The following list ranks regions based on the extent of their rights and liberties as measured by the Political Rights Scale. A higher score indicates fewer political rights and freedoms with a range of 1 to 7.

Complete List

Ranking	Region	Rate
1	Northern Africa	6.2
2	Middle Africa	5.4
3	South-Central Asia	5.4
4	Western Asia	4.9
5	South-Eastern Asia	4.7
6	Eastern Africa	4.4
7	Western Africa	3.9
8	Eastern Asia	3.3
9	The World	3.0
10	Melanesia	3.0
11	Eastern Europe	2.8
11	Southern Africa	2.8
12	Polynesia	2.7
13	Caribbean	2.4
14	South America	2.3
15	Central America	2.1
16	Southern Europe	1.8
17	Western Europe	1.1
18	Northern Europe	1.1
19	Australia/New Zealand	1.0
19	Micronesia (Region)	1.0
19	Northern America	1.0

Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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