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  • Current data
  • Closed1 - 20
  • Repressed21 - 40
  • Obstructed41 - 60
  • Narrowed61 - 80
  • Open81 - 100

Civic Space Scores

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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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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 - - closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Albania - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Algeria - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Andorra - - open open open open open open
Angola - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Antigua and Barbuda - - narrowed narrowed open open open open
Argentina - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Armenia - - narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Australia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open
Austria - - open open open open narrowed narrowed
Azerbaijan - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Bahamas - - open open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Bahrain - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Bangladesh - - closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Barbados - - open open open open open open
Belarus - - closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed
Belgium - - narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open
Belize - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Benin - - obstructed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Bhutan - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Bolivia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Bosnia & Herzegovina - - obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Botswana - - obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Brazil - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Brunei Darussalam - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
Bulgaria - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Burkina Faso - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Burundi - - repressed repressed closed closed closed closed
Cambodia - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Cameroon - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Canada - - open open open open open open
Cape Verde - - open open open open open open
Central African Republic - - repressed repressed closed closed closed closed
Chad - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Chile - - narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed
China - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Colombia - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Comoros - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed
Costa Rica - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open open
Côte d'Ivoire - - obstructed obstructed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Croatia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Cuba - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Cyprus - - narrowed narrowed open open open open
Czech Republic - - open open narrowed open open open
Democratic Republic of the Congo - - repressed repressed repressed repressed closed closed
Denmark - - open open open open open open
Djibouti - - closed closed closed closed closed repressed
Dominica - - narrowed narrowed open open open open
Dominican Republic - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed
Ecuador - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed
Egypt - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
El Salvador - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Equatorial Guinea - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Eritrea - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Estonia - - open open open open open open
Eswatini - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Ethiopia - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Fiji - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Finland - - open open open open open open
France - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Gabon - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Gambia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Georgia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Germany - - narrowed open open open open open
Ghana - - obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Greece - - obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Greenland - -
Grenada - - open open open open open open
Guatemala - - repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Guinea - - repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Guinea Bissau - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Guyana - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Haiti - - repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Honduras - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Hong Kong - - closed closed repressed
Hungary - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Iceland - - open open open open open open
India - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
Indonesia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Iran - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Iraq - - closed closed closed closed repressed repressed
Ireland - - open open open open open open
Israel - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Italy - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Jamaica - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Japan - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Jordan - - repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Kazakhstan - - repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Kenya - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Kiribati - - open open open open open open
Kosovo - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Kuwait - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Kyrgyzstan - - repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Laos - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Latvia - - open open narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Lebanon - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Lesotho - - obstructed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Liberia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Libya - - repressed closed closed closed closed closed
Liechtenstein - - open open open open open open
Lithuania - - open open open open open open
Luxembourg - - open open open open open open
Madagascar - - obstructed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
Malawi - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Malaysia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Maldives - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Mali - - repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Malta - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open
Marshall Islands - - open open open open open open
Mauritania - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Mauritius - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Mexico - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Micronesia - - open open open open open open
Moldova - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed
Monaco - - open open open open open open
Mongolia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Montenegro - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Morocco - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Mozambique - - repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Myanmar - - closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Namibia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Nauru - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Nepal - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Netherlands - - open open open open open open
New Zealand - - open open open open open open
Nicaragua - - closed closed closed repressed repressed repressed
Niger - - repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Nigeria - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed
North Korea - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
North Macedonia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Norway - - open open open open open open
Occupied Palestinian Territories - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Oman - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Pakistan - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Palau - - open open open open open open
Panama - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Papua New Guinea - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Paraguay - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Peru - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Philippines - - repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Poland - - obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Portugal - - open open open open open open
Qatar - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Republic of the Congo - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Romania - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Russia - - closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Rwanda - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Saint Lucia - - open open open open open open
Samoa - - open open open open open open
San Marino - - open open open open open open
Sao Tome and Principe - - open open open open open open
Saudi Arabia - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Senegal - - repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Serbia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed
Seychelles - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Sierra Leone - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Singapore - - repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Slovakia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Slovenia - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed open open
Solomon Islands - - narrowed narrowed narrowed open open open
Somalia - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Somaliland - - repressed
South Africa - - obstructed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed
South Korea - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
South Sudan - - repressed repressed closed closed closed closed
Spain - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Sri Lanka - - repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
St Kitts and Nevis - - open open open open open open
St Vincent and the Grenadines - - open open open open open open
Sudan - - repressed repressed repressed repressed closed closed
Suriname - - narrowed narrowed open open open open
Sweden - - open open open open open open
Switzerland - - open open open open open open
Syria - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Taiwan - - open open open open open open
Tajikistan - - closed closed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Tanzania - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Thailand - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Timor-Leste - - narrowed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Togo - - repressed repressed repressed repressed obstructed obstructed
Tonga - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Trinidad and Tobago - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Tunisia - - repressed repressed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Turkey - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Turkmenistan - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Tuvalu - - open open open open open open
Uganda - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Ukraine - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
United Arab Emirates - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
United Kingdom - - obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
United States of America - - narrowed narrowed obstructed obstructed narrowed narrowed
Uruguay - - open open open open open open
Uzbekistan - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Vanuatu - - narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed narrowed
Venezuela - - closed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed
Vietnam - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Yemen - - closed closed closed closed closed closed
Zambia - - obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed obstructed
Zimbabwe - - repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed repressed