A world map showing the Political Rights Score for 2025, with countries shaded according to their score from light blue (low rights) to dark blue (high rights).

A world map displaying political rights scores by country for 2025. Darker shades of blue indicate higher political rights. North America, Western Europe, Australia, and parts of South America show higher scores, while much of Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe have lower scores. A legend indicates scores from 0 to 35.

Political Rights Score, 2025 Data by Freedom House. The score captures the extent of free and fair elections, political pluralism and participation, and a functioning government. Higher scores indicate more rights. Our World in Data No data 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Data source: Freedom House (2026) OurWorldInData.org/democracy | CC BY