GBGR / GBTR Results

Between 2011 and 2020, the GBGR World Mean Score rose 7 points and the GBTR World Mean Score rose 6 points. While indicative of progress, this does not necessarily signal global success. In 2020, 62% percent of countries received a failing grade on the GBGR and 71% on the GBTR.

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20-29 %

30-39 %

40-49 %

50-59 %

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60-69 %

C

70-79 %

B

80-89 %

A

90-100 %

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0%

Most Protecting Countries

2020

1. Austria

2. Denmark

3. Finland

4. Luxembourg

5. Malta

6. Sweden

7. Uruguay

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0%

Most Protecting Countries

2020

1. Canada

2. Iceland

3. Luxembourg

4. Norway

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A - Protecting

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Australia 93%

Austria 100%

Belgium 96%

Canada 96%

Costa Rica 92%

Denmark 100%

Finland 100%

France 96%

Iceland 92%

Ireland 93%

Luxembourg 100%

Malta 100%

Netherlands 93%

New Zealand 96%

Norway 96%

Portugal 96%

Spain 96%

Sweden 100%

United Kingdom 96%

Uruguay 100%

B - Tolerant

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Andorra 88%

Argentina 81%

Bolivia 89%

Brazil 81%

Colombia 81%

Croatia 81%

Cyprus 81%

Czechia 81%

Ecuador 85%

Estonia 89%

Fiji 81%

Germany 81%

Greece 85%

Hungary 85%

Kosovo 81%

Liechtenstein 88%

Lithuania 81%

Montenegro 85%

Slovakia 81%

Slovenia 81%

South Africa 89%

Switzerland 89%

Taiwan 85%

C - Resistant

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Albania 78%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 70%

Bulgaria 74%

Cabo Verde 74%

Chile 74%

Cuba 70%

Georgia 74%

Israel 78%

Italy 74%

Marshall Islands 73%

Mexico 74%

Monaco 77%

Nepal 70%

North Macedonia 70%

Peru 74%

Romania 74%

Serbia 70%

Suriname 74%

Thailand 74%

United States 74%

D - Intolerant

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Belize 67%

Hong Kong, China 65%

Latvia 63%

Micronesia 69%

Palau 62%

The Bahamas 63%

Timor-Leste 67%

Venezuela 67%

F - Persecuting

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Afghanistan 7%

Algeria 19%

Angola 41%

Antigua and Barbuda 26%

Armenia 37%

Azerbaijan 26%

Bahrain 26%

Bangladesh 11%

Barbados 44%

Belarus 22%

Benin 30%

Bhutan 30%

Botswana 41%

Brunei 7%

Burkina Faso 26%

Burma 26%

Burundi 22%

Cambodia 59%

Cameroon 15%

Central African Republic 22%

Chad 15%

China 30%

Comoros 15%

Congo (Brazzaville) 30%

Congo (Kinshasa) 26%

Cote d’Ivoire 33%

Djibouti 22%

Dominica 15%

Dominican Republic 52%

Egypt 22%

El Salvador 33%

Equatorial Guinea 22%

Eritrea 15%

Eswatini 26%

Ethiopia 15%

Gabon 26%

Gambia 7%

Gaza 15%

Ghana 19%

Grenada 31%

Guatemala 41%

Guinea 19%

Guinea-Bissau 52%

Guyana 30%

Haiti 44%

Honduras 59%

India 52%

Indonesia 19%

Iran 4%

Iraq 22%

Jamaica 33%

Japan 59%

Jordan 30%

Kazakhstan 37%

Kenya 22%

Kiribati 31%

Kuwait 19%

Kyrgyzstan 30%

Laos 52%

Lebanon 19%

Lesotho 59%

Liberia 19%

Libya 11%

Madagascar 52%

Malawi 15%

Malaysia 15%

Maldives 19%

Mali 26%

Mauritania 7%

Mauritius 50%

Moldova 56%

Mongolia 56%

Morocco 15%

Mozambique 56%

Namibia 41%

Nauru 54%

Nicaragua 44%

Niger 41%

Nigeria 4%

North Korea 22%

Oman 15%

Pakistan 7%

Panama 54%

Papua New Guinea 19%

Paraguay 52%

Philippines 48%

Poland 48%

Qatar 15%

Russia 19%

Rwanda 48%

Saint Kitts and Nevis 30%

Saint Lucia 35%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19%

Samoa 35%

Sao Tome and Principe 59%

Saudi Arabia 4%

Senegal 15%

Seychelles 59%

Sierra Leone 11%

Singapore 30%

Solomon Islands 15%

Somalia 4%

South Korea 48%

South Sudan 11%

Sri Lanka 22%

Sudan 7%

Syria 7%

Tajikistan 26%

Tanzania 11%

Togo 15%

Tonga 26%

Trinidad and Tobago 59%

Tunisia 22%

Turkey 26%

Turkmenistan 15%

Tuvalu 19%

Uganda 11%

Ukraine 56%

United Arab Emirates 7%

Uzbekistan 15%

Vanuatu 50%

Vietnam 59%

West Bank 23%

Yemen 4%

Zambia 11%

Zimbabwe 19%

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A - Protecting

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Austria 94%

Belgium 94%

Denmark 94%

Estonia 94%

Iceland 94%

Luxembourg 100%

Malta 100%

North Macedonia 94%

Norway 100%

Uruguay 94%

B - Tolerant

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Brazil 82%

Canada 88%

Chile 82%

Colombia 82%

Costa Rica 81%

Croatia 82%

Czechia 82%

Ecuador 82%

France 88%

Germany 88%

Greece 88%

Ireland 82%

Kosovo 82%

Montenegro 88%

Nepal 82%

Netherlands 88%

New Zealand 82%

Portugal 82%

Slovenia 88%

Sweden 88%

Switzerland 82%

Thailand 82%

United Kingdom 88%

C - Resistant

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Andorra 75%

Argentina 71%

Australia 76%

Bolivia 76%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 76%

Fiji 71%

Finland 76%

Georgia 71%

India 71%

Israel 76%

Peru 76%

Slovakia 76%

South Africa 71%

D - Intolerant

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Albania 65%

Bulgaria 65%

Cuba 65%

Hungary 65%

Latvia 65%

Liechtenstein 63%

Serbia 65%

Spain 65%

Taiwan 65%

F - Persecuting

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Afghanistan 12%

Algeria 18%

Angola 47%

Antigua and Barbuda 35%

Armenia 41%

Azerbaijan 18%

Bahrain 24%

Bangladesh 24%

Barbados 41%

Belarus 29%

Belize 47%

Benin 24%

Bhutan 53%

Botswana 59%

Brunei 6%

Burkina Faso 24%

Burma 29%

Burundi 29%

Cabo Verde 59%

Cambodia 41%

Cameroon 18%

Central African Republic 18%

Chad 18%

China 35%

Comoros 18%

Congo (Brazzaville) 24%

Congo (Kinshasa) 18%

Cote d’Ivoire 24%

Cyprus 47%

Djibouti 24%

Dominica 19%

Dominican Republic 35%

Egypt 18%

El Salvador 47%

Equatorial Guinea 18%

Eritrea 18%

Eswatini 47%

Ethiopia 18%

Gabon 18%

Gambia 12%

Gaza 12%

Ghana 29%

Grenada 38%

Guatemala 35%

Guinea 24%

Guinea-Bissau 53%

Guyana 41%

Haiti 35%

Honduras 41%

Hong Kong, China 56%

Indonesia 12%

Iran 24%

Iraq 18%

Italy 53%

Jamaica 47%

Japan 53%

Jordan 12%

Kazakhstan 29%

Kenya 29%

Kiribati 38%

Kuwait 12%

Kyrgyzstan 41%

Laos 41%

Lebanon 24%

Lesotho 47%

Liberia 29%

Libya 12%

Lithuania 59%

Madagascar 41%

Malawi 12%

Malaysia 12%

Maldives 24%

Mali 18%

Marshall Islands 56%

Mauritania 18%

Mauritius 44%

Mexico 35%

Micronesia 50%

Moldova 53%

Monaco 56%

Mongolia 41%

Morocco 18%

Mozambique 41%

Namibia 47%

Nauru 44%

Nicaragua 24%

Niger 29%

Nigeria 12%

North Korea 18%

Oman 12%

Pakistan 47%

Palau 56%

Panama 50%

Papua New Guinea 24%

Paraguay 35%

Philippines 24%

Poland 41%

Qatar 18%

Romania 53%

Russia 18%

Rwanda 35%

Saint Kitts and Nevis 29%

Saint Lucia 38%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19%

Samoa 44%

Sao Tome and Principe 41%

Saudi Arabia 6%

Senegal 24%

Seychelles 47%

Sierra Leone 18%

Singapore 53%

Solomon Islands 19%

Somalia 18%

South Korea 59%

South Sudan 6%

Sri Lanka 35%

Sudan 24%

Suriname 47%

Syria 12%

Tajikistan 24%

Tanzania 18%

The Bahamas 47%

Timor-Leste 59%

Togo 24%

Tonga 29%

Trinidad and Tobago 53%

Tunisia 29%

Turkey 29%

Turkmenistan 24%

Tuvalu 19%

Uganda 12%

Ukraine 53%

United Arab Emirates 12%

United States 59%

Uzbekistan 18%

Vanuatu 44%

Venezuela 41%

Vietnam 59%

West Bank 25%

Yemen 18%

Zambia 18%

Zimbabwe 29%

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