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

Civic Space Scores

By rating band

See total number of countries per rating category. Hover over the dots to see civic space scores for each country and how they compare across rating bands.

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North Korea

Score: 3

Vietnam

Score: 10

Venezuela

Score: 16

Tajikistan

Score: 11

Djibouti

Score: 19

Hong Kong

Score: 20

Nicaragua

Score: 8

Yemen

Score: 14

United Arab Emirates

Score: 11

Azerbaijan

Score: 14

Belarus

Score: 10

Russia

Score: 14

Eritrea

Score: 2

Egypt

Score: 20

Cuba

Score: 16

Iraq

Score: 18

Saudi Arabia

Score: 4

Bahrain

Score: 18

Eswatini

Score: 19

Afghanistan

Score: 11

China

Score: 10

Syria

Score: 6

Ethiopia

Score: 20

Iran

Score: 8

Equatorial Guinea

Score: 17

Laos

Score: 6

Myanmar

Score: 10

Occupied Palestinian Territories

Score: 13

Turkmenistan

Score: 9

Uzbekistan

Score: 20

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South Sudan

Score: 25

Sri Lanka

Score: 37

Burundi

Score: 23

Cambodia

Score: 27

Turkey

Score: 24

Rwanda

Score: 25

Guatemala

Score: 40

Honduras

Score: 37

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Score: 27

Nigeria

Score: 31

Central African Republic

Score: 33

Thailand

Score: 39

Philippines

Score: 34

Cameroon

Score: 26

Jordan

Score: 39

Bangladesh

Score: 24

Republic of the Congo

Score: 30

Peru

Score: 40

Kazakhstan

Score: 31

Qatar

Score: 29

Haiti

Score: 39

Gabon

Score: 40

Angola

Score: 28

Burkina Faso

Score: 34

Chad

Score: 26

Somaliland

Score: 40

Zimbabwe

Score: 30

Pakistan

Score: 28

Guinea

Score: 30

Uganda

Score: 30

Brunei Darussalam

Score: 35

Colombia

Score: 38

Algeria

Score: 31

Kyrgyzstan

Score: 36

Libya

Score: 28

India

Score: 33

Kenya

Score: 37

Oman

Score: 23

Kuwait

Score: 27

Mozambique

Score: 39

Mali

Score: 30

Mexico

Score: 40

Mauritania

Score: 40

Niger

Score: 36

Singapore

Score: 31

Sudan

Score: 21

Senegal

Score: 40

Somalia

Score: 28

Togo

Score: 38

Tunisia

Score: 37

Tanzania

Score: 36

51

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Sierra Leone

Score: 48

Georgia

Score: 54

Paraguay

Score: 56

Indonesia

Score: 48

Mongolia

Score: 60

South Africa

Score: 60

Serbia

Score: 49

Zambia

Score: 52

Benin

Score: 51

United Kingdom

Score: 60

Guinea Bissau

Score: 41

Côte d'Ivoire

Score: 57

Papua New Guinea

Score: 54

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Score: 57

Morocco

Score: 43

Gambia

Score: 51

Ghana

Score: 56

Bhutan

Score: 50

Bolivia

Score: 51

Comoros

Score: 50

Hungary

Score: 46

Brazil

Score: 52

Ecuador

Score: 48

Greece

Score: 57

Israel

Score: 47

Malaysia

Score: 50

Lebanon

Score: 44

Lesotho

Score: 52

Madagascar

Score: 41

Maldives

Score: 51

Malawi

Score: 58

Nauru

Score: 59

Nepal

Score: 50

El Salvador

Score: 45

Ukraine

Score: 50

35

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Botswana

Score: 69

Bulgaria

Score: 70

Seychelles

Score: 75

North Macedonia

Score: 74

Chile

Score: 80

Panama

Score: 71

Italy

Score: 65

Poland

Score: 66

Belgium

Score: 80

Australia

Score: 76

Cyprus

Score: 80

Armenia

Score: 69

Dominica

Score: 78

Antigua and Barbuda

Score: 79

Fiji

Score: 62

Spain

Score: 72

Romania

Score: 70

Albania

Score: 64

Belize

Score: 75

Argentina

Score: 65

Dominican Republic

Score: 76

Costa Rica

Score: 77

Kosovo

Score: 62

Germany

Score: 67

Netherlands

Score: 76

France

Score: 67

Montenegro

Score: 76

Mauritius

Score: 76

Guyana

Score: 73

Tonga

Score: 78

South Korea

Score: 73

Croatia

Score: 74

Liberia

Score: 63

Moldova

Score: 71

Malta

Score: 80

Namibia

Score: 80

Solomon Islands

Score: 69

Suriname

Score: 77

Slovakia

Score: 79

Timor-Leste

Score: 71

United States of America

Score: 62

Vanuatu

Score: 78

42

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Samoa

Score: 82

Iceland

Score: 89

Uruguay

Score: 88

Norway

Score: 97

New Zealand

Score: 89

Austria

Score: 84

Liechtenstein

Score: 95

Bahamas

Score: 87

Marshall Islands

Score: 96

San Marino

Score: 97

Finland

Score: 92

Switzerland

Score: 82

Canada

Score: 82

Grenada

Score: 91

Andorra

Score: 82

Taiwan

Score: 82

Czech Republic

Score: 86

Slovenia

Score: 84

Latvia

Score: 86

Barbados

Score: 95

Sao Tome and Principe

Score: 82

Japan

Score: 84

Denmark

Score: 94

Kiribati

Score: 91

Cape Verde

Score: 87

Micronesia

Score: 90

Monaco

Score: 91

St Vincent and the Grenadines

Score: 91

Luxembourg

Score: 94

Estonia

Score: 91

Tuvalu

Score: 91

St Kitts and Nevis

Score: 85

Ireland

Score: 81

Jamaica

Score: 84

Saint Lucia

Score: 88

Lithuania

Score: 83

Palau

Score: 96

Portugal

Score: 83

Sweden

Score: 87

Trinidad and Tobago

Score: 83

40

Where do people live?

30% 42.4% 12.9% 11.1% 3.6%

Based on World Bank population data 2023

Country Scores

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Country Current score Current rating 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Afghanistan 11 Closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Albania 64 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Algeria 31 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Andorra 82 Open open open open open open open
Angola 28 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Antigua and Barbuda 79 Narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open open
Argentina 65 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Armenia 69 Narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Australia 76 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open
Austria 84 Open open open open open narrowed narrowed
Azerbaijan 14 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Bahamas 87 Open open open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Bahrain 18 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Bangladesh 24 Repressed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Barbados 95 Open open open open open open open
Belarus 10 Closed closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed
Belgium 80 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open
Belize 75 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Benin 51 Obstructed obstructed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Bhutan 50 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Bolivia 51 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Bosnia & Herzegovina 57 Obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Botswana 69 Narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Brazil 52 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Brunei Darussalam 35 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
Bulgaria 70 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Burkina Faso 34 Repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Burundi 23 Repressed repressed repressed closed closed closed closed
Cambodia 27 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Cameroon 26 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Canada 82 Open open open open open open open
Cape Verde 87 Open open open open open open open
Central African Republic 33 Repressed repressed repressed closed closed closed closed
Chad 26 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Chile 80 Narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed
China 10 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Colombia 38 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Comoros 50 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed
Costa Rica 77 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open open
Côte d'Ivoire 57 Obstructed obstructed obstructed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Croatia 74 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Cuba 16 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Cyprus 80 Narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open open
Czech Republic 86 Open open open narrowed open open open
Democratic Republic of the Congo 27 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed closed closed
Denmark 94 Open open open open open open open
Djibouti 19 Closed closed closed closed closed closed repressed
Dominica 78 Narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open open
Dominican Republic 76 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed
Ecuador 48 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed
Egypt 20 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
El Salvador 45 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Equatorial Guinea 17 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Eritrea 2 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Estonia 91 Open open open open open open open
Eswatini 19 Closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Ethiopia 20 Closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Fiji 62 Narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Finland 92 Open open open open open open open
France 67 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Gabon 40 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Gambia 51 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Georgia 54 Obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Germany 67 Narrowed narrowed open open open open open
Ghana 56 Obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Greece 57 Obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Greenland
Grenada 91 Open open open open open open open
Guatemala 40 Repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Guinea 30 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Guinea Bissau 41 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Guyana 73 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Haiti 39 Repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Honduras 37 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Hong Kong 20 Closed closed closed repressed
Hungary 46 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Iceland 89 Open open open open open open open
India 33 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
Indonesia 48 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Iran 8 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Iraq 18 Closed closed closed closed closed repressed repressed
Ireland 81 Open open open open open open open
Israel 47 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Italy 65 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Jamaica 84 Open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Japan 84 Open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Jordan 39 Repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Kazakhstan 31 Repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Kenya 37 Repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Kiribati 91 Open open open open open open open
Kosovo 62 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Kuwait 27 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Kyrgyzstan 36 Repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Laos 6 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Latvia 86 Open open open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Lebanon 44 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Lesotho 52 Obstructed obstructed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Liberia 63 Narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Libya 28 Repressed repressed closed closed closed closed closed
Liechtenstein 95 Open open open open open open open
Lithuania 83 Open open open open open open open
Luxembourg 94 Open open open open open open open
Madagascar 41 Obstructed obstructed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
Malawi 58 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Malaysia 50 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Maldives 51 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Mali 30 Repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Malta 80 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open
Marshall Islands 96 Open open open open open open open
Mauritania 40 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Mauritius 76 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Mexico 40 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Micronesia 90 Open open open open open open open
Moldova 71 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed
Monaco 91 Open open open open open open open
Mongolia 60 Obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Montenegro 76 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Morocco 43 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Mozambique 39 Repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Myanmar 10 Closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Namibia 80 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Nauru 59 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Nepal 50 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Netherlands 76 Narrowed open open open open open open
New Zealand 89 Open open open open open open open
Nicaragua 8 Closed closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed
Niger 36 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Nigeria 31 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
North Korea 3 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
North Macedonia 74 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Norway 97 Open open open open open open open
Occupied Palestinian Territories 13 Closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Oman 23 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Pakistan 28 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Palau 96 Open open open open open open open
Panama 71 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Papua New Guinea 54 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Paraguay 56 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Peru 40 Repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Philippines 34 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Poland 66 Narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Portugal 83 Open open open open open open open
Qatar 29 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Republic of the Congo 30 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Romania 70 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Russia 14 Closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Rwanda 25 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Saint Lucia 88 Open open open open open open open
Samoa 82 Open open open open open open open
San Marino 97 Open open open open open open open
Sao Tome and Principe 82 Open open open open open open open
Saudi Arabia 4 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Senegal 40 Repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Serbia 49 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed
Seychelles 75 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Sierra Leone 48 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Singapore 31 Repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Slovakia 79 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Slovenia 84 Open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open open
Solomon Islands 69 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open
Somalia 28 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Somaliland 40 Repressed repressed
South Africa 60 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed
South Korea 73 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
South Sudan 25 Repressed repressed repressed closed closed closed closed
Spain 72 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Sri Lanka 37 Repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
St Kitts and Nevis 85 Open open open open open open open
St Vincent and the Grenadines 91 Open open open open open open open
Sudan 21 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed closed closed
Suriname 77 Narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open open
Sweden 87 Open open open open open open open
Switzerland 82 Open open open open open open open
Syria 6 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Taiwan 82 Open open open open open open open
Tajikistan 11 Closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Tanzania 36 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Thailand 39 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Timor-Leste 71 Narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Togo 38 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Tonga 78 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Trinidad and Tobago 83 Open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Tunisia 37 Repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Turkey 24 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Turkmenistan 9 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Tuvalu 91 Open open open open open open open
Uganda 30 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Ukraine 50 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
United Arab Emirates 11 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
United Kingdom 60 Obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
United States of America 62 Narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed
Uruguay 88 Open open open open open open open
Uzbekistan 20 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Vanuatu 78 Narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Venezuela 16 Closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Vietnam 10 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Yemen 14 Closed closed closed closed closed closed closed
Zambia 52 Obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Zimbabwe 30 Repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed

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