This list of democratic countries is recommended for consumers who want to buy products made in a democracy (1). The name of the country where the product was made is on the product's label.

Consumers have powerful control over a country's standard of living and standard of government.

Democracies that are government sanctioned tax havens for secret bank accounts (2) or child prostitution (3) are excluded from the following list.

Andorra, Australia, Austria

Belgium, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria

Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic

Denmark

El Salvador, Estonia

Finland, France

Germany, Greece

Hungary

Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy

Jamaica, Japan

Kiribati, South Korea

Lithuania

Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia

Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway

Palau, Peru, Poland, Portugal

Romania

San Marino, Sao Tome & Principe, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Suriname, Sweden

Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu

United Kingdom, United States of America

(1) Freedom House. Freedom in the World 2010. Table of Independent Countries. Pages 7-11

(2) Summary of the Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act: Senator Carl Levin: News Release. March 2, 2009

(3) U.S. Dept. of State. Trafficking in Persons Report 2009. Tier 2 Watch List and Tier 3.

For a list of U.S. states cutting global warming, see www.madeinstates.net

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