Freedom of the World 2022 report: India ranked ‘partly free’
Highlights:
- India has been termed as ‘partly free’ country in terms of democracy and free society for the second consecutive year.
- The report titled “Freedom in the World 2022 - The Global Expansion of Authoritarian Rule” by Freedom House, a US-based NGO that ‘assesses political rights and civil liberties.
- India scored 66 out of 100 in 2022.
- The country had scored 67 in 2021. India was a free country till 2020 when its score was 71.
- Key points of the reports
- In 2022, 85 countries were termed as free, 56 as partly free and 69 as not free.
- The Freedom in the World 2022 evaluated the state of freedom in 195 countries and 15 territories during the calendar year 2021.
- The report used 25 indicators, grouped into the categories of political rights and civil liberties to determine whether the country or territory has an overall status of Free, Partly Free, or Not Free.
- The report is published every year since 1973 to assess the political rights and civil liberties of a country through a series of surveys and analyses.
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