Statistics on Freedom
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Content:
1. Freedom of the press
2. Privacy
3. A free system of government (democracy)
4. Freedom and happiness
1. Freedom of the press
Here’s the Reporters Without Borders 2007 Press Freedom Ranking:
Freedom House estimates that 1 billion of the worlds population of 6 billion lives in a country with a free press, and another 2.5 billion have a partly free press.
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2. Privacy
Here are some data on countries’ performance in the field of privacy protection for their citizens:
(source, source)
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3. A free system of government
This is the ranking of the world’s countries by Freedom House:
And here’s how this has evolved from 1972 till 2005 (red = not free, green = free):
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Of course, Freedom House is just one resource, and not uncontested. There are other interesting measures of democracy. In particular, there’s the Global Integrity Report. Some charts are available here
This sample chart for instance assesses voting and elections integrity as well as regulations governing the financing of political parties and candidates:
There is also the Economist Intelligence Unit Index of Democracy which studies five general categories:
- free and fair election process
- civil liberties
- functioning of government
- political participation
- political culture
(see also Wikipedia)
Countries are ranked on a scale between 0 and 10, with 10 being the most democratic one (in the 2007 ranking, Sweden was the most democratic with a score of 9.88):
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4. Freedom and happiness
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