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Academic Freedom Index, 2001

2001, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Academic Freedom Index, 2001 covers 170 countries. Poland is highest, at 0.977; North Korea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.730. Against 2000, 44 values changed (24 up, 20 down), the same countries are covered.

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Academic Freedom Index · Data for 2001

HighestPoland

0.977

LowestNorth Korea

0.010

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end. A higher value is the better result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Academic Freedom Index, 2001, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 170 countries · select a heading to sort

Academic Freedom Index, 2001: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1PolandPOLEastern Europe0.977
2EstoniaESTNorthern Europe0.974
3PortugalPRTSouthern Europe0.969
=4AustriaAUTWestern Europe0.967
=4ItalyITASouthern Europe0.967
6BelgiumBELWestern Europe0.964
7GermanyDEUWestern Europe0.962
=8ChileCHLSouth America0.961
=8DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe0.961
=8SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe0.961
11UruguayURYSouth America0.959
12SpainESPSouthern Europe0.956
13LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe0.955
14SwedenSWENorthern Europe0.951
15JamaicaJAMCaribbean0.950
16FinlandFINNorthern Europe0.947
17HungaryHUNEastern Europe0.946
=18CzechiaCZEEastern Europe0.945
=18IsraelISRWestern Asia0.945
20NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe0.944
21BulgariaBGREastern Europe0.939
22LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe0.938
23IrelandIRLNorthern Europe0.936
24SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe0.933
25HondurasHNDCentral America0.931

02In 2001

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Poland0.977
  2. 2Estonia0.974
  3. 3Portugal0.969
  4. 4Austriashared0.967
  5. 4Italyshared0.967

Lowest

  1. 170North Korea0.010
  2. 169Turkmenistan0.012
  3. 168Myanmar0.023
  4. 167Laos0.037
  5. 166Eritrea0.038

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.730. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032000 → 2001

Since 2000

What changed between 2000 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 44values changed, of 170 in both
  • 24 · 20rose · fell
  • 126unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

Both years come from the same release, so a difference here is a change in the data, not a revision of it. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • One year of the 2026 release

    Every year in this series comes from V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release, recalculated on one method. It can differ from what was first published for 2001.

  • 156 distinct values among 170

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.961. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • The position is ours

    V-Dem Institute publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the better result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 170 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially with credit — and anything you publish that adapts it must carry the same licence.

Cite this edition

V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2001). Academic Freedom Index, 2001 [data set], describing 2001. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/academic-freedom/2001

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07Questions

Academic Freedom Index, 2001: questions and answers

Which country has the highest academic freedom in Academic Freedom Index, 2001?

Poland, at 0.977, of the 170 countries in the file.

What year does Academic Freedom Index, 2001 describe?

2001.

How many countries does Academic Freedom Index, 2001 cover?

170.

Where can I download Academic Freedom Index, 2001?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Academic Freedom Index, 2001 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Academic Freedom Index, 2025.

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