Economic freedom statistics - countries compared

DEFINITION
Index of 'economic freedom', according to the American organisation 'The Heritage Foundation'. It is worth noting that such indices are based on highly culturally contingent factors. This data makes a number of assumptions about 'freedom' and the role of the government that are not accepted by much of the world's population. A broad discussion of The Heritage Foundation's definition and methodology can be found at http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/ChapterPDFs/chapter5.HTML.

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Hong Kong:

3.55

# 2

Singapore:

3.5

= 3

Luxembourg:

3.3

= 3

New Zealand:

3.3

# 5

Ireland:

3.25

= 6

United States:

3.2

= 6

Denmark:

3.2

= 6

Estonia:

3.2

= 9

Australia:

3.15

= 9

United Kingdom:

3.15

= 11

Netherlands:

3.1

= 11

Finland:

3.1

= 11

Iceland:

3.1

= 11

Sweden:

3.1

# 15

Switzerland:

3.05

= 16

Bahrain:

= 16

Chile:

# 18

Canada:

2.95

= 19

Austria:

2.9

= 19

Belgium:

2.9

= 19

Germany:

2.9

= 22

Bahamas, The:

2.85

= 22

Cyprus:

2.85

= 24

Barbados:

2.8

= 24

United Arab Emirates:

2.8

# 26

El Salvador:

2.75

= 27

Norway:

2.7

= 27

Taiwan:

2.7

= 29

Italy:

2.65

= 29

Lithuania:

2.65

= 29

Spain:

2.65

# 32

Portugal:

2.6

= 33

Israel:

2.55

= 33

Latvia:

2.55

= 35

Uruguay:

2.5

= 35

Czech Republic:

2.5

= 35

Botswana:

2.5

= 35

Japan:

2.5

= 35

Cambodia:

2.5

= 40

Thailand:

2.45

= 40

Kuwait:

2.45

= 40

France:

2.45

# 43

Trinidad and Tobago:

2.4

= 44

Qatar:

2.35

= 44

Armenia:

2.35

= 44

Bolivia:

2.35

= 44

Hungary:

2.35

= 44

Costa Rica:

2.35

= 44

Panama:

2.35

= 44

Madagascar:

2.35

= 44

South Africa:

2.35

= 52

Namibia:

2.3

= 52

Malta:

2.3

= 52

Korea, South:

2.3

# 55

Belize:

2.25

= 56

Greece:

2.2

= 56

Mexico:

2.2

= 56

Guatemala:

2.2

= 56

Oman:

2.2

= 56

Jamaica:

2.2

= 56

Samoa:

2.2

= 56

Peru:

2.2

= 63

Philippines:

2.15

= 63

Slovenia:

2.15

= 63

Uganda:

2.15

= 63

Jordan:

2.15

= 67

Poland:

2.1

= 67

Slovakia:

2.1

= 69

Argentina:

2.05

= 69

Morocco:

2.05

= 69

Tunisia:

2.05

= 69

Saudi Arabia:

2.05

= 73

Brazil:

= 73

Colombia:

= 73

Swaziland:

= 73

Mongolia:

= 73

Mauritius:

= 73

Mali:

= 73

Nicaragua:

= 73

Malaysia:

= 81

Honduras:

1.95

= 81

Senegal:

1.95

= 81

Central African Republic:

1.95

= 81

Sri Lanka:

1.95

= 81

Cote d'Ivoire:

1.95

= 86

Dominican Republic:

1.9

= 86

Guinea:

1.9

= 86

Kenya:

1.9

= 86

Mauritania:

1.9

= 90

Croatia:

1.85

= 90

Cape Verde:

1.85

= 90

Gabon:

1.85

= 93

Guyana:

1.8

= 93

Moldova:

1.8

= 95

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:

1.75

= 95

Algeria:

1.75

= 95

Lebanon:

1.75

= 95

Mozambique:

1.75

= 95

Burkina Faso:

1.75

= 100

Paraguay:

1.7

= 100

Gambia, The:

1.7

= 100

Indonesia:

1.7

= 100

Pakistan:

1.7

= 100

Djibouti:

1.7

= 105

Cameroon:

1.65

= 105

Kyrgyzstan:

1.65

= 105

Benin:

1.65

= 105

Tanzania:

1.65

= 105

Azerbaijan:

1.65

= 105

Egypt:

1.65

= 105

Albania:

1.65

= 105

Lesotho:

1.65

= 105

Bulgaria:

1.65

= 114

Georgia:

1.6

= 114

Chad:

1.6

= 114

Fiji:

1.6

= 114

Ghana:

1.6

= 114

Niger:

1.6

# 119

Ecuador:

1.55

= 120

Nepal:

1.5

= 120

Bangladesh:

1.5

= 120

Venezuela:

1.5

= 120

Ethiopia:

1.5

= 120

India:

1.5

= 120

Turkey:

1.5

= 120

Kazakhstan:

1.5

= 120

Zambia:

1.5

= 128

Papua New Guinea:

1.45

= 128

China:

1.45

= 130

Haiti:

1.4

= 130

Togo:

1.4

= 130

Equatorial Guinea:

1.4

= 133

Yemen:

1.35

= 133

Rwanda:

1.35

= 133

Ukraine:

1.35

= 133

Malawi:

1.35

= 137

Vietnam:

1.3

= 137

Russia:

1.3

# 139

Romania:

1.25

# 140

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

1.2

= 141

Nigeria:

1.15

= 141

Sierra Leone:

1.15

# 143

Guinea-Bissau:

1.1

= 144

Tajikistan:

1.05

= 144

Suriname:

1.05

= 144

Syria:

1.05

= 147

Turkmenistan:

0.85

= 147

Iran:

0.85

# 149

Burma:

0.8

# 150

Uzbekistan:

0.75

= 151

Belarus:

0.7

= 151

Libya:

0.7

= 153

Laos:

0.6

= 153

Zimbabwe:

0.6

# 155

Cuba:

0.55

# 156

Korea, North:

Weighted average:

2.0

DEFINITION: Index of 'economic freedom', according to the American organisation 'The Heritage Foundation'. It is worth noting that such indices are based on highly culturally contingent factors. This data makes a number of assumptions about 'freedom' and the role of the government that are not accepted by much of the world's population. A broad discussion of The Heritage Foundation's definition and methodology can be found at http://www.heritage.org/research/features/index/ChapterPDFs/chapter5.HTML.

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