There are several non-governmental organizations that publish and maintain assessments of the state of freedom in the world and rank countries as being free, partly free, or unfree using various measures of freedom, including political rights, economic rights, and civil liberties.
Current assessments
Here is a table of the assessments in each index for most countries of the world. For exact rankings rather than assessments, refer to the individual index articles.
| Index
| Scale
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| Freedom in the World
| free
| partly free
| not free
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| Index of Economic Freedom
| free
| mostly free
| mostly unfree
| unfree
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| Worldwide Press Freedom Index
| good
| satisfactory
| problems
| difficult
| very serious
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| Country
| Freedom House
| Economic Freedom
| Press Freedom
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| not free
| n/a
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| n/a
| n/a
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| not free
| n/a
| noticeable problems
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| free
| n/a
| n/a
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| free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly free
| noticeable problems
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| free
| free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| good situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly free
| n/a
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| partly free
| mostly free
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly free
| n/a
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| n/a
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| n/a
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly free
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| n/a
| n/a
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| unfree
| very serious situation
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| partly free
| n/a
| noticeable problems
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| not free
| mostly free
| difficult situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| very serious situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| n/a
| noticeable problems
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| n/a
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| unfree
| very serious situation
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| free
| mostly free
| n/a
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| n/a
| n/a
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| partly free
| n/a
| satisfactory situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| not free
| n/a
| very serious situation
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| free
| mostly free
| good situation
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| n/a
| satisfactory situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| free
| mostly unfree
| n/a
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| unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| partly free
| free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| not free
| unfree
| very serious situation
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| not free
| n/a
| difficult situation
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| mostly free
| difficult situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| mostly free
| noticeable problems
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| not free
| mostly unfree
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| not free
| unfree
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| free
| mostly free
| good situation
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| free
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| noticeable problems
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| difficult situation
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| unfree
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| free
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| free
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| free
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| satisfactory situation
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| free
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| free
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| n/a
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| not free
| mostly free
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| free
| mostly free
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| free
| mostly free
| noticeable problems
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| free
| n/a
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| free
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| free
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| partly free
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| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| free
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| mostly unfree
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| free
| good situation
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| satisfactory situation
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| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| mostly unfree
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| not free
| unfree
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| mostly free
| good situation
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| not free
| mostly free
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| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| n/a
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly free
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| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
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| free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| mostly unfree
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| n/a
| n/a
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| n/a
| n/a
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| n/a
| n/a
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| mostly free
| very serious situation
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| mostly free
| noticeable problems
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| n/a
| noticeable problems
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| mostly unfree
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| partly free
| free
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| free
| mostly free
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| mostly free
| good situation
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| n/a
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| n/a
| difficult situation
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| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
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| free
| mostly free
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| not free
| n/a
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| free
| mostly unfree
| n/a
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| free
| free
| good situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| very serious situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| unfree
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
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| free
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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Tonga
| partly free
| n/a
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly free
| good situation
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| very serious situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| n/a
| noticeable problems
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| not free
| unfree
| very serious situation
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| free
| n/a
| n/a
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| not free
| mostly free
| difficult situation
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| free
| free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| free
| satisfactory situation
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| free
| mostly free
| satisfactory situation
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| not free
| unfree
| difficult situation
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| free
| n/a
| n/a
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| partly free
| unfree
| noticeable problems
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| not free
| mostly unfree
| very serious situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| difficult situation
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| partly free
| mostly unfree
| noticeable problems
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| not free
| unfree
| very serious situation
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