Most Strict Countries in the World
China has the highest Political Rights Freedom Rating (7), followed by Russia (7) and DR Congo (7). Tuvalu has the lowest (1).
Political Rights Freedom Rating
Darker green is better (higher is better). Click a place to highlight it.
Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 187 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Data
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What correlates with Political Rights Freedom Rating?
Pearson r against 1,408 other country metrics sharing at least 113 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.
Higher together
Places that have a higher Political Rights Freedom Rating tend to score higher on these (or rank better)
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- Vulnerability Score (lower is better)Countries that Still Have SlaveryPlotr = +0.74 · very strong · n = 153
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- Fragile States IndexPlotr = +0.71 · very strong · n = 170
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Political Rights Freedom Rating tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Political Rights Freedom Rating?
- China has the highest Political Rights Freedom Rating, at 7, followed by Russia (7) and DR Congo (7).
- Which country has the lowest Political Rights Freedom Rating?
- Tuvalu has the lowest Political Rights Freedom Rating, at 1.
- What is the median Political Rights Freedom Rating across countries?
- The median is 3 across the 187 countries with data.
- Where does this most strict countries in the world data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Countries and Territories - Freedom House; WJP Rule of Law Index - World Justice Project; The V-Dem Dataset - V-Dem; Prison Population Total - Prison Studies.