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Most Free & Open Societies 2026

Ranking 229 countries by personal freedom, civil liberties, democracy, and social openness. Discover where individuals enjoy the most rights and fewest restrictions.

#	Country	Score
1	Norway	92.9
2	Denmark	92.1
3	Finland	91.2
4	Sweden	91.1
5	New Zealand	90.8
6	Iceland	90.6
7	Switzerland	90.3
8	Ireland	89.7
9	Netherlands	89.5
10	Faroe Islands	88.1
11	Greenland	88
12	Canada	87.5
13	Estonia	87.5
14	Germany	87.2
15	Australia	86.8
16	Austria	86.6
17	Curacao	85.3
18	Sint Maarten	85.3
19	Aruba	85.3
20	Luxembourg	85.2
21	Belgium	84.4
22	Liechtenstein	84.2
23	United Kingdom	83.4
24	Portugal	82.7
25	Japan	82.7
26	Gibraltar	82.6
27	Bermuda	81.9
28	France	81.8
29	Andorra	81.6
30	Uruguay	81.5
31	San Marino	81.2
32	Turks and Caicos Islands	81.1
33	Cayman Islands	81.1
34	Malta	81
35	British Virgin Islands	80.9
36	Anguilla	80.9
37	Czech Republic	80.9
38	Montserrat	80.9
39	Lithuania	80.8
40	Latvia	80.7
41	Chinese Taipei	80.5
42	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	80.1
43	Costa Rica	79.9
44	Réunion	79.8
45	Guadeloupe	79.8
46	French Guiana	79.8
47	Saint-Martin	79.8
48	Martinique	79.8
49	Spain	79.7
50	Monaco	79.7
51	New Caledonia	79.6
52	Mayotte	79.3
53	Tahiti	79.3
54	United States	79.1
55	Korea Republic	78.7
56	Italy	78.7
57	Slovenia	78.6
58	Guam	78.1
59	Puerto Rico	78.1
60	Northern Mariana Islands	78.1
61	U.S. Virgin Islands	78.1
62	Wallis and Futuna	78.1
63	Barbados	77.8
64	American Samoa	77.6
65	Slovakia	77.4
66	Chile	77.3
67	Cyprus	76.9
68	Bahamas	76.2
69	Israel	75.9
70	Cape Verde	74.9
71	Mauritius	74.3
72	Cook Islands	73.8
73	Greece	73.7
74	Palau	73.6
75	Niue	73.3
76	Croatia	72.2
77	Poland	72.1
78	Saint Kitts and Nevis	72
79	Saint Lucia	71.7
80	Jamaica	71.6
81	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	71.5
82	Trinidad and Tobago	71.5
83	Antigua and Barbuda	71.3
84	Grenada	71.1
85	Dominica	70.4
86	Argentina	70.2
87	Namibia	70.1
88	Tuvalu	69
89	South Africa	69
90	Nauru	68.8
91	Seychelles	68.7
92	Romania	68.5
93	Panama	68.2
94	Vanuatu	68.1
95	Botswana	68
96	Ghana	67.1
97	Marshall Islands	67
98	Micronesia	67
99	Brazil	66.8
100	Hungary	66.6
101	Belize	66.5
102	Suriname	66.4
103	Mongolia	66.3
104	São Tomé and Príncipe	66
105	Bulgaria	65.4
106	Samoa	64.7
107	Albania	63.8
108	Kosovo	63.8
109	Guyana	63.6
110	Moldova	63.5
111	Colombia	63.2
112	Montenegro	62.9
113	Dominican Republic	62.9
114	Timor-Leste	62.8
115	North Macedonia	62.7
116	Ukraine	62.1
117	Peru	61.5
118	Georgia	61.3
119	Serbia	60.9
120	Ecuador	60.8
121	Solomon Islands	60.8
122	Kiribati	60.5
123	Philippines	60.1
124	Lesotho	60
125	Paraguay	59.8
126	Senegal	59.7
127	Indonesia	59.5
128	Bolivia	59.2
129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	59.2
130	Papua New Guinea	59
131	Tonga	58.2
132	Malawi	58.2
133	Mexico	58.2
134	India	58.1
135	Malaysia	57.9
136	El Salvador	57.7
137	Armenia	57.5
138	Sri Lanka	57.4
139	Liberia	56.4
140	Fiji	55.5
141	Singapore	55.5
142	Zambia	55
143	Nepal	54
144	Benin	53.2
145	Sierra Leone	52.6
146	Tunisia	52.3
147	Kenya	51.1
148	Gambia	50.6
149	Guatemala	50.4
150	Bhutan	49.6
151	Maldives	48.7
152	Nigeria	48.6
153	Ivory Coast	48.5
154	Madagascar	47.6
155	Lebanon	46.8
156	Guinea-Bissau	46.1
157	Honduras	45.6
158	Bangladesh	45.4
159	Kyrgyzstan	45.1
160	Mozambique	45
161	Tanzania	43.9
162	Morocco	43.4
163	Haiti	43.3
164	Comoros	43
165	Niger	42.8
166	Thailand	42.1
167	Macau	41.5
168	Hong Kong	40.2
169	Uganda	39.9
170	Turkey	39.4
171	Zanzibar	39.3
172	Gabon	39
173	Pakistan	38.8
174	Kuwait	37.6
175	Angola	37.1
176	Palestine	36.9
177	Togo	36.6
178	Jordan	35.7
179	Iraq	35.5
180	Brunei	35.3
181	Mauritania	34.9
182	Kazakhstan	34.1
183	Ethiopia	33.9
184	Guinea	33.8
185	Swaziland	33.7
186	Cameroon	33.5
187	Zimbabwe	33.3
188	Algeria	33.2
189	Mali	32.5
190	Rwanda	32.3
191	Burkina Faso	31.8
192	Cambodia	30.7
193	Azerbaijan	30.7
194	United Arab Emirates	30.3
195	Qatar	30
196	Congo	29.8
197	Oman	29.6
198	Congo DR	28.6
199	Djibouti	28.5
200	Libya	27.9
201	Vietnam	27.8
202	Somalia	26.9
203	Nicaragua	26.8
204	Egypt	26.5
205	Bahrain	26.4
206	Western Sahara	26.3
207	Russia	26.1
208	Chad	25.4
209	Venezuela	25.2
210	Uzbekistan	25.1
211	Burundi	24.9
212	Sudan	24.3
213	Laos	24.2
214	Cuba	24.1
215	Equatorial Guinea	23.9
216	Belarus	23.5
217	Central African Republic	23.5
218	China	23.3
219	Myanmar	23.1
220	Tajikistan	22.3
221	Yemen	22.2
222	South Sudan	21.6
223	Saudi Arabia	21
224	Iran	20.5
225	Eritrea	17.3
226	Syria	16.5
227	Turkmenistan	15.5
228	Afghanistan	14
229	Korea DPR	9.1

How the Society & Freedom Score Is Calculated

The overall score is a weighted average across four indicators. Nomadino calculates: press freedom × 0.15 + democracy index × 0.30 + personal freedom × 0.30 + freedom of political expression × 0.25.

Press freedom: 15%
Democracy index: 30%
Personal freedom: 30%
Freedom of political expression: 25%

This board measures civic, political and social freedom. It shows where people can access information, participate politically and shape private life with fewer state or social restrictions.

Democracy and personal freedom receive the highest weights because they describe institutions, rights and everyday autonomy most broadly. Political expression remains highly weighted, while press freedom is kept separate but weighted lower because it partly overlaps with expression rights and democratic accountability.