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From ]'s report ''Freedom in the World 2006''.The yearly report purports to measure the degree of ] and ] in nations and significant disputed territories around the world, and produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties in each state and territory, on a scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as ''Free'', ''Partially Free'', and ''Not Free''. The ratings in this table reflect global events from ] ] through ] ].
''Freedom in the World''' is a yearly report by ] purporting to measure the degree of ] and ] in nations and significant disputed territories around the world, and produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties in each state and territory, on a scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as ''Free'', ''Partially Free'', and ''Not Free''. The ratings in this table reflect global events from ] ] through ] ].
An asterisk (*) indicates countries which are ''electoral democracies''. To qualify as an "electoral democracy", a state must have satisfied the following criteria:
An asterisk (*) indicates countries which are ''electoral democracies''. To qualify as an "electoral democracy", a state must have satisfied the following criteria:
Revision as of 16:04, 23 May 2006
This map reflects the findings of Freedom House's 2006 survey Freedom in the World, concerning the state of world freedom in 2005. Free Partly Free Not FreeCountries highlighted in blue are designated "Electoral Democracies" in Freedom House's 2006 survey Freedom in the World.
Freedom in the World' is a yearly report by Freedom House purporting to measure the degree of democracy and freedom in nations and significant disputed territories around the world, and produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties in each state and territory, on a scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as Free, Partially Free, and Not Free. The ratings in this table reflect global events from 1 December2004 through 30 November2005.
An asterisk (*) indicates countries which are electoral democracies. To qualify as an "electoral democracy", a state must have satisfied the following criteria:
A competitive, multiparty political system;
Universal adult suffrage for all citizens (with exceptions for restrictions that states may legitimately place on citizens as sanctions for criminal offenses);
Regularly contested elections conducted in conditions of ballot secrecy, reasonable ballot security, and in the absence of massive voter fraud that yields results that are unrepresentative of the public will;
Significant public access of major political parties to the electorate through the media and through generally open political campaigning
Freedom House's term "electoral democracy" differs from liberal democracy in that the latter also implies the presence of a substantial array of civil liberties. In the survey, all Free countries qualify as both electoral and liberal democracies. By contrast, some Partly Free countries qualify as electoral, but not liberal, democracies.
Angola
Liberia*
Benin*
Madagascar*
Botswana*
Malawi*
Burkina Faso
Mali*
Burundi*
Mauritania
Cameroon
Mauritius*
Cape Verde*
Mozambique*
Central African Republic*
Namibia*
Chad
Niger*
Comoros*
Nigeria*
Rwanda
São Tomé and Príncipe*
Ivory Coast
Senegal*
Djibouti
Seychelles*
Equatorial Guinea
Sierra Leone*
Eritrea
Somalia
Ethiopia
South Africa*
Gabon
Sudan
Gambia
Eswatini
Ghana*
Tanzania
Guinea
Togo
Guinea-Bissau
Uganda
Kenya*
Zambia
Lesotho*
Zimbabwe
Antigua and Barbuda*
Guyana*
Argentina*
Haiti
Bahamas*
Honduras*
Barbados*
Jamaica*
Belize*
Mexico*
Bolivia*
Nicaragua*
Brazil*
Panama*
Canada*
Paraguay*
Chile*
Peru*
Colombia*
Saint Kitts and Nevis*
Costa Rica*
Saint Lucia*
Cuba
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*
Dominica*
Suriname*
Dominican Republic*
Trinidad and Tobago*
Ecuador*
United States*
El Salvador*
Uruguay*
Grenada*
Venezuela*
Guatemala*
Afghanistan
Nauru*
Australia*
Nepal
Bangladesh*
New Zealand*
Bhutan
Brunei
Pakistan
Palau*
Cambodia
Papua New Guinea*
Philippines*
Samoa*
Fiji
Singapore
Solomon Islands*
Indonesia*
Japan*
Sri Lanka*
Kiribati*
Republic of China (Taiwan)*
Laos
Thailand*
Malaysia
Tonga
Maldives
Tuvalu*
Marshall Islands*
Vanuatu*
Federated States of Micronesia*
Vietnam
Mongolia*
Albania*
Lithuania*
Armenia
Macedonia*
Azerbaijan
Member of the Order of Liberty*
Belarus
Poland*
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Romania*
Bulgaria*
Russia
Croatia*
Serbia and Montenegro*
Czech Republic*
Slovakia*
Estonia*
Slovenia*
Georgia*
Hungary*
Turkmenistan
Kazakhstan
Ukraine*
Kyrgyzstan
Uzbekistan
Latvia*
Andorra*
Luxembourg*
Austria*
Malta*
Belgium*
Monaco*
Cyprus*
Netherlands*
Denmark*
Norway*
Finland*
Portugal*
France*
San Marino*
Germany*
Spain*
Greece*
Sweden*
Iceland*
Switzerland*
Ireland*
Turkey*
Italy*
United Kingdom*
Liechtenstein*
Algeria
Libya
Bahrain
Morocco
Egypt
Oman
Iran
Qatar
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Israel*
Syria
Jordan
Tunisia
Kuwait
United Arab Emirates
Lebanon
Yemen
Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)
Palestinian Authority Administered Territories
Kashmir (Indian Administered)
Puerto Rico (United States)
Tibet (People's Republic of China)
Macao (People's Republic of China)