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Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998

1998, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998 covers 174 countries. Sweden is highest, at 3.486; Iraq is lowest, at -3.150. The middle country reads 0.948. Against 1997, 20 values changed (14 up, 6 down), 1 country joined.

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Freedom of Peaceful Assembly · Data for 1998

HighestSweden

3.486

LowestIraq

-3.150

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 Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998, 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 174 countries · select a heading to sort

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1SwedenSWENorthern Europe3.486
2PanamaPANCentral America3.182
3ItalyITASouthern Europe3.081
4AustriaAUTWestern Europe3.055
5BelgiumBELWestern Europe3.026
6NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe3.013
7HungaryHUNEastern Europe3.008
8GreeceGRCSouthern Europe2.990
9LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.988
10GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.970
11CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.927
12HondurasHNDCentral America2.915
13SpainESPSouthern Europe2.892
14Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa2.888
15BeninBENWestern Africa2.879
16ChileCHLSouth America2.871
17UruguayURYSouth America2.859
18IrelandIRLNorthern Europe2.829
19United StatesUSANorthern America2.817
20EstoniaESTNorthern Europe2.797
21NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.743
22FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.708
23PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.648
24LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe2.594
25AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.577

02In 1998

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Sweden3.486
  2. 2Panama3.182
  3. 3Italy3.081
  4. 4Austria3.055
  5. 5Belgium3.026

Lowest

  1. 174Iraq-3.150
  2. 173North Korea-3.143
  3. 172Laos-2.881
  4. 171Syria-2.872
  5. 170Republic of the Congo-2.281

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.948. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031997 → 1998

Since 1997

What changed between 1997 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +1 / −0countries joined / left
  • 20values changed, of 173 in both
  • 14 · 6rose · fell
  • 153unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

+ Montenegro

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 1998.

  • 172 distinct values among 174

    Values are stored exactly as published, to 3 decimals. 2 countries share 0.641. 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

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 (1998). Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998 [data set], describing 1998. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-assembly/1998

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07Questions

Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of assembly in Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998?

Sweden, at 3.486, of the 174 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998 describe?

1998.

How many countries does Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998 cover?

174.

Where can I download Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998?

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

Is Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 1998 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Freedom of Peaceful Assembly, 2025.

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