Data for 2010

Academic Freedom Index, 2010

2010, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Academic Freedom Index, 2010 covers 174 countries. Poland is highest, at 0.978; North Korea is lowest, at 0.010. The middle country reads 0.734. Against 2009, 118 values changed (65 up, 53 down), the same countries are covered.

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Academic Freedom Index · Data for 2010

HighestPoland

0.978

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.

174countries
1measure
2010the year it describes
151distinct values3 decimals, as published
Sep 26, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Academic Freedom Index, 2010, as published. V-Dem Institute ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Academic Freedom Index, 2010: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
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1	PolandPOLEastern Europe	0.978
2	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	0.974
3	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	0.972
4	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	0.969
=5	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	0.964
=5	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	0.964
=7	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	0.962
=7	ItalyITASouthern Europe	0.962
9	ChileCHLSouth America	0.961
10	UruguayURYSouth America	0.959
11	SpainESPSouthern Europe	0.956
12	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	0.955
=13	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	0.951
=13	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	0.951
=15	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	0.949
=15	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	0.949
17	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	0.948
18	ArgentinaARGSouth America	0.946
=19	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	0.945
=19	IsraelISRWestern Asia	0.945
21	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	0.944
22	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	0.938
23	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	0.937
24	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	0.930
25	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	0.929
26	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	0.926
27	United StatesUSANorthern America	0.923
=28	Costa RicaCRICentral America	0.922
=28	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	0.922
=30	BrazilBRASouth America	0.921
=30	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	0.921
32	MexicoMEXCentral America	0.919
33	HondurasHNDCentral America	0.918
34	CanadaCANNorthern America	0.915
35	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.914
=36	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	0.913
=36	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	0.913
38	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	0.909
39	PeruPERSouth America	0.905
40	PanamaPANCentral America	0.904
=41	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	0.899
=41	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	0.899
=43	FranceFRAWestern Europe	0.893
=43	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	0.893
45	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.890
46	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	0.888
=47	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	0.880
=47	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.880
49	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.874
50	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	0.869
=51	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	0.868
=51	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	0.868
53	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.867
=54	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.864
=54	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.864
=54	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	0.864
57	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.863
58	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	0.861
59	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	0.859
=60	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	0.855
=60	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	0.855
62	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	0.851
63	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.842
64	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	0.839
65	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.836
=66	BoliviaBOLSouth America	0.831
=66	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	0.831
68	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	0.828
69	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	0.825
=70	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.824
=70	SurinameSURSouth America	0.824
72	GabonGABMiddle Africa	0.822
73	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.816
74	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.815
75	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.805
76	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	0.790
=77	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	0.788
=77	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	0.788
79	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	0.786
80	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	0.773
81	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.767
82	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	0.758
83	EcuadorECUSouth America	0.753
84	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.747
85	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.745
86	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.737
87	ParaguayPRYSouth America	0.735
88	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	0.734
89	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	0.733
90	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	0.732
91	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.728
92	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	0.724
93	GuyanaGUYSouth America	0.722
94	ColombiaCOLSouth America	0.708
95	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.703
96	SomalilandXSLEastern Africa	0.699
97	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	0.692
98	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.689
99	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	0.688
100	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.687
101	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	0.686
102	UkraineUKREastern Europe	0.680
103	JapanJPNEastern Asia	0.664
104	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	0.663
105	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	0.657
106	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.652
107	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	0.649
108	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	0.647
109	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.640
110	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.639
111	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.629
112	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.617
113	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	0.596
=114	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.581
=114	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	0.581
116	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	0.577
117	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.552
118	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.525
119	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.505
120	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.503
121	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	0.485
122	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.480
123	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	0.459
=124	IraqIRQWestern Asia	0.455
=124	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	0.455
126	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.449
127	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.445
128	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.430
129	VenezuelaVENSouth America	0.421
130	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	0.408
131	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	0.404
132	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.390
133	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	0.388
134	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	0.383
135	DR CongoCODMiddle Africa	0.381
136	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	0.371
137	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.370
138	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.365
139	JordanJORWestern Asia	0.364
140	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	0.339
141	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	0.333
142	FijiFJIMelanesia	0.329
143	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.311
144	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	0.301
145	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	0.284
146	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.277
147	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	0.247
148	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.243
149	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	0.236
150	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	0.233
151	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.219
152	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.212
153	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	0.209
154	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	0.198
155	OmanOMNWestern Asia	0.195
156	QatarQATWestern Asia	0.185
=157	BelarusBLREastern Europe	0.169
=157	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.169
159	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.161
160	IranIRNSouthern Asia	0.113
161	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	0.109
=162	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	0.106
=162	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	0.106
164	CubaCUBCaribbean	0.095
165	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.083
166	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.076
167	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	0.070
168	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	0.068
169	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	0.050
=170	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	0.042
=170	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	0.042
172	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	0.021
173	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.018
174	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	0.010

02In 2010

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Poland0.978
2Estonia0.974
3Austria0.972
4Portugal0.969
5Belgiumshared0.964

Lowest

174North Korea0.010
173Eritrea0.018
172Turkmenistan0.021
170Syriashared0.042
170Laosshared0.042

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.734. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032009 → 2010

Since 2009

What changed between 2009 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
118values changed, of 174 in both
65 · 53rose · fell
56unchanged

Rose most

Kosovo0.723 → 0.825+0.102
Moldova0.692 → 0.788+0.096
Chad0.468 → 0.552+0.084
Burkina Faso0.790 → 0.874+0.084
Philippines0.737 → 0.788+0.051

Fell most

Hungary0.946 → 0.688−0.258
Türkiye0.543 → 0.455−0.088
Bangladesh0.519 → 0.449−0.070
Ecuador0.821 → 0.753−0.068
Uganda0.547 → 0.480−0.067

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

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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 2010.
151 distinct values among 174
Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 3 countries share 0.864. 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 174 countries has every column.

05The files

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V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg (2010). Academic Freedom Index, 2010 [data set], describing 2010. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/academic-freedom/2010

0636 held

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