Freedom of Speech seems to have very minimal consideration in this index, despite it being what I would consider the most foundational freedom of all.
Title should be "87.4% of world’s population experienced a decline in freedom from 2020 to 2022"
"World's" in there is pretty important.
Ah, the American burger institute strikes again.
Personal freedoms decreased during a global pandemic. Also water is found to be wet.
CATO's Human Freedom Index uses inflation as a metric.
"87.4% of countries experienced pandemic related inflation" is a far less interesting premise.