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Ranking the Countries

Distribution of Global Economic Freedom
100-80 79.9-70 69.9-60 59.9-50 49.9-0 N/A
free mostly free moderately free mostly unfree repressed not ranked

Index of Economic Freedom World Rankings   (Click on the country name for more details.)

World Rank Country Freedom Score Change from Previous World Rank Country Freedom Score Change from Previous
1 Hong Kong 89.7 0.0 93 Morocco 59.6 +0.4
2 Singapore 87.2 +1.1 94 Mongolia 59.5 -0.5
3 Australia 82.5 -0.1 95 Ghana 59.4 -0.8
4 New Zealand 82.3 +0.2 96 Egypt 59.1 +0.1
5 Switzerland 81.9 +0.8 97 Swaziland 59.1 +1.7
6 Canada 80.8 +0.4 98 Nicaragua 58.8 +0.5
7 Ireland 78.7 -2.6 99 Honduras 58.6 +0.3
8 Denmark 78.6 +0.7 100 Tunisia 58.5 -0.4
9 United States 77.8 -0.2 101 Serbia 58.0 +1.1
10 Bahrain 77.7 +1.4 102 Cambodia 57.9 +1.3
11 Chile 77.4 +0.2 103 Bhutan 57.6 +0.6
12 Mauritius 76.2 -0.1 104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.5 +1.3
13 Luxembourg 76.2 +0.8 105 The Gambia 57.4 +2.3
14 Estonia 75.2 +0.5 106 Kenya 57.4 -0.1
15 The Netherlands 74.7 -0.3 107 Sri Lanka 57.1 +2.5
16 United Kingdom 74.5 -2.0 108 Tanzania 57.0 -1.3
17 Finland 74.0 +0.2 109 Mozambique 56.8 +0.8
18 Cyprus 73.3 +2.4 110 Gabon 56.7 +1.3
19 Macau 73.1 +0.6 111 Nigeria 56.7 -0.1
20 Japan 72.8 -0.1 112 Vanuatu 56.7 +0.3
21 Austria 71.9 +0.3 113 Brazil 56.3 +0.7
22 Sweden 71.9 -0.5 114 Mali 56.3 +0.7
23 Germany 71.8 +0.7 115 The Philippines 56.2 -0.1
24 Lithuania 71.3 +1.0 116 Indonesia 56.0 +0.5
25 Taiwan 70.8 +0.4 117 Benin 56.0 +0.6
26 Saint Lucia 70.8 +0.3 118 Tonga 55.8 +2.4
27 Qatar 70.5 +1.5 119 Malawi 55.8 +1.7
28 Czech Republic 70.4 +0.6 120 Moldova 55.7 +2.0
29 Georgia 70.4 0.0 121 Senegal 55.7 +1.1
30 Norway 70.3 +0.9 122 Côte d'Ivoire 55.4 +1.3
31 Spain 70.2 +0.6 123 Pakistan 55.1 -0.1
32 Belgium 70.2 +0.1 124 India 54.6 +0.8
33 Uruguay 70.0 +0.2 125 Djibouti 54.5 +3.5
34 Oman 69.8 +2.1 126 Niger 54.3 +1.4
35 South Korea 69.8 -0.1 127 Yemen 54.2 -0.2
36 Armenia 69.7 +0.5 128 Tajikistan 53.5 +0.5
37 Slovakia 69.5 -0.2 129 Suriname 53.1 +0.6
38 Jordan 68.9 +2.8 130 Bangladesh 53.0 +1.9
39 El Salvador 68.8 -1.1 131 Papua New Guinea 52.6 -0.9
40 Botswana 68.8 -1.5 132 Algeria 52.4 -4.5
41 Peru 68.6 +1.0 133 Haiti 52.1 +1.3
42 Barbados 68.5 +0.2 134 Mauritania 52.1 +0.1
43 Israel 68.5 +0.8 135 China 52.0 +1.0
44 Iceland 68.2 -5.5 136 Cameroon 51.8 -0.5
45 Colombia 68.0 +2.5 137 Guinea 51.7 -0.1
46 The Bahamas 68.0 +0.7 138 Argentina 51.7 +0.5
47 United Arab Emirates 67.8 +0.5 139 Vietnam 51.6 +1.8
48 Mexico 67.8 -0.5 140 Syria 51.3 +1.9
49 Costa Rica 67.3 +1.4 141 Laos 51.3 +0.2
50 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.9 0.0 142 Seychelles 51.2 +3.3
51 Hungary 66.6 +0.5 143 Russia 50.5 +0.2
52 Trinidad and Tobago 66.5 +0.8 144 Ethiopia 50.5 -0.7
53 Malaysia 66.3 +1.5 145 Micronesia 50.3 -0.3
54 Saudi Arabia 66.2 +2.1 146 Nepal 50.1 -2.6
55 Macedonia 66.0 +0.3 147 Bolivia 50.0 +0.6
56 Latvia 65.8 -0.4 148 Burundi 49.6 +2.1
57 Malta 65.7 -1.5 149 Sierra Leone 49.6 +1.7
58 Jamaica 65.7 +0.2 150 São Tomé and Príncipe 49.5 +0.7
59 Panama 64.9 +0.1 151 Guyana 49.4 +1.0
60 Bulgaria 64.9 +2.6 152 Central African Republic 49.3 +0.9
61 Kuwait 64.9 -2.8 153 Togo 49.1 +2.0
62 Thailand 64.7 +0.6 154 Maldives 48.3 -0.7
63 Romania 64.7 +0.5 155 Belarus 47.9 -0.8
64 France 64.6 +0.4 156 Lesotho 47.5 -0.6
65 Cape Verde 64.6 +2.8 157 Equatorial Guinea 47.5 -1.1
66 Slovenia 64.6 -0.1 158 Ecuador 47.1 -2.2
67 Turkey 64.2 +0.4 159 Guinea-Bissau 46.5 +2.9
68 Poland 64.1 +0.9 160 Liberia 46.5 +0.3
69 Portugal 64.0 -0.4 161 Angola 46.2 -2.2
70 Albania 64.0 -2.0 162 Solomon Islands 45.9 +3.0
71 Belize 63.8 +2.3 163 Uzbekistan 45.8 -1.7
72 Dominica 63.3 +0.1 164 Ukraine 45.8 -0.6
73 Namibia 62.7 +0.5 165 Chad 45.3 -2.2
74 South Africa 62.7 -0.1 166 Kiribati 44.8 +1.1
75 Rwanda 62.7 +3.6 167 Comoros 43.8 -1.1
76 Montenegro 62.5 -1.1 168 Republic of Congo 43.6 +0.4
77 Paraguay 62.3 +1.0 169 Turkmenistan 43.6 +1.1
78 Kazakhstan 62.1 +1.1 170 Timor-Leste 42.8 -3.0
79 Guatemala 61.9 +0.9 171 Iran 42.1 -1.3
80 Uganda 61.7 -0.5 172 Democratic Republic of Congo 40.7 -0.7
81 Madagascar 61.2 -2.0 173 Libya 38.6 -1.6
82 Croatia 61.1 +1.9 174 Burma 37.8 +1.1
83 Kyrgyz Republic 61.1 -0.2 175 Venezuela 37.6 +0.5
84 Samoa 60.6 +0.2 176 Eritrea 36.7 +1.4
85 Burkina Faso 60.6 +1.2 177 Cuba 27.7 +1.0
86 Fiji 60.4 +0.1 178 Zimbabwe 22.1 +0.7
87 Italy 60.3 -2.4 179 North Korea 1.0 0.0
88 Greece 60.3 -2.4 N/A Afghanistan N/A N/A
89 Lebanon 60.1 +0.6 N/A Iraq N/A N/A
90 Dominican Republic 60.0 -0.3 N/A Liechtenstein N/A N/A
91 Zambia 59.7 +1.7 N/A Sudan N/A N/A
92 Azerbaijan 59.7 +0.9

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