Global Freedom

This chart and this commentary are from the Economist:

ANY measure of freedom may be open to criticism, and combining three separate measures—religious, political and civil—may seem more arbitrary yet. But the efforts of the Hudson Institute's Centre for Religious Freedom, using rankings from other sources, provide some intriguing comparisons. It is no shock that the likes of North Korea and Iran are intolerant of all sorts of freedoms, while America is just as easy-going over religion as it is concerning political freedoms. But look at India, Indonesia and some European countries: tolerance of civil and political rights is not matched by quite the same freedom to worship.

Kudos to Pearlie for bringing this to our attention. Gotta wonder about France ... that one surprised me. Any of these surprise you?