Results

Between 2011 and 2017, the GBGR World Mean Score rose 3.8 points, or 14 percent. While indicative of progress, this does not necessarily signal global success. Sixty-nine percent of countries received a failing grade in 2017. Although 98 countries improved their scores over the seven year period, 32 countries decreased in score, and 67 countries had no change in score.

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0-9 %

10-19 %

20-29 %

30-39 %

40-49 %

50-59 %

D

60-69 %

C

70-79 %

B

80-89 %

A

90-100 %

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Current Score 2017

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A 100%

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A 100%

2011 Score

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A96%

GBTR

B87%

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Austria 96%

Belgium 96%

Canada 93%

Denmark 100%

Finland 100%

France 96%

Iceland 100%

Ireland 96%

Luxembourg 100%

Malta 100%

Netherlands 93%

New Zealand 96%

Norway 96%

Slovenia 93%

Spain 93%

Sweden 96%

United Kingdom 93%

Uruguay 100%

B - Tolerant

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Andorra 88%

Argentina 81%

Australia 85%

Chile 81%

Colombia 85%

Croatia 81%

Cyprus 81%

Germany 85%

Greece 81%

Hungary 81%

Israel 85%

Liechtenstein 88%

Portugal 85%

United States 81%

C - Resistant

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Albania 70%

Cabo Verde 70%

Czech Republic 78%

Estonia 78%

Italy 74%

Latvia 70%

Lithuania 78%

Montenegro 70%

Romania 70%

Serbia 70%

Slovakia 78%

South Africa 74%

Switzerland 74%

Taiwan 74%

Thailand 70%

Venezuela 70%

D - Intolerant

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Brazil 67%

Costa Rica 69%

Cuba 63%

Ecuador 67%

Georgia 67%

Hong Kong, China 67%

Kosovo 65%

Mexico 67%

Monaco 62%

Nicaragua 63%

Poland 67%

Suriname 67%

Vietnam 63%

F - Persecuting

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Afghanistan 4%

Algeria 15%

Angola 26%

Antigua and Barbuda 22%

Armenia 41%

Azerbaijan 26%

Bahamas 56%

Bahrain 30%

Bangladesh 11%

Barbados 22%

Belarus 19%

Belize 44%

Benin 37%

Bhutan 26%

Bolivia 59%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 48%

Botswana 33%

Brunei Darussalam 15%

Bulgaria 59%

Burkina Faso 26%

Burundi 26%

Cambodia 52%

Cameroon 15%

Central African Republic 22%

Chad 15%

China 41%

Comoros 15%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 19%

Cote d’Ivoire 26%

Djibouti 15%

Dominica 19%

Dominican Republic 33%

Egypt 15%

El Salvador 59%

Equatorial Guinea 37%

Eritrea 15%

Ethiopia 15%

Fiji 59%

Gabon 41%

Gambia 11%

Gaza 26%

Ghana 22%

Grenada 27%

Guatemala 41%

Guinea 19%

Guinea-Bissau 52%

Guyana 37%

Haiti 35%

Honduras 56%

India 30%

Indonesia 19%

Iran 4%

Iraq 11%

Jamaica 26%

Japan 56%

Jordan 22%

Kazakhstan 33%

Kenya 22%

Kiribati 35%

Kuwait 19%

Kyrgyzstan 30%

Laos 52%

Lebanon 26%

Lesotho 52%

Liberia 15%

Libya 11%

Macedonia 48%

Madagascar 22%

Malawi 26%

Malaysia 11%

Maldives 15%

Mali 26%

Marshall Islands 54%

Mauritania 7%

Mauritius 42%

Micronesia 46%

Moldova 48%

Mongolia 56%

Morocco 11%

Mozambique 52%

Myanmar 22%

Namibia 44%

Nauru 42%

Nepal 59%

Niger 26%

Nigeria 7%

North Korea 22%

Oman 15%

Pakistan 11%

Palau 50%

Panama 58%

Papua New Guinea 19%

Paraguay 41%

Peru 59%

Philippines 59%

Qatar 7%

Republic of the Congo 26%

Russia 30%

Rwanda 48%

Samoa 35%

Sao Tome and Principe 56%

Saudi Arabia 0%

Senegal 15%

Seychelles 52%

Sierra Leone 15%

Singapore 37%

Solomon Islands 15%

Somalia 0%

South Korea 56%

South Sudan 11%

Sri Lanka 22%

St. Kitts and Nevis 19%

St. Lucia 27%

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 15%

Sudan 4%

Swaziland (Eswatini) 22%

Syria 7%

Tajikistan 26%

Tanzania 11%

Timor-Leste 59%

Togo 19%

Tonga 22%

Trinidad and Tobago 33%

Tunisia 19%

Turkey 19%

Turkmenistan 15%

Tuvalu 15%

Uganda 11%

Ukraine 56%

United Arab Emirates 7%

Uzbekistan 11%

Vanuatu 58%

West Bank 11%

Yemen 0%

Zambia 19%

Zimbabwe 19%

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Denmark 100%

France 93%

Malta 93%

Norway 93%

Uruguay 93%

B - Tolerant

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Australia 80%

Canada 80%

Estonia 80%

Finland 80%

Germany 87%

Iceland 86%

Ireland 80%

Netherlands 80%

New Zealand 80%

Portugal 80%

Sweden 87%

United Kingdom 87%

C - Resistant

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Austria 73%

Belgium 73%

Bulgaria 73%

Hungary 73%

Israel 73%

Luxembourg 73%

Switzerland 73%

D - Intolerant

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Albania 60%

Andorra 64%

Argentina 67%

Bolivia 67%

Botswana 67%

Chile 67%

Colombia 67%

Croatia 67%

Czech Republic 67%

Ecuador 67%

Georgia 60%

Greece 60%

India 60%

Italy 60%

Kosovo 64%

Latvia 60%

Montenegro 60%

Nepal 67%

Peru 67%

Serbia 67%

Slovakia 67%

South Korea 60%

Spain 67%

Taiwan 60%

F - Persecuting

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Afghanistan 13%

Algeria 20%

Angola 20%

Antigua and Barbuda 27%

Armenia 33%

Azerbaijan 13%

Bahamas 33%

Bahrain 20%

Bangladesh 20%

Barbados 27%

Belarus 20%

Belize 33%

Benin 27%

Bhutan 27%

Bosnia and Herzegovina 27%

Brazil 40%

Brunei Darussalam 13%

Burkina Faso 27%

Burundi 27%

Cabo Verde 53%

Cambodia 40%

Cameroon 13%

Central African Republic 20%

Chad 13%

China 27%

Comoros 13%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 13%

Costa Rica 43%

Cote d’Ivoire 27%

Cuba 47%

Cyprus 47%

Djibouti 13%

Dominica 14%

Dominican Republic 20%

Egypt 13%

El Salvador 33%

Equatorial Guinea 33%

Eritrea 13%

Ethiopia 13%

Fiji 47%

Gabon 20%

Gambia 13%

Gaza 20%

Ghana 33%

Grenada 36%

Guatemala 33%

Guinea 27%

Guinea-Bissau 27%

Guyana 33%

Haiti 29%

Honduras 40%

Hong Kong, China 53%

Indonesia 20%

Iran 20%

Iraq 20%

Jamaica 40%

Japan 47%

Jordan 20%

Kazakhstan 27%

Kenya 33%

Kiribati 43%

Kuwait 13%

Kyrgyzstan 27%

Laos 40%

Lebanon 33%

Lesotho 47%

Liberia 13%

Libya 7%

Liechtenstein 57%

Lithuania 47%

Macedonia 33%

Madagascar 27%

Malawi 27%

Malaysia 7%

Maldives 13%

Mali 7%

Marshall Islands 29%

Mauritania 13%

Mauritius 36%

Mexico 33%

Micronesia 21%

Moldova 40%

Monaco 21%

Mongolia 47%

Morocco 13%

Mozambique 27%

Myanmar 33%

Namibia 53%

Nauru 14%

Nicaragua 27%

Niger 20%

Nigeria 13%

North Korea 13%

Oman 13%

Pakistan 33%

Palau 36%

Panama 50%

Papua New Guinea 7%

Paraguay 33%

Philippines 33%

Poland 47%

Qatar 13%

Republic of the Congo 33%

Romania 40%

Russia 13%

Rwanda 40%

Samoa 50%

Sao Tome and Principe 27%

Saudi Arabia 0%

Senegal 20%

Seychelles 33%

Sierra Leone 20%

Singapore 40%

Slovenia 47%

Solomon Islands 14%

Somalia 13%

South Africa 53%

South Sudan 13%

Sri Lanka 33%

St. Kitts and Nevis 7%

St. Lucia 36%

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 14%

Sudan 7%

Suriname 40%

Swaziland (Eswatini) 27%

Syria 7%

Tajikistan 20%

Tanzania 13%

Thailand 53%

Timor-Leste 20%

Togo 27%

Tonga 33%

Trinidad and Tobago 20%

Tunisia 27%

Turkey 13%

Turkmenistan 7%

Tuvalu 14%

Uganda 13%

Ukraine 40%

United Arab Emirates 13%

United States 33%

Uzbekistan 13%

Vanuatu 43%

Venezuela 33%

Vietnam 53%

West Bank 13%

Yemen 13%

Zambia 20%

Zimbabwe 13%

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