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There is a freedom of information law in the country	Number of countries
Yes	140
No	42

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Country	Chamber	There is a freedom of information law in the country
Afghanistan	House of the People (Suspended), House of Elders (Suspended)	Yes
Albania	Parliament	Yes
Algeria	National People's Assembly, Council of the Nation	Yes
Andorra	General Council	Yes
Angola	National Assembly	Yes
Antigua and Barbuda	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Argentina	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Armenia	National Assembly	Yes
Australia	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Austria	National Council, Federal Council	No
Azerbaijan	National Assembly	Yes
Bahamas	House of Assembly, Senate	Yes
Bahrain	Council of Representatives, Shura Council	Yes
Bangladesh	Parliament	Yes
Barbados	House of Assembly, Senate	No information available
Belarus	House of Representatives, Council of the Republic	Yes
Belgium	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Belize	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Benin	National Assembly	Yes
Bhutan	National Assembly, National Council	No
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	Chamber of Deputies, Chamber of Senators	No
Bosnia and Herzegovina	House of Representatives, House of Peoples	Yes
Botswana	National Assembly	No
Brazil	Chamber of Deputies, Federal Senate	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Legislative Council	No
Bulgaria	National Assembly	Yes
Burkina Faso	Transitional Legislative Assembly	Yes
Burundi	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Cabo Verde	National Assembly	Yes
Cambodia	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Cameroon	National Assembly, Senate	No information available
Canada	House of Commons, Senate	Yes
Central African Republic	National Assembly	Yes
Chad	Transitional National Council	Yes
Chile	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
China	National People's Congress	Yes
Colombia	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Comoros	Assembly of the Union	No
Congo	National Assembly, Senate	No information available
Costa Rica	Legislative Assembly	Yes
Croatia	Croatian Parliament	Yes
Cuba	National Assembly of the People's Power	Yes
Cyprus	House of Representatives	Yes
Czechia	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Côte d'Ivoire	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Supreme People's Assembly	No information available
Democratic Republic of the Congo	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Denmark	The Danish Parliament	Yes
Djibouti	National Assembly	No
Dominica	House of Assembly	No
Dominican Republic	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Ecuador	National Assembly	Yes
Egypt	House of Representatives, Senate	No information available
El Salvador	Legislative Assembly	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	No
Eritrea	National Assembly	No
Estonia	The Estonian Parliament	Yes
Eswatini	House of Assembly, Senate	No
Ethiopia	House of Peoples' Representatives, House of the Federation	Yes
Fiji	Parliament	Yes
Finland	Parliament	Yes
France	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Gabon	Transitional National Assembly, Transitional Senate	No
Gambia (The)	National Assembly	Yes
Georgia	Parliament	Yes
Germany	German Bundestag, Federal Council	Yes
Ghana	Parliament	Yes
Greece	Hellenic Parliament	Yes
Grenada	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Guatemala	Congress of the Republic	Yes
Guinea	Transitional National Council	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	People's National Assembly	Yes
Guyana	National Assembly	Yes
Haiti	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Honduras	National Congress	Yes
Hungary	National Assembly	Yes
Iceland	Parliament	Yes
India	House of the People, Council of States	Yes
Indonesia	House of Representatives	Yes
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	Islamic Parliament of Iran	Yes
Iraq	Council of Representatives of Iraq	No
Ireland	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Israel	Parliament	Yes
Italy	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Jamaica	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Japan	House of Representatives, House of Councillors	Yes
Jordan	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Kazakhstan	House of Representatives, Senate	No
Kenya	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Kiribati	House of Assembly	No
Kuwait	National Assembly	Yes
Kyrgyzstan	Supreme Council	Yes
Lao People's Democratic Republic	National Assembly	No
Latvia	Parliament	Yes
Lebanon	National Assembly	Yes
Lesotho	National Assembly, Senate	No
Liberia	House of Representatives, The Liberian Senate	Yes
Libya	House of Representatives	No
Liechtenstein	Diet	Yes
Lithuania	Parliament	Yes
Luxembourg	Chamber of Deputies	Yes
Madagascar	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Malawi	National Assembly	Yes
Malaysia	House of Representatives, Senate	No
Maldives	People's Majlis	Yes
Mali	Transitional National Council	Yes
Malta	House of Representatives	Yes
Marshall Islands	Parliament	No
Mauritania	National Assembly, Senate (Suspended)	No
Mauritius	National Assembly	No
Mexico	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Micronesia (Federated States of)	Congress	No
Monaco	National Council	No
Mongolia	State Great Hural	Yes
Montenegro	Parliament	Yes
Morocco	House of Representatives, House of Councillors	No
Mozambique	Assembly of the Republic	Yes
Myanmar	House of Representatives (Suspended), House of Nationalities (Suspended)	No
Namibia	National Assembly, National Council	No
Nauru	Parliament	No
Nepal	House of Representatives, National Assembly	Yes
Netherlands	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
New Zealand	House of Representatives	Yes
Nicaragua	National Assembly	Yes
Niger	National Assembly	Yes
Nigeria	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
North Macedonia	Assembly of the Republic	Yes
Norway	Parliament	Yes
Oman	Shura Council, State Council	Yes
Pakistan	National Assembly, Senate	Yes
Palau	House of Delegates, Senate	Yes
Panama	National Assembly	Yes
Papua New Guinea	National Parliament	No
Paraguay	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Peru	Congress of the Republic	Yes
Philippines	House of Representatives, Senate	No
Poland	Sejm, Senate	Yes
Portugal	Assembly of the Republic	Yes
Qatar	Shura Council	No
Republic of Korea	National Assembly	Yes
Republic of Moldova	Parliament	Yes
Romania	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Russian Federation	State Duma, Council of the Federation	Yes
Rwanda	Chamber of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	National Assembly	No information available
Saint Lucia	House of Assembly, Senate	No information available
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	House of Assembly	Yes
Samoa	Legislative Assembly	No
San Marino	Great and General Council	Yes
Sao Tome and Principe	National Assembly	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Shura Council	No
Senegal	National Assembly	No
Serbia	National Assembly	Yes
Seychelles	National Assembly	Yes
Sierra Leone	Parliament	Yes
Singapore	Parliament	No
Slovakia	National Council	Yes
Slovenia	National Assembly, National Council	Yes
Solomon Islands	National Parliament	No
Somalia	House of the People, Upper House	Yes
South Africa	National Assembly, National Council of Provinces	Yes
South Sudan	Transitional National Legislative Assembly, Council of States	No
Spain	Congress of Deputies, Senate	Yes
Sri Lanka	Parliament	Yes
Sudan	National Assembly (Suspended), Council of States (Suspended)	Yes
Suriname	National Assembly	No
Sweden	Parliament	Yes
Switzerland	National Council, Council of States	Yes
Syrian Arab Republic	People's Assembly	No information available
Tajikistan	House of Representatives, National Assembly	No
Thailand	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Timor-Leste	National Parliament	Yes
Togo	National Assembly	Yes
Tonga	Legislative Assembly	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Tunisia	Assembly of People's Representatives, National Council of Regions and Districts	Yes
Turkmenistan	Assembly, People’s Council (Suspended)	No
Tuvalu	Parliament of Tuvalu	No
Türkiye	Grand National Assembly of Türkiye	Yes
Uganda	Parliament	Yes
Ukraine	Parliament	Yes
United Arab Emirates	Federal National Council	Yes
United Kingdom	House of Commons, House of Lords	Yes
United Republic of Tanzania	National Assembly	No
United States of America	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Uruguay	House of Representatives, Senate	Yes
Uzbekistan	Legislative Chamber, Senate	Yes
Vanuatu	Parliament	Yes
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	National Assembly	Yes
Viet Nam	National Assembly	Yes
Yemen	House of Representatives, Shura Council	Yes
Zambia	National Assembly	No
Zimbabwe	National Assembly, Senate	Yes