FREEDOM IN THE WORLD 2015
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Greenland (Denmark)
United States
Iceland
Sweden
Russia
Finland
Norway
Canada
Estonia
Latvia
Denmark
Lithuania
United Kingom
Ireland
United States
Portugal
Morocco
Bahamas
Mexico
Cuba
Jamaica
Belize
Guatemala
El Salvador
Honduras
Western Sahara
Dominican Republic
Antigua and Barbuda
Haiti
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis Dominica
Saint Lucia
Nicaragua
Grenada
Costa Rica
Mauritania
Cape Verde
Barbados
Saint Vincent and Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Venezuela
Panama
The Gambia
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea
Mali
Sudan
French Guiana (France)
Nigeria
Central African Republic
Ghana
North Korea
Tajikistan
South Korea
Pakistani Kashmir
China
Indian Kashmir
Japan
Tibet
Nepal
India
Bhutan
Bangladesh
Taiwan
Myanmar
Hong Kong
Laos
Thailand
Yemen
South Sudan
Ethiopia
Uganda
Equatorial Guinea
Kenya
Gabon
DRC
Vietnam
Cambodia
Somaliland
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Cameroon
Congo
Maldives
Somalia
Rwanda
Seychelles
Burundi
Malaysia
Palau
Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Brunei
Singapore
Kiribati
Nauru
Indonesia
Tanzania
Brazil
Peru
Kyrgyzstan
Djibouti
Benin
São Tomé and Príncipe
Ecuador
Eritrea
Chad
Togo
Mongolia
Oman
Niger
Burkina Faso
Côte d’Ivoire
Liberia
Suriname
Colombia
Belarus
Poland
Germany
Belgium
Ukraine
Luxembourg Czech Republic
Kazakhstan
Slovakia
Transnistria
Austria
France Liechtenstein
Hungary Romania Moldova
Slovenia
Switzerland
Croatia Bosnia & Herzegovina Crimea
San Marino
South Ossetia
Abkhazia
Montenegro Serbia Bulgaria
Uzbekistan
Andorra Monaco
Georgia
Italy Kosovo
Macedonia
Azerbaijan
Spain
Armenia
Albania
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Nagorno-Karabakh
Greece
Northern Cyprus
Cyprus
Malta
Syria
Afghanistan
Lebanon
Tunisia
Iran
Israel West Bank Iraq
Gaza Strip
Kuwait
Jordan
Algeria
Pakistan
Bahrain
Libya
UAE
Egypt
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Guyana
Netherlands
Papua New Guinea
East Timor
Solomon Islands
Tuvalu
Comoros
Angola
Zambia
Bolivia
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Paraguay
Samoa
Malawi
Mozambique
Madagascar
Vanuatu
Mauritius
Tonga
Botswana
Chile
Australia
Swaziland
Argentina
South Africa
Lesotho
Uruguay
New Zealand
Falkland Islands (UK)
Freedom in the World 2015 Findings
The Map of Freedom reflects the findings of Freedom
in the World 2015, which rates the level of political
rights and civil liberties in 210 countries and territories during 2014. Based on these ratings, each country or territory is designated as Free, Partly Free, or
Not Free.
A Free country has broad scope for open political
competition and a climate of respect for civil liberties. Partly Free countries have some restrictions on
political rights and civil liberties. In a Not Free country, basic political rights and civil liberties are absent
or systematically violated.
Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom worldwide.
Freedom Status
Country Breakdown
Population Breakdown
FREE
88 (45%)
2,826,850,000
(40%)
FREE
PARTLY FREE
59 (30%)
1,822,000,000
(25%)
PARTLY FREE
NOT FREE
48 (25%)
2,467,900,000
(35%)
NOT FREE
Total
195
Fiji
7,116,750,000
Territories, as opposed to independent countries,
are labeled in italics when rated separately.