An index of economic freedom is a composite measure of the quality of political-economic institutions across different jurisdictions. Scores and ranks in an index are based on criteria such as ...

The 2006 Freedom Index, the earliest measure of freedom calculated for this report, is most strongly associated with levels of prosperity in 2021. ... and political freedom. ...

Earlier this year, the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty released its annual Religious Freedom Index, which revealed that ...

Since returning to power in 2023, nationalist Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has tightened his grip on what he deems ...

Overall academic freedom in the United States declined 15% (from 0.93 in 2012 to 0.79 in 2022), but teachers’ freedom to speak their mind on topics of their choosing—even political ones—has ...

The best and the worst. The overall decline in the political indicator has also affected the trio at the top of the World Press Freedom Index. Norway, still in first place, has seen a fall in its ...

The 2023 update to the Academic Freedom Index, released Thursday, paints a bleak picture for the U ... “Academic freedom is in retreat for over 50 percent of the world’s population—4 billion people ..

> Press freedom score in 2022: 23.2 out of 100 (178th best of 180 countries) > Population, 2021: 87,923,432 (17th largest in the world) > Best area of press freedom: Political context; 30.7 out of 100 ...