The following list ranks nations (population 200,000+) based on the extent of their rights and liberties as measured by the Freedom House Political Rights index. A higher score indicates fewer political rights and freedoms with a range of 1 to 7.

Complete List

Ranking	Nation	Score
1	Belarus	7.0
1	Burma (Myanmar)	7.0
1	Chad	7.0
1	China	7.0
1	Cuba	7.0
1	Equatorial Guinea	7.0
1	Eritrea	7.0
1	Guinea	7.0
1	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	7.0
1	Laos	7.0
1	Libya	7.0
1	Saudi Arabia	7.0
1	Somalia	7.0
1	Sudan	7.0
1	Swaziland	7.0
1	Syria	7.0
1	Tunisia	7.0
1	Turkmenistan	7.0
1	Uzbekistan	7.0
1	Vietnam	7.0
1	Western Sahara	7.0
1	Zimbabwe	7.0
2	Algeria	6.0
2	Angola	6.0
2	Armenia	6.0
2	Azerbaijan	6.0
2	Brunei	6.0
2	Cambodia	6.0
2	Cameroon	6.0
2	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	6.0
2	Congo, Republic of the	6.0
2	Cote d'Ivoire	6.0
2	Egypt	6.0
2	Fiji	6.0
2	Gabon	6.0
2	Iran	6.0
2	Iraq	6.0
2	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	6.0
2	Kazakhstan	6.0
2	Kosovo	6.0
2	Mauritania	6.0
2	Oman	6.0
2	Qatar	6.0
2	Russia	6.0
2	Rwanda	6.0
2	Tajikistan	6.0
2	United Arab Emirates	6.0
3	Afghanistan	5.0
3	Bahrain	5.0
3	Burkina Faso	5.0
3	Central African Republic	5.0
3	Djibouti	5.0
3	Ethiopia	5.0
3	Gambia, The	5.0
3	Hong Kong	5.0
3	Jordan	5.0
3	Kyrgyzstan	5.0
3	Lebanon	5.0
3	Morocco	5.0
3	Nigeria	5.0
3	Singapore	5.0
3	Thailand	5.0
3	Togo	5.0
3	Uganda	5.0
3	Yemen	5.0
4	Bangladesh	4.0
4	Bhutan	4.0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4.0
4	Burundi	4.0
4	Georgia	4.0
4	Guinea-Bissau	4.0
4	Haiti	4.0
4	Kenya	4.0
4	Kuwait	4.0
4	Madagascar	4.0
4	Malawi	4.0
4	Malaysia	4.0
4	Maldives	4.0
4	Moldova	4.0
4	Nepal	4.0
4	Nicaragua	4.0
4	Pakistan	4.0
4	Papua New Guinea	4.0
4	Philippines	4.0
4	Solomon Islands	4.0
4	Sri Lanka	4.0
4	Tanzania	4.0
4	Venezuela	4.0
5	Albania	3.0
5	Bolivia	3.0
5	Colombia	3.0
5	Comoros	3.0
5	Ecuador	3.0
5	Guatemala	3.0
5	Honduras	3.0
5	Liberia	3.0
5	Macedonia	3.0
5	Montenegro	3.0
5	Mozambique	3.0
5	Niger	3.0
5	Paraguay	3.0
5	Senegal	3.0
5	Serbia	3.0
5	Sierra Leone	3.0
5	Timor-Leste	3.0
5	Turkey	3.0
5	Ukraine	3.0
5	Zambia	3.0
6	Argentina	2.0
6	Benin	2.0
6	Botswana	2.0
6	Brazil	2.0
6	Bulgaria	2.0
6	Croatia	2.0
6	Dominican Republic	2.0
6	El Salvador	2.0
6	Guyana	2.0
6	India	2.0
6	Indonesia	2.0
6	Jamaica	2.0
6	Latvia	2.0
6	Lesotho	2.0
6	Mali	2.0
6	Mexico	2.0
6	Mongolia	2.0
6	Namibia	2.0
6	Peru	2.0
6	Romania	2.0
6	South Africa	2.0
6	Suriname	2.0
6	Taiwan	2.0
6	Trinidad and Tobago	2.0
6	Vanuatu	2.0
7	Australia	1.0
7	Austria	1.0
7	Bahamas, The	1.0
7	Barbados	1.0
7	Belgium	1.0
7	Belize	1.0
7	Canada	1.0
7	Cape Verde	1.0
7	Chile	1.0
7	Costa Rica	1.0
7	Cyprus	1.0
7	Czech Republic	1.0
7	Denmark	1.0
7	Estonia	1.0
7	Finland	1.0
7	France	1.0
7	Germany	1.0
7	Ghana	1.0
7	Greece	1.0
7	Hungary	1.0
7	Iceland	1.0
7	Ireland	1.0
7	Israel	1.0
7	Italy	1.0
7	Japan	1.0
7	Korea, (South) Republic of	1.0
7	Lithuania	1.0
7	Luxembourg	1.0
7	Malta	1.0
7	Mauritius	1.0
7	Netherlands	1.0
7	New Zealand	1.0
7	Norway	1.0
7	Panama	1.0
7	Poland	1.0
7	Portugal	1.0
7	Puerto Rico	1.0
7	Slovakia	1.0
7	Slovenia	1.0
7	Spain	1.0
7	Sweden	1.0
7	Switzerland	1.0
7	United Kingdom	1.0
7	United States (General)	1.0
7	Uruguay	1.0
--	French Guiana	--
--	French Polynesia	--
--	Guadeloupe	--
--	Macau	--
--	Martinique	--
--	Mayotte	--
--	New Caledonia	--
--	Reunion	--

Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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