Map of Freedom

Freed om House

2013

Arc tic O cean

Greenland Sea

Beaufort Sea

Norwegian Sea

GREENLAND
ICELAND

NORWAY

U.S.A.

SWEDEN
RUSSIA

FINLAND

Bering Sea

Hudson Bay
Gulf of Alaska

Labrador Sea

DENMARK
U.K.

CANADA

RUSSIA

ESTONIA
LATVIA
LITHUANIA

Sea of Okhotsk

BELARUS
POLAND
NETHERLANDS
GERMANY
BELGIUM
TRANSNISTRIA
CZECH REP.
LUXEMBOURG
SLOVAKIA
UKRAINE
LIECHTENSTEIN
KAZAKHSTAN
MOLDOVA
SWITZERLAND AUSTRIA HUNGARY
SLOVENIA
ROMANIA
FRANCE ITALY CROATIA SERBIA
ABKHAZIA
BOSNIA & HERZ.
MONTENEGRO
BULGARIA
MONACO
SOUTH OSSETIA
UZBEKISTAN
ANDORRA SAN MARINO
MACEDONIA
GEORGIA
KYRGYZSTAN
AZERBAIJAN
KOSOVO
PORTUGAL
ARMENIA
GREECE
TURKMENISTAN
SPAIN
TURKEY
TAJIKISTAN
ALBANIA
NAGORNO
NORTHERN
KARABAKH
CYPRUS
MALTA
PAKISTANI KASHMIR
SYRIA
CYPRUS
TUNISIA
AFGHANISTAN
LEBANON
INDIAN KASHMIR
IRAQ
GAZA STRIP/ WEST BANK
MOROCCO
IRAN
ISRAEL
TIBET
JORDAN
IRELAND

Nor th Atlantic O cean

Nor th Pacific O cean

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

MEXICO

KUWAIT

ALGERIA

Gulf of Mexico

BAHAMAS

LIBYA

BAHRAIN

EGYPT

WESTERN SAHARA

HAITI

DOM. REP.

Caribbean Sea

GUATEMALA
EL SALVADOR

DOMINICA
ST. LUCIA
ST. VINCENT & GRENADINES
BARBADOS

GRENADA

NICARAGUA

CAPE VERDE

THE GAMBIA
GUINEA BISSAU

TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

COSTA RICA

VENEZUELA

PANAMA

NIGER

SENEGAL

GUYANA
SURINAME
FRENCH GUIANA

BURKINA
FASO
BENIN

GUINEA

SIERRA LEONE

CTE GHANA
DIVOIRE
TOGO

LIBERIA

COLOMBIA

CHAD

ERITREA

THAILAND

South China Sea

VIETNAM

MARSHALL
ISLANDS

PHILIPPINES

CAMBODIA

SRI LANKA

ETHIOPIA

SOUTH
SUDAN

CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
CAMEROON

MICRONESIA

MALDIVES

SOMALIA

PALAU

MALAYSIA

KENYA

TUVALU

SINGAPORE

RWANDA
CONGO (KINSHASA)

BURUNDI
INDONESIA
TANZANIA

PAPUA
NEW GUINEA

SEYCHELLES

BRAZIL

Indian O cean

COMOROS
ANGOLA

SOLOMON
ISLANDS

EAST TIMOR

ZAMBIA
BOLIVIA

VANUATU
MAURITIUS

ZIMBABWE

MALAWI

NAMIBIA
PARAGUAY

S outh Atlantic O cean

CHILE

BOTSWANA

MOZAMBIQUE

FIJI

MADAGASCAR

TONGA
AUSTRALIA

SWAZILAND

ARGENTINA
SOUTH AFRICA

S outh Pacific O cean

LESOTHO

URUGUAY

Tasman Sea
NEW ZEALAND

Survey Findings
Freedom Status

Country Breakdown

FREE

90 (46%)

3,046,158,000 (43%)

PARTLY FREE

58 (30%)

1,613,858,500 (23%)

NOT FREE

47 (24%)

2,376,822,100 (34%)

TOTAL

195

Population Breakdown

7,036,838,600

KIRIBATI

NAURU

BRUNEI

UGANDA

CONGO (BRAZZAVILLE)

SAMOA

HONG KONG

LAOS

SOMALILAND

GABON
PERU

Bay of Bengal

DJIBOUTI

EQUATORIAL GUINEA
SAO TOME & PRINCIPE

ECUADOR

YEMEN

Nor th Pacific O cean

TAIWAN

SUDAN
NIGERIA

JAPAN

BHUTAN

BANGLADESH

OMAN

MALI

East
China Sea

BURMA

MAURITANIA

ST. KITTS & NEVIS

ANTIGUA & BARBUDA

SOUTH KOREA

CHINA

INDIA

SAUDI ARABIA

CUBA

NEPAL

NORTH KOREA

QATAR
U.A.E.

PUERTO RICO
JAMAICA
BELIZE
HONDURAS

PAKISTAN

MONGOLIA

The Map of Freedom reflects the findings of

Freedom Houses Freedom in the World 2013 survey,
which rates the level of political rights and civil
liberties in 195 countries and 14 related and disputed
territories during 2012. 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.

www.freedomhouse.org