This map of the world provides a color-coded graphical representation of the Free, Partly Free, and Not Free countries in 2009. http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=505

1. FREED OM HOUSE Map of Freedom 2010
Arc tic Oce an
Greenland Sea
Beaufort Sea
GREENLAND Norwegian Sea
ICELAND
U.S.A. NORWAY
SWEDEN
FINLAND RUSSIA
Hudson Bay ESTONIA
Bering Sea Labrador Sea DENMARK LATVIA
Gulf of Alaska CANADA U.K. RUSSIA LITHUANIA Sea of Okhotsk
IRELAND NETHERLANDS POLAND BELARUS
GERMANY
BELGIUM TRANSNISTRIA
CZECH REP.
LUXEMBOURG SLOVAKIA
LIECHTENSTEIN UKRAINE
Nor th Atlantic O cean SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
KAZAKHSTAN
MONGOLIA
FRANCE ITALY CROATIA SERBIA ABKHAZIA
BOSNIA & HERZ.
MONACO MONTENEGRO BULGARIA SOUTH OSSETIA UZBEKISTAN
ANDORRA SAN MARINO MACEDONIA GEORGIA KYRGYZSTAN
PORTUGAL KOSOVO ARMENIA AZERBAIJAN
SPAIN GREECE TURKMENISTAN NORTH KOREA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TURKEY TAJIKISTAN
ALBANIA NAGORNO
Nor th Paci c O cean TUNISIA
MALTA
NORTHERN
CYPRUS
CYPRUS SYRIA
KARABAKH
PAKISTANI KASHMIR CHINA SOUTH KOREA
LEBANON AFGHANISTAN
ISRAELI OCCUPIED/ PAL. AUTHORITY IRAQ INDIAN KASHMIR
MOROCCO
ISRAEL IRAN East JAPAN
JORDAN TIBET China Sea
KUWAIT PAKISTAN NEPAL
ALGERIA BHUTAN
LIBYA BAHRAIN
MEXICO Gulf of Mexico BAHAMAS EGYPT QATAR
Nor th Paci c O cean
WESTERN SAHARA
U.A.E. TAIWAN
PUERTO RICO INDIA
SAUDI ARABIA BURMA
CUBA HONG KONG
LAOS
MAURITANIA BANGLADESH
JAMAICA ST. KITTS & NEVIS OMAN
MALI
BELIZE HAITI ANTIGUA & BARBUDA NIGER YEMEN South China Sea
HONDURAS DOM. REP. SENEGAL CHAD ERITREA Bay of Bengal THAILAND
Caribbean Sea DOMINICA
ST. LUCIA CAPE VERDE
VIETNAM
MARSHALL
GUATEMALA GRENADA THE GAMBIA SUDAN PHILIPPINES
EL SALVADOR ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES CAMBODIA ISLANDS
NICARAGUA BURKINA
BARBADOS GUINEA BISSAU FASO DJIBOUTI
GUINEA BENIN
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO NIGERIA
SOMALILAND
COSTA RICA ETHIOPIA SRI LANKA MICRONESIA
VENEZUELA GUYANA SIERRA LEONE CÔTE GHANA
PANAMA SURINAME D’IVOIRE CENTRAL AFRICAN KIRIBATI
REPUBLIC NAURU
FRENCH GUIANA CAMEROON BRUNEI
LIBERIA TOGO
COLOMBIA MALDIVES PALAU
SOMALIA MALAYSIA
EQUATORIAL GUINEA UGANDA
ECUADOR SAO TOME & PRINCIPE
KENYA SINGAPORE TUVALU
GABON RWANDA
CONGO (KINSHASA) BURUNDI
CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)
PERU
INDONESIA PAPUA
NEW GUINEA SOLOMON
TANZANIA ISLANDS
SEYCHELLES
EAST TIMOR
BRAZIL
COMOROS Indian Oce an
ANGOLA
SAMOA
ZAMBIA VANUATU
MAURITIUS
BOLIVIA ZIMBABWE
MALAWI FIJI
NAMIBIA MADAGASCAR
MOZAMBIQUE
BOTSWANA TONGA
PARAGUAY
CHILE
S outh Atlantic O cean AUSTRALIA
SWAZILAND
ARGENTINA
SOUTH AFRICA LESOTHO
URUGUAY
S outh Paci c O cean 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 Status Country Breakdown Population Breakdown
Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2010 survey, civil liberties, significant independent civic life, and systematically denied.
which rates the level of political rights and civil independent media. Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental
FREE 89 (46%) 3,088,704,000 (46%)
liberties in 194 countries and 14 related and disputed Partly Free countries are characterized by some organization that supports the expansion of freedom
PARTLY FREE 58 (30%) 1,367,440,000 (20%) territories during 2009. Based on these ratings, restrictions on political rights and civil liberties, worldwide.
countries are divided into three categories: Free, often in a context of corruption, weak rule of law,
NOT FREE 47 (24%) 2,333,869,000 (34%)
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Partly Free, and Not Free. ethnic strife, or civil war.
TOTAL 194 6,790,013,000 A Free country is one where there is broad scope A Not Free country is one where basic political