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Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997

1997, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997 covers 173 countries. Greece is highest, at 2.936; North Korea is lowest, at -3.642. The middle country reads 1.274. Against 1996, 8 values changed (3 up, 5 down), the same countries are covered.

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Freedom of Foreign Movement · Data for 1997

HighestGreece

2.936

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, 1997, 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 173 countries · select a heading to sort

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.936
2FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.774
3CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.751
4BrazilBRASouth America2.734
5GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.727
6ItalyITASouthern Europe2.703
7DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.691
8SpainESPSouthern Europe2.690
9PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.689
=10ChileCHLSouth America2.658
=10El SalvadorSLVCentral America2.658
12HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.649
13SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.631
14BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.628
15NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.616
16NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.592
17PolandPOLEastern Europe2.536
=18BulgariaBGREastern Europe2.500
=18FranceFRAWestern Europe2.500
20SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe2.484
21Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa2.471
22LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.430
23EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.416
24New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.408
25Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean2.396

02In 1997

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Greece2.936
  2. 2Finland2.774
  3. 3Czechia2.751
  4. 4Brazil2.734
  5. 5Germany2.727

Lowest

  1. 173North Korea-3.642
  2. 172Afghanistan-2.481
  3. 171Cuba-1.910
  4. 170Iraq-1.899
  5. 169Turkmenistan-1.667

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 1.274. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031996 → 1997

Since 1996

What changed between 1996 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 8values changed, of 173 in both
  • 3 · 5rose · fell
  • 165unchanged

Rose most

  • India1.042 → 1.272+0.230
  • Ghana0.726 → 0.913+0.187
  • Qatar0.403 → 0.558+0.155

Fell most

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 1997.

  • 168 distinct values among 173

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 2.658. 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 173 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 (1997). Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997 [data set], describing 1997. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-foreign-movement/1997

0636 held

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07Questions

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of foreign travel in Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997?

Greece, at 2.936, of the 173 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997 describe?

1997.

How many countries does Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997 cover?

173.

Where can I download Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1997?

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, 1997 the newest?

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

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