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Personal Freedoms

In the 2013 Pew Research Center global public opinion survey, 39 countries were asked about personal freedoms in the United States, China, Saudi Arabia and Iran. Below is a plot of the percent responding ‘yes’ to:

Does the government of ____ respect the personal freedoms of its people?

Individual markers represent results from each of the 39 countries surveyed on whether the American, Chinese, Saudi Arabian and Iranian governments respect personal freedoms.

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