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20 countries with the most open civic space worldwide in 2024

Characteristic	Index score (0-100)
Norway	97
San Marino	97
Marshall Islands	96
Palau	96
Barbados	95
Liechtenstein	95
Denmark	94
Luxembourg	94
Finland	92
Estonia	91
Grenada	91
Kiribati	91
Monaco	91
St Vincent and the Grenadines	91
Tuvalu	91
Micronesia	90
Iceland	89
New Zealand	89
Saint Lucia	88
Uruguay	88

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March 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2024

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The source defines civic space as "the respect in policy, law, and practice for freedoms of association, peaceful assembly, and expression and the extent to which the state protects these fundamental rights."
The ranking is based on assessments made by 20 organizations with expertise on the topic. It includes 198 countries and territories that are given a ranking from zero (closed civic space) to 100 (open civic space), which are classified as either open, narrowed, obstructed, repressed, or closed. For more about the methodology behind the ranking, please visit the source's .

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In 2024, Norway and San Marino ranked as the countries with the most open civic space in the world, receiving each an index score of 97 out of a possible 100. Marshall Islands and Palau followed behind with a score of 96. Most of the 20 countries with the most open civic space in the world are found in Europe, but there were also Caribbean and Pacific countries high on the list, such as Barbados, Kiribati, and New Zealand.