Title: Countries of the Third World - Nations Online Project
Headings: Countries of the Third World
Countries of the Third World
Third World Countries in terms of political rights and civil liberties.
Third World Countries in Terms of their Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
Third World Countries in Terms of their Human Development.
Third World Countries in Terms of Poverty
Third World Countries in Terms of Press Freedom

Content: The most repressive regimes in the world. List of countries with the worst records for political rights and civil liberties. Within these countries and territories, state control over daily life is pervasive and wide-ranging. Independent organizations and political opposition are banned or suppressed, and fear of retribution for independent thought and action is part of everyday life. According to the Freedom House report Freedom in the World 2007, there are eight countries judged to have the worst records: Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Also included are two territories, Chechnya ( Russian Federation) and Tibet, whose inhabitants suffer intense repression. These states and regions received the Freedom House survey’s lowest rating: 7 for political rights and 7 for civil liberties. The report also includes nine other countries that are at the bottom of Freedom House's list of most repressively governed countries: