NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Freedom in the World 2006

Freedom in the World is a yearly report by Freedom House which purports to measure the degree of democracy and freedom in nations 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, Partially Free, and Not Free. The ratings in this table reflect global events from 1 December 2004 through 30 November 2005. Download high resolution version (1357x628, 38 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1357x628, 38 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1350x625, 26 KB) Description: This Map of Electoral Democracies (shown in blue) reflects the findings of Freedom Houses 2006 survey Freedom in the World (PDF). ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1350x625, 26 KB) Description: This Map of Electoral Democracies (shown in blue) reflects the findings of Freedom Houses 2006 survey Freedom in the World (PDF). ... Representative democracy is a form of democracy founded on the exercise of popular sovereignty by the peoples representatives. ... This map reflects the findings of Freedom Houses 2006 survey Freedom in the World, concerning the state of world freedom in 2005. ... Political freedom is the right, or the capacity, of self-determination as an expression of the individual will. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 30 is the 334th day (335th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

An asterisk (*) indicates countries which are electoral democracies. To qualify as an "electoral democracy", a state must have satisfied the following criteria:

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.[1] This article or section is missing references or citation of sources. ...

Survey data and introductory essay are available online. Detailed descriptions of all nations can be found online in Freedom in the World 2005.

See Also: Freedom House This map reflects the findings of Freedom Houses 2006 survey Freedom in the World, concerning the state of world freedom in 2005. ...

Sub-Saharan Africa

Image File history File links Flag_of_Angola. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Liberia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Benin. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Madagascar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Botswana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malawi. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burkina_Faso. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mali. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Burundi. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cameroon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mauritius. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cape_Verde. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mozambique. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Central_African_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Namibia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chad. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Niger. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Comoros. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nigeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Rwanda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sao_Tome_and_Principe. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cote_d'Ivoire. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Senegal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Djibouti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Seychelles. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Equatorial_Guinea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sierra_Leone. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Eritrea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Somalia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ethiopia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Africa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Gabon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sudan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_The_Gambia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Swaziland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ghana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tanzania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guinea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Togo. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guinea-Bissau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uganda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kenya. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zambia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lesotho. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Zimbabwe. ...

Americas

Image File history File links Flag_of_Antigua_and_Barbuda. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guyana. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Argentina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Haiti. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Bahamas. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Honduras. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Barbados. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jamaica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belize. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mexico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bolivia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nicaragua. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brazil. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Panama. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Canada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Paraguay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Chile. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Peru. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Colombia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Costa_Rica_(state). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Lucia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cuba. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Dominica. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Suriname. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ecuador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_El_Salvador. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uruguay. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Grenada. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Venezuela. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Guatemala. ...

Asia-Pacific

Image File history File links Flag_of_Afghanistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nauru. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Australia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nepal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bangladesh. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bhutan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_North_Korea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Brunei. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Pakistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Myanmar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Palau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cambodia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Papua_New_Guinea. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... The highlighted area in the map is what is commonly known as mainland China. Mainland China (Simplified Chinese: ä¸å›½å¤§é™†; Traditional Chinese: ä¸åœ‹å¤§é™¸; pinyin: ZhÅnggÃºo DÃ lÃ¹; literally The Chinese Massive Landmass or Continental China) is an informal (disputed â€” see talk page) geographical term which is usually synonymous with the area... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Philippines. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_East_Timor. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Samoa. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Fiji. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Singapore. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Solomon_Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Indonesia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Korea_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan_(bordered). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sri_Lanka. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kiribati. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China. ... Motto: None Anthem: National Anthem of the Republic of China Capital Taipei City (de facto) Nanjing (de jure)1 Largest city Taipei City Official language(s) Mandarin (GuÃ³yÇ”) Government Semi-presidential system - President Chen Shui-bian - Vice President Annette Lu - Premier Su Tseng-chang Establishment Xinhai Revolution - Declared October... Image File history File links Flag_of_Laos. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Thailand. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malaysia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tonga. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Maldives. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tuvalu. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Marshall_Islands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vanuatu. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Micronesia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Vietnam. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Mongolia. ...

Central & Eastern Europe & the former Soviet Union

id="Western_Europe"> Image File history File links Flag_of_Albania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lithuania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Armenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macedonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Azerbaijan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Moldova. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belarus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Poland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Romania. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bulgaria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Russia. ... Image File history File links Civil_Ensign_of_Croatia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Serbia_and_Montenegro. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovakia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Estonia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Slovenia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Georgia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tajikistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hungary. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkmenistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kazakhstan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ukraine. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kyrgyzstan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Uzbekistan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Latvia. ...

Western Europe

Image File history File links Flag_of_Andorra. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Liechtenstein. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Austria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Luxembourg. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Belgium_(civil). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Malta. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Cyprus. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Monaco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Denmark. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Finland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Norway. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_France. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Portugal. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_San_Marino. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Spain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iceland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Sweden. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Switzerland. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Italy. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom. ...

Middle East & North Africa

Image File history File links Flag_of_Algeria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Morocco. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Bahrain. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Oman. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Egypt. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Qatar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iran. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Saudi_Arabia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Iraq. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Syria. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Tunisia. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Jordan. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Turkey. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Kuwait. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Lebanon. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Yemen. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Libya. ...

Related/Disputed Territories

Image File history File links Flag_of_Abkhazia. ... Official languages AbkhazÂ¹ Â², RussianÂ¹ GeorgianÂ² Â¹ Used by the de-facto separatist government Â² According to the Constitution of Georgia Political status De Facto: Independent De Jure (internationally recognized): Autonomous Republic within Georgia Capital Sukhumi Capitals coordinates PresidentÂ¹ Sergei Bagapsh Prime MinisterÂ¹ Alexander Ankvab Â¹ De-facto separatist government Chairman of the... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Turkish_Republic_of_Northern_Cyprus. ... The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus(TRNC) {NOTE: the name is not accepted by UN} , in Turkish Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, is a self-proclaimed state occupying the northern third of the island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Hong_Kong. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Palestine. ... The West Bank The Palestinian National Authority (PNA or PA) is a semi-autonomous state institution nominally governing the bulk of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (which it calls the Palestinian Territories). It was established as a part of Oslo accords between the PLO and Israel. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_India. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Puerto_Rico. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Pakistan. ... Shown in green is the Kashmiri region under Pakistani control. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ... The Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR) (Tibetan: à½–à½¼à½‘à¼‹à½¢à½„à¼‹à½¦à¾à¾±à½¼à½„à¼‹à½£à¾—à½¼à½„à½¦à¼‹; Wylie: Bod-rang-skyong-ljongs; Simplified Chinese: è¥¿è—è‡ªæ²»åŒº; Traditional Chinese: è¥¿è—è‡ªæ²»å€; Pinyin: XÄ«zÃ ng ZÃ¬zhÃ¬qÅ«), is a province-level autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_Nations. ... Kosovo (Albanian: KosovÃ«/Kosova, Serbian: ÐšÐ¾ÑÐ¾Ð²Ð¾ Ð¸ ÐœÐµÑ‚Ð¾Ñ…Ð¸Ñ˜Ð°/Kosovo i Metohija) is one of two provinces in Serbia (the other being Vojvodina, in northern Serbia). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Transnistria. ... Motto: For the right to live on this land Anthem: Anthem of Transnistria Capital Tiraspol Largest city Tiraspol Official languages Moldovan, Russian and Ukrainian Government President Parliamentary Republic Igor Smirnov Recognition Independence Recognition From Moldova none September 2, 1990 none Area â€¢ Water (%) 4,163 kmÂ² 1,607 sq mi 2. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Macau. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Israel. ... Map of the Gaza Strip from The World Factbook. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Nagorno-Karabakh. ... Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijani: Dağlıq Qarabağ or Yuxarı Qarabağ, literally mountainous black garden or upper black garden; Russian: Нагорный Карабах, translit. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Western_Sahara. ... Image File history File links Physical_world. ... This is a alphabetical list of countries of the world, including both internationally recognized and generally unrecognized independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... This is a list of the countries of the world sorted by total area. ... Countries by highest point This is a list of countries by highest point above sea level. ... This is a list of countries by compactness. ... This is a list of countries by coast/area ratio. ... This is a list of countries by northernmost point on land. ... Demographics is a shorthand term for population characteristics. Demographics include race, age, income, mobility (in terms of travel time to work or number of vehicles available), educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and even location. ... This is a graphical list of sovereign states and other territories by population, estimated for the year 2005. ... World map showing Life expectancy This is a list of countries by life expectancy, based on The World Factbook, 2005 estimates. ... Map of countries and territories by fertility rate This is a list of countries and territories by fertility rate in terms of children born per woman (2005 estimates). ... World map of the Gini coefficient This is a list of countries or dependencies by Income inequality metrics, sorted in descending order according to their Gini coefficient. ... World literacy rates by country List of countries by literacy rate, as included in the United Nations Development Programme Report 2005. ... This is a list of countries and territories by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate, based on The World Factbook, accessed in September 2005. ... This is a list of countries and territories by people living with HIV/AIDS, based on The World Factbook, accessed in September 2005. ... The following is a List of suicide rates by country. ... This article contains a list of countries by percentage of the population living below poverty line and a list of countries by population living under $2 a day and $1 a day. ... This article contains a list of countries by percentage of the population living below poverty line and a list of countries by population living under $2 a day and $1 a day. ... Countries by nominal GDP. Source: IMF (2005) This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their gross domestic product (GDP), the value of all final goods and services produced within a nation in a given year. ... Map of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita. ... This is a list of the countries of the world in order of Gross domestic product (GDP), based on exchange rates, not on purchasing power parity. ... The factual accuracy of this article is disputed. ... This is a list of countries by public debt as percentage of Gross domestic product, mostly based on The World Factbook [1], as of October 2005. ... THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION! This is a list of countries by agricultural output estimated for the year 2005 based on composition ratios provided in CIA World Fact Book at market or government official exchange rates with figures in millions of United States dollars. ... Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. ... Reporters Without Borders, or RWB (French: Reporters sans frontiÃ¨res, Spanish: Reporteros Sin Fronteras, or RSF) is an international non-governmental organisation doing research on and advocating for freedom of the press. ... At one time the death penalty was used in almost every part of the globe; but over the last few decades many countries have abolished it. ... World laws on homosexuality Same-sex unions in North America. ... International status of abortion law Legal on demand Legal for rape, maternal life, health, mental health, socioecomic factors, and/or fetal defects Legal for or illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, fetal defects, and/or mental health Illegal with exception for rape, maternal life, health, and/or mental... Map showing the earliest date of nationhood listed Below is a list of nations in chronological order of their nationhood. ... UN refugee camp in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... This is a list of countries with nuclear weapons. ... This is a list of countries by military expenditures for the year 2004. ... Number of active troops per country Military manpower is measured by the total amount of active troops within the command of a country. ... Since 1995, Transparency International has published an annual Index of perception of corruption ordering the countries of the world according to the level of public perception of corruption of public and political functionaries. ... The word emission generally means sending something out. ... This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions. ... This is a list of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita. ... This is a list of countries arranged by their ratio of Gross domestic product (GDP (Nominal)) to carbon dioxide emissions. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... In Keynesian economics consumption refers to personal consumption expenditure, i. ...

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