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Global Trends in Freedom

Year
under
review		 Free
countries		 Partly
free
countries		 Not free
countries
1976 42 (26%) 49 (31%) 68 (43%)
1986 57 (34%) 57 (34%) 53 (32%)
1996 79 (41%) 59 (31%) 53 (28%)
2006 90 (47%) 58 (30%) 45 (23%)
2007 90 (47%) 60 (31%) 43 (22%)
NOTE: Each cell contains the number of countries in that category, followed by the percentage of the world's population in those countries.
Source: Freedom in the World, an annual comparative assessment of the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world, published by Freedom House. http://www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=15

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Most and Least Livable Countries: UN Human Development Index, 2006 Political Statistics The Failed States Index: Most Vulnerable Countries
Global Trends in Freedom

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