Data for 2001

Academic Freedom Index, 2001

Name: Academic Freedom Index, 2001
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Academic Freedom Index, 2001 covers 170 countries. Poland is highest, at 0.977; North Korea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.730. Against 2000, 44 values changed (24 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Academic Freedom Index · Data for 2001

HighestPoland

0.977

LowestNorth Korea

0.010

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

170countries
1measure
2001the year it describes
156distinct 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, 2001, 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, 2001: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.977
2	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.974
3	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.969
=4	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.967
=4	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.967
6	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.964
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.962
=8	Chile`CHL`South America	0.961
=8	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.961
=8	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.961
11	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.959
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.956
13	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.955
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	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.939
22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.938
23	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.936
24	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.933
25	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.931
26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.930
=27	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.926
=27	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.926
=29	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.925
=29	United States`USA`Northern America	0.925
31	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.923
=32	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.922
=32	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.922
=32	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.922
35	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.920
36	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.919
37	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.917
38	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.915
39	Peru`PER`South America	0.913
40	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.910
41	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.907
42	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.905
43	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.904
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.899
45	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.894
46	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
47	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.891
48	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.883
=49	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.880
=49	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.880
51	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.879
52	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.875
53	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.870
54	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.864
55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.860
56	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.858
57	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.857
=58	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.856
=58	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.856
=58	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.856
=61	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.855
=61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.855
63	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.853
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.848
65	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.846
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.839
67	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.829
68	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.825
69	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.820
70	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.806
71	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.805
72	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.792
73	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.789
74	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.757
75	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.756
76	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.753
77	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.743
78	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.740
79	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.739
80	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.737
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.733
=82	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.732
=82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.732
=84	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.730
=84	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.730
86	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.729
87	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.727
88	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.721
89	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.720
90	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.714
91	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.712
92	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.708
93	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.702
94	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.700
95	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.697
96	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.688
97	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	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	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.651
103	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.646
104	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.644
105	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.629
106	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.622
107	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.621
108	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.610
109	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.595
110	Colombia`COL`South America	0.579
111	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.576
112	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.561
113	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.554
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.552
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.530
116	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.524
117	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.512
118	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.503
119	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.491
120	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.488
121	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.475
122	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.458
123	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.457
124	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.455
125	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.415
126	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.409
127	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.381
128	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.363
129	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.360
130	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.355
131	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.348
132	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.337
133	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.335
134	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.333
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.330
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	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.256
145	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.253
146	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.212
147	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.211
148	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.208
149	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.186
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.173
151	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.167
152	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.163
153	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.155
154	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.145
155	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.133
156	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.112
157	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.108
158	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.107
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.100
160	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.091
161	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.077
162	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.068
163	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.058
164	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.043
165	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.042
166	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	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 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Poland0.977
2Estonia0.974
3Portugal0.969
4Austriashared0.967
4Italyshared0.967

Lowest

170North Korea0.010
169Turkmenistan0.012
168Myanmar0.023
167Laos0.037
166Eritrea0.038

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

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
44values changed, of 170 in both
24 · 20rose · fell
126unchanged

Rose most

Afghanistan0.065 → 0.333+0.268
Peru0.683 → 0.913+0.230
Serbia0.777 → 0.883+0.106
Morocco0.480 → 0.554+0.074
Cabo Verde0.812 → 0.856+0.044

Fell most

Kazakhstan0.322 → 0.256−0.066
Moldova0.651 → 0.610−0.041
Niger0.763 → 0.732−0.031
Nepal0.779 → 0.753−0.026
Venezuela0.587 → 0.561−0.026

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 2001.
156 distinct values among 170
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.961. 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 (2001). Academic Freedom Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/academic-freedom/2001

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