• Percentage of countries regarded as free 2019

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This statistic shows the share of countries worldwide that were free, partly free, or not free from 1989 to 2019, according to the Freedom House Freedom Index. In 2019, about 42.6 percent of countries worldwide were classified as free.

Share of countries worldwide regarded as free countries from 1989 to 2019

Characteristic	Free	Partley free	Not free
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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

1989 to 2019

Supplementary notes

Freedom in the World 2020 evaluates the state of freedom in 195 countries and 15 territories during calendar year 2019. 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.