Economic Freedom, size of government

scale 0-10, 1970–2015

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    1970 Ranking
    1. Nigeria 9.65
    2. Hong Kong 9.62
    3. Cyprus 9.54
    4. Japan 9.27
    5. Mali 9.26
    6. El Salvador 9.06
    7. Guatemala 9.00
    8. Philippines 8.72
    9. Haiti 8.37
    10. Spain 8.20
    11. Paraguay 8.14
    12. Barbados 8.11
    13. South Korea 8.11
    14. Greece 8.04
    15. Malawi 8.00
    16. Thailand 7.89
    17. Dominican Republic 7.83
    18. Congo (Brazzaville) 7.82
    19. Venezuela 7.81
    20. Costa Rica 7.76
    21. Peru 7.65
    22. Mexico 7.63
    23. Honduras 7.26
    24. Singapore 7.25
    25. Mauritius 6.85
    26. Iceland 6.84
    27. Pakistan 6.83
    28. Indonesia 6.81
    29. Uruguay 6.72
    30. Niger 6.57
    31. Sri Lanka 6.55
    32. Luxembourg 6.52
    33. Ireland 6.48
    34. Botswana 6.44
    35. Finland 6.39
    36. Algeria 6.27
    37. Nicaragua 6.27
    38. Colombia 6.22
    39. Italy 6.14
    40. Brazil 6.13
    41. Turkey 6.09
    42. South Africa 6.07
    43. Argentina 5.96
    44. Bolivia 5.94
    45. Malaysia 5.87
    46. Austria 5.76
    47. Senegal 5.68
    48. Madagascar 5.53
    49. Taiwan 5.52
    50. Iran 5.48
    51. Malta 5.47
    52. France 5.45
    53. Belgium 5.43
    54. New Zealand 5.37
    55. Fiji 5.28
    56. United States 5.27
    57. Syria 5.25
    58. Australia 5.08
    59. Ivory Coast 5.07
    60. Chile 5.05
    61. Ecuador 5.00
    62. Netherlands 4.95
    63. Zimbabwe 4.90
    64. Canada 4.89
    65. Tunisia 4.89
    66. Morocco 4.81
    67. Kenya 4.80
    68. Cameroon 4.75
    69. Ghana 4.73
    70. Rwanda 4.55
    71. Germany 4.43
    72. Norway 4.42
    73. Burundi 4.39
    74. Benin 4.37
    75. India 4.23
    76. Zambia 4.18
    77. Israel 4.00
    78. Tanzania 4.00
    79. Portugal 3.98
    80. Gabon 3.75
    81. Jamaica 3.67
    82. Hungary 3.67
    83. Congo (Kinshasa) 3.60
    84. United Kingdom 3.56
    85. Oman 3.11
    86. Egypt 2.85
    87. Togo 2.75
    88. Central African Republic 2.66
    89. Sweden 1.74
    2015 Ranking
    1. Guatemala 9.49
    2. Bangladesh 8.83
    3. Madagascar 8.80
    4. Honduras 8.77
    5. Philippines 8.73
    6. Hong Kong 8.55
    7. Laos 8.51
    8. El Salvador 8.41
    9. Sri Lanka 8.33
    10. Lebanon 8.31
    11. Mongolia 8.22
    12. Paraguay 8.19
    13. Nepal 8.13
    14. Liberia 8.11
    15. Nicaragua 8.08
    16. Cameroon 7.99
    17. Bahamas 7.97
    18. Albania 7.96
    19. Chile 7.91
    20. Cambodia 7.87
    21. Pakistan 7.86
    22. India 7.82
    23. Mexico 7.81
    24. Kenya 7.79
    25. Georgia 7.79
    26. Singapore 7.78
    27. Dominican Republic 7.77
    28. Bhutan 7.75
    29. Jamaica 7.71
    30. Indonesia 7.70
    31. Switzerland 7.68
    32. Vietnam 7.63
    33. Haiti 7.63
    34. Costa Rica 7.61
    35. Gambia 7.60
    36. Mauritius 7.57
    37. Kyrgyzstan 7.55
    38. Panama 7.50
    39. Kazakhstan 7.50
    40. Uganda 7.42
    41. Sierra Leone 7.40
    42. Jordan 7.38
    43. Tanzania 7.31
    44. Swaziland 7.29
    45. Peru 7.22
    46. Cyprus 7.21
    47. Seychelles 7.19
    48. Lithuania 7.19
    49. Armenia 7.12
    50. Nigeria 7.08
    51. Yemen 7.07
    52. Romania 7.05
    53. Bulgaria 7.01
    54. Belize 7.00
    55. Ghana 6.97
    56. Chad 6.94
    57. Malaysia 6.93
    58. Uruguay 6.92
    59. South Korea 6.90
    60. Taiwan 6.90
    61. Senegal 6.89
    62. United Arab Emirates 6.87
    63. Bahrain 6.77
    64. Malawi 6.72
    65. Thailand 6.63
    66. Turkey 6.62
    67. Ethiopia 6.62
    68. Latvia 6.61
    69. Australia 6.59
    70. Central African Republic 6.56
    71. Russia 6.55
    72. Guyana 6.54
    73. Qatar 6.54
    74. Ukraine 6.53
    75. New Zealand 6.46
    76. Moldova 6.46
    77. Namibia 6.45
    78. Papua New Guinea 6.44
    79. Serbia 6.43
    80. United States 6.43
    81. Suriname 6.42
    82. Guinea 6.40
    83. Kuwait 6.40
    84. Israel 6.30
    85. Barbados 6.30
    86. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 6.25
    87. Syria 6.20
    88. Tajikistan 6.20
    89. Gabon 6.19
    90. Niger 6.18
    91. Bolivia 6.17
    92. Zambia 6.16
    93. Colombia 6.14
    94. Burundi 6.14
    95. Togo 6.13
    96. Mozambique 6.11
    97. Tunisia 6.10
    98. Zimbabwe 6.06
    99. Estonia 6.04
    100. Burma (Myanmar) 6.01
    101. Ireland 6.00
    102. Botswana 6.00
    103. Angola 5.96
    104. Canada 5.87
    105. Egypt 5.85
    106. Malta 5.83
    107. Benin 5.80
    108. Rwanda 5.79
    109. United Kingdom 5.75
    110. Poland 5.72
    111. Morocco 5.68
    112. Spain 5.68
    113. Guinea Bissau 5.62
    114. Portugal 5.61
    115. Burkina Faso 5.56
    116. Ivory Coast 5.55
    117. Germany 5.54
    118. Slovakia 5.51
    119. Fiji 5.45
    120. Congo (Kinshasa) 5.42
    121. Italy 5.41
    122. Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.33
    123. Ecuador 5.33
    124. Hungary 5.30
    125. Mali 5.30
    126. Iran 5.29
    127. Brazil 5.25
    128. Azerbaijan 5.19
    129. Czech Republic 5.19
    130. Iceland 5.17
    131. Montenegro 5.14
    132. Cape Verde 5.13
    133. South Africa 5.10
    134. Austria 5.09
    135. China 5.08
    136. Lesotho 5.04
    137. Saudi Arabia 5.00
    138. Brunei 5.00
    139. Venezuela 4.94
    140. Argentina 4.87
    141. Libya 4.75
    142. Croatia 4.72
    143. Japan 4.71
    144. Congo (Brazzaville) 4.64
    145. Mauritania 4.61
    146. Norway 4.56
    147. Timor Leste 4.54
    148. Oman 4.53
    149. Finland 4.23
    150. Slovenia 4.22
    151. France 4.20
    152. Luxembourg 4.17
    153. Denmark 4.07
    154. Belgium 3.93
    155. Netherlands 3.89
    156. Sweden 3.64
    157. Algeria 3.56
    158. Greece 3.42

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    Size of government measures taxation, government spending, and government investment and control of enterprises. An increase in those indicators reduces economic freedom as it crowds out individual choice. As spending and taxation by government, and the size of government-controlled enterprises increase, government decision-making is substituted for individual choice and economic freedom is reduced.

    Source: Fraser Institute