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Nor th Paci�c Ocean

Nor th Paci�c Ocean

South Paci�c 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

TURKMENISTAN

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

GEORGIA

MOLDOVA

UKRAINE

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

CYPRUSMALTA

TUNISIA

KUWAIT

U.A.E.

IRAQLEBANON

ISRAELI OCCUPIED/PAL. AUTHO.

ZAMBIA

LESOTHOSOUTH AFRICA

CONGO (KINSHASA)

RWANDAGABON

BURUNDI

TANZANIA

CAMEROON

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

CÔTED’IVOIRE

SAO TOME & PRINCIPEEQUATORIAL GUINEA

GHANA

TOGO

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)

BURKINAFASO

MALI

BENIN

CHILE

PARAGUAY

ARGENTINA

URUGUAY

PUERTO RICO (U.S.A.)

Freedom Status Country Breakdown Population Breakdown (in billions)

FREE 70 (36%) 1.17 (17%)

PARTLY FREE 61 (31%) 2.72 (41%)

NOT FREE 64 (33%) 2.80 (42%)

TOTAL 195 (100%) 6.69 (100%)

Survey Findings

Map of Press Freedom

www.freedomhouse.org

2009Freedom House

The Map of Press Freedom reflects the findings of Freedom House’s study Freedom of the Press 2009: A Global Survey of Media Independence, which rates the level of press freedom in 195 countries and territories during 2008. Based on these ratings, countries are classified as Free, Partly Free, or Not Free.

The ratings system is designed to capture the varied ways in which pressure can be placed on the flow of information and

the ability of print, broadcast, and internet-based news outlets to operate freely and without fear of repercussions. The study also assesses the degree of news and information diversity available to the public in any given country, from either local or transnational sources.

Criteria include: the legal environment in which the media operate; the degree of political control over the news media; economic pressures on content; and violations of press freedom

ranging from the murder of journalists to other extralegal abuse and harassment by both state and nonstate actors.

Freedom House is an independent nongovernmental organization that has monitored press freedom worldwide since 1980.

Production of the Map of Press Freedom made possible by the Hurford Foundation