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___ Nations in Transit 2008

Freedom House's comprehensive, comparative study of post-communist transitions from Central Europe to Eurasia.
Covering 29 countries, Nations in Transit 2008 observes a 12-month period, from January to December, and
provides comparative ratings and in-depth analysis

The ratings in the table below are sortable by the countries' Democracy Score
Electoral Processes (EP), Civil Society (CS), Independent Media (IM),
National Democratic Governance (NGOV), Local Democratic Governance (LGOV), Judicial Framework and Independence (JFI) Corruption (CO).

NOTE: The ratings are based on a scale of 1 to 7, with 1 representing the highest level and 7 the lowest level of democratic development.
The 2008 ratings reflect the period January 1 through December 31, 2007.

 
  Ratings and Democracy Scores 2008 in ranked by Democratic Development
Country EP CS IM NGOV LGOV JFI CO Democracy Score
Albania 4.00 3.00 3.75 4.25 2.75 4.00 5.00 3.82
Armenia 5.50 3.50 5.75 5.25 5.50 5.25 5.75 5.21
Azerbaijan 6.50 5.25 6.25 6.00 6.00 5.75 6.25 6.00
Belarus 7.00 6.50 6.75 7.00 6.75 6.75 6.25 6.71
Bosnia 3.00 3.50 4.25 5.00 4.75 4.00 4.25 4.11
Bulgaria 1.75 2.50 3.50 3.00 3.00 2.75 3.50 2.86
Croatia 3.25 2.75 3.75 3.25 3.75 4.25 4.50 3.64
Czech Republic 1.75 1.25 2.25 2.75 1.75 2.00 3.25 2.14
Estonia 1.50 1.75 1.50 2.25 2.50 1.50 2.50 1.93
Georgia 4.75 3.50 4.25 5.75 5.50 4.75 5.00 4.79
Hungary 1.75 1.50 2.50 2.25 2.25 1.75 3.00 2.14
Kazakhstan 6.75 5.50 6.75 6.75 6.25 6.25 6.50 6.39
Kosovo 4.50 4.00 5.50 5.50 5.50 5.75 5.75 5.21
Kyrgyzstan 6.00 4.50 6.00 6.25 6.50 6.00 6.25 5.93
Latvia 2.00 1.75 1.75 2.00 2.25 1.75 3.00 2.07
Lithuania 1.75 1.75 1.75 2.50 2.50 1.75 3.75 2.25
Macedonia, Rep. of 3.25 3.25 4.25 4.00 3.75 4.00 4.50 3.86
Moldova 3.75 3.75 5.50 5.75 5.75 4.50 6.00 5.00
Montenegro 3.25 2.75 3.75 4.25 3.25 4.00 5.25 3.79
Poland 2.00 1.25 2.25 3.50 2.25 2.50 3.00 2.39
Romania 2.75 2.25 3.75 3.75 3.00 4.00 4.00 3.36
Russia 6.75 5.50 6.25 6.25 5.75 5.25 6.00 5.96
Serbia 3.25 2.75 3.75 4.00 3.75 4.50 4.50 3.79
Slovakia 1.50 1.50 2.50 2.50 2.25 2.50 3.25 2.29
Slovenia 1.50 2.00 2.25 2.00 1.50 1.50 2.25 1.86
Tajikistan 6.50 5.50 6.00 6.25 6.00 6.00 6.25 6.07
Turkmenistan 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 6.75 7.00 6.75 6.93
Ukraine 3.00 2.75 3.50 4.75 5.25 4.75 5.75 4.25
Uzbekistan 7.00 7.00 7.00 7.00 6.75 6.75 6.50 6.86
                 
Average 3.91 3.44 4.28 4.51 4.26 4.19 4.78 4.19
Median 3.25 3.00 3.75 4.25 3.75 4.25 5.00 3.86

Source: Freedom House
Related Categories:
to First, Second and Third World
A list of states of the first, second and the third world, with an explanation of the terms.
to Countries of the Second World
List of Second World Countries.
to Countries and Corruption
159 nations surveyed in 2005 Corruption Perceptions Index.
to Countries and Press Freedom
The Press Freedom Index.
to Human Development Index (HDI)
Countries by standards of the UN Human Development Index.


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