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Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991

1991, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991 covers 171 countries. Finland is highest, at 2.774; North Korea is lowest, at -3.642. The middle country reads 1.042. Against 1990, 45 values changed (40 up, 5 down), 3 countries joined.

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Freedom of Foreign Movement · Data for 1991

HighestFinland

2.774

LowestNorth Korea

-3.642

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

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 171 countries · select a heading to sort

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.774
2CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.751
3BrazilBRASouth America2.734
4GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.727
5ItalyITASouthern Europe2.703
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.691
7SpainESPSouthern Europe2.690
8PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.689
9ChileCHLSouth America2.658
10HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.649
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.631
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.628
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.616
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.592
15PolandPOLEastern Europe2.536
=16BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.500
=16FranceFRAWestern Europe2.500
18Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa2.471
19LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.430
20New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.408
21Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean2.396
22AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.373
23BarbadosBRBCaribbean2.369
24AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.353
25MaltaMLTSouthern Europe2.284

02In 1991

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Finland2.774
  2. 2Czechia2.751
  3. 3Brazil2.734
  4. 4Germany2.727
  5. 5Italy2.703

Lowest

  1. 171North Korea-3.642
  2. 170Somalia-2.595
  3. 169Cambodia-2.396
  4. 168Syria-1.958
  5. 167Cuba-1.910

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.042. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031990 → 1991

Since 1990

What changed between 1990 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +3 / −0countries joined / left
  • 45values changed, of 168 in both
  • 40 · 5rose · fell
  • 123unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Croatia+ North Macedonia+ Somaliland

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.

The site’s method

  • 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 1991.

  • 169 distinct values among 171

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.500. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 171 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (1991). Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991 [data set], describing 1991. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-foreign-movement/1991

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07Questions

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of foreign travel in Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991?

Finland, at 2.774, of the 171 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991 describe?

1991.

How many countries does Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991 cover?

171.

Where can I download Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1991 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Freedom of Foreign Movement, 2025.

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