2009
Freed om House
Map of Freedom: Asia-Pacific
MONGOLIA
NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA
CHINA
KASHMIR (PAKISTAN)
AFGHANISTAN
KASHMIR (INDIA)
East JAPAN
China Sea
TIBET (CHINA)
NEPAL
PAKISTAN
BHUTAN
Nor th Pac ific O cean
TAIWAN
INDIA
BURMA HONG KONG (CHINA)
LAOS
BANGLADESH
South China Sea
Bay of Bengal THAILAND
VIETNAM
MARSHALL
PHILIPPINES ISLANDS
CAMBODIA
SRI LANKA MICRONESIA
KIRIBATI
NAURU
BRUNEI
MALDIVES PALAU
MALAYSIA
TUVALU
SINGAPORE
INDONESIA PAPUA
SOLOMON
NEW GUINEA
ISLANDS
EAST TIMOR
Indian Oce an VANUATU
FIJI
TONGA
AUSTRALIA
SAMOA
Tasman Sea
NEW ZEALAND
The Map of Freedom: Asia- Partly Free countries are charac-
Pacific reflects the findings of Free- terized by some restrictions on polit-
Survey Findings: Asia-Pacific dom House’s Freedom in the World ical rights and civil liberties, often in
2009 survey, which rates the level of a context of corruption, weak rule of
Global Country Regional Country political rights and civil liberties in law, ethnic strife, or civil war.
Freedom Status Global Population Breakdown Regional Population Breakdown
Breakdown Breakdown 193 countries and 16 related and dis- A Not Free country is one where
puted territories during 2008. Based basic political rights are absent, and
FREE 89 (46%) 3,055,885,000 (46%) 16 (41%) 1,617,560,000 (43%)
on these ratings, countries are divid- basic civil liberties are widely and
ed into three categories: Free, Partly systematically denied.
PARTLY FREE 62 (32%) 1,351,014,000 (20%) 15 (38%) 566,477,000 (15%)
Free, and Not Free. Freedom House is an independent
A Free country is one where there nongovernmental organization that
NOT FREE 42 (22%) 2,276,292,000 (34%) 8 (21%) 1,537,216,000 (41%)
is broad scope for open political com- supports the expansion of freedom
TOTAL 193 6,683,191,000 39 3,721,253,000 petition, a climate of respect for civil worldwide.
liberties, significant independent civ-
Categories do not equal 100% for the regional population breakdown due to rounding.
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ic life, and independent media.