Sweden 1, Mexico 2
When you make a freedom of information request in Azerbaijan it should be answered within seven days. Or 24 hours, when you need the information urgently. Sounds impressive - maybe I'd get my FOI answers more quickly if I developed a new interest in Azeri matters.
If you want to know more about how the UK's FOI law compares to that of Azerbaijan, or India, Japan, Peru, Thailand and selected other countries, then UNESCO has just issued the publication you need - .
Of course, law is one thing and what happens in practice is another. Nevertheless, this provides a valuable guide to varying legal approaches adopted internationally for providing citizens with a right of access to information. South Africa, for example, excludes the Cabinet and MPs but extends its law to private businesses.
Sweden is always noted for its longstanding tradition of openness. But according to the guide's author, Toby Mendel, which country apart from Sweden, has 'probably the most detailed and comprehensive constitutional guarantee of the right to information in the world'? His answer is Mexico.
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