2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Country PR CL Free PR CL Free PR CL Free PR CL Free PR CL Free PR CL Free PR CL Free PR CL Free Abkhazia‡ (Georgia) 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly Crimea‡ (Ukraine/Russia) 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not Gaza Strip‡ (PA) 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not Hong Kong† (China) 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly 5 2 3.5 !Partly Jammu and Kashmir‡ (India) 4 4 4.0 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 4 4.0 !Partly 4 4 4.0 !Partly 4 4 4.0 !Partly 4 4 4.0 !Partly 4 4 4.0 !Partly 4 4 4.0 !Partly Azad Kashmir‡ (Pakistan) 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not Nagorno-Karabakh‡ (Azerbaijan) 5 5 5.0 !Partly 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly Northern Cyprus‡ (Cyprus)* 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free 2 2 2.0 !Free Puerto Rico† (United States)* 1 1 1.0 !Free 1 1 1.0 !Free 1 2 1.5 !Free 1 2 1.5 !Free 1 2 1.5 !Free 1 2 1.5 !Free 1 1 1.0 !Free Somaliland‡ (Somalia) 5 5 5.0 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 4 5 4.5 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly 5 5 5.0 !Partly South Ossetia‡ (Georgia) 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not Tibet ‡ (China) 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not Transnistria‡ (Moldova) 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 6 6.0 !Not West Bank‡ (PA) 6 6 6.0 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 6 5 5.5 !Not 7 5 6.0 !Not Western Sahara‡ (Morocco) 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 6 6.5 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not 7 7 7.0 !Not