List of countries by economic freedom

This article includes a partial list of countries by economic freedom that shows the top 50 highest ranking countries and regions from two reports on economic freedom.

  • The Economic Freedom of the World Index is a report published by the Fraser Institute in conjunction with the Economic Freedom Network, a Canadian group of independent research and educational institutes in 90 nations and territories worldwide.[1]
2018 Index of Economic Freedom[2]
by Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal

List
2019 Economic Freedom of the World Index[4] 2020 Top Index of Economic Freedom[5]
Rank Country Score Change
1  Hong Kong 90.2 0
2  Singapore 89.4 0.6
3  New Zealand 84.4 0.2
4   Switzerland 81.9 0.2
5  Australia 80.9 0
6  Ireland 80.5 0.1
7  United Kingdom 78.9 0.9
8  Canada 77.7 0
9  United Arab Emirates 77.1 0
10  Taiwan 77.3 0.7
11  Iceland 77.1 0.1
12  United States 76.8 1.1
13  Netherlands 76.8 0.6
14  Denmark 76.7 0.1
15  Estonia 76.6 2.2
16  Georgia 75.9 0.3
17  Luxembourg 75.9 0.5
18  Chile 75.4 0.2
19  Sweden 75.2 1.1
20  Finland 74.9 0.8
21  Lithuania 74.2 1.1
22  Malaysia 74 0.5
23  Czech Republic 73.7 0.5
24  Germany 73.5 0.7
25  Mauritius 73 2.1
26  Norway 73 1.3
27  Israel 72.8 0.6
28  Qatar 72.6 0
29  South Korea 72.3 1.5
30  Japan 72.1 0.2
31  Austria 72 0.2
32  Rwanda 71.1 2
33  North Macedonia 71.1 0.2
34  Macau, China 71 0.1
35  Latvia 70.4 3.2
36  Botswana 69.5 0.4
37  Bulgaria 69 0.7
38  Saint Lucia 68.7 1.1
39  Jamaica 68.6 0.5
40  Uruguay 68.6 0.6
41  Malta 68.6 0.1
42  Romania 68.6 0.8
43  Thailand 68.3 1.2
44  Cyprus 68.1 0.3
45  Peru 67.8 0.9
46  Poland 67.8 0.7
47  Armenia 67.7 1
48  Belgium 67.3 0.2
49  Colombia 67.3 1.6
50  Panama 67.2 0.2
51  Kosovo 67 0.4
52  Albania 66.5 2
53  Jordan 66.5 1.6
54  Bahrain 66.4 1.3
55  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.8 1.9
56  Indonesia 65.8 1.6
57  Spain 65.7 0.6
58  Slovenia 65.5 0.7
59  Kazakhstan 65.4 3.7
60  Azerbaijan 65.4 1.1
61  Costa Rica 65.3 0.3
62  Portugal 65.3 1.9
63  Brunei Darussalam 65.1 0.9
64  Hungary 65 1.7
65  Slovakia 65 0.3
66  Mexico 64.7 0.1
67  Barbados 64.7 7.7
68  Turkey 64.6 0.8
69  Serbia 63.9 1.4
70  Philippines 63.8 1.2
71  France 63.8 0.1
72  Dominica 63.6 0.9
73  Cabo Verde 63.1 3.1
74  Bhutan 62.9 1.1
75  Morocco 62.9 1
76  The Bahamas 62.9 0.4
77  Guatemala 62.6 0.8
78  Côte d'Ivoire 62.4 0.4
79  Kyrgyz Republic 62.3 0.5
80  Italy 62.2 0.3
81  Fiji 62.2 0.2
82  Samoa 62.2 0.7
83  Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.9 0.5
84  El Salvador 61.8 1.4
85  Paraguay 61.8 0.3
86  Croatia 61.4 0.4
87  Seychelles 61.4 0.2
88  Oman 61 0
89  Dominican Republic 61 0.6
90  Kuwait 60.8 1.4
91  Saudi Arabia 60.7 1.1
92  Montenegro 60.5 3.8
93  Honduras 60.2 0.4
94  Tanzania 60.2 0.3
95  Uganda 59.7 2.3
96  Burkina Faso 59.4 0.6
97  Moldova 59.1 0.7
98  Russia 58.9 0.7
99  Namibia 58.7 0.2
100  China 58.4 0.6
101  Papua New Guinea 58.4 2.7
102  South Africa 58.3 4.7
103  Mali 58.1 0.5
104  Belarus 57.9 0.2
105  Cambodia 57.8 0.9
106  Greece 57.7 0.4
107  Nicaragua 57.7 1.2
108  Tonga 57.7 5.4
109  Ghana 57.5 1.5
110  Laos 57.4 3.8
111  Nigeria 57.3 1.2
112  Trinidad and Tobago 57 0.7
113  Guyana 56.8 1.9
114  Madagascar 56.6 0.2
115  Sri Lanka 56.4 1.4
116  Vanuatu 56.4 13.1
117  Senegal 56.3 0.6
118  Gabon 56.3 1.7
119  Mauritania 55.7 1.7
120  Guinea 55.7 3.5
121  Bangladesh 55.6 0.5
122  Tajikistan 55.6 2.7
123  Belize 55.4 1.7
124  Comoros 55.4 0.8
125  Tunisia 55.4 3.5
126  Mongolia 55.4 0.3
127  Benin 55.3 1.4
128  Vietnam 55.3 2.2
129  India 55.2 0.7
130  Kenya 55.1 0.4
131  Pakistan 55 0.6
132  Eswatini 54.7 1.2
133  Solomon Islands 54.6 2.9
134  São Tomé and Príncipe 54 0.4
135  Guinea-Bissau 54 2.9
136    Nepal 53.8 0.3
137  Ethiopia 53.6 0.8
138  Zambia 53.6 0.7
139  Myanmar 53.6 0.3
140  Uzbekistan 53.3 1.8
141  Maldives 53.2 2.1
142  Lesotho 53.1 0.8
143  Haiti 52.7 3.1
144  Egypt 52.5 0.9
145  Cameroon 52.4 0.5
146  The Gambia 52.4 0.1
147  Ukraine 52.3 0.4
148  Argentina 52.2 0.1
149  Micronesia 51.9 0.4
150  Brazil 51.9 0.5
151  Niger 51.6 2.1
152  Afghanistan 51.5 0.2
153  Malawi 51.4 0.6
154  Lebanon 51.1 2.1
155  Iran 51.1 0.2
156  Angola 50.6 2
157  Democratic Republic of Congo 50.3 1.8
158  Togo 50.3 2.5
159  Chad 49.9 0.6
160  Liberia 49.7 1.2
161  Central African Republic 49.1 0.1
162  Burundi 48.9 2
163  Mozambique 48.6 2.3
164  Turkmenistan 48.4 1.3
165  Suriname 48.1 0
166  Sudan 47.7 1.7
167  Sierra Leone 47.5 4.3
168  Kiribati 47.3 3.5
169  Djibouti 47.1 2
170  Ecuador 46.9 1.6
171  Algeria 46.2 1.5
172  Timor-Leste 44.2 3.9
173  Bolivia 42.3 1.8
174  Equatorial Guinea 41 1
175  Zimbabwe 40.4 3.6
176  Republic of Congo 39.7 0.8
177  Eritrea 38.9 2.8
178  Cuba 27.8 4.1
179  Venezuela 25.9 0.7
180  North Korea 5.9 0.1
 Key: ██ Free (80–100) ██ Mostly Free (70–79.9) ██ Moderately Free (65–69.9) ██ Moderately Unfree (60–64.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (55–59.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50–54.9) ██ Repressed (0–49.9)
Country[6] Score Change
 Singapore 89.4 0.0
 Hong Kong 89.1 1.1
 New Zealand 84.1 0.3
 Australia 82.6 1.7
  Switzerland 82.0 0.1
 Ireland 80.9 0.4
 United Kingdom 79.3 0.4
 Denmark 78.3 1.6
 Canada 78.2 0.5
 Estonia 77.7 1.1
 Taiwan 77.1 0.2
 Georgia 77.1 1.2
 Iceland 77.1 0.0
 Netherlands 77.0 0.2
 Chile 76.8 1.4
 Lithuania 76.7 2.5
 United States 76.6 0.2
 United Arab Emirates 76.2 1.4
 Luxembourg 75.8 0.1
 Finland 75.7 0.8
 Mauritius 74.9 1.9
 Sweden 74.9 0.3
 Czech Republic 74.8 1.1
 Malaysia 74.7 0.7
 South Korea 74.0 1.7
 Israel 74.0 1.2
 Germany 73.5 0.0
 Norway 73.4 0.3
 Austria 73.3 1.3
 Japan 73.3 1.2
 Qatar 72.3 0.3
 Latvia 71.9 1.5
 Rwanda 70.9 0.2
 Armenia 70.6 2.9
 Macau 70.3 0.7
 Bulgaria 70.2 1.2
 Cyprus 70.1 2.0
 Romania 69.7 1.1
 Kazakhstan 69.6 4.2
 Botswana 69.6 0.1
 North Macedonia 69.5 1.6
 Malta 69.5 0.9
 Thailand 69.4 1.1
 Azerbaijan 69.3 3.9
 Colombia 69.2 1.9
 Poland 69.1 1.3
 Uruguay 69.1 0.5
 Belgium 68.9 1.6
 Jamaica 68.5 0.1
 Saint Lucia 68.2 0.5
 Peru 67.9 0.1
 Slovenia 67.8 2.3
 Kosovo 67.4 0.4
 Indonesia 67.2 1.4
 Panama 67.2 0.0
 Portugal 67.0 1.7
 Albania 66.9 0.4
 Spain 66.8 1.2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.8 1.0
 Slovakia 66.8 1.8
 Brunei Darussalam 66.6 1.5
 Hungary 66.4 1.4
 Bahrain 66.3 0.1
 France 66.0 2.2
 Serbia 66.0 2.1
 Jordan 66.0 0.5
 Mexico 66.0 1.3
 Costa Rica 65.8 0.5
 The Bahamas 64.5 1.6
 Philippines 64.5 0.7
 Turkey 64.4 0.2
 Seychelles 64.3 2.9
 Guatemala 64.0 1.4
 Italy 63.8 1.6
 Oman 63.6 2.6
 Cabo Verde 63.6 0.5
 Fiji 63.4 1.2
 Morocco 63.3 0.4
 Kuwait 63.2 2.4
 Paraguay 63.0 1.2
 Kyrgyzstan 62.9 0.6
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.6 0.7
 Saudi Arabia 62.4 1.7
 Croatia 62.2 0.8
 Bhutan 62.1 0.8
 Samoa 62.1 0.1
 Moldova 62.0 2.9
 Belarus 61.7 3.8
 Tanzania 61.7 1.5
 El Salvador 61.6 0.2
 Montenegro 61.5 1.0
 Barbados 61.4 3.3
 Honduras 61.1 0.9
 Russia 61.0 2.1
 Dominican Republic 60.9 0.1
 Namibia 60.9 2.2
 Dominica 60.8 2.8
 Vanuatu 60.7 4.3
 Madagascar 60.5 3.9
 Greece 59.9 2.2
 Ivory Coast 59.7 2.7
 Uganda 59.5 0.2
 China 59.5 1.1
 Ghana 59.4 1.9
 Vietnam 58.8 3.5
 South Africa 58.8 0.5
 Tonga 58.8 1.1
 Papua New Guinea 58.4 0.0
 Trinidad and Tobago 58.3 1.3
 Senegal 58.0 1.7
 Belize 57.4 2.0
 Sri Lanka 57.4 1.0
 Cambodia 57.3 0.5
 Uzbekistan 57.2 3.9
 Nicaragua 57.2 0.5
 Nigeria 57.2 0.1
 Burkina Faso 56.7 2.7
 Gabon 56.7 0.4
 Maldives 56.5 3.3
 India 56.5 1.3
 Guinea 56.5 0.8
 Bangladesh 56.4 0.8
 The Gambia 56.3 3.9
 Guyana 56.2 0.6
 São Tomé and Príncipe 56.2 2.2
 Mali 55.9 2.2
 Mongolia 55.9 0.5
 Tunisia 55.8 0.4
 Laos 55.5 1.9
 Mauritania 55.3 0.4
 Eswatini 55.3 0.6
 Kenya 55.3 0.2
 Benin 55.2 0.1
 Ukraine 54.9 2.6
 Pakistan 54.8 0.2
 Afghanistan 54.7 3.2
 Niger 54.7 3.1
 Lesotho 54.5 1.4
   Nepal 54.2 0.4
 Togo 54.1 3.8
 Myanmar 54.0 0.4
 Egypt 54.0 1.5
 Comoros 53.7 1.7
 Brazil 53.7 1.8
 Cameroon 53.6 1.2
 Ethiopia 53.6 0.0
 Zambia 53.5 0.1
 Guinea-Bissau 53.3 0.7
 Argentina 53.1 0.9
 Solomon Islands 52.9 1.7
 Djibouti 52.9 5.8
 Malawi 52.8 1.4
 Haiti 52.3 0.4
 Angola 52.2 1.6
 Tajikistan 52.2 3.4
 Micronesia 52.0 0.1
 Lebanon 51.7 0.6
 Ecuador 51.3 4.4
 Central African Republic 50.7 1.6
 Mozambique 50.5 1.9
 Chad 50.2 0.3
 Congo-Kinshasa 49.5 0.8
 Suriname 49.5 1.4
 Iran 49.2 1.9
 Liberia 49.0 0.7
 Burundi 49.0 0.1
 Equatorial Guinea 48.3 7.3
 Sierra Leone 48.0 0.5
 Algeria 46.9 0.7
 Turkmenistan 46.5 1.9
 Timor-Leste 45.9 1.7
 Kiribati 45.2 2.1
 Sudan 45.0 2.7
 Zimbabwe 43.1 2.7
 Bolivia 42.8 0.5
 Congo-Brazzaville 41.8 2.1
 Eritrea 38.5 0.4
 Cuba 26.9 0.9
 Venezuela 25.2 0.7
 North Korea 4.2 1.7

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References
  1. Economic Freedom of the World: 2017 Annual Report
  2. Heritage - Country/Region Rankings
  3. 2014 Index of Economic Freedom of the World
  4. "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  5. "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. Heritage - Country Rankings
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