Lev7 Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 PanARMENIAN.Net 07.08.2006 17:54 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The 2006 State of World Liberty Index ranks countries from most to least libertarian by compiling information from four freedom indices into one single index. The indices used were: The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal, the Frasier Institute/Cato Institute, Freedom House, Reporters without Borders. The countries were broken into three criteria: individual freedom, economic freedom and government size/taxation and averaged. According to the index, the freest region is Europe whole the freest country is Estonia. "The world is not free," the experts say. The world receives a failing score of 56.9% out of 100. The mangled corpse of the Soviet Union is stretched across the list, with the Baltic states of Estonia (#1), Lithuania (#16) and Latvia (#21) all making the top 25 after embracing free market liberalism, while their neighbor Belarus (#153) and the Asian countries Turkmenistan (#154) and Uzbekistan (#152) dangle in the bottom ten. Armenia (#79), Russia (#124), Kazakhstan (#132), Tajikistan (#141) and Azerbaijan (#137) are also struggling in a post-Soviet world. North Korea is at the bottom of this list, with a score of 6.2%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irlandahay Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 PanARMENIAN.Net 07.08.2006 17:54 GMT+04:00 /PanARMENIAN.Net/ The 2006 State of World Liberty Index ranks countries from most to least libertarian by compiling information from four freedom indices into one single index. The indices used were: The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal, the Frasier Institute/Cato Institute, Freedom House, Reporters without Borders. The countries were broken into three criteria: individual freedom, economic freedom and government size/taxation and averaged. According to the index, the freest region is Europe whole the freest country is Estonia. "The world is not free," the experts say. The world receives a failing score of 56.9% out of 100. The mangled corpse of the Soviet Union is stretched across the list, with the Baltic states of Estonia (#1), Lithuania (#16) and Latvia (#21) all making the top 25 after embracing free market liberalism, while their neighbor Belarus (#153) and the Asian countries Turkmenistan (#154) and Uzbekistan (#152) dangle in the bottom ten. Armenia (#79), Russia (#124), Kazakhstan (#132), Tajikistan (#141) and Azerbaijan (#137) are also struggling in a post-Soviet world. North Korea is at the bottom of this list, with a score of 6.2%. if turkey is anywhere near that list i swear to god... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skhara Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Freedom House Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeghishe_Charents Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Thats pretty interesting information you got there, thanks for the info. By the way i was wondering if you got the rank of Turkey. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vava Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 The entire report can be found HERE, including links to the sourced indices, and their general methodology. Of interest, we're behing such "freedom" stalwarts as Honduras, Thailand, Albania and the Bahrain. To answer your question, Turkey has been ranked slightly behind Armenia at #84. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeghishe_Charents Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Thanks for that, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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