According to a new report, 2025 marks the 19th consecutive year of decline in global freedom. Violence and armed conflict ...

Of the 195 countries assessed, 26% were rated "Not Free," with ratings for the Middle East and North Africa among the worst of the world's regions. Belarus Vasily Fedosenko / Reuters ...

Beyond Identity compiled data from Freedom House’s 2021 Freedom on the Net report to rank the countries with the most and least digital freedom. Freedom House scored each country in three ...

The countries are ranked as free, partly free or not free. However, the tumultuous events of 2015 have "contributed to the 10th consecutive year of decline in global freedom," according to the report.

For example, inhabitants of the 25 percent least economically free countries experience infant mortality rates nine times greater than those who live in the freest 25 percent. Extreme poverty is ...

The world’s least free countries have even more smothering governments. India ranks toward the bottom of the freedom list because Indian bureaucrats are empowered to decide whether entrepreneurs ...