13. Is there a ban on the use of state resources in favour or against a political party or candidate?

Continent	Yes	No	No data	Countries researched
Africa	38 (74.5%)	6 (11.8%)	7 (13.7%)	51
Americas	19 (57.6%)	9 (27.3%)	5 (15.2%)	33
Asia	33 (89.2%)	3 (8.1%)	1 (2.7%)	37
Europe	19 (43.2%)	15 (34.1%)	10 (22.7%)	44
Oceania	10 (71.4%)	4 (28.6%)	0 (0.0%)	14
Total	119	37	23	179

Continent

Yes

No data

Countries researched

Africa

38
(74.5%)

6
(11.8%)

7
(13.7%)

Americas

19
(57.6%)

9
(27.3%)

5
(15.2%)

Asia

33
(89.2%)

3
(8.1%)

1
(2.7%)

Europe

19
(43.2%)

15
(34.1%)

10
(22.7%)

Oceania

10
(71.4%)

4
(28.6%)

0
(0.0%)

Total

119

179

Description:

To reduce abuse of state (administrative) resources, some countries ban the use of public resources in favour of or against a particular political party or candidate (excluding regulated public funding). This can include an overall ban, but it can also include specific bans on bias in state controlled media; public officials campaigning while on duty or the use of government vehicles in election campaigns

Country	Value	Details
Afghanistan	Yes	view
Albania	Yes	view
Algeria	Yes	view
Andorra	No	view
Angola	No	view
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	view
Argentina	No	view
Armenia	Yes	view
Australia	No	view
Austria	No	view
Azerbaijan	Yes	view
Bahamas	No	view
Bahrain	Yes	view
Bangladesh	Yes	view
Barbados	No data	view
Belarus	Yes	view
Belgium	No data	view
Belize	No data	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	Yes	view
Burundi	Yes	view
Cabo Verde	Yes	view
Cambodia	Yes	view
Cameroon	Yes	view
Canada	No	view
Central African Republic	Yes	view
Chad	Yes	view
Chile	Yes	view
Colombia	Yes	view
Comoros	Yes	view
Congo, Democratic Republic of	Yes	view
Costa Rica	Yes	view
Cote d'Ivoire	Yes	view
Croatia	No data	view
Cyprus	No data	view
Czech Republic	No data	view
Denmark	No	view
Djibouti	No data	view
Dominica	Yes	view
Dominican Republic	Yes	view
Ecuador	Yes	view
Egypt	Yes	view
El Salvador	No	view
Equatorial Guinea	No data	view
Estonia	Yes	view
Eswatini	No data	view
Ethiopia	Yes	view
Fiji	Yes	view
Finland	Yes	view
France	Yes	view
Gabon	Yes	view
Gambia	Yes	view
Georgia	Yes	view
Germany	Yes	view
Ghana	No data	view
Greece	No	view
Grenada	No	view
Guatemala	Yes	view
Guinea	Yes	view
Guinea-Bissau	Yes	view
Guyana	No data	view
Haiti	No data	view
Honduras	Yes	view
Hungary	No	view
Iceland	No	view
India	Yes	view
Indonesia	Yes	view
Iran, Islamic Republic of	Yes	view
Iraq	Yes	view
Ireland	No data	view
Israel	Yes	view
Italy	Yes	view
Jamaica	No data	view
Japan	Yes	view
Jordan	Yes	view
Kazakhstan	Yes	view
Kenya	Yes	view
Kiribati	Yes	view
Korea, Republic of	Yes	view
Kyrgyzstan	Yes	view
Latvia	Yes	view
Lebanon	Yes	view
Lesotho	Yes	view
Liberia	Yes	view
Libya	Yes	view
Liechtenstein	No	view
Lithuania	Yes	view
Luxembourg	No	view
Madagascar	Yes	view
Malawi	No data	view
Malaysia	No	view
Maldives	Yes	view
Mali	Yes	view
Malta	No data	view
Marshall Islands	Yes	view
Mauritania	No data	view
Mauritius	No data	view
Mexico	Yes	view
Micronesia, Federated States of	Yes	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	Yes	view
Nauru	Yes	view
Nepal	Yes	view
Netherlands	No	view
New Zealand	No	view
Nicaragua	Yes	view
Niger	Yes	view
Nigeria	Yes	view
North Macedonia, Republic of	Yes	view
Norway	No	view
Pakistan	Yes	view
Palau	Yes	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	Yes	view
San Marino	No data	view
Sao Tome and Principe	No data	view
Senegal	Yes	view
Serbia	No data	view
Seychelles	Yes	view
Sierra Leone	Yes	view
Singapore	No	view
Slovakia	No	view
Slovenia	No	view
Solomon Islands	Yes	view
South Africa	No	view
Spain	No data	view
Sri Lanka	No data	view
Sudan	Yes	view
Suriname	No	view
Sweden	No data	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	Yes	view
Tonga	No	view
Trinidad and Tobago	No	view
Tunisia	Yes	view
Turkey	Yes	view
Turkmenistan	Yes	view
Tuvalu	Yes	view
Uganda	Yes	view
Ukraine	Yes	view
United Kingdom	No	view
United States	Yes	view
Uruguay	Yes	view
Uzbekistan	No	view
Vanuatu	No	view
Venezuela	Yes	view
Yemen	Yes	view
Zambia	Yes	view
Zimbabwe	No	view

Country

Value

Details

Afghanistan

Yes

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