This is an international index rating 160 countries on their performance in 5 categories:

• religious freedom (how free is the population to practice, or not, their religion)
• bioethical freedom (how free is an individual to decide on matters of a bioethical nature)
• drugs freedom (how free is the production, trade, and consumption of ‘harmful’ substances)
• sexual freedom (how free are sexual intercourse, pornography, and sex services amongst consenting adults)
• family and gender freedom (how free are women, LGBT individuals, and unmarried couples living together)
  
  Each category accounts for 20 points, and therefore 20%, of the final score.
  
  

Performance is rated as:

• 90-100 points – Highest moral freedom
• 80-90 points – Very high moral freedom
• 60-80 points – High moral freedom
• 50-60 points – Acceptable moral freedom
• 40-50 points – Insufficient moral freedom
• 20-40 points – Low moral freedom
• 10-20 points – Very low moral freedom
• 0-10 points – Lowest moral freedom
  
  In 2018 the 20 lowest countries were all predominately Islamic with the exception of Sri Lanka at position 144 (out of 160).