Map: The Freedom of Countries

This map shows the freedom in the world – the freedom ratings by country in 2011. There is a large cluster of countries in the Middle East / North Africa, Russia / Central Asia, China and Indo-China where the countries are rated “not free”. Note that these are ratings by Freedom House on political rights and civil liberties for the year 2011, which take into account the events of the Arab Spring.

Data Source: Freedom House; Generated with this

If you compare this with the Christian map and the Muslim map, you can see that many of the majority-Christian nations are rated “free”, while many of the Muslim (the Middle East / North Africa) countries are rated “not free”. It may be a coincidence – or due to the lack of freedom in these countries, the population does not profess any other religion other than the official one. Of course, ratings (as well as professions of religion) have to be taken with a pinch of salt.

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Data Source: Freedom House; Map: Generated by me