Main Controls Primary Dataset Political rights Secondary Dataset Select Dataset to Compare Format Calc Table Line Chart Bar Chart Map Scatterplot Connected Scatterplot Calc Table Table Clear All Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Myanmar (Burma) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Thomas and Principe Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Advanced Settings Region Calculation Sum Average Weighted Average Political rights scale 1 (unfree) to 7 (free), 1972–2017 Cancel Download Average Sum Average Weighted Average Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Myanmar (Burma) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Thomas and Principe Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World Select Country/Region Afghanistan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Myanmar (Burma) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo (Brazzaville) Congo (Kinshasa) Costa Rica Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czechia Czechoslovakia Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Germany Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg North Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Federated States of Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria North Korea North Vietnam North Yemen Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Thomas and Principe Saint Vincent and Grenadines Samoa San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan South Vietnam South Yemen Soviet Union Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Eswatini Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam West Germany Yemen Yugoslavia Zambia Zimbabwe Africa Americas Asia Australia & New Zealand Caribbean Central America Central Asia Eastern Africa Eastern Asia Eastern Europe Europe European Union High Income Countries Latin America & Caribbean Low Income Countries Lower Middle Income Countries Melanesia Micronesia Middle Africa Middle Income Countries Northern Africa Northern America Northern Europe Oceania Polynesia South America South-Eastern Asia Southern Africa Southern Asia Southern Europe Sub-Saharan Africa Upper Middle Income Countries Western Africa Western Asia Western Europe World 1972 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 2017 -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country 1972–2017 SUMMARY -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country -- Select Country
