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Freedom in the World 2007

1 Not free
2 Partly free
3 Free
4 Special cases

[edit] Not free

[edit] Average 7.0

country	dictator	since	score	type	birthdate	notes
Cuba	Fidel Castro	1959	7/7	communist	August 13, 1926 (age 80)	heir apparent: Raúl Castro — 2003 parl. irrelevant due to undemocratic communism
DPR Korea	Kim Jong-il	1994	7/7	communist	February 16, 1941 (age 66)	heir apparent: Kim Jong-chul — 2003 parl. irrelevant due to undemocratic communism
Libya	Muammar al-Qaddafi	1969	7/7	personalistic	ca. January 1, 1942 (age 65)	no elections
Myanmar	Than Shwe	1992	7/7	military	February 2, 1933 (age 74)	1990 parl. aborted by military, currently in transition phase
Somalia	warlords		7-/7			currently failed state — no elections yet
Sudan	Omar al-Bashir	1989	7/7	military	January 1, 1944 (age 63)	2000 pres. and parl. fraudulent, currently in transition phase
Turkmenistan	Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedow	2007	7/7	personalistic	January 1, 1957 (age 50)	2003 and 2004 parl. and 2007 pres. irrelevant due to single-party structure
Uzbekistan	Islam Karimov	1991	7/7	personalistic	January 30, 1938 (age 69)	2000 pres. and 2004-2005 parl. fraudulent

[edit] Average 6.5

country	dictator	since	score	type	birthdate	notes
Belarus	Alexander Lukashenko	1994	7/6	personalistic	August 30, 1954 (age 52)	2004 parl. and 2006 pres. fraudulent
China	Hu Jintao	2002	7/6	communist	December 21, 1942 (age 64)	2002-2003 parl. irrelevant due to undemocratic communism
Côte d'Ivoire	Laurent Gbagbo	2000	7-/6			in process of democratization — 2000 pres. and 2001 parl. possibly okay but irrelevant due to intermittent coup
Equatorial Guinea	Teodoro Mbasogo	1979	7/6	personalistic	June 5, 1942 (age 64)	2002 pres. and 2004 parl. fraudulent
Eritrea	Isaias Afewerki	1993	7/6	personalistic	February 2, 1945 (age 62)	no elections yet
Laos	Choummaly Sayasone	2006	7/6	communist	ca. January 1, 1931 (age 76)	2006 parl. irrelevant due to undemocratic communism
Saudi Arabia	Abdullah of Saudi Arabia	2005	7/6	monarch	January 1, 1924 (age 83)	took over from his half-brother — no elections
Syria	Bashar al-Assad	2000	7/6+	dominant-party	September 11, 1965 (age 41)	Ba'ath Party since 1963 — 2000 pres. and 2003 parl. fraudulent
Zimbabwe	Robert Mugabe	1980	7/6	personalistic	February 21, 1924 (age 83)	possibility for democratisation? — 2002 pres. and 2005 parl. fraudulent

[edit] Average 6.0

country	dictator	since	score	type	birthdate	notes
Cameroon	Paul Biya	1982	6/6	personalistic	February 13, 1933 (age 74)	2002 parl. and 2004 pres. fraudulent
Chad	Idriss Déby	1990	6/6-	personalistic	ca. January 1, 1952 (age 55)	two-term-limit removed in 2005 — 2002 parl. and 2006 pres. fraudulent
Iran	Ali Khamenei	1989	6/6	theocratic	July 15, 1939 (age 67)	2004 parl., 2005 pres. and 2006 AoE possibly okay but irrelevant due to theocracy
Iraq			6/6-			2005 parl. okay
Swaziland	Mswati III of Swaziland	1986	7/5	monarch	April 19, 1968 (age 38)	2003 parl. fraudulent and irrelevant
Vietnam	Nong Duc Manh	2001	7/5	communist	September 11, 1940 (age 66)	2002 parl. irrelevant due to undemocratic communism

[edit] Average 5.5

country	dictator	since	score	type	birthdate	notes
Algeria	Abdelaziz Bouteflika	1999	6/5	personalistic	March 2, 1937 (age 70)	2002 parl. and 2004 pres. possibly okay
Angola	José Eduardo dos Santos	1979	6/5	dominant-party	August 28, 1942 (age 64)	1992 pres. and parl. possibly okay, but irrelevant decades later
Azerbaijan	Ilham Aliyev	2003	6/5	personalistic	December 24, 1961 (age 45)	took over from his father, population grows unrestful — 2003 pres. and 2005 parl. fraudulent
Bhutan	Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck	2006	6/5			king is trying to democratize the country through the new constitution to be adopted in 2008 — no real elections yet
Brunei Darussalam	Hassanal Bolkiah	1967	6/5	monarch	July 15, 1946 (age 60)	no elections
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Joseph Kabila	2000	5+/6			took over from his father, possible democratization — 2006 pres., 2006 parl. and 2007 Senate possibly okay
Republic of the Congo	Denis Sassou-Nguesso	1997	6-/5	personalistic	ca. January 1, 1943 (age 64)	2002 pres. and parl. fraudulent
Cambodia	Hun Sen	1985	6/5	dominant-party	April 4, 1951 (age 56)	Cambodian People's Party since 1993 — 2003 parl. fraudulent
Egypt	Hosni Mubarak	1981	6/5	dominant-party	May 4, 1928 (age 78)	National Democratic Party since 1978 — 2005 pres. and 2005 parl. fraudulent
Guinea	Lansana Conté	1984	6/5	personalistic	ca. January 1, 1934 (age 73)	2002 parl. and 2003 pres. fraudulent
Kazakhstan	Nursultan Nazarbayev	1990	6/5	personalistic	July 6, 1940 (age 66)	2004 parl. and 2005 pres. fraudulent
Maldives	Maumoon Abdul Gayoom	1978	6/5	personalistic	December 29, 1937 (age 69)	2003 pres. and 2005 parl. fraudulent, democratisation plans?
Oman	Qaboos of Oman	1970	6/5	monarch	November 18, 1940 (age 66)	2003 parl. possibly okay but irrelevant
Pakistan	Pervez Musharraf	2001	6/5	personalistic	August 11, 1943 (age 63)	2002 parl. and 2004 pres. possibly okay but irrelevant due to coup
Qatar	Hamad bin Khalifa	1995	6/5	monarch	ca. January 1, 1950 (age 57)	no elections yet
Russia	Vladimir Putin	1999	6/5	personalistic	October 7, 1952 (age 54)	2003 parl. and 2004 pres. fraudulent
Rwanda	Paul Kagame	1994	6/5	dominant-party	October 23, 1957 (age 49)	Rwandan Patriotic Front since 1994 — 2003 pres. and 2003 parl. fraudulent
Tajikistan	Emomali Rahmonov	1994	6/5	personalistic	October 5, 1952 (age 54)	2005 parl. and 2006 pres. fraudulent
Thailand			7-/4-			apparently still some slight problems with functional democracy under Thaksin Shinawatra's government; 2006 Thailand coup d'état might restore functional democracy by the end of 2007, technically a benevolent dictatorship under General Sonthi Boonyaratglin
Togo	Faure Gnassingbé	2005	6/5	personalistic	June 6, 1966 (age 40)	took over from his father — 2002 parl. and 2005 pres. possibly fraudulent, but plans for democratisation exist?
Tunisia	Zine El Abidine Ben Ali	1987	6/5	dominant-party	September 3, 1936 (age 70)	Democratic Constitutional Rally since 1992 — 2004 pres. and parl. fraudulent
United Arab Emirates	Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahayan	2004	6/5+	monarch	January 1, 1948 (age 59)	took over from his father — 2006 parl. far from democratic, but a first step in the right direction

[edit] Partly free

[edit] Average 5.0

country	dictator	since	score	type	birthdate	notes
Afghanistan			5/5			2004 pres. and 2005 parl. possibly okay
Bahrain	Hamad ibn Isa al-Khalifah	2002	5/5	monarch	January 28, 1950 (age 57)	trying to strive for democratization — 2006 parl. okay?
Djibouti	Ismail Omar Guelleh	1999	5/5	dominant-party	June 27, 1947 (age 59)	People's Rally for Progress since 1997 — 2003 parl. and 2005 pres. fraudulent
Ethiopia	Meles Zenawi	1995	5/5	dominant-party	May 8, 1955 (age 51)	EPRDF since 1991 — 2005 parl. fraudulent
Fiji			6-/4-			rather unstable democracy — 2006 parl. and 2006 pres. okay
Gabon	Omar Bongo	1967	6/4	personalistic	December 30, 1935 (age 71)	2005 pres. and 2006 parl. fraudulent
Yemen	Ali Abdullah Saleh	1978	5/5	dominant-party	March 21, 1942 (age 65)	General People's Congress since 1990 — 2003 parl. and 2006 pres. fraudulent, but possibly partially okay

[edit] Average 4.5

country	dictator	since	score	type	birthdate	notes
Armenia	Robert Kocharian	1998	5/4	personalistic	August 31, 1954 (age 52)	democracy still rather unstable, despite noteworthy democratic tendencies — 2003 pres. and parl. uncertain
Burundi			4-/5			2005 parl. and pres. possibly okay
Central African Republic			5/4			2005 pres. and parl. possibly okay
Gambia	Yahya Jammeh	1994	5/4	personalistic	May 25, 1965 (age 41)	serious problems — 2006 pres. and 2007 parl. fraudulent
Haiti			4+/5+			2006 pres. and parl. okay
Jordan	Abdullah II of Jordan	1999	5/4	monarch	January 30, 1962 (age 45)	2003 parl. irrelevant as monarchy is absolute
Kyrgyzstan			5/4			2005 pres. possibly okay
Lebanon			5/4			under strong influence of Syrian dictatorship — 2005 parl. okay
Mauritania	Ely Ould Mohamed Vall	2005	5+/4	military benevolent		2006 and 2007 parl., 2007 pres. okay
Morocco	Mohammed VI of Morocco	1999	5/4	monarch	August 21, 1963 (age 43)	slow democratization possible? — 2002 parl. possibly okay but irrelevant as monarchy is absolute
Nepal			5+/4+			after successful civil protests, ceremonial monarchy or republic likely — 1999 parl. okay but irrelevant
Singapore	Lee Hsien Loong	2004	5/4	dominant-party	February 10, 1952 (age 55)	People's Action Party since 1959 — 2006 parl. fraudulent
Uganda	Yoweri Museveni	1986	5/4	personalistic	ca. January 1, 1944 (age 63)	2006 pres. and parl. likely fraudulent

[edit] Average 4.0

country	score	notes
Bangladesh	4/4	emerging democracy since 1990, still serious problems
Burkina Faso	5/3	personalistic Blaise Compaoré (February 3, 1951 (age 56)) since 1987 — 2005 pres. and 2002 parl. obviously fraudulent next elections in 2010, will not be allowed to stand for re-election[1]
Guinea-Bissau	4-/4	still serious problems after recent coup and redemocratization — 2005 pres. and 2004 parl. okay
Kuwait	4/4+	monarch Sabah al-Sabah (ca. January 1, 1929 (age 78)) since 2006 — 2006 parl. possibly okay
Malaysia	4/4	still problems with combining democracy & human rights and Islam — 2004 parl. uncertain
Nigeria	4/4	very serious problems, corruption – 2003 parl. and pres. possibly okay
Sri Lanka	4-/4-	situation a bit unclear
Tonga	5/3	monarch George Tupou V (May 4, 1948 (age 58)) since 2006 very serious problems, limits to press freedom, democratisation possible? — 2005 parl. okay, but unelected members not okay heir apparent: Lavaka Ata ʻUlukālala, his younger brother
Venezuela	4/4	situation rather unclear

[edit] Average 3.5

country	score	notes
Comoros	3+/4	still considerable problems after the country almost split in 1997
Guatemala	3+/4	serious problems, corruption
Liberia	3+/4	still in process of democratization
Madagascar	4-/3	situation a bit unclear
Malawi	3+/4	serious problems
Moldova	3/4	some democratic improvements, more to be expected as European Union accession becomes a possibility
Mozambique	3/4	last elections contested
Sierra Leone	4/3	re-emerging democracy after civil war
Solomon Islands	4-/3	rather unstable democracy – 2006 parl. okay, but political system unstable
Tanzania	4/3	situation rather unclear — 2005 pres. and parl. likely fraudulent
Timor-Leste	3/4-	emerging democracy, has yet to stabilize
Zambia	3+/4	civil disobedience and wide-spread protests prevented personalistic dictatorship still considerable problems, corruption — 2006 pres. and 2006 parl. possibly okay

[edit] Average 3.0

country	score	notes
Albania	3/3	should improve as European Union accession comes closer
Bolivia	3/3	civil strife
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3+/3	strong democratic improvements, more to be expected as European Union accession comes closer — 2006 pres. and parl. okay
Colombia	3/3	civil strife, bordering on civil war
Ecuador	3/3	unrest due to poverty
Georgia	3/3	strong democratic improvements, more to be expected as European Union accession becomes a possibility
Honduras	3/3	some problems with democracy
Kenya	3/3	taking significant steps towards full democracy
Republic of Macedonia	3/3	should improve as European Union accession comes closer
Montenegro	3/3	should improve as European Union accession comes closer
Nicaragua	3/3	generally rather stable democracy, a number of issues
Niger	3/3	generally stable democracy
Papua New Guinea	3/3	generally stable democracy, some issues
Paraguay	3/3	lack of democratic tradition, corruption
Philippines	3/3	apparently still some slight problems with functional democracy
Seychelles	3/3	situation a bit unclear
Turkey	3/3	should improve as European Union accession comes closer

[edit] Free

[edit] Average 2.5

country	score	notes
El Salvador	2/3
Guyana	2+/3
India	2/3
Indonesia	2/3	only recently became democratic, still has problems
Jamaica	2/3
Lesotho	2/3	apparently still some slight problems with functional democracy
Mexico	2/3-
Peru	2/3
Senegal	2/3
Serbia	3/2	should improve as European Union accession comes closer
Ukraine	3/2	strong democratic improvements, more to be expected as European Union accession becomes a possibility

[edit] Average 2.0

country	score	notes
Antigua and Barbuda	2/2
Argentina	2/2
Benin	2/2
Botswana	2/2
Brazil	2/2
Croatia	2/2	should improve as European Union accession comes closer
Dominican Republic	2/2
Mali	2/2
Mongolia	2/2
Namibia	2/2
Romania	2/2	European Union
Samoa	2/2
São Tomé and Príncipe	2/2
South Africa	2-/2
Suriname	2/2
Trinidad and Tobago	2+/2	situation a bit unclear
Vanuatu	2/2

[edit] Average 1.5

country	score	notes
Belize	1/2
Bulgaria	1/2	European Union
Ghana	1/2
Greece	1/2	European Union
Grenada	1/2
Israel	1/2
Japan	1/2
Republic of Korea	1/2
Mauritius	1/2-
Monaco	2/1
Panama	1/2
Taiwan	2-/1
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2/1

[edit] Average 1.0

country	score	notes
Andorra	1/1
Australia	1/1
Austria	1/1	European Union
Bahamas	1/1
Barbados	1/1
Belgium	1/1	European Union
Canada	1/1
Cape Verde	1/1
Chile	1/1
Costa Rica	1/1
Cyprus	1/1	European Union
Czech Republic	1/1	European Union
Denmark	1/1	European Union
Dominica	1/1
Estonia	1/1	European Union
Finland	1/1	European Union
France	1/1	European Union
Germany	1/1	European Union
Hungary	1/1	European Union
Iceland	1/1
Ireland	1/1	European Union
Italy	1/1	European Union
Kiribati	1/1
Latvia	1/1	European Union
Liechtenstein	1/1
Lithuania	1/1	European Union
Luxembourg	1/1	European Union
Malta	1/1	European Union
Marshall Islands	1/1
Federated States of Micronesia	1/1
Nauru	1/1
Netherlands	1/1	European Union
New Zealand	1/1
Norway	1/1
Palau	1/1
Poland	1/1	European Union
Portugal	1/1	European Union
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1/1
Saint Lucia	1/1
San Marino	1/1
Slovakia	1/1	European Union
Slovenia	1/1	European Union
Spain	1/1	European Union
Sweden	1/1	European Union
Switzerland	1/1
Tuvalu	1/1
United Kingdom	1/1	European Union
United States	1/1
Uruguay	1/1

[edit] Special cases

not included: Vatican City
included as an occupied territory:
- Kosovo (6/5; not free) — 2004 parl. okay
- Palestine (Israeli-administered: 6/5; not free, Palestinian-administered: 4+/6-; partly free) — 2005 pres. and 2006 parl. okay
- Western Sahara (7/6; not free) — no functional elections yet, de facto single-party due to occupation
included as a special territory:
- Hong Kong (5/2; partly free) — 2004 parl. partly okay, but electoral system not okay
- Macau (6?/4?; partly free) — 2005 parl. partly okay, but electoral law not okay