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RANKING OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO LIBERTARIAN DEGREE = DEGREE OF DEMOCRACY - FOR ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE.

The System Theory of Anarchist Political Economy and Social Organization Research

THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE
* LIBERAL SOCIAL DEMOCRACY *

PREFACE

Anarchy and anarchism mean "system and management without ruler(s), i.e. co-operation without repression, tyranny and slavery". In short an-arch-y = [(an = without - arch = ruler(s)) - y = system (included optimal order and law) and management, as, say, in monarch-y]. Anarchy and anarchism are efficient and fair system and management without top heavy societal pyramid economical and/or political/administrative - in income and/or rank, i.e. significant horizontal organization - real democracy. Real Democracy always means Real, i.e. including Green, Democracy. Anarchy and anarchism = liberal social-democracy.

NB! Anarchism, the libertarian and democracy, and degrees of this, is 100 % a question of influence on decisions. All other things are only relevant as far as they affects the influence on the societal decisions. To be more precise: anarchism, the libertarian and democracy is a question of influence on the societal decisions by the People = the Bottom of the societal pyramid, the decisions usually and mainly taken by the Top of the societal pyramid, i.e. the Bureacracy (authorities) broadly defined in privat and public sector.

The degree of democracy = influence on the societal decisions by the People = the Bottom of the social pyramid, mainly taken by the Bureaucracy (= authorities broadly defined in private and public sector) - the Top of the social pyramid, measuredrelatively as a percent degree between 0 % and 100 %, that is a precise measure on how much the People govern = democracy, i.e. the degree of it. Democracy, and more or less of it, is central to societal politics broadly defined, both economical and political/administrative, and in reality Real Democracy (NB! i.e. always including Green) and Full Democracy as an ultimate aim, is the one and only policy in the interest of the People, i.e. People's Politics. Real Democracy has a degree of democracy equal to 50 % or more, both A. economical and B. political/administrative, and Full Democracy has 100 % degree of democracy. The degree of democracy = the libertarian degree = the anarchist degree (within anarchy & anarchism), i.e. 100% - the authoritarian degree. Zero, 0 %, influence by the People on the societal decisions, means no tendency of democracy at all, zero degree of democracy, and the most ultra-authoritarian and totalitarian systems (extreme ultra-fascism, see map), i.e. 100% authoritarian = 100% authoritarian degree; the authoritarian degree is 100% - the degree of democracy = libertarian degree, in this 100% ultra-authoritarian case = 0 % degree of democracy = libertarian degree.

Totalitarian systems are all economic-political systems to the left, middle and right of the EP-Map, with more than ca. 67 %, exact 666,666 ... per thousand - authoritarian degree, i.e. ultra-authoritarian hell systems. Typically, the role of 1. propaganda (= lies, untrue information, also Orwellian "1984" Newspeak type lies and manipulations of the language) in dealing with the non-totalitarian world, and the use of 2. terror, are essential to this form of archy/rule/government. Totalitarian regimes seek to dominate every aspect of everyone's life, sometimes as a prelude to try world domination. 1. Cultural, i.e. intellectual, spiritual, and artistic initiative is dangerous to totalitarianism, as 2. mere political opposition. The consistent persecution of every higher form of intellectual activity by the totalitarian rulers springs from 1. their natural resentment against everything they cannot understand, and  2. total domination does not allow for free initiative (an important anarchists principle) in any field of life, for any activity that is not entirely predictable by the ruler(s).

Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty. Important strategic aspects are the use of 1. ultra-authoritarian controlled front organizations, 2. fake governmental agencies, and 3. esoteric false doctrines as 4. a means of concealing the ultra-authoritarian reactionary-radical nature of totalitarian aims and means, from the non-totalitarian world. Individual isolation and loneliness are important preconditions for totalitarian domination. The purpose of all these manipulations broadly defined is to gain economical and political/administrative power including money, as much as possible for the totalitarian ruler(s)/arch(s). [Inspired by Hannah Arendt (1906-1975): The Origins of Totalitarianism.]]

The Anarchist Economic-Politcal Map describes & maps mainly all types of economic-political systems of the world along two dimensions, A. the economical and B. the political/administrative, and sheds light on the authoritarian degree = 100% - the libertarian degree & 100% - the degree of democracy, of the systems in general, including 1. marxism, 2. fascism (including populism) 3. the third alternative (Frisch) - anarchy & anarchism, and 4. liberalism, and 16 different types of systems within these 4 main forms. The map consists of 4 Quadrants, one for each of these four main forms of systems, and 16 Sectors for different types of systems within these four main forms, four Sectors for each Quadrant.

This system theory is also about 1. calculating the societal degree of democracy = libertarian degree = anarchy degree (within the quadrant of anarchism on the map), from A. the degree of economical democracy (socialism vs capitalism defined in terms of influence by the People) and B. the degree of political/administrative democracy (autonomy vs statism defined in terms of influence by the People), and 2. presenting political-econometric indicators for empirical, practical statistical estimation of these variables. The degree of democracy = libertarian degree = 100 % - the authoritarian degree, see the EP-map below. The degree of democracy is 100%, and the authoritarian degree is 0%, at the top of the map, the democratic ideal = full democracy. The degree of democracy is 100% = libertarian degree is 100% = anarchy degreee is 100%, i.e. the democratic ideal, full democracy, is also the libertarian and anarchist ideal, where the People have all and everything to say, equal to 100% influence on the societal decisions by the People, the decisions mainly taken by the Bureaucracy = Top of the societal pyramid.

This system analysis also includes political-econometric research, indicators for A. the degree of economical democracy (socialism vs capitalism defined in terms of influence by the People) and B. the degree of political/administrative democracy (autonomy vs statism defined in terms of influence by the People) aggregated to the societal democracy degree = libertarian degree, for a whole system, say, for a whole country or an organization. There are several political-econometric indicators for practical statistical measurement of influence by the People in democratic perspective, among these are two indexes; 1. the Rank-difference-index - RDI indicating how top-heavy the political/administrative rank-pyramid is, and 2. Gini-index for income, indicating how top-heavy the economical pyramid is. Top-heavyness of a societal pyramid in this connection contributes to less influence by the People it is assumed, but there are also some other indicators in this political-econometric research, see chapter V. B. below.

The research has also, via using the political-econometric indicators combined with the best of the bad lot of UN, other international plus national statistics, and some well educated guess, calculated preliminary estimates of the influence by the People, the Bottom (of the social pyramid), on the societal decisions, mainly taken by the Bureaucracy, the Top (of the pyramid), relatively as a percentage degree between 0 % and 100 %, = the degree of democracy, for almost all of the countries in the world, and also ranked the countries according to democracy degree (= libertarian degree). More information about this topic, including the concrete statistical indicators used, and so on, see chapter V. B. below and footnotes at ranking. NB! Authoritarian degree of more than 100%, i.e. for extreme evil authoritarian economic-political hell systems located below the map, is not impossible, but is just briefly mentioned in this document.

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*) The stars indicate the position of the Norwegian economical-political system after the revolutionary change in 1994/95.
Fig. 1. Picture of the Anarchist Economical-Political Map

TABLE 1. THE 25 HIGHEST RANKING COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO LIBERTARIAN DEGREE ETC.
THE LIBERTARIAN DEGREE = THE DEGREE OF DEMOCRACY = 100 % - THE AUTHORITARIAN DEGREE
SYSTEM ANALYSIS. DATA FROM 2003-2007.


Countries:

Rank of country according to libertarian degree, and type of system

Libertarian degree and (authoritarian degree) %

Degree of socialism
and (capitalism) %

Degree of autonomy and
(statism) %

Gini-index

Norway

1 Anarchy

54,0 (46,0)

55,0 (45.0)

53,2 (46,8)

25,8

Switzerland

2 Anarchy

53,0 (47,0)

51,0 (49,0)

55,1 (44,9)

33,1

Iceland

3 Anarchy

52,0 (48,0)

54,0 (46,0)

50,1 (49,9)

25,0 (est.)

Liechtenstein

4 Soc.dem.

49,5 (50,5)

51,4 (48,6)

47,7 (52,3)

32,0 (est.)

Luxembourg

5 Soc.dem.

49,2 (50,8)

52,1 (47,9)

46,5 (53,5)

30,8

Denmark

6 Soc.dem.

48,8 (51,2)

55,3 (44,7)

43,0 (57,0)

24,7

Japan

7 Soc.dem.

48,5 (51,5)

55,2 (44,8)

42,6 (57,4)

24,9

Belgium

8 Soc.dem.

48,2 (51,8)

54,0 (46,0)

43,0 (57,0)

25,0

Finland

9 Soc.dem.

47,9 (52,1)

53,8 (46,2)

42,6 (57,4)

26,9

Sweden

10 Soc.dem.

47,5 (52,5)

54,0 (46,0)

41,7 (58,3)

25,0

Netherlands

11 Soc.dem.

47,2 (52,8)

52,0 (48,0)

42,8 (57,2)

30,9

Canada

12 Soc.dem.

46,8 (53,2)

50,9 (49,1)

43,0 (57,0)

33,1

Austria

13 Soc.dem.

46,5 (53,5)

52,1 (47,9)

41,4 (58,6)

30,0

Ireland

14 Populist

46,2 (53,8)

45,0 (55,0)

47,4 (52,6)

35,9

Germany

15 Soc.dem.

45,9 (54,1)

53,0 (47,0)

39,6 (60,4)

28,3

Spain

16 Soc.dem.

45,5 (54,5)

51,5 (48,5)

40,1 (59,9)

32,5

Australia

17 Populist

45,0 (55,0)

48,0 (52,0)

42,2 (57,8)

35,2

United King.

18 Populist

44,5 (55,5)

44,7 (55,3)

44,3 (55,7)

36.0

New Zealand

19 Populist

44,0 (56,0)

44,6 (55,4)

42,4 (57,6)

36,2

France

20 Soc.dem.

43,5 (56,5)

51,4 (48,6)

36,6 (63,4)

32,7

Italy

21 Populist

43,0 (57,0)

44,7 (55,3)

41,3 (58,7)

36,0

USA

22 Cons. lib.

42,5 (57,5)

24,5 (75,5)

69,8 (30,2)

40,8

Israel

23 Populist

42,3 (57,7)

47,8 (52,2)

37,3 (62,7)

35,5

Hong Kong

24 Cons. lib.

42,1 ( 57,9)

22,1 (77,9)

74,8 (25,2)

43,4

Greece

25 Populist

42,0 (58,0)

47,9 (52,1)

36,6 (63,4)

35,4

The estimates are approximately figures. © IIFOR/IJA ISSN 0800 - 0220 2007 and later. Anarchy = here social-individualist anarchism; Soc. dem. = social democrat marxism; Populist = here moderate parliamentarian democratic fascism; Cons. lib. = Conservative liberalism. See economic-political map at System theory and EP-map. Ranking of countries according to libertarian degree, estimates of the libertarian degree in general, and information on methodology, see Ranking and System theory - Chapter V.B.. According to ThesaurusLegend: approximately = (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct. Thus: The estimates are approximately figures = The estimates are imprecise but fairly close to correct figures. We have used " , ", the European standard instead of American/UK standard, i.e. " . " as decimal separator. The term "ca" is an abbreviation for the latin circa, which means about or approximately. A gini index below 35 indicates socialism, and above indicates capitalism.

TABLE 2. RANKING OF COUNTRIES ACCORDING TO LIBERTARIAN DEGREE = DEGREE OF DEMOCRACY - FOR ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES WORLD WIDE.

 

 

HDI rank, Libertarian degree (rank, highest =1)*

 

Human development index
(HDI) value

 

 2003

Life expectancy at birth
(years) (HDI)

 

 2003 a

Adult literacy rate
(% ages 15 and above)

 

 1990 b

 2003 b

GDP per capita
(US$)

 

 2003

GDP per capita
(PPP US$)

 

 2003

Inequality measures - Gini index

 

  c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

World

 

0.741

 

67.1

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

5,801

 

8,229

 

   ..   

High Human Development

 

 

 

 

1

Norway  1 (ca 54%)

 

0.963

 

79.4

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

48,412

 

37,670

 

25.8

2

Iceland  3 (ca 52%)

 

0.956

 

80.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

36,377

 

31,243

 

   ..   

3

Australia 17 (ca 45%)

 

0.955

 

80.3

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

26,275

 

29,632

 

35.2

4

Luxembourg 5 (ca 49,2%)

 

0.949

 

78.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

59,143

 

62,298

 

  30.8 p

5

Canada 12 (ca 46,8%)

 

0.949

 

80.0

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

27,079

 

30,677

 

33.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

Sweden 10 (ca 47,5%)

 

0.949

 

80.2

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

33,676

 

26,750

 

25.0

7

Switzerland 2 (ca 53%)

 

0.947

 

80.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

43,553

 

30,552

 

33.1

8

Ireland 14 (ca 46,2%)

 

0.946

 

77.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

38,487

 

37,738

 

35.9

9

Belgium 8 (ca 48,2%)

 

0.945

 

78.9

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

29,096

 

28,335

 

25.0

10

United States 22 (ca 42,5%)

 

0.944

 

77.4

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

37,648

 

37,562

 

40.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11

Japan 7 (ca 48,5%)

 

0.943

 

82.0

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

33,713

 

27,967

 

24.9

12

Netherlands 11 (ca 47,2%)

 

0.943

 

78.4

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

31,532

 

29,371

 

30.9

13

Finland 9 (ca  47,9%)

 

0.941

 

78.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

31,058

 

27,619

 

26.9

14

Denmark 6 (ca 48,8%)

 

0.941

 

77.2

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

39,332

 

31,465

 

24.7

15

United King. 18 (ca 44,5%)

 

0.939

 

78.4

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

30,253

 

27,147

 

36.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

France 20 (ca 43,5%)

 

0.938

 

79.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

29,410

 

27,677

 

32.7

17

Austria 13 (ca 46,5%)

 

0.936

 

79.0

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

31,289

 

30,094

 

30.0

18

Italy 21 (ca 43%)

 

0.934

 

80.1

 

97.7

   ..   

 

25,471

 

27,119

 

36.0

19

New Zealand 19 (ca 44%)

 

0.933

 

79.1

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

19,847

 

22,582

 

36.2

20

Germany 15 (ca 45,9%)

 

0.930

 

78.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

29,115

 

27,756

 

28.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21

Spain 16 (ca 45,5%)

 

0.928

 

79.5

 

96.3

   ..   

 

20,404

 

22,391

 

32.5

22

Hong Kong, 24  (ca 42,1%)

 

0.916

 

81.6

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

22,987

 

27,179

 

43.4

23

Israel 23 (ca 42, 3%)

 

0.915

 

79.7

 

91.4

96.9

 

16,481

 

20,033

 

35.5

24

Greece 25 (ca 42%)

 

0.912

 

78.3

 

94.9

91.0

 

15,608

 

19,954

 

35.4

25

Singapore 26 (ca 41,8%)

 

0.907

 

78.7

 

88.8

92.5

 

21,492

 

24,481

 

42.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26

Slovenia 28 (ca 41,5%)

 

0.904

 

76.4

 

99.6

99.7d

 

13,909

 

19,150

 

28.4

27

Portugal 34 (ca 39,3%)

 

0.904

 

77.2

 

87.2

   ..   

 

14,161

 

18,126

 

38.5

28

Korea, Rep. of 29 (ca 41,2%)

 

0.901

 

77.0

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

12,634

 

17,971

 

31.6

29

Cyprus 32 (ca 39,6%)

 

0.891

 

78.6

 

94.3

96.8

 

14,786

 

18,776e

 

   ..   

30

Barbados 33 (ca 39,4%)

 

0.878

 

75.0

 

99.4

99.7d

 

9,708

 

15,720

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

Czech Republic 27 (ca 41,6%)

 

0.874

 

75.6

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

8,794

 

16,357

 

25.4

32

Malta 31 (ca 39,8%)

 

0.867

 

78.4

 

88.4

87.9f

 

12,157

 

17,633

 

   ..   

33

Brunei 35 (ca 39,2%)

 

0.866

 

76.4

 

85.5

92.7

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

34

Argentina 45  (ca 37,8%)

 

0.863

 

74.5

 

95.7

97.2

 

3,524

 

12,106

 

52.2

35

Hungary 30 (ca 40%)

 

0.862

 

72.7

 

99.1

99.3

 

8,169

 

14,584

 

26.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

36

Poland 43 (ca 38,1%)

 

0.858

 

74.3

 

99.6

   ..   

 

5,487

 

11,379

 

34.1

37

Chile 46 (ca 37,6%)

 

0.854

 

77.9

 

94.0

95.7

 

4,591

 

10,274

 

57.1

38

Estonia 41 (ca 38,4%)

 

0.853

 

71.3

 

99.8

99.8

 

6,713

 

13,539

 

37.2

39

Lithuania 40 (ca 38,5%)

 

0.852

 

72.3

 

99.3

99.6

 

5,274

 

11,702

 

31.9

40

Qatar 47 (ca 37,5%)

 

0.849

 

72.8

 

77.0

89.2f

 

31,558q

 

   27,664q   

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

41

Emirates 48 (ca 37,4%)

 

0.849

 

78.0

 

71.0

77.3d

 

   .. g

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

42

Slovakia 36 (ca 39,1%)

 

0.849

 

74.0

 

   ..   

99.6

 

6,033

 

13,494

 

25.8

43

Bahrain 49 (ca 37,3%)

 

0.846

 

74.3

 

82.1

87.7

 

   .. g

 

17,479g

 

   ..   

44

Kuwait  50 (ca 37,2%)

 

0.844

 

76.9

 

76.7

82.9d

 

17,421

 

18,047h

 

   ..   

45

Croatia 39 (ca 38,6%)

 

0.841

 

75.0

 

96.9

98.1

 

6,479

 

11,080

 

29.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46

Uruguay 51 (ca 37,1%)

 

0.840

 

75.4

 

96.5

97.7d

 

3,308

 

8,280

 

44.6

47

Costa Rica 52 (ca 37%)

 

0.838

 

78.2

 

93.9

95.8d

 

4,352

 

9,606h

 

46.5

48

Latvia 42 (ca 38,3%)

 

0.836

 

71.6

 

99.8

99.7

 

4,771

 

10,270

 

33.6

49

St. Kitts/Nevis 57 (ca 36,1%)

 

0.834

 

70.0i,j,k

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

7,397

 

12,404

 

   ..   

50

Bahamas 44 (ca 38%)

 

0.832

 

69.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

16,571

 

17,159g

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

51

Seychelles 53 (ca 36,9%)

 

0.821

 

72.7i,k

 

   ..   

91.9

 

8,610

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

52

Cuba 65 (ca 32,9%)

 

0.817

 

77.3

 

95.1

96.9d

 

 3,548 q

 

    4,100 q   

 

   ..   

53

Mexico 58  (ca 35,7%)

 

0.814

 

75.1

 

87.3

90.3

 

6,121

 

9,168

 

54.6

54

Tonga 66 (ca 32,7%)

 

0.810

 

72.2

 

   ..   

98.9f

 

1,603

 

6,992h

 

   ..   

55

Bulgaria 54 (ca 36,8%)

 

0.808

 

72.2

 

97.2

98.2

 

2,539

 

7,731

 

31.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

56

Panama 67 (ca 32,6%)

 

0.804

 

74.8

 

89.0

91.9

 

4,319

 

6,854

 

56.4

57

Trinidad/Tob. 61 (ca 34,5%)

 

0.801

 

69.9

 

96.8

98.5d

 

8,007

 

10,766

 

40.3

Medium Human Development

 

 

 

 

58

Libya 68 (ca 32,5%)

 

0.799

 

73.6

 

68.1

81.7d

 

   .. g

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

59

Macedonia 55 (36,7%)

 

0.797

 

73.8

 

   ..   

96.1

 

2,277

 

6,794

 

28.2

60

Antigua/Bar. 59 (ca 35,3%)

 

0.797

 

73.9i,j,k

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

9,629

 

10,294

 

   ..   

61

Malaysia 62 (ca 34,1%)

 

0.796

 

73.2

 

80.7

88.7

 

4,187

 

9,512

 

49.2

62

Russia 56 (ca 36,5 %)

 

0.795

 

65.3

 

99.2

99.4

 

3,018

 

9,230

 

31.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

63

Brazil 69 (ca 32,4%)

 

0.792

 

70.5

 

82.0

88.4

 

2,788

 

7,790

 

59.3

64

Romania 60 (ca 34,9%)

 

0.792

 

71.3

 

97.1

97.3

 

2,619

 

7,277

 

30.3

65

Mauritius 64 (ca 33,5%)

 

0.791

 

72.2

 

79.8

84.3

 

4,274

 

11,287

         

            37.0 q  

66

Grenada 70 (ca 32,3%)

 

0.787

 

65.3l,k

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

4,199

 

7,959

 

   ..   

67

Belarus 71 (ca 32,2%

 

0.786

 

68.1

 

99.5

99.6f

 

1,770

 

6,052

 

30.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

68

Bosnia/Herz. 63 (ca 33,7%)

 

0.786

 

74.2

 

   ..   

94.6

 

1,684

 

5,967

 

26.2

69

Colombia 72 (ca 32,1%)

 

0.785

 

72.4

 

88.4

94.2

 

1,764

 

6,702h

 

57.6

70

Dominica 73 (ca 32%)

 

0.783

 

75.6l,k

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

3,639

 

5,448

 

   ..   

71

Oman 74 (ca 31,9%)

 

0.781

 

74.1

 

54.7

74.4d

 

   .. g

 

13,584g

 

   ..   

72

Albania 75 (ca 31,8%)

 

0.780

 

73.8

 

77.0

98.7

 

1,933

 

4,584

 

28.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73

Thailand 78 (ca 31,5%)

 

0.778

 

70.0

 

92.4

92.6

 

2,305

 

7,595

 

43.2

74

Samoa W. 79 (ca 31,4%)

 

0.776

 

70.2

 

98.0

98.7d

 

1,505

 

5,854h

 

   ..   

75

Venezuela 80 (ca 31,3%)

 

0.772

 

72.9

 

88.9

93.0

 

3,326

 

4,919

 

49.1

76

Saint Lucia 81 (ca 31,2%)

 

0.772

 

72.4

 

   ..   

90.1

 

4,314

 

5,709

 

   ..   

77

Saudi Arabia 82  (ca 31,1%)

 

0.772

 

71.8

 

66.2

79.4

 

9,532

 

13,226h

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

78

Ukraine 76 (ca 31,7%)

 

0.766

 

66.1

 

99.4

99.4

 

1,024

 

5,491

 

29.0

79

Peru 83 (ca 31%)

 

0.762

 

70.0

 

85.5

87.7

 

2,231

 

5,260

 

49.8

80

Kazakhstan 77 (ca 31,6%)

 

0.761

 

63.2

 

98.8

99.5f

 

2,000

 

6,671

 

32.3

81

Lebanon 84 (ca 30,9%)

 

0.759

 

72.0

 

80.3

   ..   

 

4,224

 

5,074

 

   ..   

82

Ecuador 85 (ca 30,8%)

 

0.759

 

74.3

 

87.6

91.0

 

2,091

 

3,641

 

43.7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

83

Armenia 86 (ca 30,7%)

 

0.759

 

71.5

 

97.5

99.4

 

 918 

 

3,671

 

37.9

84

Philippines 87 (ca 30,6%)

 

0.758

 

70.4

 

91.7

92.6

 

 989 

 

4,321

 

46.1

85

China 88 (ca 30,5%)

 

0.755

 

71.6

 

78.3

90.9

 

1,100

 

5,003m

 

44.7

86

Suriname 89 (ca 30,4%)

 

0.755

 

69.1

 

   ..   

88.0

 

2,635

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

87

St  Vincent/Gre.90(ca 30,3%)

 

0.755

 

71.1

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

3,403

 

6,123

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

88

Paraguay 91 (ca 30,2%)

 

0.755

 

71.0

 

90.3

91.6

 

1,069

 

4,684h

 

57.8

89

Tunisia 92 (ca 30,1%)

 

0.753

 

73.3

 

59.1

74.3

 

2,530

 

7,161

 

39.8

90

Jordan 93  (ca 30%)

 

0.753

 

71.3

 

81.5

89.9

 

1,858

 

4,320

 

36.4

91

Belize 94 (ca 29,9%)

 

0.753

 

71.9

 

89.1

76.9

 

3,612

 

6,950

 

   ..   

92

Fiji 95 (ca 29,8)

 

0.752

 

67.8

 

88.6

92.9f

 

2,438

 

5,880

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

93

Sri Lanka 96 (ca 29,7%)

 

0.751

 

74.0

 

88.7

90.4n

 

 948 

 

3,778

 

33.2

94

Turkey 97 (ca 29,6%)

 

0.750

 

68.7

 

77.9

88.3

 

3,399

 

6,772

 

40.0

95

Dominican Rep.98(ca 29,4%)

 

0.749

 

67.2

 

79.4

87.7

 

1,893

 

6,823h

 

47.4

96

Maldives 99 (ca 29,2%)

 

0.745

 

66.6

 

94.8

97.2d

 

2,441

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

97

Turkmenistan 104 (ca 28,6%)

 

0.738

 

62.4

 

   ..   

98.8f

 

1,275

 

5,938

 

40.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

98

Jamaica 101 (ca 29%)

 

0.738

 

70.8

 

82.2

87.6d

 

3,083

 

4,104

 

37.9

99

Iran 102  (ca 28,9%)

 

0.736

 

70.4

 

63.2

77.0

 

2,066

 

6,995

 

43.0

100

Georgia 103 (ca 28,7%)

 

0.732

 

70.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 778 

 

2,588

 

   40.4 p

101

Azerbaijan 112 (ca 27,8%)

 

0.729

 

66.9

 

   ..   

98.8f

 

 867 

 

3,617

 

36.5

102

Occupied Palestinian Territories. 110 (ca 28%)

 

0.729

 

72.5

 

   ..   

91.9

 

1,026

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103

Algeria 105 (ca 28,5%)

 

0.722

 

71.1

 

52.9

69.8

 

2,090

 

6,107h

 

35.3

104

El Salvador 106 (ca 28,4%)

 

0.722

 

70.9

 

72.4

79.7d

 

2,277

 

4,781h

 

53.2

105

Cape Verde 107 (ca 28,3%)

 

0.721

 

70.4

 

63.8

75.7d

 

1,698

 

5,214h

 

   ..   

106

Syria 108 (ca 28,2%)

 

0.721

 

73.3

 

64.8

82.9

 

1,237

 

3,576

 

   ..   

107

Guyana 109 (ca 28,1%)

 

0.720

 

63.1

 

97.2

   ..   

 

 965 

 

4,230h

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

108

Viet Nam 111 (ca 27,9%)

 

0.704

 

70.5

 

90.4

90.3f

 

 482 

 

2,490

 

37.0

109

Kyrgyzstan 100 (ca 29,1%)

 

0.702

 

66.8

 

   ..   

98.7f

 

 378 

 

1,751

 

34.8

110

Indonesia 113 (ca 27,7%)

 

0.697

 

66.8

 

79.5

87.9d

 

 970 

 

3,361

 

34.3

111

Uzbekistan 114 (ca 27,6%)

 

0.694

 

66.5

 

98.7

99.3d

 

 389 

 

1,744

 

26.8

112

Nicaragua 115 (ca 27,5%)

 

0.690

 

69.7

 

62.7

76.7

 

 745 

 

3,262h

 

43.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113

Bolivia 116 (ca 27,4%)

 

0.687

 

64.1

 

78.1

86.5

 

 892 

 

2,587

 

44.7

114

Mongolia 117 (ca 27,3%)

 

0.679

 

64.0

 

97.8

97.8

 

 514 

 

1,850

 

30.3

115

Moldova 118 (ca 27,2)

 

0.671

 

67.7

 

97.5

96.2

 

 463 

 

1,510

 

36.9

116

Honduras 119 (ca 27,1%)

 

0.667

 

67.8

 

68.1

80.0

 

1,001

 

2,665h

 

55.0

117

Guatemala 120 (ca 27%)

 

0.663

 

67.3

 

61.0

69.1

 

2,009

 

4,148h

 

59.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

118

Vanuatu 121 (ca 26,9%)

 

0.659

 

68.6

 

   ..   

74.0f

 

1,348

 

2,944h

 

   ..   

119

Egypt 122 (ca 26,7%)

 

0.659

 

69.8

 

47.1

55.6f

 

1,220

 

3,950

 

34.4

120

South Africa 123 (ca 26,5%)

 

0.658

 

48.4

 

81.2

82.4f

 

3,489

 

10,346h

 

57.8

121

Equat. Guinea 124(ca 26,3%)

 

0.655

 

43.3

 

73.3

84.2

 

5,900

 

19,780e,h

 

   ..   

122

Tajikistan 125 (ca 26,1%)

 

0.652

 

63.6

 

98.2

99.5

 

 246 

 

1,106

 

32.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

123

Gabon 126 (ca 26%)

 

0.635

 

54.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

4,505

 

6,397

 

   ..   

124

Morocco 127 (ca 25,8%)

 

0.631

 

69.7

 

38.7

50.7d

 

1,452

 

4,004

 

39.5

125

Namibia 128 (ca 25,5%)

 

0.627

 

48.3

 

74.9

85.0

 

2,120

 

6,180h

 

70.7

126

São Tomé etc.129(ca 25,2%)

 

0.604

 

63.0

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 378 

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

127

India 130 (ca 25%)

 

0.602

 

63.3

 

49.3

61.0n

 

 564 

 

2,892h

 

32.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

128

Solomon Isl. 131 (ca 24,9%)

 

0.594

 

62.3

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 553 

 

1,753h

 

   ..   

129

Myanmar 132 (ca 24,8%)

 

0.578

 

60.2

 

80.7

89.7

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

130

Cambodia 133 (ca 24,7%)

 

0.571

 

56.2

 

62.0

73.6

 

 315 

 

2,078h

 

40.4

131

Botswana 134 (ca 24,6%)

 

0.565

 

36.3

 

68.1

78.9d

 

4,372

 

8,714

 

63.0

132

Comoros 135 (ca 24,5%)

 

0.547

 

63.2

 

53.8

56.2d

 

 538 

 

1,714 h

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

133

Laos  Rep. 137 (ca 24,3%)

 

0.545

 

54.7

 

56.5

68.7

 

 375 

 

1,759

 

37.0

134

Bhutan 138 (ca 24,2%)

 

0.536

 

62.9

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 797 

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

135

Pakistan 136 (ca 24,4%)

 

0.527

 

63.0

 

35.4

48.7

 

 555 

 

2,097

 

33.0

136

Nepal 141 (ca 23,9%)

 

0.526

 

61.6

 

30.4

48.6

 

 237 

 

1,420

 

36.7

137

P. N.Guinea 139 (ca 24,1%)

 

0.523

 

55.3

 

56.6

57.3

 

 578 

 

2,619 h

 

50.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

138

Ghana 140 (ca 24%)

 

0.520

 

56.8

 

58.5

54.1

 

 369 

 

2,238 h

 

40.8

139

Bangladesh 142 (ca 23,8%)

 

0.520

 

62.8

 

34.2

41.1d

 

 376 

 

1,770

 

31.8

140

Timor-Leste 143 (ca 23,7%)

 

0.513

 

55.5

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 389 

 

   ..   

 

     38.0 q

141

Sudan 144 (ca 23,6%)

 

0.512

 

56.4

 

45.8

59.0n

 

 530 

 

1,910 h

 

   ..   

142

Congo 145 (ca 23,5%)

 

0.512

 

52.0

 

67.1

82.8d

 

 949 

 

 965 

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

143

Togo 146 (ca 23,4%)

 

0.512

 

54.3

 

44.2

53.0

 

 362 

 

1,696 h

 

   ..   

144

Uganda 147 (ca 23,3%)

 

0.508

 

47.3

 

56.1

68.9d

 

 249 

 

1,457 h

 

43.0

145

Zimbabwe 153 (ca 22,7%)

 

0.505

 

36.9

 

80.7

90.0d

 

   .. g

 

2,443 e

 

56.8

Low Human Development

 

 

 

 

146

Madagascar 148 (ca 23,2%)

 

0.499

 

55.4

 

58.0

70.6

 

 324 

 

 809 

 

47.5

147

Swaziland 149 (ca 23,1%)

 

0.498

 

32.5

 

71.6

79.2

 

1,669

 

4,726

 

60.9

148

Cameroon 150 (ca 23%)

 

0.497

 

45.8

 

57.9

67.9

 

 776 

 

2,118

 

44.6

149

Lesotho 151 (ca 22,9%)

 

0.497

 

36.3

 

78.0

81.4

 

 635 

 

2,561 h

 

63.2

150

Djibouti 152  (ca 22,8%)

 

0.495

 

52.8

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 886 

 

2,086 h

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

151

Yemen 154 (ca 22,6%)

 

0.489

 

60.6

 

32.7

49.0d

 

 565 

 

 889 

 

33.4

152

Mauritania 155 (ca 22,5%)

 

0.477

 

52.7

 

34.8

51.2

 

 384 

 

1,766 h

 

39.0

153

Haiti 182 (ca 20,25%)

 

0.475

 

51.6

 

39.7

51.9 d

 

 346 

 

1,742 h

 

   ..   

154

Kenya 181 (ca 20,3%)

 

0.474

 

47.2

 

70.8

73.6

 

 450 

 

1,037

 

42.5

155

Gambia 158 (ca 22,2%)

 

0.470

 

55.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 278 

 

1,859h

 

47.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

156

Guinea 159 (ca 22,1%)

 

0.466

 

53.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 459 

 

2,097

 

40.3

157

Senegal 160 (ca 22%)

 

0.458

 

55.7

 

28.4

39.3

 

 634 

 

1,648

 

41.3

158

Nigeria 169 (ca 21,1%)

 

0.453

 

43.4

 

48.7

66.8d

 

 428 

 

1,050

 

50.6

159

Rwanda 170 (ca 21%)

 

0.450

 

43.9

 

53.3

64.0

 

 195 

 

1,268h

 

28.9

160

Angola 163 (ca 21,7%)

 

0.445

 

40.8

 

   ..   

66.8

 

 975 

 

2,344h

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

161

Eritrea 164 (ca 21,6%)

 

0.444

 

53.8

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 171 

 

 849h

 

   ..   

162

Benin 165 (ca 21,5%)

 

0.431

 

54.0

 

26.4

33.6

 

 517 

 

1,115

 

   ..   

163

Côte d'Ivoire 166(ca 21,4%)

 

0.420

 

45.9

 

38.5

48.1

 

 816 

 

1,476

 

44.6

164

Tanzania 167 (ca 21,3%)

 

0.418

 

46.0

 

62.9

69.4

 

 287 

 

 621 

 

38.2

165

Malawi 168 (ca 21,2%)

 

0.404

 

39.7

 

51.8

64.1 f

 

 156 

 

 605 

 

50.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

166

Zambia 171 (ca 20,95%)

 

0.394

 

37.5

 

68.2

67.9 f

 

 417 

 

 877 

 

52.6

167

Congo172 (ca 20,9%)

 

0.385

 

43.1

 

47.5

65.3

 

 107 

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

168

Mozambique 161 (ca 21,9%)

 

0.379

 

41.9

 

33.5

46.5 d

 

 230 

 

1,117 h

 

39.6

169

Burundi 173 (ca 20,85%)

 

0.378

 

43.6

 

37.0

58.9

 

  83 

 

 648 h

 

33.3

170

Ethiopia 162 (ca 21,8%)

 

0.367

 

47.6

 

28.6

41.5 d

 

  97 

 

 711 h

 

30.0

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

171

Central A.R. 176 (ca 20,6%)

 

0.355

 

39.3

 

33.2

48.6

 

 309 

 

1,089 h

 

61.3

172

Guinea-Bis. 163 (ca 21,7%)

 

0.348

 

44.7

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 160 

 

 711 h

 

47.0

173

Chad 174 ( ca 21,5%)

 

0.341

 

43.6

 

27.7

25.5

 

 304 

 

1,210 h

 

   ..   

174

Mali 175 (ca 20,7%)

 

0.333

 

47.9

 

18.8

19.0 f

 

 371 

 

 994 

 

50.5

175

Burkina Faso 167(ca 21,3%)

 

0.317

 

47.5

 

   ..   

12.8 f

 

 345 

 

1,174 h

 

48.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

176

Sierra Leone 168 (ca 21,2%)

 

0.298

 

40.8

 

   ..   

29.6

 

 149 

 

 548 

 

62.9

177

Niger 169 (ca 21,1%)

 

0.281

 

44.4

 

11.4

14.4

 

 232 

 

 835 h

 

50.5

Without HDI Rank

 

 

 

 

 

Afghanistan 170 (ca 21,0%)

 

   ..   

 

43.8 q

 

28.1 q   

   ..   

 

  327 q   

 

 800 q  

 

   ..   

 

Andorra (same as Spain)

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

Iraq 177 (ca 20,5%)

 

   ..   

 

58.9

 

35.7

   ..   

 

879  o

 

1,900 o  

 

   ..   

 

Kiribati 178 (ca 20,45%)

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

 567 

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

Korea N. 179 (ca 20,4%)

 

   ..   

 

63.1

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liberia 180 (ca 20,35%)

 

   ..   

 

42.4

 

39.2

55.9d

 

 131 

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

Liechtenstein 4 (ca 49,5%)

 

   ..   

 

79.8 q

 

100.0 q 

100.0 q   

 

  34,810 q   

 

25,000 q   

 

   ..   

 

Marshall I. 157  (ca 22,3%)

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

2,017

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

Micronesia 156 (ca 22,4%)

 

   ..   

 

67.6

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

1,952

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

Monaco 37 (ca 38,9%)

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

   ..   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nauru 183 (ca 20,2%)

 

   ..   

 

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Palau 184 (ca 20,15%)

 

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6,281

 

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San Marino 38 (ca 38,7%)

 

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Somalia 186 ( ca 20%)

 

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46.5

 

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Tuvalu 185 (ca 20,1%)

 

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Serbia and Montenegro (same as Bosnia-Herzegovina

 

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73.3

 

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96.4

 

2,558

 

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Because the underlying household surveys differ in method and in the type of data collected, the distribution data are not strictly comparable across countries.
Notes:
a. The HDI rank is determined using HDI values to the fifth decimal point.
b. Data for 1990 refer to estimates produced by UNESCO Division of Statistics based on data prior to 1990; data for 2003 refer to national literacy estimates from censuses or surveys conducted between 2000 and 2004, unless otherwise noted. Due to differences in methodology and timeliness of underlying data, comparisons across countries and over time should be made with caution. For more details, see http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev.php?ID=4930_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC.
c. A value of 0 represents perfect equality, and a value of 100 perfect inequality.
d. Estimate produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics in July 2002.
e. Data refer to 2001.
f. Data refer to a year between 1995 and 1999.
g. Data refer to 2002.
h. Estimates are based on regression.
i. Data are from national sources.
j. Data are from the Secretariat of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, based on national sources.
k. Data refer to year other than that specified
l. Data are from the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community, based on national sources.
m. Estimate based on a bilateral comparison between China and the United States (Ruoen, Ren and Chen Kai. 1995. "China's GDP in US Dollars Based on Purchasing Power Parity." World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 1415. Washington, D.C.).
n. Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.

o. 2006 estimates.

p. Data are from Earth Trends ISO 1989-2004

q. Gini-indexes: Estimate from 1987 for Mauritius. Estimate from 2002 for Timor-Leste. Cuba’s GDP-per capita 2006 estimate. Liechtenstein: Life expectancy of birth 2007 estimate. GDP per capita 1999 estimates. Afghanistan: Life exp. 2007 estimate, literacy 2000 estimate, GDP per capita 2006 estimate and GDP ppp per capita 2004 estimate. Source CIA: The World Factbook. Qatar: GDP per capita 2005 estimate and GDP ppp per capita 2005 estimate. Source UN HDI-statistics based on data from 2005.

*)  Accounting for economic and political/administrative freedom, solidarity, and equality etc. also democracy vs. totalitarian systems, i.e. mostly dictatorship, heavy ochlarchy or extreme capitalist liberalism. The gini-index measures how top heavy the income hierarchy is. If one has all of the income the index is 100. This is the most top heavy income hierarchy. If everybody has the same income, no hierarchy - the distribution is flat - the index is zero. As a rule of the thumb a gini-index less than 35 indicates socialism, and an index more than 35 indicates capitalism - economical plutarchy. This is only a rule of the thumb, the concept of socialism also includes efficiency. Thus a system with high efficiency, a large GDP per capita, and a gini-index at 30 may be more socialist than a system with low GDP per capita and a gini-index at 25. Socialism means a lot of wealth plus a reasonable flat distribution of income. The libertarian degree is dependent on the degree of socialism and the degree of autonomy, see http://www.anarchy.no/formula.html . The ranking and point estimates are made by IIFOR, see http://www.anarchy.no/iifor.html . IIFOR has published point estimates of the libertarian degree for all of the countries mentioned in the HDI-statistics of the UN, also the countries without HDI rank. The estimates of the libertarian degree for countries ranked from 101-186 are between ca 29%-20%. The ranking of countries from 101-186 is very uncertain. Also the estimates for the 100 most libertarian countries are a bit uncertain. Countries with less than 33,33% libertarian degree, i.e. more than 666 per thousand authoritarian degree are totalitarian, i.e. either dictatorships, heavy ochlarchies (ochlarchy = mob rule broadly defined), say, with rivaling polyarchy or oligarchy, or have a very low degree of autonomy and/or socialism in general. The countries ranked from no 65-186 according to libertarian degree, have less than 33,33% libertarian degree, and are thus very authoritarian, i.e. totalitarian. On the other end of the ranking we have three anarchies of low degree, no 1 Norway with ca 54% anarchy degree, no 2 Switzerland with ca 53% degree of anarchy and no 3, Iceland with ca 52% degree of anarchy. These societies are real democratic, the systems work significantly more from the bottom, grassroots, and upwards, than from the top downwards to the bottom. Thus it is anarchism. Anarchies have more than 50% anarchy degree, i.e. significant. The countries in the middle, ranked from 4-64 according to libertarian degree, are semi-democratic, the systems work more from the top downwards to the bottom, than from the bottom, grassroots, and upwards, but they are not totalitarian. They have a libertarian degree between ca 49,99% - 33,32%. These countries mostly are parliamentarian democracies. The investigation is based on the UN-statistics above, OECD statistics, EUROSTAT, statistics from the Statistisk Sentralbyrå in Norway, and several other sources. In the column for the libertarian degree we have used “,”, the European standard instead of American/UK standard, i.e. “.” as decimal separator. The term “ca” is an abbreviation for the latin circa, which means about or approximately. Some more detailed research results are presented at http://www.anarchy.no/andebate.html for discussion.

Source:
column 1: calculated on the basis of data in columns 6-8 of table 1 (HDR 2005); see technical note 1 for details.
column 2: UN (United Nations). 2005. Correspondence on life expectancy at birth. Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. New York, unless otherwise noted.
column 3: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 2003. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. April. Montreal.
column 4: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization). 2005. Correspondence on adult and youth literacy rates. April. Montreal.
column 5: calculated on the basis of GDP and population data from World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005. CD-ROM. Washington, DC.; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank.
column 6: calculated on the basis of GDP and population data from World Bank. 2005. World Development Indicators 2005. CD-ROM. Washington, DC.; aggregates calculated for the Human Development Report Office by the World Bank.
column 7: World Bank. 2005. Correspondence on income distribution data. Washington, D.C. April.