{"id":308946,"date":"2026-06-12T12:45:03","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T16:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=chart&#038;p=308946"},"modified":"2026-06-15T09:58:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-15T13:58:40","slug":"changes-on-the-gri-in-2023","status":"publish","type":"chart","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/chart\/changes-on-the-gri-in-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes on the GRI in 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:310px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller--freeform wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"9c42fab0-51f0-4a5d-8fe7-25d078ecb583\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" data-wp-context=\"{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;9c42fab0-51f0-4a5d-8fe7-25d078ecb583&quot;,&quot;postId&quot;:308946,&quot;postUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/changes-on-the-gri-in-2023\\\/&quot;,&quot;chartPostUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/chart\\\/changes-on-the-gri-in-2023\\\/&quot;,&quot;postPubDate&quot;:&quot;2026-06-12&quot;,&quot;rootUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org&quot;,&quot;featuredImageId&quot;:316766,&quot;featuredImageUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/beta.pewresearch.org\\\/pewresearch-org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/20\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/changes_on_the_gri_in_2023-308946-1781283348.png&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Changes on the GRI in 2023&quot;,&quot;subtitle&quot;:&quot;Changes on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) from 2022 to 2023&quot;,&quot;note&quot;:&quot;Note: Point changes are calculated by comparing GRI scores from year to year. 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