Data for 2014

Academic Freedom Index, 2014

Name: Academic Freedom Index, 2014
Creator: V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg
License: https://v-dem.net/data/the-v-dem-dataset/

2014, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Academic Freedom Index, 2014 covers 176 countries. 2 countries share the highest reading, 0.974; North Korea is lowest, at 0.012. The middle country reads 0.728. Against 2013, 83 values changed (33 up, 50 down), the same countries are covered.

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Academic Freedom Index · Data for 2014

Highest2 countries share it

0.974

LowestNorth Korea

0.012

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

176countries
1measure
2014the year it describes
155distinct 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, 2014, 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, 2014: 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	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	0.965
=5	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	0.964
=5	Chile`CHL`South America	0.964
=5	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	0.964
8	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	0.962
=9	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	0.959
=9	Uruguay`URY`South America	0.959
11	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	0.956
=12	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	0.955
=12	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	0.955
14	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	0.953
15	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	0.951
16	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	0.949
17	Argentina`ARG`South America	0.947
18	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	0.946
=19	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	0.944
=19	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	0.944
21	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	0.939
=22	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	0.938
=22	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	0.938
24	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	0.936
25	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	0.935
26	Honduras`HND`Central America	0.929
=27	Peru`PER`South America	0.926
=27	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	0.926
=29	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	0.922
=29	Mexico`MEX`Central America	0.922
31	United States`USA`Northern America	0.921
32	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	0.919
33	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	0.918
34	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.914
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	0.909
36	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	0.908
37	Panama`PAN`Central America	0.904
38	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	0.899
39	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	0.897
40	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	0.896
41	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.894
=42	France`FRA`Western Europe	0.893
=42	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	0.893
44	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	0.888
45	Brazil`BRA`South America	0.887
=46	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	0.880
=46	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.880
48	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.877
49	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	0.875
50	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.873
51	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	0.872
52	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.868
53	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	0.867
=54	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	0.865
=54	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.865
56	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	0.864
57	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	0.860
58	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	0.859
59	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.857
=60	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.855
=60	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	0.855
62	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.850
63	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	0.848
=64	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	0.837
=64	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.837
66	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	0.834
67	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.833
68	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.832
69	Bolivia`BOL`South America	0.831
70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	0.830
71	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	0.822
72	Suriname`SUR`South America	0.819
73	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.812
=74	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.808
=74	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	0.808
76	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.800
77	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.783
78	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	0.782
=79	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.781
=79	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.781
81	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.769
82	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.758
83	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.744
84	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.739
85	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.736
86	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	0.730
=87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	0.729
=87	Guyana`GUY`South America	0.729
89	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.728
90	Paraguay`PRY`South America	0.725
91	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	0.724
92	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.722
93	Colombia`COL`South America	0.720
94	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.707
95	Ecuador`ECU`South America	0.697
96	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.696
97	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	0.692
98	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	0.688
99	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	0.683
100	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.679
101	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	0.669
102	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	0.667
103	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	0.666
104	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	0.664
105	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.655
106	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.645
107	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	0.639
108	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	0.629
109	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.628
110	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	0.622
111	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.608
112	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	0.603
113	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.591
114	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.557
115	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	0.553
116	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	0.532
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.531
118	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.526
119	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.499
=120	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	0.479
=120	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.479
122	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.475
123	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	0.460
=124	India`IND`Southern Asia	0.458
=124	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	0.458
126	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	0.436
127	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.426
128	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	0.408
129	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	0.403
130	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.399
131	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	0.390
132	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	0.386
133	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.384
134	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.383
135	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.378
136	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	0.375
137	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	0.370
138	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	0.367
139	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.353
140	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	0.344
141	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.327
142	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	0.325
143	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.322
144	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.321
145	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	0.315
146	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.312
147	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.283
148	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.277
149	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.257
150	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	0.238
151	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	0.212
152	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.206
153	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.196
154	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	0.185
155	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	0.182
156	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.172
=157	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.140
=157	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.140
159	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	0.134
160	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.123
161	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.120
162	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	0.106
163	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	0.099
164	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	0.098
165	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	0.079
166	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.076
167	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	0.064
168	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	0.060
169	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.051
=170	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.047
=170	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.047
172	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	0.044
173	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	0.037
174	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.020
175	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	0.018
176	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	0.012

02In 2014

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Estoniashared0.974
1Polandshared0.974
3Austria0.972
4Latvia0.965
5Belgiumshared0.964

Lowest

176North Korea0.012
175Turkmenistan0.018
174Eritrea0.020
173Syria0.037
172Bahrain0.044

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

032013 → 2014

Since 2013

What changed between 2013 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
83values changed, of 176 in both
33 · 50rose · fell
93unchanged

Rose most

Central African Republic0.579 → 0.608+0.029
Somalia0.453 → 0.479+0.026
Slovenia0.922 → 0.944+0.022
Albania0.839 → 0.860+0.021
Republic of the Congo0.384 → 0.403+0.019

Fell most

Thailand0.470 → 0.140−0.330
India0.619 → 0.458−0.161
Ukraine0.680 → 0.532−0.148
Yemen0.481 → 0.383−0.098
Hong Kong0.688 → 0.603−0.085

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

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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 2014.
155 distinct values among 176
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.964. 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 176 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2014). Academic Freedom Index, 2014 [data set], describing 2014. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/academic-freedom/2014

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