Year Free Partly Free Not Free Electoral Democracies 1975 41 (27%) 48 (32%) 63 (41%) -- 1980 51 (32%) 54 (33%) 56 (35%) -- 1985 53 (32%) 59 (35%) 55 (33%) -- 1990 61 (37%) 44 (26%) 62 (37%) 69 (41%) 1995 76 (40%) 61 (32%) 54 (28%) 113 (59%) 2000 85 (44%) 60 (31%) 47 (25%) 120 (63%) 2005 89 (46%) 54 (28%) 49 (26%) 119 (62%) 2010 89 (46%) 58 (30%) 47 (24%) 116 (60%) 2011 87 (45%) 60 (31%) 47 (24%) 115 (59%) 2012 87 (45%) 60 (31%) 48 (25%) 117 (60%) 2013 90 (46%) 58 (30%) 47 (24%) 117 (60%) 2014 88 (45%) 59 (30%) 48 (25%) 122 (63%) 2015 89 (46%) 55 (28%) 51 (26%) 125 (64%) 2016 86 (44%) 59 (30%) 50 (26%) 125 (64%)