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Nor th Pacific Ocean

Nor th Pacific Ocean

South Pacific Ocean

Nor th Atlantic Ocean

South Atlantic Ocean

Gulf of Mexico

Gulf of AlaskaBering Sea

Beaufort Sea

Arctic Ocean

Hudson Bay Labrador Sea

Caribbean Sea

Indian Ocean

South China Sea

EastChina Sea

Sea of Okhotsk

Tasman Sea

Bay of Bengal

Norwegian Sea

Greenland Sea

BAHAMAS

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CANADA

U.S.A.

GREENLAND(DENMARK)

ST. KITTS & NEVISANTIGUA & BARBUDA

DOMINICAST. LUCIAST. VINCENT & GRENADINES

BARBADOS

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

GUYANASURINAME

FRENCH GUIANA (FRANCE)

GRENADA

DOM. REP.HAITI

CUBA

JAMAICABELIZE

HONDURAS

NICARAGUA

COSTA RICA

PANAMA

EL SALVADORGUATEMALA

MEXICO

SAMOA

ECUADOR

PERU

VENEZUELA

COLOMBIA

BRAZIL

BOLIVIA

CAPE VERDE

GUINEA BISSAU

THE GAMBIA

SENEGAL

MAURITANIA

GUINEA

SIERRA LEONE

LIBERIA

NIGERIA

NIGERCHAD

SUDAN

ERITREA

DJIBOUTI

YEMEN

SAUDI ARABIA

OMAN

SOMALILAND (SOMALIA)

ETHIOPIA

UGANDA

KENYA

SOMALIA

COMOROS

MALAWIZIMBABWE

ANGOLA

NAMIBIA

BOTSWANAMOZAMBIQUE

SWAZILAND

MADAGASCAR

MAURITIUS

SEYCHELLES

MALDIVES

SRI LANKA

BANGLADESH

INDIA

QATARBAHRAIN

EGYPTLIBYA

ALGERIA

MOROCCO

WESTERN SAHARA(MOROCCO)

JORDANISRAEL

PAKISTAN NEPALBHUTAN

BURMALAOS

SOUTH KOREA

NORTH KOREA

MONGOLIA

RUSSIA

KAZAKHSTAN

UZBEKISTAN

TURKMENISTANNAGORNOKARABAKH(ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN)

KYRGYZSTAN

TAJIKISTAN

CAMBODIA

VIETNAM

HONG KONG (CHINA)

TAIWAN

JAPAN

CHINA

PHILIPPINES

BRUNEI

MALAYSIA

SINGAPORE

INDONESIA

EAST TIMOR

PAPUANEW GUINEA SOLOMON

ISLANDS

TUVALU

FIJI

TONGA

NAURU KIRIBATI

MARSHALLISLANDS

MICRONESIA

PALAU

VANUATU

AUSTRALIA

NEW ZEALAND

THAILAND

TIBET (CHINA)

KASHMIR (INDIA)

KASHMIR (PAKISTAN)AFGHANISTAN

IRAN

SYRIA

TURKEYARMENIA

GEORGIASOUTH OSSETIA (GEORGIA)

CHECHNYA (RUSSIA)

ABKHAZIA (GEORGIA)

MOLDOVAUKRAINE

TRANSNISTRIA (MOLDOVA)

BELARUSPOLAND

RUSSIA

SWEDENNORWAY

ICELAND

FINLAND

ESTONIALATVIA

LITHUANIA

ROMANIA

BULGARIAMACEDONIA

GREECEALBANIA

AZERBAIJAN

GERMANYCZECH REP.

SLOVAKIAAUSTRIA

LIECHTENSTEINLUXEMBOURG

BELGIUM

NETHERLANDS

U.K.DENMARK

IRELAND

PORTUGALANDORRA

SPAIN

FRANCE ITALYSWITZERLAND

MONACOSAN MARINO

KOSOVO (SERBIA)

MONTENEGROBOSNIA & HERZ.

SERBIACROATIASLOVENIA

HUNGARY

NORTHERNCYPRUS

CYPRUSMALTA

TUNISIA

KUWAIT

U.A.E.

IRAQLEBANON

ISRAELI OCCUPIED/ PAL. AUTHORITY

ZAMBIA

LESOTHOSOUTH AFRICA

CONGO (KINSHASA)

RWANDAGABON

BURUNDI

TANZANIA

CAMEROONCENTRAL AFRICAN

REPUBLIC

CÔTED’IVOIRE

SAO TOME & PRINCIPEEQUATORIAL GUINEA

GHANA

TOGO

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)

BURKINAFASO

MALI

BENIN

CHILE

PARAGUAY

ARGENTINA

URUGUAY

PUERTO RICO (U.S.A.)

Map of Freedom

Freedom Status Country Breakdown Population Breakdown

FREE 89 (46%) 3,055,885,000 (46%)

PARTLY FREE 62 (32%) 1,351,014,000 (20%)

NOT FREE 42 (22%) 2,276,292,000 (34%)

TOTAL 193 6,683,191,000

Survey Findings

2009Freedom House

www.freedomhouse.org

The Map of Freedom reflects the findings of Freedom House’s Freedom in the World 2009 survey, which rates the level of political rights and civil liberties in 193 countries and 16 related and disputed territories during 2008. Based on these ratings, countries are divided into three categories: Free, Partly Free, and Not Free.

A Free country is one where there is broad scope

for open political competition, a climate of respect for civil liberties, significant independent civic life, and independent media.

Partly Free countries are characterized by some restrictions on political rights and civil liberties, often in a context of corruption, weak rule of law, ethnic strife, or civil war.

A Not Free country is one where basic political

rights are absent, and basic civil liberties are widely and systematically denied.

Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization that supports the expansion of freedom worldwide.