Georgia has ranked among the top 50 countries in the world, as well as top 10 with 11 years of progress and first in Europe in the latest Freedom of Peaceful Assembly Index by Varieties of Democracy, an institution studying the qualities of governments.

Georgia earned 3.5 points on a 4-point evaluation system in the ranking, with the Index examining to what extent state authorities respect and protect the right of peaceful assembly.

The country is ahead of a number of NATO and European Union member states, 2 states of the G7 as well as the US, the UK, Switzerland, Latvia, Romania, Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria, South Korea, Singapore and Turkey.

It should be mentioned that the country has improved its position by 49 places since 2012.