Decline in freedom in Africa by country 2020

Mali recorded the highest decline in freedom in Africa. During 2020, Mali lost 39 points in the Freedom Index, which takes into account political rights and civil liberties, whose totals are weighted to determine what the freedom status of a country or a terriroty is. Mali is considered overall a not-free country. Other high losses in freedom have been registered in Tanzania, Central African Republic, and Burundi.

Decline in freedom in selected African countries as of 2020 (in aggregate score)

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Release date

February 2021

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

Freedom in the World 2021 evaluates the state of freedom in 195 countries and 15 territories during calendar year 2020. Each country and territory is assigned between 0 and 4 points on a series of 25 indicators, for an aggregate score of up to 100. The indicators are grouped into the categories of political rights (0–40) and civil liberties (0–60), whose totals are weighted equally to determine whether the country or territory has an overall status of Free, Partly Free, or Not Free.

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