Statistics on this site
60 indicators, each with what it measures, who measured it and every country ranked. All of them are also in the viewer, where they can be compared and combined.
Personal
What a person may say, believe, publish, join and where they may go.
- Freedom of expression
How far people can state political and social views without penalty.
- Freedom of association
Freedom to organise, protest and form parties, unions and civic groups.
- Civil liberties
Physical integrity, private liberties and political freedoms taken together.
- Freedom from political violence
Freedom from torture and from killing by the state on political grounds.
- Equal protection of rights
Whether rights hold regardless of class, sex, ethnicity, belief or region.
- Academic freedom
Freedom to research, teach, exchange and publish without state interference.
- Media censorship effort
How far the government tries to censor print and broadcast media.
- Harassment of journalists
How often journalists are threatened, jailed or killed over their work.
- Media self-censorship
How far journalists hold back stories for fear of what would follow.
- Universal right to vote
Whether virtually all adults can vote in practice and elections are actually held.
- Legal rights for women
How far the law gives women the same freedom of movement, work, pay and property as men.
- Women can get a passport as men do
Whether a woman can apply for a passport on the same terms as a man.
- Access to justice for women
Whether women can bring a case and get a fair hearing in a court.
- Access to justice for men
Whether men can bring a case and get a fair hearing in a court.
- Civil liberties score
Freedom House’s rating of belief, expression, association and personal autonomy.
- Political rights score
Freedom House’s rating of electoral process, pluralism and government function.
Economic
What a person may own, trade, earn and keep.
- Trade openness
Imports plus exports as a share of GDP.
- Tax revenue as a share of GDP
What central government collects in tax, against the size of the economy.
- Government spending as a share of GDP
Central government expense against the size of the economy.
- Foreign investment inflows
Net direct investment from abroad as a share of GDP.
- Regulatory quality
Whether rules let private business operate rather than obstruct it.
- GDP per capita
Output per person, at prices that let countries and years be compared.
- GDP growth
Change in output from the year before, adjusted for prices.
- Inflation
Change in consumer prices from the year before.
- Unemployment
Share of the labour force without work and looking for it.
- Income inequality
The Gini index: 0 if everyone had the same, 100 if one person had it all.
- Extreme poverty
Share of people living on less than $3.00 a day at 2021 prices.
- Government debt
Central government debt as a share of GDP.
Digital
What a person may read, send and encrypt online, and who is watching.
- Internet use
Share of the population that used the internet in the last three months.
- Fixed broadband subscriptions
Wired high-speed connections per 100 people.
- Mobile subscriptions
Active mobile-phone subscriptions per 100 people.
Government
How power is held, checked and abused.
- Electoral democracy
Whether leaders are chosen in free and fair elections under broad suffrage.
- Liberal democracy
Electoral democracy plus the limits on it: rights, rule of law and checks.
- Rule of law
Whether laws are applied predictably and officials are bound by them.
- Judicial checks on government
Whether courts can and do overrule the executive.
- Legislative checks on government
Whether the legislature investigates and constrains the executive.
- Political corruption
Bribery and embezzlement across the executive, legislature, courts and public sector.
- Civil society participation
Whether independent organisations exist, are consulted and can act.
- Women’s political empowerment
Women’s civil liberties, civil society participation and share of political power.
- Voice and accountability
How far people can choose their government and speak, associate and publish freely.
- Control of corruption
How far public office is kept from being used for private gain.
- Government effectiveness
Quality of public services and of the civil service.
- Political stability
How unlikely the government is to be destabilised by violence.
Society
Health, schooling, safety and who takes part.
- Human Development Index
Life expectancy, schooling and income, combined into one score.
- Life expectancy
Years a newborn would live under the mortality rates of that year.
- Adult literacy
Share of people over 15 who can read and write a short statement about their life.
- Secondary school enrolment
Enrolment as a share of the population of secondary-school age.
- Government spending on education
Public spending on education as a share of GDP.
- Health spending
All spending on health, public and private, as a share of GDP.
- Health costs paid out of pocket
Share of health spending paid directly by households at the point of care.
- Maternal mortality
Deaths from causes related to pregnancy, per 100,000 live births.
- Women in parliament
Share of seats in the national parliament held by women.
- Women in the workforce
Share of women over 15 working or looking for work.
- Fertility rate
Children a woman would have at the birth rates of that year.
- Urban population
Share of people living in areas their country counts as urban.
- Refugees who left
People from this country recognised as refugees elsewhere, per 100,000 of its population.
- Population
Everyone resident in the country, counted mid-year.
Environment
Energy, emissions and access to power.
- CO₂ emissions per person
Tonnes of carbon dioxide emitted per person, excluding land use.
- Renewable energy use
Share of final energy consumption that comes from renewable sources.
- Access to electricity
Share of the population with an electricity supply.