
Oman Repressed 23
Pakistan Repressed 30
Palau Open 92
Palestine Repressed 23
Panama Narrowed 67
Papua New Guinea Obstructed 60
Paraguay Obstructed 51
Peru Obstructed 51
Philippines Repressed 34
Poland Obstructed 51
Portugal Open 82
Qatar Repressed 25
Republic of the Congo Repressed 29
Romania Narrowed 64
Russia Closed 17
Rwanda Repressed 24
Saint Lucia Open 86
Samoa Open 81
San Marino Open 94
Sao Tome and Principe Open 82
Saudi Arabia Closed 7
Senegal Obstructed 47
Serbia Obstructed 50
Seychelles Narrowed 80
Sierra Leone Obstructed 46
Singapore Repressed 31
Slovakia Narrowed 77
Slovenia Narrowed 63
Solomon Islands Narrowed 71
Somalia Repressed 29
South Africa Obstructed 58
South Korea Narrowed 75
South Sudan Repressed 25
Spain Narrowed 74
Sri Lanka Obstructed 41
St Kitts and Nevis Open 84
St Vincent and the Grenadines Open 85
Sudan Repressed 21
Suriname Narrowed 79
Sweden Open 87
Switzerland Open 85
Syria Closed 4
Taiwan Open 81
Tajikistan Closed 19
Tanzania Repressed 34
Thailand Repressed 28
Timor-Leste Obstructed 56
Togo Repressed 38
Tonga Narrowed 76
Trinidad and Tobago Narrowed 73
Tunisia Repressed 40
Turkey Repressed 29
Turkmenistan Closed 10
Tuvalu Open 88
Uganda Repressed 28
Ukraine Obstructed 45
United Arab Emirates Closed 17
United Kingdom Obstructed 60
United States of America Narrowed 70
Uruguay Open 81
Uzbekistan Closed 20
Vanuatu Narrowed 79
Venezuela Repressed 23
Vietnam Closed 18
Yemen Closed 20
Zambia Obstructed 46
Zimbabwe Repressed 35