7. Is there a ban on anonymous donations to political parties?

Continent	Yes	No, but specific limit	No	No data	Countries researched
Africa	25 (49.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (45.1%)	3 (5.9%)	51
Americas	17 (50.0%)	4 (11.8%)	13 (38.2%)	0 (0.0%)	34
Asia	25 (67.6%)	7 (18.9%)	5 (13.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37
Europe	32 (72.7%)	7 (15.9%)	5 (11.4%)	0 (0.0%)	44
Oceania	2 (14.3%)	2 (14.3%)	9 (64.3%)	1 (7.1%)	14
Total	101	20	55	4	180

Continent

Yes

No, but specific limit

No data

Countries researched

Africa

25
(49.0%)

0
(0.0%)

23
(45.1%)

3
(5.9%)

Americas

17
(50.0%)

4
(11.8%)

13
(38.2%)

0
(0.0%)

Asia

25
(67.6%)

7
(18.9%)

5
(13.5%)

0
(0.0%)

Europe

32
(72.7%)

7
(15.9%)

5
(11.4%)

0
(0.0%)

Oceania

2
(14.3%)

9
(64.3%)

1
(7.1%)

Total

101

180

Description:

To ensure that donations do not come from other banned sources and to increase transparency, anonymous donations to political parties are sometimes banned outright or banned over a certain level (critics argue that provisions for anonymous donations protects the right to privacy of donors)

Country	Value	Details
Afghanistan	No	view
Albania	Yes	view
Algeria	Yes	view
Andorra	Yes	view
Angola	No	view
Antigua and Barbuda	No, but specific limit	view
Argentina	Yes	view
Armenia	Yes	view
Australia	No, but specific limit	view
Austria	No, but specific limit	view
Azerbaijan	Yes	view
Bahamas	No	view
Bahrain	Yes	view
Bangladesh	Yes	view
Barbados	No	view
Belarus	Yes	view
Belgium	No, but specific limit	view
Belize	No	view
Benin	Yes	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	No	view
Cambodia	No	view
Cameroon	No	view
Canada	No, but specific limit	view
Cape Verde	Yes	view
Central African Republic	No	view
Chad	No	view
Chile	No, but specific limit	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	No data	view
Dominica	No	view
Dominican Republic	No	view
Ecuador	Yes	view
Egypt	Yes	view
El Salvador	Yes	view
Equatorial Guinea	Yes	view
Estonia	Yes	view
Ethiopia	Yes	view
Fiji	Yes	view
Finland	Yes	view
France	No, but specific limit	view
Gabon	No	view
Gambia	No	view
Georgia	Yes	view
Germany	No, but specific limit	view
Ghana	Yes	view
Greece	Yes	view
Grenada	No	view
Guatemala	Yes	view
Guinea	Yes	view
Guinea-Bissau	No	view
Guyana	No	view
Haiti	Yes	view
Honduras	Yes	view
Hungary	Yes	view
Iceland	Yes	view
India	No, but specific limit	view
Indonesia	Yes	view
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Yes	view
Iraq	Yes	view
Ireland	No, but specific limit	view
Israel	Yes	view
Italy	No, but specific limit	view
Jamaica	Yes	view
Japan	No, but specific limit	view
Jordan	Yes	view
Kazakhstan	Yes	view
Kenya	Yes	view
Kiribati	No	view
Korea, Republic of	No, but specific limit	view
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	view
Latvia	Yes	view
Lebanon	No	view
Lesotho	No	view
Liberia	Yes	view
Libya	Yes	view
Liechtenstein	No	view
Lithuania	Yes	view
Luxembourg	Yes	view
Macedonia, former Yugoslav Republic (1993-)	Yes	view
Madagascar	No	view
Malawi	No	view
Malaysia	No	view
Maldives	Yes	view
Mali	No	view
Malta	Yes	view
Marshall Islands	No	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	No	view
Mozambique	No	view
Myanmar	No	view
Namibia	No	view
Nauru	No	view
Nepal	Yes	view
Netherlands	No	view
New Zealand	No, but specific limit	view
Nicaragua	No	view
Niger	Yes	view
Nigeria	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	No, but specific limit	view
Russian Federation	Yes	view
Rwanda	No	view
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	view
Saint Lucia	No	view
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	No	view
Samoa	No data	view
San Marino	Yes	view
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes	view
Senegal	No	view
Serbia	Yes	view
Seychelles	Yes	view
Sierra Leone	Yes	view
Singapore	No, but specific limit	view
Slovakia	Yes	view
Slovenia	Yes	view
Solomon Islands	No	view
South Africa	No	view
Spain	Yes	view
Sri Lanka	No	view
Sudan	Yes	view
Suriname	No	view
Swaziland	No data	view
Sweden	Yes	view
Switzerland	No	view
Syrian Arab Republic	No, but specific limit	view
Taiwan	No, but specific limit	view
Tajikistan	Yes	view
Tanzania, United Republic of	Yes	view
Thailand	No, but specific limit	view
Timor-Leste	Yes	view
Togo	Yes	view
Tonga	No	view
Trinidad and Tobago	No	view
Tunisia	Yes	view
Turkey	Yes	view
Turkmenistan	Yes	view
Tuvalu	No	view
Uganda	Yes	view
Ukraine	Yes	view
United Kingdom	Yes	view
United States	Yes	view
Uruguay	No, but specific limit	view
Uzbekistan	Yes	view
Vanuatu	No	view
Venezuela	Yes	view
Yemen	Yes	view
Zambia	No	view
Zimbabwe	No	view

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Value

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