Countries With FOI Laws
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103 Nations with FOI: Soon, later, never in PH? No. Countries with FOI Law Year law passed* Population** 2012 -13 1 Sweden 1766 9,600,379 2 United States 1966 316,128,839 3 France 1978 65,939,866 4 Australia 1982 23,129,300 5 New Zealand 1982 4,442,100 6 Canada 1983 35,154,279 7 Colombia 1985 48,321,405 8 Austria 1987 8,479,823 9 Denmark 1987 5,614,932 10 Italy 1990 60,233,948 11 Netherlands 1991 16,804,432 12 Belgium 1994 11,182,817 13 Belize 1994 331,900 14 Iceland 1996 323,764 15 Lithuania 1996 2,957,689 16 South Korea 1996 50,219,669 17 Ireland 1997 4,597,558 18 Thailand 1997 67,010,502 19 Uzbekistan 1997 30,243,200 20 Israel 1998 8,059,500 21 Latvia 1998 2,012,647 22 Albania 1999 2,897,366 23 Czech Republic 1999 10,514,272 24 Finland 1999 5,438,972 25 Georgia 1999 4,487,200 26 Greece 1999 11,027,549 27 Japan 1999 127,338,621 28 Liechtenstein 1999 36,925 29 Trinidad 1999 1,341,151 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 3,829,307 31 Bulgaria 2000 7,265,115 32 Estonia 2000 1,317,997 33 Moldova 2000 3,558,566 34 Slovakia 2000 5,413,393 35 South Africa 2000 53,157,490 36 United Kingdom 2000 64,106,779 37 Poland 2001 38,514,479 38 Romania 2001 19,981,358 39 Angola 2002 21,471,618 40 Jamaica 2002 2,714,734
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Already 103 countries worldwide with combined population of 5.8 billion have adopted FOI and access to information laws, starting with Sweden in 1776 and ending with Mozambique in 2014.Will the Philippines have its FOI law soon, much later, or never at all? That is the big challenge to President Aquino and the 16th Congress before they bow out of office in June 2016.
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103 Nations with FOI: Soon, later, never in PH?
No. Countries with FOI Law Year law passed* Population**
2012 -13
1 Sweden 1766 9,600,379 2 United States 1966 316,128,839 3 France 1978 65,939,866 4 Australia 1982 23,129,300 5 New Zealand 1982 4,442,100 6 Canada 1983 35,154,279 7 Colombia 1985 48,321,405 8 Austria 1987 8,479,823 9 Denmark 1987 5,614,932
10 Italy 1990 60,233,948 11 Netherlands 1991 16,804,432 12 Belgium 1994 11,182,817
13 Belize 1994 331,900
14 Iceland 1996 323,764
15 Lithuania 1996 2,957,689 16 South Korea 1996 50,219,669 17 Ireland 1997 4,597,558 18 Thailand 1997 67,010,502 19 Uzbekistan 1997 30,243,200 20 Israel 1998 8,059,500 21 Latvia 1998 2,012,647 22 Albania 1999 2,897,366 23 Czech Republic 1999 10,514,272 24 Finland 1999 5,438,972 25 Georgia 1999 4,487,200 26 Greece 1999 11,027,549 27 Japan 1999 127,338,621
28 Liechtenstein 1999 36,925
29 Trinidad 1999 1,341,151 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 3,829,307 31 Bulgaria 2000 7,265,115 32 Estonia 2000 1,317,997 33 Moldova 2000 3,558,566 34 Slovakia 2000 5,413,393 35 South Africa 2000 53,157,490 36 United Kingdom 2000 64,106,779 37 Poland 2001 38,514,479 38 Romania 2001 19,981,358 39 Angola 2002 21,471,618 40 Jamaica 2002 2,714,734
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41 Mexico 2002 122,332,399 42 Pakistan 2002 182,142,594 43 Panama 2002 3,864,170 44 Tajikistan 2002 8,207,834 45 Zimbabwe 2002 14,149,648 46 Armenia 2003 2,976,566 47 Croatia 2003 4,255,700 48 Kosovo 2003 1,824,000 49 Peru 2003 30,375,603
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2003 109,373
51 Serbia 2003 7,164,132 52 Slovenia 2003 2,059,953 53 Turkey 2003 74,932,641
54 Antigua 2004 89,985
55 Argentina 2004 41,446,246 56 Dominican Republic 2004 10,403,761 57 Ecuador 2004 15,737,878 58 Switzerland 2004 8,087,875 59 Azerbaijan 2005 9,416,801 60 Germany 2005 80,651,873 61 India 2005 1,252,139,596
62 Montenegro 2005 621,383
63 Taiwan 2005 23,359,928
64 Uganda 2005 37,578,876 65 Honduras 2006 8,097,688 66 Macedonia 2006 2,107,158 67 Norway 2006 5,080,166 68 China 2007 1,357,380,000 69 Jordan 2007 6,460,000 70 Kyrgyzstan 2007 5,719,600 71 Nepal 2007 27,797,457 72 Nicaragua 2007 6,080,478 73 Portugal 2007 10,457,295 74 Bangladesh 2008 156,594,962 75 Chile 2008 17,619,708 76 Ethiopia 2008 94,100,756 77 Guatemala 2008 15,468,203 78 Uruguay 2008 3,407,062 79 Cook Islands 2009 21,000 80 Russia 2009 143,499,861 81 Guinea 2010 11,745,189.00 82 Indonesia 2010 249,865,631 83 Liberia 2010 4,294,077
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84 Brazil 2011 200,361,925 85 El Salvador 2011 6,340,454 86 Hungary 2011 9,893,899
87 Malta 2011 423,374
88 Mongolia 2011 2,839,073 89 Niger 2011 17,831,270 90 Nigeria 2011 173,615,345 91 Tunisia 2011 10,886,500 92 Ukraine 2011 45,489,600 93 Yemen 2012 24,407,381 94 Rwanda 2013 11,776,522
95 Guyana 2013 799,613
96 Sierra Leone 2013 6,092,075 97 Spain 2013 46,617,825 98 Ivory Coast 2013 20,316,086 99 South Sudan 2013 11,296,173
100 Maldives 2014 345,023
101 Paraguay 2014 6,802,295 102 Afghanistan 2014 30,551,674 103 Mozambique 2014 25,833,752
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Sources: * FOI Countries and Year of Adoption: freedominfo.org; **Population: World Bank, World Health Organization, US Central Intelligence Agency
