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Human Rights Freedom Tracker

Comprehensive global dashboard tracking civil liberties, political rights, and press freedom indices. Analyze trends, compare country performance, and generate detailed human rights reports.

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About

The Human Rights Freedom Tracker is a professional analytical tool designed for researchers, policy analysts, and advocates to monitor the state of global liberty. In an era where democratic backsliding is a quantifiable phenomenon, precise measurement of institutional integrity is critical. This tool aggregates multi-dimensional data points - spanning electoral process, political pluralism, and freedom of expression - to provide a holistic score of a nation's adherence to universal human rights standards.

Unlike simple binary classifications, this tracker utilizes a weighted index system. It accounts for nuance in governance, separating de jure constitutional protections from de facto implementation. Users can dissect the correlation between PR (Political Rights) and CL (Civil Liberties), identifying regimes that maintain the veneer of democracy while systematically dismantling individual freedoms. The data model simulates standard NGO methodologies (e.g., Freedom House, Amnesty) to offer a realistic, comparative framework for geopolitical analysis.

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Formulas

The calculation of the Global Freedom Score (Stotal) is a composite index derived from two primary vectors: Political Rights (PR) and Civil Liberties (CL). The methodology ensures that neither state capacity nor individual autonomy is overlooked.

{
Stotal = PR + CLWhere:PR ∈ [0, 40]CL ∈ [0, 60]

Political Rights (PR) Algorithm:
Derived from 10 sub-indicators (q1...q10), each scored 0-4.

PR = 10∑i=1 score(qi)

Civil Liberties (CL) Algorithm:
Derived from 15 sub-indicators (k1...k15), each scored 0-4.

CL = 15∑j=1 score(kj)

Status Classification Logic:

{
Free ⇔ Stotal ≥ 70Partly Free ⇔ 35 ≤ Stotal < 70Not Free ⇔ Stotal < 35

Reference Data

RankCountryRegionStatusStotal (0-100)Pol. RightsCiv. LibertiesTrend
1FinlandEuropeFree10040/4060/60↔
2NorwayEuropeFree10040/4060/60↔
3SwedenEuropeFree10040/4060/60↔
4New ZealandAsia-PacificFree9940/4059/60↔
5CanadaAmericasFree9840/4058/60↔
6IrelandEuropeFree9739/4058/60↔
7NetherlandsEuropeFree9739/4058/60↔
8UruguayAmericasFree9639/4057/60↑
9JapanAsia-PacificFree9640/4056/60↔
10GermanyEuropeFree9439/4055/60↔
11TaiwanAsia-PacificFree9438/4056/60↑
12United KingdomEuropeFree9339/4054/60↓
13ChileAmericasFree9238/4054/60↔
14Costa RicaAmericasFree9138/4053/60↔
15FranceEuropeFree8938/4051/60↔
16United StatesAmericasFree8333/4050/60↓
17South KoreaAsia-PacificFree8333/4050/60↔
18South AfricaAfricaFree7933/4046/60↔
19GhanaAfricaFree8035/4045/60↔
20BotswanaAfricaFree7228/4044/60↓
21BrazilAmericasFree7230/4042/60↔
22IndiaAsia-PacificPartly Free6633/4033/60↓
23HungaryEuropePartly Free6524/4041/60↓
24SerbiaEuropePartly Free6020/4040/60↓
25MexicoAmericasPartly Free6027/4033/60↔

Frequently Asked Questions

Political Rights (PR) measure the electoral process, political pluralism, and the functioning of government (e.g., 'Is the head of state elected through free and fair elections?'). Civil Liberties (CL) measure freedom of expression, associational rights, rule of law, and personal autonomy (e.g., 'Is there an independent judiciary?'). PR focuses on the mechanism of power; CL focuses on the protection of the individual from that power.
This phenomenon, often called "illiberal democracy," occurs when a government is democratically elected (high PR) but subsequently restricts media to control the narrative (low CL/Press score). Our tracker highlights this discrepancy by displaying the "Press Freedom" sub-index separately in the detailed country view.
Yes. The Civil Liberties score includes sub-indicators regarding protection from illegitimate use of force. If a state cannot protect its citizens from insurgencies, cartels, or warlords, the "Rule of Law" and "Personal Autonomy" sub-scores decrease, reflecting the de facto loss of freedom.
A "Not Free" designation (Score < 35) implies that basic political rights are absent, and civil liberties are systematically denied. This often includes authoritarian regimes where elections are non-existent or rigged, opposition is silenced, and the press is essentially a state mouthpiece.