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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 128. Chapters: Freedom in the World, Press Freedom Index, Human Development Index, Global Peace Index, List of countries and islands by first human settlement, Reporters Without Borders, Programme for International Student Assessment, Global Innovation Index (INSEAD), List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions, Happy Planet Index, Financial and social rankings of sovereign states in Europe, Global Gender Gap Report, Education Index, Privacy International, Worldwide Governance Indicators, Index of Economic Freedom, Global Competitiveness Report, List of countries by future Human Development Index projections of the United Nations, Ease of doing business index, Freedom of the Press (report), Global Hunger Index, Gender Inequality Index, Globalization Index, Environmental Performance Index, Multidimensional Poverty Index, Nawaat, World Giving Index, Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, Quality-of-life Index, Democracy Index, Economic Freedom of the World, World Tourism rankings, List of countries by student performance, Corruption Perceptions Index, Legatum Prosperity Index, E-readiness, Satisfaction with Life Index, Child Development Index, Composite Index of National Capability, Global Innovation Index (Boston Consulting Group), Gender Empowerment Measure, List of countries by patents, Starting a Business Index, EF English Proficiency Index, Gender-related Development Index, Human Poverty Index, Web index, List of international rankings, List of countries by economic freedom, Global Enabling Trade Report, Environmental Sustainability Index, Gun Rights Index, National Power Index, Drug Freedom Index, Freedom Meta-Index. Excerpt: Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by U.S.-based Freedom House that attempts to measure the degree of democracy and political freedom in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. Freedom in the World was launched in 1973 by Raymond Gastil. It produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties in each state and territory, on a scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as "Free," "Partly Free," or "Not Free." The report is often used by researchers in order to measure democracy and correlates highly with several other measures of democracy such as the Polity data series. The Freedom House rankings are widely reported in the media and used as sources by political researchers. Their construction and use has been evaluated by critics and supporters. The rankings below are from the Freedom in the World 2010, 2011, and 2012 surveys and reflect events in 2009, 2010, and 2011 respectively. Each pair of political rights and civil liberties ratings is averaged to determine an overall status of "Free" (1.0-2.5), "Partly Free" (2.51-5.5), or "Not Free" (5.51-7.0). An asterisk (*) indicates countries which are "electoral democracies." To qualify as an "electoral democracy," a state must have satisfied the following criteria: Freedom House's term "electoral democracy" differs from "liberal democracy" in that the latter also implies the presence of a substantial array of civil liberties. In the survey, all Free countries qualify as both electoral and liberal democracies. By contrast, some Partly Free countries qualify as electoral, but not liberal, democracies. Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above) Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above) Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above) Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above) Key: * - Electoral democracies (as described above) Key: * - Electoral democracies
