



Longitudinal Data
*Every year refers to the various edition of Freedom in the World, except for the first five years (Jan-Feb 1973 through Jan-Feb 1977), which are from Freedom at Issue; the first Freedom in the World book survey is the 1978 edition.
Data Source: Freedom House, Data Resources https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world
Note: All data show in the graph (names of countries / territories and scores) are presented as provided by the Freedom in the world datasets. The data does not necessarily reflect the official views of the Institute of Politics and Democracy