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The Freedom House Annual Survey employs a Civil Liberties checklist to help monitor the progress and decline of human rights worldwide. Each country is rated on a seven-category scale, 1 representing the most free and 7 the least free. These 7 categories are laid out below.

Country	2007 Civil Liberties Score	2006 Civil Liberties Score	Democracy Rank 2007
Afghanistan	5	5	122
Albania	3	3	68
Algeria	5	5	98
Angola	5	5	111
Argentina	2	2	66
Armenia	4	4	103
Australia	1	1	9
Austria	1	1	12
Azerbaijan	5	5	128
Bangladesh	4	4	116
Belarus	6	6	144
Belgium	1	1	12
Benin	2	2	49
Bhutan	5	5	78
Bolivia	3	3	55
Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	3	78
Botswana	2	2	41
Brazil	2	2	53
Bulgaria	2	2	36
Burkina Faso	3	3	76
Burundi	5	5	125
Cambodia	5	5	106
Cameroon	6	6	113
Canada	1	1	8
Country	2007 Civil Liberties Score	2006 Civil Liberties Score	Democracy Rank 2007
Central African Republic	5q	4	106
Chad	6	6q	136
Chile	1	1	21
China	6	6	121
Colombia	3	3	65
Congo, Republic of the	5	5	95
Costa Rica	1	1	25
Cote d'Ivoire	5p	6	118
Croatia	2	2	45
Cuba	7	7	128
Czech Republic	1	1	23
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	6	6	140
Denmark	1	1	2
Dominican Republic	2	2	58
Ecuador	3	3	66
Egypt	5	5	100
El Salvador	3	3	48
Eritrea	6	6	143
Estonia	1	1	18
Ethiopia	5	5	127
Finland	1	1	1
France	1	1	16
Gabon	4	4	104
Gambia, The	4	4	128
Georgia	4q	3	86
Germany	1	1	11
Ghana	2	2	35
Greece	2	2	32
Guatemala	4	4	96
Guinea	5	5	119
Guinea-Bissau	4	4	88
Haiti	5	5p	113
Honduras	3	3	69
Hungary	1	1	24
Country	2007 Civil Liberties Score	2006 Civil Liberties Score	Democracy Rank 2007
India	3	3	47
Indonesia	3	3	71
Iran	6	6	138
Iraq	6	6q	132
Ireland	1	1	14
Israel	2	2	31
Italy	1	1	28
Jamaica	3	3	42
Japan	2	2	30
Jordan	4	4	81
Kazakhstan	5	5	132
Kenya	3	3	106
Korea, North	7	7	75
Korea, South	2	2	32
Kuwait	4	4p	80
Kyrgyzstan	4	4	116
Laos	6	6	141
Latvia	1	1	39
Lebanon	4	4	93
Lesotho	3	3	57
Liberia	4	4	115
Libya	7	7	146
Lithuania	1	1	25
Macedonia	3	3	61
Madagascar	3	3	83
Malawi	4q	3p	88
Malaysia	4	4	82
Mali	3q	2	46
Mauritania	4	4	93
Mauritius	2	2q	32
Mexico	3	3q	63
Moldova	4	4	105
Mongolia	2	2	52
Morocco	4	4	92
Mozambique	3p	4	61
Myanmar	7	7	150
Namibia	2	2	43
Nepal	4	4p	100
Netherlands	1	1	6
New Zealand	1	1	4
Nicaragua	3	3	64
Niger	4q	3	98
Nigeria	4	4	100
Norway	1	1	7
Country	2007 Civil Liberties Score	2006 Civil Liberties Score	Democracy Rank 2007
Oman	5	5	87
Pakistan	5	5	110
Panama	2	2	37
Papua New Guinea	3	3	58
Paraguay	3	3	73
Peru	3	3	53
Philippines	3	3	85
Poland	1	1	29
Portugal	1	1	17
Romania	2	2	50
Russia	5	5	125
Rwanda	5	5	136
Saudi Arabia	6	6	119
Senegal	3	3	58
Serbia	2	2	50
Sierra Leone	3	3	72
Singapore	4	4	74
Slovakia	1	1	27
Slovenia	1	1	19
Somalia	7	7	146
South Africa	2	2	40
Spain	1	1	19
Sri Lanka	4	4q	96
Sudan	7	7	142
Sweden	1	1	3
Switzerland	1	1	5
Syria	6	6p	138
Taiwan	1	1	38
Tajikistan	5	5	132
Tanzania	3	3	84
Thailand	4	4q	88
Togo	5	5	122
Trinidad and Tobago	2	2	44
Tunisia	5	5	112
Turkey	3	3	55
Turkmenistan	7	7	149
Uganda	4	4	88
Ukraine	2	2	69
United Arab Emirates	5	5p	77
United Kingdom	1	1	9
United States	1	1	15
Uruguay	1	1	22
Uzbekistan	7	7	148
Venezuela	4	4	128
Vietnam	5	5	122
Yemen	5	5	132
Zambia	4	4	106
Zimbabwe	6	6	144

Are there free and independent media, literature and other cultural expressions?
(Note: In cases where the media are state-controlled but offer pluralistic points of view, the Survey gives the system credit.)

Are there free religious institutions and is there free private and public religious expression?

Is there freedom of assembly and demonstration?

Is there freedom of political or quasi-political organization?

Are there free trade unions and peasant organizations or equivalents, and is there effective collective bargaining? Are there free professional and other private organizations? (Note: This includes political parties, civic organizations, ad hoc issue groups, etc.)

Is there an independent judiciary?

Does the rule of law prevail in civil and criminal matters? Is the population treated equally under the law? Are police under direct civilian control?

Is there protection from political terror, and from unjustified imprisonment, exile or torture, whether by groups that support or oppose the system, and freedom from war and insurgency situations? (Note: Freedom from war and insurgencies enhances the liberties in a free society, but the absence of war and insurgencies does not in and of itself make a not free society free.)

Is there freedom from extreme government indifference and corruption?

Is there open public discussion and free private discussion?

Is there personal autonomy? Does the state control travel, choice of residence, or choice of employment? Is there freedom from indoctrination and excessive dependency on the state?

Are property rights secure? Do citizens have the right to establish private businesses? Is private activity unduly influenced by government officials, the security forces, or organized crime?

Are there free religious institutions and free private and public religious expressions?

Are there personal social freedoms, including gender equality, choice of marriage partners, and size of family?

Is there equality of opportunity, including freedom from exploitation by or dependency on landlords, employers, union leaders, bureaucrats or any other types of obstacles to a share of legitimate economic gains?