Economic Freedom Country Ranks 2017


SOURCE: The Heritage Foundation
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Countries and regions are ranked highest to lowest score that measures the degree to which individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please.

Rank Country/Region Score
1 Hong Kong 89.8
2 Singapore 88.6
3 New Zealand 83.7
4 Switzerland 81.5
5 Australia 81
6 Estonia 79.1
7 Canada 78.5
8 United Arab Emirates 76.9
9 Ireland 76.7
10 Chile 76.5
11 Taiwan 76.5
12 United Kingdom 76.4
13 Georgia 76
14 Luxembourg 75.9
15 The Netherlands 75.8
16 Lithuania 75.8
17 United States 75.1
18 Denmark 75.1
19 Sweden 74.9
20 Latvia 74.8
21 Mauritius 74.7
22 Iceland 74.4
23 South Korea 74.3
24 Finland 74
25 Norway 74
26 Germany 73.8
27 Malaysia 73.8
28 Czech Republic 73.3
29 Qatar 73.1
30 Austria 72.3
31 Macedonia 70.7
32 Macau 70.7
33 Armenia 70.3
34 Botswana 70.1
35 Brunei Darussalam 69.8
36 Israel 69.7
37 Colombia 69.7
38 Uruguay 69.7
39 Romania 69.7
40 Japan 69.6
41 Jamaica 69.5
42 Kazakhstan 69
43 Peru 68.9
44 Bahrain 68.5
45 Poland 68.3
46 Kosovo 67.9
47 Bulgaria 67.9
48 Cyprus 67.9
49 Belgium 67.8
50 Malta 67.7
51 Rwanda 67.6
52 Vanuatu 67.4
53 Jordan 66.7
54 Panama 66.3
55 Thailand 66.2
56 Hungary 65.8
57 Slovakia 65.7
58 Philippines 65.6
59 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.2
60 Turkey 65.2
61 Kuwait 65.1
62 Saint Lucia 65
63 Costa Rica 65
64 Saudi Arabia 64.4
65 Albania 64.4
66 El Salvador 64.1
67 Dominica 63.7
68 Azerbaijan 63.6
69 Spain 63.6
70 Mexico 63.6
71 Fiji 63.4
72 France 63.3
73 Tonga 63
74 Guatemala 63
75 Côte d'Ivoire 63
76 Dominican Republic 62.9
77 Portugal 62.6
78 Namibia 62.5
79 Italy 62.5
80 Paraguay 62.4
81 South Africa 62.3
82 Oman 62.1
83 Montenegro 62
84 Indonesia 61.9
85 Seychelles 61.8
86 Morocco 61.5
87 Trinidad and Tobago 61.2
88 Swaziland 61.1
89 Kyrgyz Republic 61.1
90 The Bahamas 61.1
91 Uganda 60.9
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina 60.2
93 Burkina Faso 59.6
94 Cambodia 59.5
95 Croatia 59.4
96 Benin 59.2
97 Slovenia 59.2
98 Nicaragua 59.2
99 Serbia 58.9
100 Honduras 58.8
101 Belize 58.6
102 Mali 58.6
103 Gabon 58.6
104 Belarus 58.6
105 Tanzania 58.6
106 Guyana 58.5
107 Bhutan 58.4
108 Samoa 58.4
109 Tajikistan 58.2
110 Moldova 58
111 China 57.4
112 Sri Lanka 57.4
113 Madagascar 57.4
114 Russia 57.1
115 Nigeria 57.1
116 Cabo Verde 56.9
117 Democratic Republic of Congo 56.4
118 Ghana 56.2
119 Guinea-Bissau 56.1
120 Senegal 55.9
121 Comoros 55.8
122 Zambia 55.8
123 Tunisia 55.7
124 São Tomé and Príncipe 55.4
125 Nepal 55.1
126 Solomon Islands 55
127 Greece 55
128 Bangladesh 55
129 Mongolia 54.8
130 Barbados 54.5
131 Mauritania 54.4
132 Micronesia 54.1
133 Laos 54
134 Lesotho 53.9
135 Kenya 53.5
136 The Gambia 53.4
137 Lebanon 53.3
138 Togo 53.2
139 Burundi 53.2
140 Brazil 52.9
141 Pakistan 52.8
142 Ethiopia 52.7
143 India 52.6
144 Egypt 52.6
145 Sierra Leone 52.6
146 Burma 52.5
147 Vietnam 52.4
148 Uzbekistan 52.3
149 Malawi 52.2
150 Cameroon 51.8
151 Central African Republic 51.8
152 Papua New Guinea 50.9
153 Kiribati 50.9
154 Niger 50.8
155 Iran 50.5
156 Argentina 50.4
157 Maldives 50.3
158 Mozambique 49.9
159 Haiti 49.6
160 Ecuador 49.3
161 Liberia 49.1
162 Chad 49
163 Afghanistan 48.9
164 Sudan 48.8
165 Angola 48.5
166 Ukraine 48.1
167 Suriname 48
168 Bolivia 47.7
169 Guinea 47.6
170 Turkmenistan 47.4
171 Djibouti 46.7
172 Algeria 46.5
173 Timor-Leste 46.3
174 Equatorial Guinea 45
175 Zimbabwe 44
176 Eritrea 42.2
177 Republic of Congo 40
178 Cuba 33.9
179 Venezuela 27
180 North Korea 4.9
N/A Iraq N/A
N/A Libya N/A
N/A Liechtenstein N/A
N/A Somalia N/A
N/A Syria N/A
N/A Yemen N/A











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