Philippines falls in human freedom ranking

The Philippines slipped three places to rank 103rd out of 165 countries in the latest edition of the Human Freedom Index (HFI), which used 2021 data. The index presented a broad measure of human freedom around the world. The country’s overall HFI score inched down by 0.05 point to 6.46 (out of possible 10) in 2021, below the 6.75 global average score.