Table 1.9 Civil and Political Rights Index 2018 Rank Region Country CPRX Source 1 DME Finland 95.60 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 2 DME Aland Is (Fin Home) 95.58 PROXY(Finland) 3 DME Sweden 95.52 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 4 DME Netherlands 95.17 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 5 DME Norway 95.15 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 6 DME Svalbard (Norw) 95.01 PROXY(Norway) 7 LAM Curacao (Neth) 94.42 PROXY(Netherlands) 8 DME New Zealand 94.35 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 9 LAM Bonaire (Neth Home) 94.20 PROXY(Netherlands) 10 LAM Sint Maarten (Neth) 94.17 PROXY(Netherlands) 11 LAM Statia (Neth Home) 94.16 PROXY(Netherlands) 12 LAM Aruba (Neth) 94.12 PROXY(Netherlands) 13 DME Luxembourg 94.07 PROXY(Belgium) 14 DME Denmark 93.93 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 15 LAM Saba (Neth Home) 93.87 PROXY(Netherlands) 17 SEA Bouvet I (Norw) 93.72 PROXY(Norway) 17 DME Jan Mayen (Norw) 93.72 PROXY(Norway) 17 SEA Queen Maud Lnd (Norw) 93.72 PROXY(Norway) 19 DME Faroe Is (Den) 93.62 PROXY(Denmark) 20 DME Greenland (Den) 93.56 PROXY(Denmark) 21 DME Iceland 93.36 PROXY(MAX(Denmark,Finland)) 22 SEA Chatham Is (NZ Home) 93.24 PROXY(New Zealand) 23 DME Belgium 93.18 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 24 DME Canada 93.08 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 25 DME Quebec (Can Home) 93.04 PROXY(Canada) 26 DME Germany 92.74 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 27 SEA Ross Dependency (NZ) 92.64 PROXY(New Zealand) 28 DME Switzerland 92.09 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 29 DME Australia 91.82 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 30 DME Ireland 91.78 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 31 DME Andorra 91.64 PROXY(France) 32 LAM Uruguay 91.62 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 33 EEU Czechia 91.47 PROXY(Czechoslovakia) 34 DME Portugal 90.74 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 36 SEA Austral Antarct (Aus) 90.62 PROXY(Australia) 36 SEA Coral Sea Is (Aus) 90.62 PROXY(Australia) 37 LAM Chile 90.57 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 38 DME Austria 90.25 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 39 DME N Ireland (UK Home) 90.24 PROXY(UK) 40 DME Wales (UK Home) 90.07 PROXY(UK) 41 LAM Dominica 90.04 PROXY(UK) 42 DME Scotland (UK Home) 90.00 PROXY(UK) 43 DME United Kingdom 89.92 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 44 DME Gibraltar (UK) 89.68 PROXY(UK) 45 EEU Slovakia 89.66 PROXY(Czechoslovakia) 46 DME Madeira (Port Home) 89.49 PROXY(Portugal) 47 DME San Marino 89.47 PROXY(Italy) 48 DME Bermuda (UK) 89.35 PROXY(UK) 49 DME Azores (Port Home) 89.30 PROXY(Portugal) 50 SEA Cocos Is (Aus) 89.16 PROXY(Australia) 51 AFR Cabo Verde 89.15 PROXY(Benin) 52 LAM Chilean Antarc (Chil) 89.01 PROXY(Chile) 53 DME France 88.94 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 54 EEU Slovenia 88.93 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 55 SEA Kiribati 88.87 PROXY(UK) 56 DME Corsica (Fr Home) 88.70 PROXY(France) 57 LAM Anguilla (UK) 88.70 PROXY(UK) 58 SEA Taiwan 88.64 PROXY(Philippines) 59 MEA Akrotiri & Dhekl (UK) 88.56 PROXY(UK) 60 SEA Cook Is (NZ) 88.47 PROXY(New Zealand) 61 MEA Cyprus 88.42 PROXY(Greece) 62 USR Estonia 88.26 PROXY(Russia) 63 DME Catalonia (Sp Home) 88.25 PROXY(Spain) 64 DME Canary Is (Sp Home) 88.15 PROXY(Spain) 65 DME Balearic Is (Sp Home) 88.12 PROXY(Spain) 66 LAM Barbados 88.12 PROXY(Costa Rica) 67 DME Basque Cntr (Sp Home) 88.08 PROXY(Spain) 68 DME Spain 88.00 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 69 DME Galicia (Sp Home) 87.88 PROXY(Spain) 70 DME Valencia (Sp Home) 87.75 PROXY(Spain) 72 SEA Niue (NZ) 87.69 PROXY(New Zealand) 72 SEA Tokelau (NZ) 87.69 PROXY(New Zealand) 73 LAM Saint Lucia 87.66 PROXY(Uruguay) 74 SEA Norfolk Is (Aus) 87.53 PROXY(Australia) 75 LAM Saint Vincent 87.24 PROXY(Uruguay) 76 AFR Mauritius 87.23 PROXY(France) 77 LAM Bahamas 87.14 PROXY(Dominican Republic) 78 USR Lithuania 87.02 PROXY(Russia) 79 LAM Costa Rica 86.99 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 80 DME Trento (It Home) 86.75 PROXY(Italy) 81 DME Japan 86.71 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 82 DME Italy 86.62 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 83 DME S Tyrol (It Home) 86.60 PROXY(Italy) 85 AFR Agalega (Mau Home) 86.52 PROXY(France) 85 AFR Rodrigues (Mau Home) 86.52 PROXY(France) 85 AFR St Brandon (Mau Home) 86.52 PROXY(France) 87 LAM Cayman Is (UK) 86.31 PROXY(UK) 88 DME Isle of Man (UK) 86.20 PROXY(UK) 89 LAM Martinique (Fr Home) 86.13 PROXY(France) 90 AFR Reunion (Fr Home) 86.13 PROXY(France) 91 SEA New Caledonia (Fr) 86.08 PROXY(France) 92 LAM Virgin Is, Brit (UK) 86.04 PROXY(UK) 93 LAM Turks & Caics Is (UK) 86.01 PROXY(UK) 94 SEA Palau 85.99 PROXY(UK) 95 LAM Saint Kitts & Nevis 85.90 PROXY(Costa Rica) 96 AFR Mayotte (Fr Home) 85.85 PROXY(France) 97 LAM Montserrat (UK) 85.83 PROXY(UK) 98 LAM Guadeloupe (Fr Home) 85.72 PROXY(France) 99 LAM St Barthelemy (Fr) 85.63 PROXY(France) 102 AFR BIOT (UK) 85.51 PROXY(UK) 102 DME Falkland Is (UK) 85.51 PROXY(UK) 102 DME Guernsey (UK) 85.51 PROXY(UK) 102 DME Jersey (UK) 85.51 PROXY(UK) 102 AFR St Helena (UK) 85.51 PROXY(UK) 105 LAM St Martin (Fr) 85.50 PROXY(France) 106 DME Liechtenstein 85.48 PROXY(Austria) 107 SEA French Polynesia (Fr) 85.44 PROXY(France) 108 LAM Guiana, Fr (Fr Home) 85.43 PROXY(France) 109 SEA Tuvalu 85.43 PROXY(US) 110 DME Greece 85.36 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 111 DME Holy See 85.24 PROXY(Italy) 112 SEA Marshall Islands 85.22 PROXY(US) 113 SEA British Antarct (UK) 85.21 PROXY(UK) 114 DME Melilla (Sp Home) 85.02 PROXY(Spain) 115 DME Ceuta (Sp Home) 85.01 PROXY(Spain) 117 SEA Pitcairn Is (UK) 84.92 PROXY(UK) 117 DME SGSSI (UK) 84.92 PROXY(UK) 118 DME St Pierre & Mqln (Fr) 84.89 PROXY(France) 120 LAM Carriacou (Gren Home) 84.58 PROXY(Uruguay) 120 LAM Grenada 84.58 PROXY(Uruguay) 121 DME Malta 84.50 PROXY(Italy) 122 EEU Croatia 84.00 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 125 DME Alboran I (Sp Home) 83.82 PROXY(Spain) 125 DME Alhucemas (Sp Home) 83.82 PROXY(Spain) 125 DME Chafarinas (Sp Home) 83.82 PROXY(Spain) 125 DME Penon de Ve (Sp Home) 83.82 PROXY(Spain) 127 LAM Panama 83.57 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 128 DME Monaco 83.55 PROXY(France) 129 SEA Micronesia (US) 83.45 PROXY(US) 130 USR Latvia 83.29 PROXY(Russia) 131 SEA Christmas Is (Aus) 82.97 PROXY(Australia) 132 EEU Romania 82.86 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 133 LAM Belize 82.74 PROXY(Costa Rica) 134 CPA Mongolia 82.61 PROXY(Russia) 135 EEU Poland 82.48 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 136 AFR Sao Tome & Principe 82.32 PROXY(Benin) 137 SEA Wallis & Futuna (Fr) 82.21 PROXY(France) 138 AFR Benin 82.10 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 139 LAM Virgin Is, US (US) 81.91 PROXY(US) 140 SEA Guam (US) 81.84 PROXY(US) 141 DME FSAL (Fr) 81.67 PROXY(France) 142 SEA Northern Mariana Is 81.56 PROXY(US) 143 AFR Ghana 81.35 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 144 SEA Samoa, American (US) 81.05 PROXY(US) 145 EEU Bulgaria 81.00 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 146 LAM Easter I (Chil Home) 80.78 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 147 DME South US (US Home) 79.55 PROXY(US) 148 DME United States 79.49 EST 149 DME Alaska (US Home) 79.44 PROXY(US) 150 LAM Puerto Rico (US) 79.42 PROXY(US) 151 LAM Antigua & Barbuda 79.41 PROXY(Nicaragua) 152 LAM Argentina 79.16 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 153 LAM Barbuda (Antig Home) 79.03 PROXY(Nicaragua) 154 DME Hawaii (US Home) 78.92 PROXY(US) 156 SEA Midway Is (US) 78.60 PROXY(US) 156 SEA Palmyra Atoll (US) 78.60 PROXY(US) 156 SEA Wake Is (US) 78.60 PROXY(US) 158 SEA Tonga 77.76 PROXY(Philippines) 159 MEA N Cyprus (Cypr Home) 77.67 PROXY(Jamaica) 160 LAM Argentine Antar (Arg) 77.38 PROXY(Argentina) 161 SEA Vanuatu 77.20 PROXY(Papua New Guinea) 162 SEA Nauru 76.98 PROXY(UK) 163 AFR South Africa 76.88 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 164 LAM Suriname 76.18 PROXY(Mexico) 165 SEA Samoa 76.02 PROXY(Jamaica) 166 LAM Guyana 75.85 PROXY(Mexico) 167 SEA Korea, South 75.50 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 168 SEA Solomon Islands 75.37 PROXY(US) 169 DME Israel 75.34 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 170 LAM Trinidad & Tobago 75.14 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 171 EEU Hungary 74.42 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 172 AFR Senegal 73.75 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 173 LAM Brazil 72.98 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 174 LAM Jamaica 72.14 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 175 MEA Tunisia 71.99 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 176 SAS India 70.84 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 177 SEA Timor-Leste 70.54 PROXY(Cuba) 178 AFR Sierra Leone 70.43 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 179 EEU Serbia 70.32 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 180 AFR Seychelles 70.10 PROXY(Kenya) 181 LAM Peru 69.77 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 182 LAM Paraguay 69.64 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 185 AFR Aldabra Is (Sey Home) 69.23 PROXY(Kenya) 185 AFR Alphonse (Sey Home) 69.23 PROXY(Kenya) 185 AFR Amirantes (Sey Home) 69.23 PROXY(Kenya) 185 AFR Farquhar (Sey Home) 69.23 PROXY(Kenya) 185 AFR SCG (Sey Home) 69.23 PROXY(Kenya) 188 USR Georgia 68.97 PROXY(Russia) 189 EEU Albania 68.93 PROXY(Mexico) 190 SEA Fiji 67.85 PROXY(Thailand) 191 USR Ukraine 67.68 PROXY(Russia) 192 LAM Dominican Republic 67.63 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 193 EEU Montenegro 67.39 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 194 LAM Mexico 67.30 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 195 LAM Ecuador 67.27 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 196 AFR Botswana 67.03 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 197 USR Moldova 66.88 PROXY(Russia) 198 SEA Philippines 66.51 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 199 LAM El Salvador 66.23 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 200 LAM Galapagos (Ecua Home) 66.14 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 201 SEA Rotuma I (Fiji Home) 65.87 PROXY(Thailand) 202 AFR Lesotho 64.23 PROXY(Mozambique) 203 AFR Malawi 64.05 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 204 EEU North Macedonia 63.99 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 205 AFR Namibia 63.84 PROXY(Zambia) 206 SEA Macao (Ch) 63.82 PROXY(Portugal) 207 SEA Indonesia 63.65 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 208 LAM Bolivia 63.46 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 209 AFR Liberia 63.20 PROXY(Malawi) 210 EEU Kosovo 63.15 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 211 AFR Cote d'Ivore 63.14 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 212 AFR Burkina Faso 62.76 PROXY(Ghana) 213 LAM Colombia 62.23 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 214 LAM San Andres (Col Home) 62.16 PROXY(Colombia) 215 USR Armenia 61.22 PROXY(Russia) 216 SEA Hong Kong (Ch) 61.06 PROXY(UK) 217 EEU Bosnia 61.04 PROXY(Yugoslavia) 218 AFR Madagascar 60.56 PROXY(Mozambique) 219 AFR Mali 59.83 PROXY(Ivory Coast) 220 SEA Papua New Guinea 59.52 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 221 SAS Sri Lanka 59.01 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 222 SAS Bhutan 58.81 PROXY(Indonesia) 223 AFR Comoros 58.49 PROXY(Senegal) 224 SEA Bougainvll (PNG Home) 57.96 PROXY(Papua New Guinea) 225 SEA Malaysia 57.73 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 226 MEA Lebanon 56.55 PROXY(Jordan) 227 SAS In Kashmir (Ind Home) 56.46 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 228 SAS Nepal 56.44 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 229 USR Abkhazia 56.35 PROXY(Russia) 230 LAM Guatemala 56.29 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 231 AFR Guinea 56.08 PROXY(Sierra Leone) 232 AFR Mozambique 55.60 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 233 AFR Guinea-Bissau 55.56 PROXY(Sierra Leone) 234 SEA Singapore 54.93 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 235 AFR Nigeria 54.23 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 236 AFR Kenya 54.18 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 237 AFR Niger 52.88 PROXY(Tanzania) 238 USR Kyrgyzstan 51.71 PROXY(Russia) 239 AFR Zambia 50.34 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 240 USR Nagorno-K (Az Home) 49.83 PROXY(Russia) 241 LAM Honduras 49.27 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 242 AFR Tanzania 48.98 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 243 AFR Gambia 48.60 PROXY(Jamaica) 244 AFR Togo 47.99 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 245 MEA Morocco 47.47 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 246 LAM Haiti 47.40 PROXY(Cuba) 247 AFR Zimbabwe 46.38 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 248 AFR Somaliland (Som Home) 46.06 PROXY(Sudan) 249 USR Russia 44.49 EST 250 MEA Jordan 44.04 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 251 USR Transnistria 41.88 PROXY(Russia) 252 AFR Uganda 41.16 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 253 MEA Kuwait 40.32 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 254 MEA Algeria 39.87 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 255 SAS Bangladesh 39.71 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 256 AFR Mauritania 38.14 PROXY(Malawi) 257 SAS Pakistan 38.11 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 258 SAS Maldives 38.03 PROXY(Indonesia) 259 LAM Nicaragua 37.15 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 260 AFR Cameroon 36.82 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 261 MEA Oman 36.53 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 262 MEA Iraq 36.42 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 263 AFR Rwanda 35.78 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 264 AFR Djibouti 35.26 PROXY(Tanzania) 265 CPA Myanmar 34.94 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 266 MEA Turkiye 34.24 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 267 SAS Afghanistan 34.10 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 268 MEA Qatar 33.86 PROXY(Kuwait) 269 SEA Thailand 32.60 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 270 CPA Cambodia 32.30 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 271 USR Kazakhstan 32.12 PROXY(Russia) 272 MEA West Bank 31.37 PROXY(Oman) 273 SEA Brunei 30.92 PROXY(Indonesia) 274 SAS Pk Kashmir (Pak Home) 30.84 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 275 MEA Iran 30.25 PROXY(MAX(Iran,Saudi Arabia)) 276 MEA Egypt 30.23 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 277 AFR Angola 30.10 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 278 AFR Gabon 29.84 PROXY(Senegal) 279 AFR Chad 29.49 PROXY(Cameroon) 280 AFR Congo, Republic 29.40 PROXY(Ivory Coast) 281 AFR Ethiopia 29.22 PROXY(Tanzania) 283 USR Donetsk People's Rep 28.94 PROXY(Russia) 283 USR Luhansk People's Rep 28.94 PROXY(Russia) 284 CPA Vietnam 27.93 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 285 LAM Cuba 27.90 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 286 USR Belarus 27.52 PROXY(Russia) 287 LAM Venezuela 25.94 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 288 AFR Burundi 25.22 PROXY(Malawi) 290 LAM Los Roqs (Venez Home) 25.15 PROXY(Venezuela) 290 LAM Los Test (Venez Home) 25.15 PROXY(Venezuela) 291 USR Azerbaijan 24.41 PROXY(Russia) 292 USR South Ossetia 24.32 PROXY(Russia) 293 USR Uzbekistan 24.21 PROXY(Russia) 294 AFR Eswatini 23.72 PROXY(Togo) 295 AFR Congo, Dem Republic 23.47 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 296 MEA Yemen 23.41 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 297 USR Tajikistan 23.36 PROXY(Russia) 298 CPA Laos 21.27 PROXY(Vietnam) 299 MEA United Arab Emirates 21.18 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 300 MEA Gaza Strip 21.09 PROXY(UAE) 301 MEA Bahrain 20.24 PROXY(Kuwait) 303 CPA China 19.72 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 303 SEA Paracel Is (Ch) 19.72 PROXY(China) 304 MEA Syria 19.47 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 305 MEA Libya 18.72 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 306 MEA Saudi Arabia 17.06 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 307 USR Turkmenistan 16.87 PROXY(Russia) 308 AFR Central African Rep 16.83 PROXY(Zaire) 309 AFR W Sahara (Mor) 15.33 PROXY(Tanzania) 310 AFR Eritrea 15.26 PROXY(Cameroon) 311 AFR Sudan 14.52 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 312 CPA Korea, North 14.50 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 313 SAS Tibet (Ch Home) 13.71 (18(FH)/91(FH))*91(HUMANA) 314 AFR Somalia 13.49 PROXY(Sudan) 315 AFR Equatorial Guinea 13.45 PROXY(Sudan) 316 AFR South Sudan 10.61 PROXY(Sudan)