Freedom House
Map of Freedom 2013
Arctic Ocean
Greenland Sea
Beaufort Sea
Norwegian Sea
GREENLAND
ICELAND
NORWAY
U.S.A.
SWEDEN
FINLAND RUSSIA
ESTONIA
Hudson Bay
Labrador Sea
Bering Sea LATVIA
DENMARK
Sea of Okhotsk
RUSSIA LITHUANIA
U.K.
Gulf of Alaska CANADA
BELARUS
IRELAND
POLAND
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
BELGIUM
TRANSNISTRIA
CZECH REP.
LUXEMBOURG
SLOVAKIA
LIECHTENSTEIN UKRAINE
MOLDOVA KAZAKHSTAN
AUSTRIA
HUNGARY
SWITZERLAND
Nor th Atlantic Ocean
MONGOLIA
SLOVENIA
ROMANIA
ITALY CROATIA
FRANCE SERBIA
ABKHAZIA
BOSNIA & HERZ.
MONACO MONTENEGRO BULGARIA SOUTH OSSETIA
UZBEKISTAN
ANDORRA SAN MARINO MACEDONIA GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN
KOSOVO AZERBAIJAN
PORTUGAL
ARMENIA
GREECE
NORTH KOREA
TURKMENISTAN
SPAIN
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TURKEY TAJIKISTAN
ALBANIA NAGORNO
NORTHERN
KARABAKH
Nor th Pacific Ocean MALTA CYPRUS SOUTH KOREA
CHINA
PAKISTANI KASHMIR
CYPRUS SYRIA
TUNISIA
AFGHANISTAN
LEBANON
INDIAN KASHMIR
GAZA STRIP/ WEST BANK IRAQ
MOROCCO IRAN JAPAN
ISRAEL East
TIBET
JORDAN China Sea
NEPAL
KUWAIT
PAKISTAN
ALGERIA BHUTAN
LIBYA BAHRAIN
BAHAMAS
MEXICO Gulf of Mexico EGYPT QATAR
WESTERN SAHARA
Nor th Pacific Ocean
U.A.E.
TAIWAN
INDIA
PUERTO RICO
SAUDI ARABIA
BURMA
HONG KONG
CUBA
LAOS
MAURITANIA
BANGLADESH
JAMAICA OMAN
ST. KITTS & NEVIS
MALI
HAITI
BELIZE ANTIGUA & BARBUDA
NIGER South China Sea
YEMEN
DOM. REP.
HONDURAS SENEGAL CHAD ERITREA THAILAND
Bay of Bengal
DOMINICA
Caribbean Sea VIETNAM
CAPE VERDE
ST. LUCIA MARSHALL
GUATEMALA SUDAN
GRENADA THE GAMBIA
PHILIPPINES
ISLANDS
ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES CAMBODIA
EL SALVADOR
NICARAGUA BURKINA
BARBADOS FASO DJIBOUTI
GUINEA BISSAU
GUINEA
BENIN
NIGERIA
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO
SOMALILAND
COSTA RICA
SRI LANKA
ETHIOPIA MICRONESIA
VENEZUELA GUYANA CÔTE
GHANA SOUTH
SIERRA LEONE
D IVOIRE CENTRAL AFRICAN
PANAMA SURINAME SUDAN KIRIBATI
NAURU
REPUBLIC
CAMEROON BRUNEI
FRENCH GUIANA
TOGO
LIBERIA
COLOMBIA MALDIVES
PALAU
SOMALIA MALAYSIA
UGANDA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
ECUADOR SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
KENYA TUVALU
SINGAPORE
GABON
RWANDA
CONGO (KINSHASA)
BURUNDI
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
PERU
INDONESIA
PAPUA
SOLOMON
TANZANIA NEW GUINEA
ISLANDS
SEYCHELLES
EAST TIMOR
BRAZIL
COMOROS
Indian Ocean
ANGOLA
SAMOA
ZAMBIA
VANUATU
MAURITIUS
BOLIVIA
ZIMBABWE
FIJI
MALAWI
NAMIBIA MADAGASCAR
MOZAMBIQUE
TONGA
BOTSWANA
PARAGUAY
South Atlantic Ocean
AUSTRALIA
CHILE
SWAZILAND
ARGENTINA
LESOTHO
SOUTH AFRICA
URUGUAY
South Pacific Ocean
Tasman Sea
NEW ZEALAND
Survey Findings The Map of Freedom reflects the findings of for open political competition, a climate of respect for rights are absent, and basic civil liberties are widely and
Freedom House s Freedom in the World 2013 survey, civil liberties, significant independent civic life, and systematically denied.
Freedom Status Country Breakdown Population Breakdown
which rates the level of political rights and civil independent media. Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental
FREE 90 (46%) 3,046,158,000 (43%)
liberties in 195 countries and 14 related and disputed Partly Free countries are characterized by some organization that supports the expansion of freedom
territories during 2012. Based on these ratings, restrictions on political rights and civil liberties, worldwide.
PARTLY FREE 58 (30%) 1,613,858,500 (23%)
countries are divided into three categories: Free, often in a context of corruption, weak rule of law,
NOT FREE 47 (24%) 2,376,822,100 (34%)
Partly Free, and Not Free. ethnic strife, or civil war.
TOTAL 195 7,036,838,600 A Free country is one where there is broad scope A Not Free country is one where basic political
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