Most free countries worldwide 2022

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Einar H. Dyvik,
Jul 4, 2024
According to the Freedom House Freedom Index, Norway, Finland, and Sweden were the three countries with the highest levels of freedom in the world in 2022. All three received a score of 100, the highest possible score. The index measures the level of political rights and civil liberties in a country. A total of 60 countries experienced decreased levels of freedom in 2021, compared to only 25 countries seeing increased levels of freedom.

20 countries with the highest freedom scores worldwide in 2022

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Release date

March 2023

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2022

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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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