This overview will be indispensable to anyone interested in political and civil liberties.

Publishers Weekly

An essential source, Freedom in the World works from the assumption that freedom is a universal value, not reserved for the rich.

Francis Fukuyama, author of The End of History and the Last Man

The explosion of democracy is a central development of our era. Freedom House provides an invaluable resource in this authoritative survey of the on-the-ground realities of the state of freedom around the world.

Jessica Tuchman Mathews, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

The Freedom House survey is the most systematic, most comprehensive, and most reliable survey of the individual's status in the world's political systems. Freedom in the World provides an invaluable baseline in assessing the significance of world events.

Robert L. Bartley, editor of The Wall Street Journal

Freedom in the World is an invaluable source for scholars and essential reading for policy makers and political leaders concerned with the promotion and consolidation of democracy.

Orlando Patterson, Harvard University

Freedom in the World provides a candid assessment of how far nations have come in realizing fundamental human rights for their citizens, and how far they must go.

Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan