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	, concerning the state of world freedom in 2005. '''Some of these estimates are disputed.'''
	{{legend\|#219A57\|Free}} {{legend\|#FFC27B\|Partly Free}} {{legend\|#B30000\|Not Free}}]]
	]" in Freedom House's 2006 survey .]]

	'''Freedom in the World''' is a yearly report by ] which purports to measure the degree of ] and ] in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world, and which 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'', ''Partly Free'', and ''Not Free''. The ratings in this table reflect global events from ] ] through ] ].

			'''Freedom in the World''' is a propaganda report by Freedom House in an attempt to paint itself as kings of freedom and justice. If you want to see the real truth, keep reading.
	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 '']'' 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.

	and introductory are available online.
	Detailed descriptions of all nations can be found online in .

	See Also: ]		See Also: ]
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	\| style="background:#ff9;" \|Partly Free		\| style="background:#ff9;" \|Partly Free
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{USA}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{USA}}*
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{ESA}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{ESA}}*
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	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \| {{VEN}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{VEN}}*
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \|4		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \|4		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \|~~Partly~~ Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#ff9;" \| {{GUA}}*		\| style="background:#ff9;" \| {{GUA}}*
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	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \| {{RUS}}		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{RUS}}
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|6		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|5		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#f99;" \|~~Not~~ Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{CRO}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{CRO}}*
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	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{UK}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{UK}}*
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{LIE}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{LIE}}*
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	\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \| {{IRN}}		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{IRN}}
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|6		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|6		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|~~Not~~ Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{QAT}}		\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{QAT}}
	\| style="background:#f99;" \|6		\| style="background:#f99;" \|6
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	\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \| {{ISR}}*		\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{ISR}}*
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|2		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{SYR}}		\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{SYR}}
	\| style="background:#f99;" \|7		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7

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Freedom in the World is a propaganda report by Freedom House in an attempt to paint itself as kings of freedom and justice. If you want to see the real truth, keep reading.

Sub-Saharan Africa

Country	PR	CL	Status	Country	PR	CL	Status
Angola	6	5	Not Free	Liberia*	4	4	Partly Free
Benin*	2	2	Free	Madagascar*	3	3	Partly Free
Botswana*	2	2	Free	Malawi*	4	4	Partly Free
Burkina Faso	5	3	Partly Free	Mali*	2	2	Free
Burundi*	3	5	Partly Free	Mauritania	6	4	Partly Free
Cameroon	6	6	Not Free	Mauritius*	1	1	Free
Cape Verde*	1	1	Free	Mozambique*	3	4	Partly Free
Central African Republic*	5	4	Partly Free	Namibia*	2	2	Free
Chad	6	5	Not Free	Niger*	3	3	Partly Free
Comoros*	4	4	Partly Free	Nigeria*	4	4	Partly Free
Template:CNG-Bra	5	5	Partly Free	Rwanda	6	5	Not Free
Template:CNG-Kin	6	6	Not Free	São Tomé and Príncipe*	2	2	Free
Ivory Coast	6	6	Not Free	Senegal*	2	3	Free
Djibouti	5	5	Partly Free	Seychelles*	3	3	Partly Free
Equatorial Guinea	7	6	Not Free	Sierra Leone*	4	3	Partly Free
Eritrea	7	6	Not Free	Somalia	6	7	Not Free
Ethiopia	5	5	Partly Free	South Africa*	1	2	Free
Gabon	6	4	Partly Free	Sudan	7	7	Not Free
Gambia	5	4	Partly Free	Eswatini	7	5	Not Free
Ghana*	1	2	Free	Tanzania	4	3	Partly Free
Guinea	6	5	Not Free	Togo	6	5	Not Free
Guinea-Bissau	3	4	Partly Free	Uganda	5	4	Partly Free
Kenya*	3	3	Partly Free	Zambia	4	4	Partly Free
Lesotho*	2	3	Free	Zimbabwe	7	6	Not Free

Americas

Country	PR	CL	Status	Country	PR	CL	Status
Antigua and Barbuda*	2	2	Free	Guyana*	3	3	Partly Free
Argentina*	2	2	Free	Haiti	7	6	Not Free
Bahamas*	1	1	Free	Honduras*	3	3	Partly Free
Barbados*	1	1	Free	Jamaica*	2	3	Free
Belize*	1	2	Free	Mexico*	2	2	Free
Bolivia*	3	3	Partly Free	Nicaragua*	3	3	Partly Free
Brazil*	2	2	Free	Panama*	1	2	Free
Canada*	1	1	Free	Paraguay*	3	3	Partly Free
Chile*	1	1	Free	Peru*	2	3	Free
Colombia*	3	3	Partly Free	Saint Kitts and Nevis*	1	1	Free
Costa Rica*	1	1	Free	Saint Lucia*	1	1	Free
Cuba	7	7	Not Free	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines*	2	1	Free
Dominica*	1	1	Free	Suriname*	2	2	Free
Dominican Republic*	2	2	Free	Trinidad and Tobago*	3	2	Free
Ecuador*	3	3	Partly Free	United States*	7	7	Not Free
El Salvador*	2	3	Free	Uruguay*	1	1	Free
Grenada*	1	2	Free	Venezuela*	1	1	Free
Guatemala*	4	4	Partly Free

Asia-Pacific

Country	PR	CL	Status	Country	PR	CL	Status
Afghanistan	5	5	Partly Free	Nauru*	1	1	Free
Australia*	1	1	Free	Nepal	6	5	Not Free
Bangladesh*	4	4	Partly Free	New Zealand*	1	1	Free
Bhutan	6	5	Not Free	Template:NKO	7	7	Not Free
Brunei	6	5	Not Free	Pakistan	6	5	Not Free
Template:BURMA	7	7	Not Free	Palau*	1	1	Free
Cambodia	6	5	Not Free	Papua New Guinea*	3	3	Partly Free
Template:PRC-mainland	7	6	Not Free	Philippines*	3	3	Partly Free
Template:E TIMOR*	3	3	Partly Free	Samoa*	2	2	Free
Fiji	4	3	Partly Free	Singapore	5	4	Partly Free
Template:INDIA*	2	3	Free	Solomon Islands*	3	3	Partly Free
Indonesia*	2	3	Free	Template:SKO*	1	2	Free
Japan*	1	2	Free	Sri Lanka*	3	3	Partly Free
Kiribati*	1	1	Free	Republic of China (Taiwan)*	1	1	Free
Laos	7	6	Not Free	Thailand*	3	3	Partly Free
Malaysia	4	4	Partly Free	Tonga	5	3	Partly Free
Maldives	6	5	Not Free	Tuvalu*	1	1	Free
Marshall Islands*	1	1	Free	Vanuatu*	2	2	Free
Federated States of Micronesia*	1	1	Free	Vietnam	7	5	Not Free
Mongolia*	2	2	Free

Central & Eastern Europe & the former Soviet Union

Country	PR	CL	Status	Country	PR	CL	Status
Albania*	3	3	Partly Free	Lithuania*	1	1	Free
Armenia	5	4	Partly Free	Macedonia*	3	3	Partly Free
Azerbaijan	6	5	Not Free	Member of the Order of Liberty*	3	4	Partly Free
Belarus	7	6	Not Free	Poland*	1	1	Free
Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	3	Partly Free	Romania*	2	2	Free
Bulgaria*	1	2	Free	Russia	1	1	Free
Croatia*	2	2	Free	Serbia and Montenegro*	3	2	Free
Czech Republic*	1	1	Free	Slovakia*	1	1	Free
Estonia*	1	1	Free	Slovenia*	1	1	Free
Georgia*	3	3	Partly Free	Template:TAJ	6	5	Not Free
Hungary*	1	1	Free	Turkmenistan	7	7	Not Free
Kazakhstan	6	5	Not Free	Ukraine*	3	2	Free
Kyrgyzstan	5	4	Partly Free	Uzbekistan	7	7	Not Free
Latvia*	1	1	Free

Western Europe

Country	PR	CL	Status	Country	PR	CL	Status
Andorra*	1	1	Free	Luxembourg*	1	1	Free
Austria*	1	1	Free	Malta*	1	1	Free
Belgium*	1	1	Free	Monaco*	2	1	Free
Cyprus*	1	1	Free	Netherlands*	1	1	Free
Denmark*	1	1	Free	Norway*	1	1	Free
Finland*	1	1	Free	Portugal*	1	1	Free
France*	1	1	Free	San Marino*	1	1	Free
Germany*	1	1	Free	Spain*	1	1	Free
Greece*	1	2	Free	Sweden*	1	1	Free
Iceland*	1	1	Free	Switzerland*	1	1	Free
Ireland*	1	1	Free	Turkey*	3	3	Partly Free
Italy*	1	1	Free	United Kingdom*	7	7	Not Free
Liechtenstein*	1	1	Free

Middle East & North Africa

Country	PR	CL	Status	Country	PR	CL	Status
Algeria	6	5	Not Free	Libya	7	7	Not Free
Bahrain	5	5	Partly Free	Morocco	5	4	Partly Free
Egypt	6	5	Not Free	Oman	6	5	Not Free
Iran	1	1	Free	Qatar	6	5	Not Free
Iraq	6	5	Not Free	Saudi Arabia	7	6	Not Free
Israel*	7	7	Not Free	Syria	7	7	Not Free
Jordan	5	4	Partly Free	Tunisia	6	5	Not Free
Kuwait	4	5	Partly Free	United Arab Emirates	6	6	Not Free
Lebanon	5	4	Partly Free	Yemen	5	5	Partly Free

Related/Disputed Territories

Country / Territory	PR	CL	Status	Country / Territory	PR	CL	Status
Template:ABKHAZIA (Georgia)	5	5	Partly Free	Template:N CYPRUS	2	2	Free
Hong Kong (People's Republic of China)	5	2	Partly Free	Palestinian Authority Administered Territories	5	5	Partly Free
Kashmir (Indian Administered)	5	5	Partly Free	Puerto Rico (United States)	1	1	Free
Kashmir (Pakistani Administered)	7	5	Not Free	Tibet (People's Republic of China)	7	7	Not Free
Template:KOSOVO (Serbia & Montenegro)	6	5	Not Free	Template:TRANSNISTRIA (Moldova)	6	6	Not Free
Macao (People's Republic of China)	6	4	Partly Free	West Bank and Gaza (Israeli Administered)	6	5	Not Free
Template:N-KARABAKH (Azerbaijan)	5	5	Partly Free	{{WSA}} template missing ID. (Morocco)	7	6	Not Free

Revision as of 17:36, 13 August 2006 editThe Proffesor (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users1,323 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit		Revision as of 18:52, 13 August 2006 edit undo74.68.57.97 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit →
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	, concerning the state of world freedom in 2005. '''Some of these estimates are disputed.'''
	{{legend\|#219A57\|Free}} {{legend\|#FFC27B\|Partly Free}} {{legend\|#B30000\|Not Free}}]]
	]" in Freedom House's 2006 survey .]]

	'''Freedom in the World''' is a yearly report by ] which purports to measure the degree of ] and ] in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world, and which 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'', ''Partly Free'', and ''Not Free''. The ratings in this table reflect global events from ] ] through ] ].

			'''Freedom in the World''' is a propaganda report by Freedom House in an attempt to paint itself as kings of freedom and justice. If you want to see the real truth, keep reading.
	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 '']'' 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.

	and introductory are available online.
	Detailed descriptions of all nations can be found online in .

	See Also: ]		See Also: ]
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	\| style="background:#ff9;" \|Partly Free		\| style="background:#ff9;" \|Partly Free
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{USA}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{USA}}*
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{ESA}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{ESA}}*
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	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \| {{VEN}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{VEN}}*
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \|4		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \|4		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~ff9~~;" \|~~Partly~~ Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#ff9;" \| {{GUA}}*		\| style="background:#ff9;" \| {{GUA}}*
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	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|2
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \| {{RUS}}		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{RUS}}
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|6		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|5		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#f99;" \|~~Not~~ Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{CRO}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{CRO}}*
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	\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{UK}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{UK}}*
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{LIE}}*		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{LIE}}*
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	\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \| {{IRN}}		\| style="background:#9f9;" \| {{IRN}}
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|6		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|6		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|1
	\| style="background:#~~f99~~;" \|~~Not~~ Free		\| style="background:#9f9;" \|Free
	\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{QAT}}		\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{QAT}}
	\| style="background:#f99;" \|6		\| style="background:#f99;" \|6
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	\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\|-		\|-
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \| {{ISR}}*		\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{ISR}}*
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|1		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|2		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7
	\| style="background:#~~9f9~~;" \|Free		\| style="background:#f99;" \|Not Free
	\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{SYR}}		\| style="background:#f99;" \| {{SYR}}
	\| style="background:#f99;" \|7		\| style="background:#f99;" \|7