The freest countries in the world

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The freest countries of the world according to the Democracy Index of the Economist’s Intelligence Unit. Only listing full democracies.

  1. 1.
    Sweden

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  2. 2.
    Iceland

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  3. 3.
    Netherlands

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  4. 4.
    Norway

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  5. 5.
    Denmark

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  6. 6.
    Finland

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  7. 7.
    Luxembourg

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  8. 8.
    Australia

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  9. 9.
    Canada

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  10. 10.
    Switzerland

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  11. 11.
    Ireland

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  12. 12.
    New Zealand

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  13. 13.
    Germany

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  14. 14.
    Austria

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  15. 15.
    Malta

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  16. 16.
    United States

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  17. 17.
    Czech Republic

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  18. 18.
    Portugal

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  19. 19.
    Belgium

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  20. 20.
    Japan

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  21. 21.
    Greece

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  22. 22.
    United Kingdom

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  23. 23.
    France

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  24. 24.
    Mauritius

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  25. 26.
    Slovenia

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  26. 27.
    Uruguay

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Created by Teitur on Mar 11, 2007.
 

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Teitur
Helsinki

.. — 1 year ago

Ok.. we’ve got a long way to go towards freedom, and it is debatable how valid each of these countries claim to democracy is.. still.. I wanted to make this list for myself at least.

Here’s the comparative map which came with the wikipedia article