40 = highest degree of political rights
| 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sao Tome and Principe | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 |
| Timor-Leste | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 |
| Liberia | 26 | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 27 | 30 |
| Solomon Islands | 22 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 29 | 28 |
| Sierra Leone | 30 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 24 |
| Papua New Guinea | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 13 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Guinea Bissau | 7 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 |
| Comoros | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Togo | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Haiti | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Guinea | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Burundi | 12 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Yemen | 9 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Chad | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Sudan | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -3 |