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Variables: 2009 Associational and Organizational Rights score (0-12, lower is less freedom) (FHASORG)1


Civil Liberties: Assoc /Organ Rights: 0-12



NATION

REGION

FHASORG1 [X]

Afghanistan South-Central Asia 4
Akrotiri Western Asia
Albania Southern Europe 8
Algeria Northern Africa 6
American Samoa Polynesia
Andorra Southern Europe 11
Angola Middle Africa 6
Anguilla Caribbean
Antarctica Antarctica
Antigua and Barbuda Caribbean 9
Argentina South America 11
Armenia Western Asia 5
Aruba Caribbean
Australia Australia/New Zealand 12
Austria Western Europe 12
Azerbaijan Western Asia 3
Bahamas, The Caribbean 12
Bahrain Western Asia 3
Bangladesh South-Central Asia 8
Barbados Caribbean 12
Belarus Eastern Europe 1
Belgium Western Europe 12
Belize Central America 11
Benin Western Africa 12
Bermuda Northern America
Bhutan South-Central Asia 3
Bolivia South America 10
Bosnia and Herzegovina Southern Europe 7
Botswana Southern Africa 10
Bougainville Melanesia
Brazil South America 10
British Indian Ocean Territory Eastern Africa
British Virgin Islands Caribbean
Brunei South-Eastern Asia 3
Bulgaria Eastern Europe 11
Burkina Faso Western Africa 8
Burma (Myanmar) South-Eastern Asia 0
Burundi Eastern Africa 5
Cambodia South-Eastern Asia 5
Cameroon Middle Africa 2
Canada Northern America 12
Cape Verde Western Africa 11
Caribbean Netherlands Caribbean
Cayman Islands Caribbean
Central African Republic Middle Africa 6
Chad Middle Africa 4
Channel Islands Northern Europe
Chile South America 12
China Eastern Asia 2
China-Tibet Eastern Asia 0
Christmas Island Australia/New Zealand
Cocos (Keeling) Islands Australia/New Zealand
Colombia South America 5
Comoros Eastern Africa 6
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Middle Africa 4
Congo, Republic of the Middle Africa 7
Cook Islands Polynesia
Costa Rica Central America 11
Cote d'Ivoire Western Africa 4
Croatia Southern Europe 12
Cuba Caribbean 1
Curacao Caribbean
Cyprus Western Asia 12
Czech Republic Eastern Europe 12
Denmark Northern Europe 12
Dhekelia Western Asia
Djibouti Eastern Africa 5
Dominica Caribbean 12
Dominican Republic Caribbean 11
Ecuador South America 10
Egypt Northern Africa 2
El Salvador Central America 8
Equatorial Guinea Middle Africa 0
Eritrea Eastern Africa 0
Estonia Northern Europe 12
Ethiopia Eastern Africa 3
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) South America
Faroe Islands Northern Europe
Fiji Melanesia 4
Finland Northern Europe 12
France Western Europe 12
French Guiana South America
French Polynesia Polynesia
Gabon Middle Africa 5
Gambia, The Western Africa 6
Georgia Western Asia 7
Germany Western Europe 12
Ghana Western Africa 11
Gibraltar Southern Europe
Greece Southern Europe 12
Greenland Northern America
Grenada Caribbean 10
Guadeloupe Caribbean
Guam Micronesia (region)
Guatemala Central America 8
Guernsey Northern Europe
Guinea Western Africa 5
Guinea-Bissau Western Africa 8
Guyana South America 10
Haiti Caribbean 6
Honduras Central America 7
Hong Kong Eastern Asia 10
Hungary Eastern Europe 12
Iceland Northern Europe 12
India South-Central Asia 10
Indonesia South-Eastern Asia 9
Iran South-Central Asia 2
Iraq Western Asia 3
Ireland Northern Europe 12
Isle of Man Northern Europe
Israel Western Asia 12
Italy Southern Europe 12
Jamaica Caribbean 9
Japan Eastern Asia 10
Jersey Northern Europe
Jordan Western Asia 4
Kazakhstan South-Central Asia 4
Kenya Eastern Africa 9
Kiribati Micronesia (region) 12
Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of Eastern Asia 0
Korea, (South) Republic of Eastern Asia 11
Kosovo Southern Europe 6
Kuwait Western Asia 6
Kyrgyzstan South-Central Asia 5
Laos South-Eastern Asia 1
Latvia Northern Europe 12
Lebanon Western Asia 8
Lesotho Southern Africa 7
Liberia Western Africa 8
Libya Northern Africa 0
Liechtenstein Western Europe 12
Lithuania Northern Europe 11
Luxembourg Western Europe 12
Macau Eastern Asia
Macedonia Southern Europe 7
Madagascar Eastern Africa 8
Malawi Eastern Africa 8
Malaysia South-Eastern Asia 6
Maldives South-Central Asia 6
Mali Western Africa 9
Malta Southern Europe 12
Marshall Islands Micronesia (region) 11
Martinique Caribbean
Mauritania Western Africa 5
Mauritius Eastern Africa 12
Mayotte Eastern Africa
Mexico Central America 8
Micronesia, Federated States of Micronesia (region) 11
Moldova Eastern Europe 6
Monaco Western Europe 12
Mongolia Eastern Asia 9
Montenegro Southern Europe 10
Montserrat Caribbean
Morocco Northern Africa 6
Mozambique Eastern Africa 7
Namibia Southern Africa 11
Nauru Micronesia (region) 11
Nepal South-Central Asia 6
Netherlands Western Europe 12
New Caledonia Melanesia
New Zealand Australia/New Zealand 11
Nicaragua Central America 6
Niger Western Africa 8
Nigeria Western Africa 8
Niue Polynesia
Norfolk Island Australia/New Zealand
Northern Cyprus Western Asia 9
Northern Mariana Islands Micronesia (region)
Norway Northern Europe 12
Occupied Palestinian Territories Western Asia 5
Oman Western Asia 3
Pakistan South-Central Asia 7
Palau Micronesia (region) 11
Panama Central America 11
Papua New Guinea Melanesia 9
Paraguay South America 8
Peru South America 8
Philippines South-Eastern Asia 8
Pitcairn Islands Polynesia
Poland Eastern Europe 12
Portugal Southern Europe 12
Puerto Rico Caribbean 11
Qatar Western Asia 2
Reunion Eastern Africa
Romania Eastern Europe 11
Russia Eastern Europe 4
Rwanda Eastern Africa 3
Saint Barthelemy Caribbean
Saint Helena Western Africa
Saint Kitts and Nevis Caribbean 12
Saint Lucia Caribbean 12
Saint Martin Caribbean
Saint Pierre and Miquelon Northern America
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Caribbean 11
Samoa Polynesia 10
San Marino Southern Europe 12
Sao Tome and Principe Middle Africa 10
Saudi Arabia Western Asia 0
Senegal Western Africa 10
Serbia Southern Europe 11
Seychelles Eastern Africa 9
Sierra Leone Western Africa 8
Singapore South-Eastern Asia 3
Sint Maarten Caribbean
Slovakia Eastern Europe 12
Slovenia Southern Europe 12
Solomon Islands Melanesia 9
Somalia Eastern Africa 0
Somaliland Eastern Africa 6
South Africa Southern Africa 12
South Sudan Eastern Africa
Spain Southern Europe 12
Spanish North Africa Northern Africa
Sri Lanka South-Central Asia 8
Sudan Northern Africa 3
Suriname South America 11
Svalbard Northern Europe
Swaziland Southern Africa 3
Sweden Northern Europe 12
Switzerland Western Europe 12
Syria Western Asia 0
Taiwan Eastern Asia 10
Tajikistan South-Central Asia 4
Tanzania Eastern Africa 7
Thailand South-Eastern Asia 6
Timor-Leste South-Eastern Asia 7
Togo Western Africa 6
Tokelau Polynesia
Tonga Polynesia 5
Trinidad and Tobago Caribbean 11
Tunisia Northern Africa 2
Turkey Western Asia 7
Turkmenistan South-Central Asia 0
Turks and Caicos Islands Caribbean
Tuvalu Polynesia 12
Uganda Eastern Africa 6
Ukraine Eastern Europe 11
United Arab Emirates Western Asia 3
United Kingdom Northern Europe 12
United States (General) Northern America 11
Uruguay South America 12
Uzbekistan South-Central Asia 0
Vanuatu Melanesia 11
Vatican City Southern Europe
Venezuela South America 6
Vietnam South-Eastern Asia 2
Virgin Islands (U.S.) Caribbean
Wallis and Futuna Polynesia
Western Sahara Northern Africa 3
Yemen Western Asia 4
Zambia Eastern Africa 8
Zimbabwe Eastern Africa 2
     


Sources

1 Freedom House is an independent non-governmental organization that offers measures of the extent to which governments are accountable to their own people; the rule of law prevails; and freedoms of expression, association, belief and respect for the rights of minorities and women are guaranteed. A dataset with these and the other international measures highlighted on the country pages can be downloaded from this website. Used with permission.

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