Fewer Than Ten Sub-Saharan African Countries Are Considered Free

Freedom House 2021 report ratings, with circles sized by country population

A chart of the freedom ratings of African countries, showing a wide range of ratings with few countries rated as free.

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Notes: Scores represent people’s access to political rights and civil liberties in 2020, as published in Freedom House’s 2021 report. Somaliland is included as a territory separate from Somalia and uses the estimated population as of 2014.

Sources: Freedom House; UN Population Division; Somaliland Ministry of National Planning and Development.