Dogmaphobe
Diamond Member
Considering that New Zealand had one of the most absolutely draconian crackdowns on civil liberty using COVID as an excuse, this entire "ranking" is the stuff of mockery.The objectivity of the organization and it's report are subject to debate and questionable. Some of it's methods and results appear to be more subjective. The survey covers 165 nations/jurisdictions and the numbers you show are averages of a number of measures/gauges.
Full report here;
Methodology and Resources - page 383 onward show the "devil in the details".