Data for 2025

Civic Space Ratings, 2025

Name: Civic Space Ratings, 2025
Creator: CIVICUS
License: https://monitor.civicus.org/about/

Figures for 2025, as CIVICUS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Civic Space Ratings, 2025 covers 198 countries. Kiribati is highest, at 100.00; North Korea is lowest, at 2.17. The middle country reads 50.46.

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Civic Space Ratings · Data for 2025

HighestKiribati

100.00

LowestNorth Korea

2.17

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

198countries
1measure
2025the year it describes
186distinct values2 decimals, as published
Sep 6, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Civic Space Ratings, 2025, as published. CIVICUS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Civic Space Ratings, 2025: every country, as published by CIVICUS.
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1	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	100.00	Open
2	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	98.10	Open
3	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	95.81	Open
4	San Marino`SMR`Southern Europe	93.81	Open
5	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	93.68	Open
6	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	92.24	Open
7	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	91.58	Open
8	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	89.85	Open
=9	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	89.68	Open
=9	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	89.68	Open
=9	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	89.68	Open
=9	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	89.68	Open
13	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	89.31	Open
14	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	89.00	Open
15	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	88.92	Open
16	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	88.67	Open
17	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	88.20	Open
18	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	88.00	Open
19	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	87.92	Open
20	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	87.72	Open
21	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	87.68	Open
=22	Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	87.62	Open
=22	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	87.62	Open
=22	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	87.62	Open
25	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	86.85	Open
26	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	85.58	Open
27	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	85.50	Open
28	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	85.10	Open
29	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	85.06	Open
30	Uruguay`URY`South America	84.46	Open
31	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	83.96	Open
32	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	83.94	Open
33	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	82.83	Open
34	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	82.59	Open
35	Canada`CAN`Northern America	82.00	Open
36	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	81.43	Open
=37	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	81.00	Open
=37	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	81.00	Open
=37	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	81.00	Open
40	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	80.48	Narrowed
41	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	80.15	Narrowed
42	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	80.03	Narrowed
=43	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	80.00	Narrowed
=43	Suriname`SUR`South America	80.00	Narrowed
45	Belize`BLZ`Central America	78.50	Narrowed
46	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	78.36	Narrowed
47	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	78.06	Narrowed
48	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	77.99	Narrowed
49	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	77.42	Narrowed
50	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	77.14	Narrowed
51	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	76.59	Narrowed
52	Chile`CHL`South America	76.28	Narrowed
53	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	75.29	Narrowed
54	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	75.03	Narrowed
55	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	73.95	Narrowed
56	Panama`PAN`Central America	73.20	Narrowed
57	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	72.93	Narrowed
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	72.08	Narrowed
59	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	72.00	Narrowed
60	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	71.97	Narrowed
61	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	71.12	Narrowed
62	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	70.83	Narrowed
63	Guyana`GUY`South America	70.51	Narrowed
64	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	70.09	Narrowed
65	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	69.17	Narrowed
=66	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	69.00	Narrowed
=66	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	69.00	Narrowed
68	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	68.54	Narrowed
69	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	68.21	Narrowed
70	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	67.73	Narrowed
71	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	67.15	Narrowed
72	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	67.00	Narrowed
73	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	66.06	Narrowed
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	65.48	Narrowed
75	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	64.70	Narrowed
76	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	61.24	Narrowed
77	France`FRA`Western Europe	60.42	Obstructed
78	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	60.28	Obstructed
79	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	60.25	Obstructed
=80	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	60.00	Obstructed
=80	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	60.00	Obstructed
82	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	59.79	Obstructed
83	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	59.67	Obstructed
84	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	59.50	Obstructed
85	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	59.33	Obstructed
86	Argentina`ARG`South America	59.30	Obstructed
87	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	56.88	Obstructed
88	United States`USA`Northern America	56.40	Obstructed
89	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	56.19	Obstructed
90	Brazil`BRA`South America	55.17	Obstructed
91	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	54.84	Obstructed
92	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	53.84	Obstructed
93	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	53.51	Obstructed
94	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	53.25	Obstructed
95	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	52.96	Obstructed
96	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	52.40	Obstructed
97	Paraguay`PRY`South America	51.62	Obstructed
98	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	51.18	Obstructed
99	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	50.74	Obstructed
100	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	50.18	Obstructed
101	Bolivia`BOL`South America	50.14	Obstructed
102	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	50.00	Obstructed
103	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	49.78	Obstructed
104	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	49.74	Obstructed
105	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	48.80	Obstructed
106	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	47.55	Obstructed
107	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	46.91	Obstructed
108	Ecuador`ECU`South America	46.73	Obstructed
109	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	46.68	Obstructed
110	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	46.00	Obstructed
111	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	44.22	Obstructed
112	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	43.64	Obstructed
113	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	43.53	Obstructed
114	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	42.28	Obstructed
115	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	41.65	Obstructed
116	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	40.31	Repressed
117	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	40.29	Repressed
118	Mexico`MEX`Central America	40.01	Repressed
119	Colombia`COL`South America	40.00	Repressed
120	Peru`PER`South America	39.75	Repressed
121	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	39.32	Repressed
122	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	38.15	Repressed
123	Honduras`HND`Central America	38.03	Repressed
124	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	37.83	Repressed
125	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	36.23	Repressed
126	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	35.15	Repressed
127	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	34.85	Repressed
128	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	34.83	Repressed
129	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	34.29	Repressed
=130	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	34.24	Repressed
=130	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	34.24	Repressed
132	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	33.85	Repressed
133	Somaliland`XSL`Eastern Africa	33.73	Repressed
134	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	32.19	Repressed
135	Niger`NER`Western Africa	31.66	Repressed
136	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	31.14	Repressed
137	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	31.00	Repressed
138	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	30.75	Repressed
139	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	30.49	Repressed
140	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	30.48	Repressed
141	India`IND`Southern Asia	30.00	Repressed
142	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	29.58	Repressed
143	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	29.29	Repressed
144	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	29.13	Repressed
145	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	28.71	Repressed
146	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	28.48	Repressed
147	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	28.42	Repressed
148	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	28.18	Repressed
=149	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	27.97	Repressed
=149	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	27.97	Repressed
151	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	27.28	Repressed
152	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	27.02	Repressed
153	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	27.00	Repressed
154	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	26.86	Repressed
155	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	26.39	Repressed
156	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	26.23	Repressed
157	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	25.62	Repressed
158	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	25.17	Repressed
159	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	24.96	Repressed
160	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	24.40	Repressed
161	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	23.97	Repressed
162	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	22.76	Repressed
163	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	22.50	Repressed
164	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	21.10	Repressed
165	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	21.00	Repressed
166	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	20.49	Closed
167	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	19.46	Closed
168	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	17.96	Closed
169	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	17.83	Closed
170	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	17.59	Closed
171	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	16.62	Closed
172	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	15.86	Closed
173	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	15.43	Closed
174	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	14.82	Closed
175	Venezuela`VEN`South America	14.24	Closed
176	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	13.15	Closed
177	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	13.11	Closed
178	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	13.10	Closed
179	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.91	Closed
180	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	12.55	Closed
181	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	12.48	Closed
182	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	12.12	Closed
183	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	11.95	Closed
184	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	10.09	Closed
185	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	9.95	Closed
186	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	9.67	Closed
187	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	9.03	Closed
188	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	9.00	Closed
189	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.74	Closed
190	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	8.60	Closed
191	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	7.68	Closed
192	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	6.26	Closed
193	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	5.42	Closed
194	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	5.00	Closed
195	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	4.69	Closed
196	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	4.42	Closed
197	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	4.00	Closed
198	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2.17	Closed

02In 2025

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Kiribati100.00
2Norway98.10
3Estonia95.81
4San Marino93.81
5Luxembourg93.68

Lowest

198North Korea2.17
197Eritrea4.00
196Turkmenistan4.42
195Saudi Arabia4.69
194Nicaragua5.00

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 50.46. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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

How values are stored

186 distinct values among 198
Values are stored exactly as published, to 2 decimals. 4 countries share 89.68. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
CIVICUS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 198 countries has every column.

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