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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 2011 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 87 (45%) 2,951,950,000 (43%)
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 60 (31%) 1,487,000,000 (22%) territories during 2010. 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%) 2,434,250,000 (35%) Partly Free, and Not Free.
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ethnic strife, or civil war.
TOTAL 194 6,873,200,000 A Free country is one where there is broad scope A Not Free country is one where basic political