The 1999 Freedom House Survey: A Century of Progress

The year 2020 saw the global weakening of democratic norms reinforced by authoritarian influence campaigns, crackdowns on protest movements, and the use and abuse of new powers adopted in the…

Promising advances in the status of freedom in the world during the past year have been matched by significant disappointments.

In 2019, the global democratic recession deepened, while protest movements proliferated around the world, fighting largely without leaders or support from major democracies.