Data for 2007

Academic Freedom Index, 2007

Name: Academic Freedom Index, 2007
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2007, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Academic Freedom Index, 2007 covers 173 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.974; North Korea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.728. Against 2006, 56 values changed (29 up, 27 down), the same countries are covered.

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Academic Freedom Index · Data for 2007

Highest2 countries share it

0.974

LowestNorth Korea

0.010

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

173countries
1measure
2007the year it describes
145distinct 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, 2007, 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, 2007: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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=1	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	0.974
=1	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.974
3	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	0.972
4	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.969
5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.964
6	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.963
7	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.962
8	Chile`CHL`South America	0.961
=9	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.959
=9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.959
11	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.958
12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.956
=13	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.951
=13	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.951
=15	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.950
=15	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.950
17	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.947
=18	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.946
=18	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.946
=20	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.945
=20	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.945
=22	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.938
=22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.938
24	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.935
25	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.934
=26	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.930
=26	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.930
28	Peru`PER`South America	0.925
29	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.924
30	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.923
=31	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.922
=31	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.922
=31	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.922
=34	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.920
=34	United States`USA`Northern America	0.920
=36	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.915
=36	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.915
=36	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.915
39	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.913
=40	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.910
=40	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.910
42	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.908
43	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.904
44	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.899
45	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
46	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.891
47	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.890
48	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.889
=49	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.880
=49	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.880
51	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.878
52	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.874
53	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.870
54	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.866
=55	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.860
=55	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.860
57	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.859
58	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.858
=59	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.856
=59	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.856
61	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.855
=62	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.853
=62	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.853
64	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.848
65	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.844
66	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.839
67	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.837
=68	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.831
=68	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.831
70	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.821
=71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.820
=71	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.820
73	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.810
74	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.807
75	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.805
76	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.801
77	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.792
78	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.765
79	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.758
80	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.753
81	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.746
82	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.743
83	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.733
84	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.732
=85	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.730
=85	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.730
=87	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.728
=87	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.728
=87	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.728
90	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.723
91	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.722
=92	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.721
=92	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.721
94	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.716
95	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.712
96	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.688
97	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.685
=98	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.683
=98	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.683
100	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.675
=101	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.664
=101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.664
=103	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.658
=103	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.658
105	Colombia`COL`South America	0.655
=106	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.652
=106	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.652
108	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.648
109	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.647
110	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.628
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.622
112	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.612
113	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.608
114	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.604
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.565
116	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.556
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.529
118	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.522
119	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.518
120	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.503
121	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.493
122	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.488
123	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.473
124	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.459
125	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.455
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.454
127	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.426
128	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.423
129	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.402
130	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.394
131	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.390
132	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.382
133	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.368
134	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.367
135	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.359
136	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.356
137	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.347
138	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.344
139	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.323
140	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.313
141	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.298
142	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.284
143	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.281
144	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.280
145	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.276
146	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.255
147	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.244
148	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.236
149	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.217
150	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.215
151	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.212
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.210
153	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.209
154	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.190
155	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.189
156	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.177
157	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.155
158	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.141
159	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.131
160	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.107
161	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.101
162	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.100
163	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.081
164	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.079
165	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.075
166	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.068
167	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.050
168	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.042
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.039
170	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.031
171	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.022
172	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.018
173	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.010

02In 2007

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Estoniashared0.974
1Polandshared0.974
3Austria0.972
4Portugal0.969
5Belgium0.964

Lowest

173North Korea0.010
172Eritrea0.018
171Turkmenistan0.022
170Myanmar0.031
169Laos0.039

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.728. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032006 → 2007

Since 2006

What changed between 2006 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
56values changed, of 173 in both
29 · 27rose · fell
117unchanged

Rose most

Nepal0.710 → 0.820+0.110
Colombia0.608 → 0.655+0.047
Armenia0.629 → 0.658+0.029
Ukraine0.705 → 0.721+0.016
Slovenia0.919 → 0.934+0.015

Fell most

Nicaragua0.726 → 0.493−0.233
Malawi0.676 → 0.612−0.064
Bangladesh0.448 → 0.423−0.025
Kazakhstan0.242 → 0.217−0.025
Uganda0.541 → 0.518−0.023

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 2007.
145 distinct values among 173
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 173 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2007). Academic Freedom Index, 2007 [data set], describing 2007. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/academic-freedom/2007

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