List of countries by economic freedom

This article includes a list of countries of the world sorted by their economic freedom, as measured by Index of Economic Freedom and Economic Freedom of the World reports.

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Index of Economic Freedom 2010

Economic Freedom of the World 2009

Rank	Country	Summary index
1	Hong Kong	89.7
2	Singapore	86.1
3	Australia	82.6
4	New Zealand	82.1
5	Ireland	81.3
6	Switzerland	81.1
7	Canada	80.4
8	United States	78
9	Denmark	77.9
10	Chile	77.2
11	United Kingdom	76.5
12	Mauritius	76.3
13	Bahrain	76.3
14	Luxembourg	75.4
15	The Netherlands	75.0
16	Estonia	74.7
17	Finland	73.8
18	Iceland	73.7
19	Japan	72.9
20	Macau	72.5
21	Sweden	72.4
22	Austria	71.6
23	Germany	71.1
24	Cyprus	70.9
25	Saint Lucia	70.5
26	Georgia	70.4
27	Taiwan	70.3
28	Botswana	70.3
29	Lithuania	70.3
30	Belgium	70.1
31	South Korea	69.9
32	El Salvador	69.9
33	Uruguay	69.8
34	Czech Republic	69.8
35	Slovakia	69.7
36	Spain	69.6
37	Norway	69.4
38	Armenia	69.2
39	Qatar	69
40	Barbados	68.3
41	Mexico	68.3
42	Kuwait	67.7
43	Oman	67.7
44	Israel	67.7
45	Peru	67.6
46	United Arab Emirates	67.3
47	Template:Country data The Bahamas	67.3
48	Malta	67.2
49	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	66.9
50	Latvia	66.2
51	Hungary	66.1
52	Jordan	66.1
53	Albania	66
54	Costa Rica	65.9
55	Trinidad and Tobago	65.7
56	Macedonia	65.7
57	Jamaica	65.5
58	Colombia	65.5
59	Malaysia	64.8
60	Panama	64.8
61	Slovenia	64.7
62	Portugal	64.4
63	Romania	64.2
64	France	64.2
65	Saudi Arabia	64.1
66	Thailand	64.1
67	Turkey	63.8
68	Montenegro	63.6
69	Madagascar	63.2
70	Dominica	63.2
71	Poland	63.2
72	South Africa	62.8
73	Greece	62.7
74	Italy	61.8
75	Bulgaria	62.3
76	Uganda	62.2
77	Namibia	62.2
78	Cape Verde	61.8
79	Belize	61.5
80	Kyrgyzstan	61.3
81	Paraguay	61.3
82	Kazakhstan	61
83	Guatemala	61
84	Samoa	60.4
85	Fiji	60.3
86	Dominican Republic	60.3
87	Ghana	60.2
88	Mongolia	60
89	Lebanon	59.5
90	Burkina Faso	59.4
91	Morocco	59.2
92	Croatia	59.2
93	Rwanda	59.1
94	Egypt	59
95	Tunisia	58.9
96	Azerbaijan	58.8
97	Tanzania	58.3
98	Nicaragua	58.3
99	Honduras	58.3
100	Zambia	58
101	Kenya	57.5
102	Swaziland	57.4
103	Bhutan	57
104	Serbia	56.9
105	Algeria	56.9
106	Nigeria	56.8
107	Cambodia	56.6
108	Vanuatu	56.4
109	Philippines	56.3
110	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.2
111	Mozambique	56
112	Mali	55.6
113	Brazil	55.6
114	Indonesia	55.5
115	Benin	55.4
116	Gabon	55.4
117	Pakistan	55.2
118	Template:Country data The Gambia	55.1
119	Senegal	54.6
120	Sri Lanka	54.6
121	Yemen	54.4
122	Malawi	54.1
123	Côte d'Ivoire	54.1
124	India	53.8
125	Moldova	53.7
126	Papua New Guinea	53.5
127	Tonga	53.4
128	Tajikistan	53
129	Niger	52.9
130	Nepal	52.7
131	Suriname	52.5
132	Cameroon	52.3
133	Mauritania	52
134	Guinea	51.8
135	Argentina	51.2
136	Ethiopia	51.2
137	Bangladesh	51.1
138	Laos	51.1
139	Djibouti	51
140	China	51
141	Haiti	50.8
142	Template:Country data Micronesia	50.6
143	Russia	50.3
144	Vietnam	49.8
145	Syria	49.4
146	Bolivia	49.4
147	Ecuador	49.3
148	Maldives	49
149	São Tomé and Príncipe	48.8
150	Belarus	48.7
151	Equatorial Guinea	48.6
152	Central African Republic	48.4
153	Guyana	48.4
154	Angola	48.4
155	Lesotho	48.1
156	Seychelles	47.9
157	Sierra Leone	47.9
158	Uzbekistan	47.5
159	Chad	47.5
160	Burundi	47.5
161	Togo	47.1
162	Ukraine	46.4
163	Liberia	46.2
164	Timor-Leste	45.8
165	Comoros	44.9
166	Kiribati	45.4
167	Guinea-Bissau	43.6
168	Iran	43.4
169	Template:Country data Congo, Republic of	43.2
170	Solomon Islands	42.9
171	Turkmenistan	42.5
172	Template:Country data Congo, Democratic Republic of	41.4
173	Libya	40.2
174	Venezuela	37.1
175	Burma	36.7
176	Eritrea	35.3
177	Cuba	26.7
178	Zimbabwe	21.4
179	Template:Country data Korea, North	1

Rank	Country	Summary index
1	Hong Kong	8.97
2	Singapore	8.66
3	New Zealand	8.30
4	Switzerland	8.19
5	Chile	8.14
6	United States	8.06
7	Ireland	7.98
8	Canada	7.91
9	Australia	7.89
10	United Kingdom	7.89
11	Estonia	7.81
12	Denmark	7.74
13	Austria	7.67
14	Luxembourg	7.65
15	Panama	7.65
16	Finland	7.62
17	Mauritius	7.62
18	Taiwan	7.62
19	United Arab Emirates	7.58
20	Bahrain	7.56
21	Costa Rica	7.56
22	Netherlands	7.56
23	Malta	7.54
24	Iceland	7.53
25	Norway	7.53
26	Slovakia	7.52
27	Germany	7.50
28	El Salvador	7.48
29	Honduras	7.48
30	Japan	7.46
31	Kuwait	7.46
32	South Korea	7.45
33	France	7.43
34	Jordan	7.40
35	Lithuania	7.38
36	Cyprus	7.36
37	Oman	7.36
38	Hungary	7.33
39	Spain	7.32
40	Sweden	7.28
41	Peru	7.26
42	Georgia	7.25
43	Guatemala	7.25
44	Latvia	7.22
45	Jamaica	7.19
46	Portugal	7.19
47	Belgium	7.18
48	Armenia	7.17
49	Zambia	7.13
50	Botswana	7.12
51	Kazakhstan	7.12
52	Greece	7.11
53	Bahamas	7.10
54	Czech Republic	7.09
55	Kenya	7.09
56	Trinidad and Tobago	7.07
57	Albania	7.06
58	South Africa	7.06
59	Thailand	7.04
60	Nicaragua	6.96
61	Italy	6.95
62	Uruguay	6.95
63	Mongolia	6.91
64	Slovenia	6.90
65	Uganda	6.90
66	Malaysia	6.88
67	Belize	6.87
68	Mexico	6.85
69	Namibia	6.83
70	Philippines	6.83
71	Ghana	6.80
72	Kyrgyzstan	6.80
73	Romania	6.79
74	Poland	6.78
75	Barbados	6.75
76	Bulgaria	6.74
77	Papua New Guinea	6.71
78	Israel	6.69
79	Egypt	6.68
80	Fiji	6.64
81	Montenegro	6.58
82	China	6.54
83	Russia	6.50
84	Serbia	6.47
85	Azerbaijan	6.46
86	India	6.45
87	Haiti	6.44
88	Turkey	6.42
89	Macedonia	6.40
90	Tunisia	6.39
91	Paraguay	6.38
92	Lesotho	6.36
93	Indonesia	6.35
94	Moldova	6.34
95	Croatia	6.33
96	Tanzania	6.32
97	Nigeria	6.31
98	Madagascar	6.29
99	Mali	6.28
100	Dominican Republic	6.27
101	Vietnam	6.22
102	Rwanda	6.20
103	Bolivia	6.18
104	Morocco	6.16
105	Argentina	6.10
106	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.10
107	Sri Lanka	6.10
108	Côte d'Ivoire	6.09
109	Mauritania	6.05
110	Pakistan	6.01
111	Brazil	6
112	Iran	5.99
113	Guyana	5.98
114	Sierra Leone	5.97
115	Bangladesh	5.93
116	Malawi	5.93
117	Togo	5.90
118	Benin	5.89
119	Burkina Faso	5.87
120	Ecuador	5.83
121	Colombia	5.81
122	Gabon	5.80
123	Cameroon	5.81
124	Syria	5.76
125	Mozambique	5.74
126	Senegal	5.72
127	Ethiopia	5.71
128	Ukraine	5.68
129	Nepal	5.58
130	Burundi	5.54
131	Algeria	5.34
132	Niger	5.11
133	Chad	5.09
134	Template:Country data Congo, Democratic Republic of	5.00
135	Guinea-Bissau	4.84
136	Central African Republic	4.79
137	Template:Country data Congo, Republic of	4.44
138	Venezuela	4.33
139	Angola	4.04
140	Myanmar	3.69
141	Zimbabwe	2.89

Comparison of the two indices[]

The two indices of economic freedom have a high correlation, with an R² value of 0.77.

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Sources:

List of countries by economic freedom

Comparison of the two indices[]

See also[]

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