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96APPENDIX J: HUMAN FREEDOM INDICES (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)Country 2008 Freedom Index 2012 Freedom Index Freedom Index Albania 7.42 7.39 -0.04Algeria 5.09 5.12 0.03Angola 4.57 5.71 1.14Argentina 7.21 6.59 -0.62Armenia 7.36 7.44 0.08Australia 8.68 8.55 -0.13Austria 8.44 8.45 0.01Azerbaijan 6.26 6.09 -0.18Bahamas 7.72 7.49 -0.23Bahrain 7.07 6.71 -0.35Bangladesh 5.83 5.82 -0.01Barbados 7.20 7.32 0.12Belgium 8.29 8.23 -0.05Belize 7.24 7.00 -0.24Benin 6.38 6.39 0.01Bolivia 6.65 7.05 0.40Bosnia Herzegovina 7.13 7.37 0.24Botswana 6.71 6.58 -0.13Brazil 7.06 6.82 -0.25Brunei N/A 6.90 N/ABulgaria 7.88 7.80 -0.08Burkina Faso 6.52 6.65 0.13Burundi 5.42 5.85 0.43Cambodia N/A 6.93 N/ACameroon 5.67 5.98 0.32Canada 8.71 8.60 -0.10Cape Verde N/A 7.39 N/ACentral African Republic 5.62 5.09 -0.53Chad 5.38 5.27 -0.11Chile 8.39 8.32 -0.06China 5.67 5.86 0.19Colombia 6.61 6.23 -0.38Congo, Democratic Republic of 5.43 4.67 -0.76Congo, Republic of 5.59 5.37 -0.22Costa Rica 7.77 7.86 0.09Cote d’Ivoire 5.69 6.11 0.42Croatia 7.34 7.71 0.36Cyprus 8.44 7.95 -0.49Czech Republic 8.24 8.25 0.01