Figure 5-1 Dataset

Figure 5-1. Expert assessments of whether free speech is respected in the United Kingdom and the United States, 1900-2023

Year	Acad Free US	Acad Free UK
1900	0.73	0.919
1901	0.73	0.919
1902	0.73	0.919
1903	0.729822	0.919
1904	0.729375	0.919
1905	0.728711	0.919
1906	0.727678	0.919
1907	0.726305	0.919
1908	0.724773	0.919
1909	0.723815	0.919
1910	0.723501	0.919
1911	0.72374	0.919
1912	0.724488	0.919
1913	0.725753	0.919
1914	0.727489	0.919
1915	0.729652	0.919
1916	0.732196	0.919
1917	0.735076	0.919
1918	0.738245	0.919
1919	0.741761	0.919
1920	0.745641	0.919
1921	0.749836	0.919
1922	0.754326	0.919
1923	0.759054	0.919
1924	0.763955	0.919
1925	0.768962	0.919
1926	0.773978	0.919
1927	0.778752	0.919
1928	0.783107	0.919
1929	0.786855	0.919
1930	0.789296	0.919
1931	0.790103	0.919
1932	0.789486	0.919
1933	0.788177	0.919
1934	0.786332	0.919005
1935	0.784564	0.919018
1936	0.782987	0.919039
1937	0.781586	0.919068
1938	0.78022	0.919104
1939	0.778527	0.919145
1940	0.776465	0.919191
1941	0.774069	0.919241
1942	0.771414	0.919295
1943	0.768761	0.919352
1944	0.766234	0.91941
1945	0.764364	0.91947
1946	0.763296	0.91953
1947	0.763114	0.91959
1948	0.763794	0.919648
1949	0.765677	0.919705
1950	0.768786	0.919759
1951	0.772994	0.919809
1952	0.778222	0.919855
1953	0.784384	0.919896
1954	0.790979	0.919932
1955	0.79768	0.91996
1956	0.8043	0.919982
1957	0.810709	0.919995
1958	0.81698	0.92
1959	0.823778	0.92
1960	0.830972	0.92
1961	0.838437	0.92
1962	0.846	0.92
1963	0.853214	0.92
1964	0.860019	0.92
1965	0.866281	0.92
1966	0.871888	0.92
1967	0.876802	0.92
1968	0.881034	0.92
1969	0.884933	0.92
1970	0.88842	0.92
1971	0.891503	0.92
1972	0.894161	0.92
1973	0.896718	0.92
1974	0.899122	0.92
1975	0.901283	0.92
1976	0.903185	0.92
1977	0.904932	0.92
1978	0.906539	0.92
1979	0.908044	0.92
1980	0.909381	0.92
1981	0.910509	0.92
1982	0.911457	0.92
1983	0.912381	0.92
1984	0.913168	0.92
1985	0.913823	0.92
1986	0.914454	0.92
1987	0.915061	0.92
1988	0.91572	0.920073
1989	0.916437	0.920288
1990	0.917196	0.920632
1991	0.917992	0.921093
1992	0.91884	0.92166
1993	0.919676	0.922318
1900	0.920462	0.923057
1994	0.921182	0.923863
1995	0.921826	0.924725
1996	0.922384	0.92563
1997	0.922855	0.926566
1998	0.923247	0.92752
1999	0.92355	0.92848
2001	0.923693	0.929457
2002	0.923673	0.930442
2003	0.923569	0.931378
2004	0.923382	0.93219
2005	0.923061	0.932651
2006	0.922638	0.932592
2007	0.922101	0.932005
2008	0.921458	0.930878
2009	0.920568	0.929012
2010	0.918327	0.926282
2011	0.914567	0.922585
2012	0.908873	0.91837
2013	0.90318	0.914311
2014	0.897784	0.910399
2015	0.89257	0.906567
2016	0.887442	0.902756
2017	0.882313	0.898916
2018	0.877074	0.894998
2019	0.871642	0.890956
2020	0.865934	0.886745
2021	0.85986	0.882319
2022	0.853342	0.877632
2023	0.846306	0.872637