ABSTRACT
The Freedom in the World 2001-2002 survey contains reports on 192 countries and 17 related and disputed territories. Each country report begins with a section containing basic political, economic, and social data arranged in the following categories: polity, economy, population, purchasing power parities (PPP), life expectancy, ethnic groups, capital, political rights, civil liberties, and status. The polity category contains an encapsulated description of the dominant centers of freely chosen or unelected political power in each country or territory. Polities may be modified by one or more of the following descriptions: insurgency, military-dominated, military-influenced, clergy-dominated, dominant party, federal, transitional, post-conflict. Information about the ethnic groups in a country or territory is provided in order to assist with the understanding of certain issues, including minority rights, addressed by the survey. PPP show per capita gross domestic product (GDP) in terms of international dollars in order to account for real buying power.
