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A new report today from Freedom House shows the tremendous advances made by freedom in the world since 1975.

The data for this chart is found on page 3 of the Freedom House report.
The percentage of free countries went from 25% (40 countries) in 1975, to 46% (89 countries) today. The percentage of "not free" countries went from 41% (65 countries) to 24% (45 countries).
Free countries went from being the smallest of the three classifications, to being the largest.
This is in just 30 years -- less than an eye blink in the history of mankind.