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| Governance Indices |
Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa |
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| Freedom House Indices {a}, 2001 |
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Level of Freedom (free, partly free, not free) |
Not Free |
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Political Rights (1=most free, 7=least free) |
7 |
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Civil Liberties (1=most free, 7=least free) |
6 |
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Partly Free, 61-100=Not Free) |
79 |
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| Polity IV Indices, 2000 |
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strongly autocratic, +10 fully democratic) |
-6 |
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Level of Political Competition {a} |
2 Supressed |
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| Transparency International Indices |
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(10=least corrupt, 0=most corrupt) |
X |
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| Civil Society |
| Number of international non-governmental |
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organizations (NGOs), 2000 |
156 |
32825 |
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| NGOs per million population, 2000 |
40 |
59 |
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| Number of formally committed muni- |
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cipalities to Local Agenda 21, 2001 |
X |
133 |
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| Agenda 21 national reporting status, 2002 |
non-reporting |
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| Government Expenditures and Financial Flows |
| Development Assistance as a percent |
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of government expenditures, 1995-97 {c} |
X |
X |
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| Govt. Expenditures as a percent of GDP |
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Military, 2000 |
X |
X |
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Public health, 1997 |
2.9 % |
2.4 % |
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Public education, 1996-1998 {c} |
5 % |
5.2 % |
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| Foreign Direct Investment, net |
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inflows, 2000 (million current $US) |
35 |
6664 |
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| Total Debt Service, |
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1997 (million current $US) |
0 |
X |
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| Development Assistance per capita, |
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1997 (current $US) |
33 |
X |
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| Access to Information and Technology |
| Number of Internet hosts, 2000 |
18 |
211036 |
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| Number per 1,000 population of: |
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Internet Users, 2001 {d} |
3 |
6 |
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Phone Lines, 2001 {d} |
8 |
14 |
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Mobile Phone Subscriptions, 2001 {d} |
0 |
23 |
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Radios receivers, 1997-2000 {c} |
444 |
198 |
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Television Sets, 2000 |
27 |
58 |
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| Status of Freedom of Information |
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(FOIA) legislation, 2002 {e}: |
X |
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| Footnotes: |
| a. Freedom House is a U.S.-based, non-profit organization that advocates for American-style leadership in international affairs; the organization conducts extensive research about |
| the level and nature of freedom and civil liberties around the world. |
| b. Index values range from 0 to 5, as follows: (0) Not Applicable, (1) Repressed, (2) Suppressed, (3) Factional, (4) Transitional, and (5) Competitive. |
| c. Data are for the most recent year available in the range of years listed. |
| d. Some regional data for Oceania and Sub-Saharan Africa are for the year 2000, not 2001. |
| e. An 'X' indicates either that data are not available or that no Freedom of Information Legislation exists for this country. |
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