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Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990

1990, as V-Dem Institute’s 2026 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990 covers 168 countries. Finland is highest, at 2.774; North Korea is lowest, at -3.642. The middle country reads 0.880.

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Freedom of Foreign Movement · Data for 1990

HighestFinland

2.774

LowestNorth Korea

-3.642

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 Foreign Movement, 1990, 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 168 countries · select a heading to sort

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990: every country, as published by V-Dem Institute, University of Gothenburg.
derived
1FinlandFINNorthern Europe2.774
2CzechiaCZEEastern Europe2.751
3BrazilBRASouth America2.734
4GermanyDEUWestern Europe2.727
5ItalyITASouthern Europe2.703
6DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe2.691
7SpainESPSouthern Europe2.690
8PortugalPRTSouthern Europe2.689
9ChileCHLSouth America2.658
10HungaryHUNEastern Europe2.649
11SwedenSWENorthern Europe2.631
12BelgiumBELWestern Europe2.628
13NorwayNORNorthern Europe2.616
14NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe2.592
15PolandPOLEastern Europe2.536
16FranceFRAWestern Europe2.500
17LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe2.430
18New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand2.408
19Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean2.396
20AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand2.373
21BarbadosBRBCaribbean2.369
22AustriaAUTWestern Europe2.353
23MaltaMLTSouthern Europe2.284
24CanadaCANNorthern America2.262
25MauritiusMUSEastern Africa2.237

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Finland2.774
  2. 2Czechia2.751
  3. 3Brazil2.734
  4. 4Germany2.727
  5. 5Italy2.703

Lowest

  1. 168North Korea-3.642
  2. 167Somalia-2.595
  3. 166Cambodia-2.396
  4. 165Afghanistan-2.395
  5. 164Ethiopia-1.978

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 0.880. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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 1990.

  • 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 168 countries has every column.

04The 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 (1990). Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/freedom-of-foreign-movement/1990

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06Questions

Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990: questions and answers

Which country has the highest freedom of foreign travel in Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990?

Finland, at 2.774, of the 168 countries in the file.

What year does Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990 describe?

1990.

How many countries does Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990 cover?

168.

Where can I download Freedom of Foreign Movement, 1990?

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 Foreign Movement, 1990 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Freedom of Foreign Movement, 2025.

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