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Annual count of countries with improved or worsened freedom 2006-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Aug 5, 2022
According to the Freedom House Freedom Index 2022, 60 countries worldwide became less free in 2021, which was the less than the previous year. The number of countries that experienced increased freedom in 2021 decreased slightly, counting 25 countries.

Number of countries with increased or decreased freedom annually from 2006 to 2021

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Release date

February 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2006 to 2021

Supplementary notes

Freedom in the World 2022 evaluates the state of freedom in 195 countries and 15 territories during calendar year 2021. 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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