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Source data, based on http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/FIW%20All%20Scores,%20Countries,%201973-2012%20(FINAL).xls (Free, Partly Free, and Not Free totals) and http://www.freedomhouse.org/sites/default/files/inline_images/Electoral%20Democracy%20Numbers%20FIW%201989-2012--Draft_0.pdf (Electoral Democracy totals; not used in this graph).

Report Published,Free,Partly Free,Not Free,Electoral Democracy,Total,Notes
1973,44,36,68,,148,
1974,44,41,65,,150,
1975,41,48,63,,152,
1976,40,53,65,,158,
1977,42,49,67,,158,
1978,43,48,63,,154,
1979,47,55,55,,157,
1980,51,53,56,,160,
1981,51,50,60,,161,
1982,54,45,64,,163,
1983,53,49.5,61,,163.5,Dummy interpolated values for graph prettiness; there was no 1983 report
1984,52,54,58,,164,
1985,53,57,55,,165,
1986,56,54,55,,165,
1987,56,56,53,,165,
1988,57,57,51,,165,
1989,59,44,62,,165,
1990,60,44,62,69,166,
1991,64,50,50,76,164,
1992,75,65,42,89,182,
1993,75,73,38,99,186,
1994,72,63,55,108,190,
1995,76,61,54,113,191,
1996,76,62,53,115,191,
1997,79,59,53,118,191,
1998,81,58,52,117,191,
1999,87,54,50,117,191,
2000,85,60,47,120,192,
2001,86,58,48,120,192,
2002,85,59,48,121,192,
2003,89,55,48,121,192,
2004,88,55,49,117,192,
2005,89,54,49,119,192,
2006,89,58,45,123,192,
2007,90,58,45,123,193,
2008,90,60,43,121,193,
2009,89,62,42,119,193,
2010,89,58,47,116,194,
2011,87,60,47,115,194,
2012,87,60,48,117,195,
2013,90,58,47,117,195,

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