Guyana is rated “Free” in Freedom House’s latest Freedom in the World report, an annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide, although it still has the lowest score among Carib-bean countries except for Haiti.
According to the recent report, Guyana scored 73 out of a 100 in freedom, 30 out of 40 in the area of political rights, and 43 out of 60 in civil liberties, compared to 75, 32 and 43, respectively, last year, and 74, 32 and 42 in 2019.
The highest scoring Caribbean country is Barbados with scores of 95, 38 and 57, followed by Dominica with scores of 93, 37 and 56. St Vincent & the Grenadines follows with scores of 91, 36 and 55, St Lucia with 91, 37 and 54, Grenada with 89, 37 and 52, Trinidad & Tobago with 82, 33 and 49, and Jamaica with 80, 34 and 46. Haiti has the lowest scores with 37, 35 and 22.