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Noah denkt™’s Democracy and Free Market Index
Opinion, first drafted on July 10, published on July 12, 2009
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How do selected countries compare in doing justice to the spirit of democracy and freedom? The following table
tries to illustrate that a true democracy requires more than just holding fee elections. After all, freedom can only
work if it is supported by an enlightened public and a leadership that has a true appreciation and respect for the
independence and emancipation of its average citizens.

Obviously the evaluations given below (scale between "0" (very bad) and "10" (very good)) are of an entirely subjective
nature which, at times, has to rely even on second-hand anecdotal evidence in order to complete the task that it
has set for itself. So, if readers feel that this or that country has been treated unfairly, they are invited to publish
their own guesstimates.
  Accessibility +
Non-Snobishness of reigning
elites
 Open-
mindedness
of public
debate
 General
Interest in
Internat'l
Matters
 Non-
traumatization
of national
psyche
 General notion of
individual freedom
and responsibility
 Quality of
Public Service
 Quality of
Justice
System
 Quality of Primary
+ Secondary
Education
 Quality of
academic
education
 Quality of
vocational
training
 Quality of
public tv
 Quality of
private  
electronic media
incl. tv
 Quality of  
print media
USA
 9
 9
 8
 9,5
 9,5
 6,5
 8
 7
 8,5
 5
 9
 7
 7,5
UK
 8,5
 9
 9
 10
 8,5
 8
 8
 8
 8,5
 5
 9
 6,5
 8
France
 5
 8,5
 8,5
 10
 6
 8,5
 8
 8
 7
 6
 8
 6
 8
Spain
 4,5
 7
 6
 9
 5,5
 6,5
 7
 7
 6,5
 5
 7,5
 5,5
 8
Ger
 5
 7
 8,5
 3
 6
 8,5
 8
 7
 7
 9,5
 8,5
 6
 8,5
Italy
 5
 6,5
 7
 9,5
 5,5
 5
 6,5
 7
 5,5
 7,5
 7
 4
 6
Czech
 5
 6
 8,5
 5
 5,5
 7
 6,5
 8
 7
 7
 7,5
 3,5
 6,5
Poland
 5
 6
 8,5
 4,5
 6
 6,5
 6,5
 7
 7
 6
 7,5
 3,5
 6,5
Mexico
 3
 4
 4
 5
 5
 3
 2
 5
 5
 3
 4
 2
 3
Brazil
 3
 4
 3,5
 5,5
 5
 3,5
 3
 4
 5
 3
 3
 2
 2,5
Russia
 2
 5
 6
 5
 5
 3
 1,5
 7
 6,5
 3
 2
 2
 3
China
 2
 1
 4,5
 7
 3,5
 2
 0,5
 7
 6,5
 5
 0,5
 2,5
 0,5
HK
 5
 4
 2,5
 3,5
 7,5
 7
 5
 7
 6,5
 5
 2
 2
 3,5
Venez
 2
 2
 3
 5
 3,5
 2
 1,5
 4
 4
 2
 1
 1,5
 1,5
Iran
 1,5
 1,5
 2,5
 6,5
 3
 3
 0,5
 5
 4
 3
 2
 1
 1
Saudi-A
 1
 1
 2
 8
 1
 2
 1
 3,5
 4
 2
 1,5
 1,5
 1,5
Afgh
 2
 1
 2
 3
 3
 0,5
 0,5
 2
 0,5
 2
 0
 0
 1
North
Corea
 0,5
 0
 1
 4
 0
 1
 0
 3,5
 4
 3
 0
 0
 0
Finland
 9
 8
 8
 6,5
 8,5
 8
 8
 9,5
 8
 6
 7
 5
 6,5
Canada
 9
 8
 5
 9,5
 9
 6,5
 8
 7
 8
 5
 6,5
 4,5
 5
Culture
Bureaucracy
Education
Media
Country
Rank
 Country
 Total Points
1
 UK
 106
2
 USA
 104
3
 Finland
 98
4
 France
 97
5
 Germany
 92,5
6
 Canada
 91
7
 Spain
 85
8
 Italy
 82
9
 Czech Republic
 81,5
10
 Poland
 80
11
 Hong Kong
 60,6
12
 Russia
 51
13
 Mexico
 48
14
 Brazil
 47
15
 China
 42,5
16
 Iran
 34,5
17
 Venezuela
 33
18
 Saudi-Arabia
 30
19
 Afghanistan
 17,5
20
 North Corea
 17
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