Democracy has been in decline in many countries around the world over the past decade. This chart shows the drop in Freedom House’s ratings for the US and Belarus relative to the other nations of the world.
Total “Freedom Score”
100
United States
80
60
All countries/
territories
40
Belarus
20
0
2012
’16
’20
Democracy has been in decline in many countries around the world over the past decade. This chart shows the drop in Freedom House’s ratings for the US and Belarus relative to the other nations of the world.
Total “Freedom Score”
100
United States
80
60
All countries/
territories
40
Belarus
20
0
2012
2016
’20
Democracy has been in decline in many countries around the world over the past decade. This chart shows the drop in Freedom House’s ratings for the US and Belarus relative to the other nations of the world.
Total “Freedom Score”
100
United States
80
60
All countries/
territories
40
20
Belarus
0
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
Hong Kong
Guatemala
Zimbabwe
Cambodia
Egypt
