Freedom in the World 2025 finds that violence and armed conflict drove the 19th consecutive year of decline in global freedom ...

The 52nd edition of Freedom in the World finds that 60 countries experienced declines in their political rights and civil ...

Democracies, as a matter of their own survival, must demonstrate basic solidarity and prevent the outright conquest of other ...

Conditions in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine were assessed in a single report for the first time in the 2025 edition of Freedom in the World. While previous editions assessed Crimea and ...

A major terrorist attack by Hamas on Israeli territory in October 2023 triggered a massive Israeli military response in Gaza, resulting in thousands of deaths, the internal displacement of nearly the ...

Since a peace agreement was reached in 2018, elections in South Sudan have been delayed; elites preside over an uneasy power-sharing arrangement. The country suffers from rampant corruption and dire ...

Global freedom statuses are calculated on a weighted scale. See the methodology. * Indicates a territory as opposed to an independent country. The full Freedom in the World 2025 narrative report for ...