Results

Between 2011 and 2018, the GBGR World Mean Score rose 5.8 points. While indicative of progress, this does not necessarily signal global success. Sixty-two percent of countries received a failing grade in 2018. Although 113 countries improved their scores over the eight year period, 45 countries decreased in score, and 46 countries had no change in score.

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100-90 %

B

89-80 %

C

79-70 %

D

69-60 %

F

59-50 %

49-40 %

39-30 %

29-20 %

19-10 %

9-0 %

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Palau

2018

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D 62%

2017

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F 36%

2011

GBGR

F 15%

2011

GBTR

F 29%

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Malta

2018

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A 100%

2017

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A 93%

2011

GBGR

C 74%

2011

GBTR

F 53%

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A - Protecting

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Austria 93%

Belgium 96%

Canada 96%

Denmark 96%

Finland 96%

France 96%

Iceland 92%

Ireland 93%

Luxembourg 100%

Malta 100%

Netherlands 93%

New Zealand 96%

Norway 96%

Portugal 93%

Spain 93%

Sweden 93%

United Kingdom 93%

Uruguay 100%

B - Tolerant

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Andorra 88%

Australia 89%

Colombia 85%

Croatia 85%

Czech Republic 81%

Estonia 85%

Germany 81%

Greece 85%

Hungary 89%

Israel 81%

Liechtenstein 88%

Slovakia 81%

Slovenia 85%

South Africa 81%

C - Resistant

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Albania 70%

Argentina 78%

Bolivia 70%

Brazil 74%

Cabo Verde 74%

Cyprus 78%

Ecuador 78%

Italy 78%

Lithuania 78%

Mexico 70%

Mongolia 70%

Montenegro 70%

Nepal 70%

Romania 78%

Serbia 70%

Suriname 70%

Switzerland 70%

Taiwan 70%

Thailand 70%

United States 74%

D - Intolerant

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Bosnia and Herzegovina 63%

Bulgaria 67%

Chile 67%

Costa Rica 65%

Fiji 63%

Georgia 67%

Japan 63%

Kosovo 65%

Latvia 67%

Monaco 69%

Palau 62%

Peru 63%

Philippines 67%

Poland 67%

Seychelles 63%

Timor-Leste 67%

Ukraine 67%

Venezuela 63%

Vietnam 67%

F - Persecuting

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Afghanistan 7%

Algeria 15%

Angola 41%

Antigua and Barbuda 26%

Armenia 33%

Azerbaijan 33%

Bahamas 59%

Bahrain 26%

Bangladesh 7%

Barbados 30%

Belarus 22%

Belize 48%

Benin 33%

Bhutan 30%

Botswana 48%

Brunei Darussalam 11%

Burkina Faso 26%

Burundi 15%

Cambodia 56%

Cameroon 11%

Central African Republic 15%

Chad 15%

China 44%

Comoros 15%

Congo, Democratic Republic of the 26%

Cote d’Ivoire 33%

Cuba 59%

Djibouti 22%

Dominica 15%

Dominican Republic 41%

Egypt 22%

El Salvador 37%

Equatorial Guinea 37%

Eritrea 15%

Ethiopia 15%

Gabon 44%

Gambia 15%

Gaza 11%

Ghana 19%

Grenada 15%

Guatemala 37%

Guinea 15%

Guinea-Bissau 56%

Guyana 33%

Haiti 38%

Honduras 48%

Hong Kong, China 59%

India 37%

Indonesia 19%

Iran 7%

Iraq 22%

Jamaica 30%

Jordan 30%

Kazakhstan 33%

Kenya 19%

Kiribati 35%

Kuwait 19%

Kyrgyzstan 30%

Laos 48%

Lebanon 19%

Lesotho 59%

Liberia 19%

Libya 11%

Macedonia 56%

Madagascar 52%

Malawi 19%

Malaysia 15%

Maldives 7%

Mali 37%

Marshall Islands 58%

Mauritania 7%

Mauritius 42%

Micronesia 58%

Moldova 52%

Morocco 19%

Mozambique 56%

Myanmar 22%

Namibia 33%

Nauru 58%

Nicaragua 44%

Niger 48%

Nigeria 7%

North Korea 22%

Oman 15%

Pakistan 7%

Panama 46%

Papua New Guinea 19%

Paraguay 44%

Qatar 15%

Republic of the Congo 30%

Russia 19%

Rwanda 33%

Samoa 35%

Sao Tome and Principe 59%

Saudi Arabia 7%

Senegal 19%

Sierra Leone 15%

Singapore 33%

Solomon Islands 15%

Somalia 4%

South Korea 48%

South Sudan 15%

Sri Lanka 26%

St. Kitts and Nevis 22%

St. Lucia 19%

St. Vincent and the Grenadines 7%

Sudan 11%

Swaziland (Eswatini) 30%

Syria 7%

Tajikistan 30%

Tanzania 7%

Togo 15%

Tonga 22%

Trinidad and Tobago 56%

Tunisia 19%

Turkey 26%

Turkmenistan 11%

Tuvalu 15%

Uganda 11%

United Arab Emirates 7%

Uzbekistan 11%

Vanuatu 58%

West Bank 22%

Yemen 7%

Zambia 11%

Zimbabwe 26%

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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 13%

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 13%

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 20%

Yemen 13%

Zambia 20%

Zimbabwe 13%

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