Calculations based on the global freedom index produced by Freedom House for 1980 to 2020 (as the year under review), which is the latest available data published by Freedom House in 2021.The free world includes countries that are classified as "Free" for the year 2020, while the non-free world includes countries that are classified as either "Not free" or only "Partly free" for the year 2020, and have never been "Free". New born authoritarians are either “Partly free” for the year 2020 but have been “Free” at some point since 1980 or that are now “Not free” but have been “Free” or “Partly free” at some point since 1980.
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