SOURCE
Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 | Netherlands: | 6 | |
| #2 | Austria: | 6 | |
| #3 | Sweden: | 6 | |
| #4 | Canada: | 6 | |
| #5 | New Zealand: | 6 | |
| #6 | Denmark: | 6 | |
| #7 | United States: | 6 | |
| #8 | Ireland: | 6 | |
| #9 | Norway: | 6 | |
| #10 | Finland: | 6 | |
| #11 | Portugal: | 6 | |
| #12 | Iceland: | 6 | |
| #13 | Switzerland: | 6 | |
| #14 | Uruguay: | 6 | |
| #15 | Australia: | 6 | |
| #16 | Slovenia: | 5.5 | |
| #17 | Latvia: | 5.5 | |
| #18 | United Kingdom: | 5.5 | |
| #19 | Italy: | 5.5 | |
| #20 | Costa Rica: | 5.5 | |
| #21 | Slovakia: | 5.5 | |
| #22 | Estonia: | 5.5 | |
| #23 | Hungary: | 5.5 | |
| #24 | Czech Republic: | 5.5 | |
| #25 | Japan: | 5.5 | |
| #26 | France: | 5.5 | |
| #27 | Lithuania: | 5.5 | |
| #28 | Panama: | 5.5 | |
| #29 | Poland: | 5.5 | |
| #30 | Argentina: | 5.5 | |
| #31 | South Africa: | 5.5 | |
| #32 | Belgium: | 5.5 | |
| #33 | Spain: | 5.5 | |
| #34 | Germany: | 5.5 | |
| #35 | Israel: | 5 | |
| #36 | Botswana: | 5 | |
| #37 | Bolivia: | 5 | |
| #38 | Korea, South: | 5 | |
| #39 | Trinidad and Tobago: | 5 | |
| #40 | Greece: | 5 | |
| #41 | Chile: | 5 | |
| #42 | Jamaica: | 5 | |
| #43 | Dominica: | 5 | |
| #44 | Romania: | 5 | |
| #45 | Benin: | 5 | |
| #46 | Mexico: | 4.5 | |
| #47 | El Salvador: | 4.5 | |
| #48 | Mongolia: | 4.5 | |
| #49 | Ghana: | 4.5 | |
| #50 | India: | 4.5 | |
| #51 | Croatia: | 4.5 | |
| #52 | Mali: | 4.5 | |
| #53 | Papua New Guinea: | 4.5 | |
| #54 | Thailand: | 4.5 | |
| #55 | Philippines: | 4.5 | |
| #56 | Namibia: | 4.5 | |
| #57 | Bulgaria: | 4.5 | |
| #58 | Nicaragua: | 4 | |
| #59 | Moldova: | 4 | |
| #60 | Ecuador: | 4 | |
| #61 | Madagascar: | 4 | |
| #62 | Brazil: | 4 | |
| #63 | Malawi: | 4 | |
| #64 | Honduras: | 4 | |
| #65 | Mozambique: | 3.5 | |
| #66 | Bangladesh: | 3.5 | |
| #67 | Sri Lanka: | 3.5 | |
| #68 | Paraguay: | 3.5 | |
| #69 | Central African Republic: | 3.5 | |
| #70 | Senegal: | 3.5 | |
| #71 | Guatemala: | 3.5 | |
| #72 | Nepal: | 3.5 | |
| #73 | Indonesia: | 3.5 | |
| #74 | Peru: | 3.5 | |
| #75 | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 3.5 | |
| #76 | Burkina Faso: | 3 | |
| #77 | Colombia: | 3 | |
| #78 | Tanzania: | 3 | |
| #79 | Jordan: | 3 | |
| #80 | Nigeria: | 3 | |
| #81 | Niger: | 3 | |
| #82 | Ukraine: | 3 | |
| #83 | Venezuela: | 3 | |
| #84 | Armenia: | 3 | |
| #85 | Sierra Leone: | 2.5 | |
| #86 | Albania: | 2.5 | |
| #87 | Morocco: | 2.5 | |
| #88 | Zambia: | 2.5 | |
| #89 | Gabon: | 2.5 | |
| #90 | Guinea-Bissau: | 2.5 | |
| #91 | Kuwait: | 2.5 | |
| #92 | Turkey: | 2.5 | |
| #93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 2.5 | |
| #94 | Togo: | 2 | |
| #95 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 2 | |
| #96 | Ethiopia: | 2 | |
| #97 | Russia: | 2 | |
| #98 | Malaysia: | 2 | |
| #99 | Pakistan: | 1.5 | |
| #100 | Lebanon: | 1.5 | |
| #101 | Azerbaijan: | 1.5 | |
| #102 | Algeria: | 1.5 | |
| #103 | Chad: | 1.5 | |
| #104 | Mauritania: | 1.5 | |
| #105 | Egypt: | 1.5 | |
| #106 | Tunisia: | 1.5 | |
| #107 | Guinea: | 1.5 | |
| #108 | Zimbabwe: | 1.5 | |
| #109 | Haiti: | 1.5 | |
| #110 | Liberia: | 1.5 | |
| #111 | Cote d'Ivoire: | 1.5 | |
| #112 | Oman: | 1.5 | |
| #113 | Kenya: | 1.5 | |
| #114 | United Arab Emirates: | 1.5 | |
| #115 | Kyrgyzstan: | 1.5 | |
| #116 | Uganda: | 1.5 | |
| #117 | Kazakhstan: | 1.5 | |
| #118 | Gambia, The: | 1 | |
| #119 | Burundi: | 1 | |
| #120 | Belarus: | 1 | |
| #121 | Cambodia: | 1 | |
| #122 | Iran: | 1 | |
| #123 | Tajikistan: | 1 | |
| #124 | Laos: | 0.5 | |
| #125 | China: | 0.5 | |
| #126 | Vietnam: | 0.5 | |
| #127 | Cameroon: | 0.5 | |
| #128 | Rwanda: | 0.5 | |
| #129 | Bhutan: | 0.5 | |
| #130 | Uzbekistan: | 0.5 | |
| #131 | Somalia: | 0.5 | |
| #132 | Syria: | 0 | |
| #133 | Cuba: | 0 | |
| #134 | Saudi Arabia: | 0 | |
| #135 | Iraq: | 0 | |
| #136 | Burma: | 0 | |
| #137 | Korea, North: | 0 | |
| #138 | Sudan: | 0 | |
| #139 | Libya: | 0 | |
| #140 | Turkmenistan: | 0 | |
| |
Weighted average: |
3.3 |
|
SOURCE: Freedom House, Freedom in the World 2000-2001, New York: Freedom House, 2001