1. Is there a ban on donations from foreign interests to political parties?

Continent	Yes	No	No data	Countries researched
Africa	33 (64.7%)	17 (33.3%)	1 (2.0%)	51
Americas	20 (58.8%)	14 (41.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34
Asia	34 (91.9%)	3 (8.1%)	0 (0.0%)	37
Europe	33 (75.0%)	11 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44
Oceania	4 (28.6%)	9 (64.3%)	1 (7.1%)	14
Total	124	54	2	180

Continent

Yes

No data

Countries researched

Africa

33
(64.7%)

17
(33.3%)

1
(2.0%)

Americas

20
(58.8%)

14
(41.2%)

0
(0.0%)

Asia

34
(91.9%)

3
(8.1%)

0
(0.0%)

Europe

33
(75.0%)

11
(25.0%)

0
(0.0%)

Oceania

4
(28.6%)

9
(64.3%)

1
(7.1%)

Total

124

180

Description:

An important issue in many countries is to limit influence over national politics to forces within the country. Foreign interests such as governments, corporations, organisations and/or individuals may therefore be banned from making donations to political parties

Country	Value	Details
Afghanistan	Yes	view
Albania	Yes	view
Algeria	Yes	view
Andorra	Yes	view
Angola	Yes	view
Antigua and Barbuda	No	view
Argentina	Yes	view
Armenia	Yes	view
Australia	Yes	view
Austria	No	view
Azerbaijan	Yes	view
Bahamas	No	view
Bahrain	Yes	view
Bangladesh	Yes	view
Barbados	No	view
Belarus	Yes	view
Belgium	No	view
Belize	No	view
Benin	No	view
Bhutan	Yes	view
Bolivia	Yes	view
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Yes	view
Botswana	No	view
Brazil	Yes	view
Bulgaria	Yes	view
Burkina Faso	No	view
Burundi	Yes	view
Cabo Verde	Yes	view
Cambodia	Yes	view
Cameroon	Yes	view
Canada	Yes	view
Central African Republic	No	view
Chad	No	view
Chile	Yes	view
Colombia	Yes	view
Comoros	No data	view
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Yes	view
Costa Rica	Yes	view
Cote d'Ivoire	Yes	view
Croatia	Yes	view
Cyprus	Yes	view
Czech Republic	Yes	view
Denmark	No	view
Djibouti	Yes	view
Dominica	No	view
Dominican Republic	Yes	view
Ecuador	Yes	view
Egypt	Yes	view
El Salvador	Yes	view
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	view
Estonia	Yes	view
Eswatini	No	view
Ethiopia	Yes	view
Fiji	Yes	view
Finland	Yes	view
France	Yes	view
Gabon	Yes	view
Gambia	Yes	view
Georgia	Yes	view
Germany	No	view
Ghana	Yes	view
Greece	Yes	view
Grenada	No	view
Guatemala	Yes	view
Guinea	Yes	view
Guinea-Bissau	Yes	view
Guyana	No	view
Haiti	No	view
Honduras	Yes	view
Hungary	Yes	view
Iceland	Yes	view
India	Yes	view
Indonesia	Yes	view
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Yes	view
Iraq	Yes	view
Ireland	Yes	view
Israel	Yes	view
Italy	Yes	view
Jamaica	Yes	view
Japan	Yes	view
Jordan	Yes	view
Kazakhstan	Yes	view
Kenya	Yes	view
Kiribati	No	view
Korea, Republic of	Yes	view
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	view
Latvia	Yes	view
Lebanon	Yes	view
Lesotho	No	view
Liberia	Yes	view
Libya	Yes	view
Liechtenstein	No	view
Lithuania	Yes	view
Luxembourg	No	view
Madagascar	Yes	view
Malawi	No	view
Malaysia	No	view
Maldives	No	view
Mali	No	view
Malta	Yes	view
Marshall Islands	Yes	view
Mauritania	Yes	view
Mauritius	No	view
Mexico	Yes	view
Micronesia, Federated States of	No	view
Moldova, Republic of	Yes	view
Monaco	No	view
Mongolia	Yes	view
Montenegro	Yes	view
Morocco	Yes	view
Mozambique	Yes	view
Myanmar	Yes	view
Namibia	No	view
Nauru	No	view
Nepal	Yes	view
Netherlands	No	view
New Zealand	No	view
Nicaragua	No	view
Niger	No	view
Nigeria	Yes	view
North Macedonia, Republic of	Yes	view
Norway	Yes	view
Pakistan	Yes	view
Palau	No	view
Panama	Yes	view
Papua New Guinea	Yes	view
Paraguay	Yes	view
Peru	Yes	view
Philippines	Yes	view
Poland	Yes	view
Portugal	Yes	view
Republic of The Congo (Brazzaville)	Yes	view
Romania	Yes	view
Russian Federation	Yes	view
Rwanda	Yes	view
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	view
Saint Lucia	No	view
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	No	view
Samoa	No data	view
San Marino	No	view
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes	view
Senegal	Yes	view
Serbia	Yes	view
Seychelles	No	view
Sierra Leone	Yes	view
Singapore	Yes	view
Slovakia	Yes	view
Slovenia	Yes	view
Solomon Islands	No	view
South Africa	Yes	view
Spain	Yes	view
Sri Lanka	No	view
Sudan	Yes	view
Suriname	No	view
Sweden	No	view
Switzerland	No	view
Syrian Arab Republic	Yes	view
Taiwan	Yes	view
Tajikistan	Yes	view
Tanzania, United Republic of	No	view
Thailand	Yes	view
Timor-Leste	Yes	view
Togo	No	view
Tonga	No	view
Trinidad and Tobago	No	view
Tunisia	Yes	view
Turkey	Yes	view
Turkmenistan	Yes	view
Tuvalu	No	view
Uganda	No	view
Ukraine	Yes	view
United Kingdom	Yes	view
United States	Yes	view
Uruguay	Yes	view
Uzbekistan	Yes	view
Vanuatu	No	view
Venezuela	Yes	view
Yemen	Yes	view
Zambia	No	view
Zimbabwe	Yes	view

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Value

Details

Afghanistan

Yes

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