I thought of the same thing when reading the OP's question. Wikipedia has a trend chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_in_the_World#Trends http://en.wiki

I thought of the same thing when reading the OP's question. Wikipedia has a trend chart: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_in_the_World#Trends http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom_in_the_World#Trends And Freedom House's latest report talks about the recent decline (8th straight year): http://www.freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-house-sees-authoritarian-gains-eighth-year#.Uy5pF_ldV8E http://www.freedomhouse.org/article/freedom-house-sees-autho...