Data for 2000

Academic Freedom Index, 2000

Name: Academic Freedom Index, 2000
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2000, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Academic Freedom Index, 2000 covers 170 countries. Estonia is highest, at 0.974; North Korea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.730. Against 1999, 110 values changed (79 up, 31 down), the same countries are covered.

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Academic Freedom Index · Data for 2000

HighestEstonia

0.974

LowestNorth Korea

0.010

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

170countries
1measure
2000the year it describes
153distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Academic Freedom Index, 2000, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Academic Freedom Index, 2000: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.974
2	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.973
3	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.969
=4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.967
=4	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.967
6	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.966
7	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.964
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.962
=9	Chile`CHL`South America	0.961
=9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.961
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.959
12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.957
13	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.954
14	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.951
15	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.950
16	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.947
17	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.946
=18	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.945
=18	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.945
20	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.944
21	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.938
=22	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.936
=22	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.936
24	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.931
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.930
=26	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.926
=26	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.926
=28	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.925
=28	United States`USA`Northern America	0.925
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.923
=31	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.922
=31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.922
=31	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.922
34	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.920
35	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.917
=36	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.915
=36	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.915
38	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.910
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.907
40	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.904
41	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.901
42	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.899
43	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.894
44	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
=45	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.891
=45	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.891
47	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.885
48	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.880
49	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.879
50	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.875
51	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.870
52	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.860
53	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.858
=54	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.856
=54	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.856
=56	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.855
=56	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.855
=56	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.855
59	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.853
60	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.850
61	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
62	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.839
63	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.829
64	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.824
65	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.820
66	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.812
67	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.811
68	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.806
69	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.805
70	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.789
71	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.783
72	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.779
73	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.777
74	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.763
75	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.757
76	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.756
77	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.745
78	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.743
79	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.740
80	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.739
81	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.737
82	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.733
83	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.732
84	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.731
=85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.730
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.730
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.727
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.721
89	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.714
90	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.712
91	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.708
92	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.702
93	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.700
94	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.697
95	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.688
=96	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.683
=96	Peru`PER`South America	0.683
98	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.679
99	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.675
100	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.664
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.656
=102	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.651
=102	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.651
104	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.646
105	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.634
106	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.629
107	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.622
108	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.621
109	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.595
110	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.587
111	Colombia`COL`South America	0.579
112	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.576
113	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.552
114	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.530
115	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.521
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.520
117	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.515
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.503
119	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.488
120	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.480
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.475
122	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.457
123	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.455
124	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.446
125	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.409
126	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.381
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.380
128	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.360
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.350
130	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.349
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.348
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.337
133	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.336
134	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.335
135	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.322
136	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.313
137	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.305
138	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.284
139	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.282
140	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.279
141	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.278
142	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.272
143	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.263
144	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.253
145	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.212
146	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.208
147	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.186
148	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.176
149	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.173
150	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.167
151	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.161
152	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.155
153	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.152
154	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.133
=155	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.112
=155	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.112
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.108
158	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.100
159	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
160	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.077
161	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.068
162	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.065
163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.060
164	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.046
165	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.042
166	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.038
167	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.037
168	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.023
169	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.012
170	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.010

02In 2000

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Estonia0.974
2Poland0.973
3Portugal0.969
4Austriashared0.967
4Italyshared0.967

Lowest

170North Korea0.010
169Turkmenistan0.012
168Myanmar0.023
167Laos0.037
166Syria0.038

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.730. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031999 → 2000

Since 1999

What changed between 1999 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
110values changed, of 170 in both
79 · 31rose · fell
60unchanged

Rose most

Timor-Leste0.266 → 0.756+0.490
Serbia0.455 → 0.777+0.322
Morocco0.258 → 0.480+0.222
Peru0.479 → 0.683+0.204
Croatia0.725 → 0.922+0.197

Fell most

Venezuela0.896 → 0.587−0.309
Fiji0.478 → 0.349−0.129
Russia0.823 → 0.731−0.092
Uganda0.602 → 0.521−0.081
Sri Lanka0.770 → 0.700−0.070

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

One year of the 2026 release
Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2000.
153 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.922. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
V-Dem Institute publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2000). Academic Freedom Index, 2000 [data set], describing 2000. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/academic-freedom/2000

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