Economic Freedom

scale 0-10, 1970–2019

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    1970 Ranking
    1. Hong Kong 8.42
    2. Canada 8.07
    3. United States 7.81
    4. Switzerland 7.75
    5. Costa Rica 7.74
    6. Germany 7.64
    7. Australia 7.57
    8. Luxembourg 7.56
    9. Belgium 7.54
    10. Finland 7.48
    11. Japan 7.39
    12. Netherlands 7.39
    13. Venezuela 7.19
    14. Panama 7.15
    15. Norway 6.93
    16. Denmark 6.79
    17. Singapore 6.78
    18. Ireland 6.72
    19. New Zealand 6.63
    20. Austria 6.61
    21. Mexico 6.55
    22. Mauritius 6.43
    23. France 6.39
    24. Sweden 6.39
    25. Nicaragua 6.36
    26. Malaysia 6.36
    27. Guyana 6.35
    28. Fiji 6.26
    29. Italy 6.25
    30. Honduras 6.25
    31. Iceland 6.23
    32. United Kingdom 6.20
    33. Haiti 6.15
    34. Paraguay 6.14
    35. Uruguay 6.05
    36. Malta 6.05
    37. Argentina 6.01
    38. Greece 6.01
    39. Taiwan 5.93
    40. Guatemala 5.92
    41. Spain 5.87
    42. Thailand 5.87
    43. Burundi 5.84
    44. South Africa 5.82
    45. Cyprus 5.81
    46. Malawi 5.63
    47. South Korea 5.62
    48. Madagascar 5.58
    49. Colombia 5.53
    50. India 5.47
    51. El Salvador 5.47
    52. Portugal 5.46
    53. Iran 5.36
    54. Zambia 5.33
    55. Benin 5.32
    56. Rwanda 5.25
    57. Bolivia 5.24
    58. Morocco 5.21
    59. Jordan 5.17
    60. Senegal 5.10
    61. Israel 5.07
    62. Congo (Brazzaville) 5.04
    63. Brazil 5.03
    64. Dominican Republic 5.01
    65. Peru 5.01
    66. Philippines 5.01
    67. Ecuador 4.97
    68. Tunisia 4.96
    69. Kenya 4.93
    70. Sri Lanka 4.91
    71. Hungary 4.81
    72. Pakistan 4.79
    73. Algeria 4.70
    74. Tanzania 4.70
    75. Gabon 4.65
    76. Ghana 4.52
    77. Chile 4.52
    78. Indonesia 4.45
    79. Syria 4.33
    80. Nigeria 4.15
    81. Turkey 4.08
    82. Congo (Kinshasa) 4.07
    83. Uganda 4.01
    84. Burma (Myanmar) 3.40
    2019 Ranking
    1. Hong Kong 8.91
    2. Singapore 8.81
    3. New Zealand 8.56
    4. Switzerland 8.48
    5. Georgia 8.26
    6. United States 8.24
    7. Lithuania 8.21
    8. Ireland 8.21
    9. Australia 8.20
    10. Denmark 8.17
    11. Mauritius 8.16
    12. United Kingdom 8.15
    13. Estonia 8.11
    14. Canada 8.06
    15. Armenia 8.03
    16. Malta 8.03
    17. Taiwan 8.02
    18. Japan 7.98
    19. Netherlands 7.96
    20. Latvia 7.94
    21. Finland 7.92
    22. Germany 7.91
    23. Iceland 7.90
    24. Cyprus 7.89
    25. Spain 7.89
    26. Romania 7.88
    27. Czech Republic 7.87
    28. Austria 7.86
    29. Chile 7.85
    30. Luxembourg 7.84
    31. Albania 7.81
    32. Guatemala 7.80
    33. Portugal 7.79
    34. Panama 7.79
    35. Peru 7.78
    36. Bulgaria 7.76
    37. Norway 7.72
    38. Sweden 7.72
    39. Jamaica 7.71
    40. Costa Rica 7.68
    41. Cape Verde 7.65
    42. Montenegro 7.64
    43. Israel 7.63
    44. Seychelles 7.63
    45. Belgium 7.62
    46. Botswana 7.62
    47. South Korea 7.61
    48. Italy 7.61
    49. Slovakia 7.61
    50. Jordan 7.59
    51. Dominican Republic 7.58
    52. Bahamas 7.56
    53. France 7.55
    54. Hungary 7.53
    55. Malaysia 7.52
    56. Kazakhstan 7.52
    57. Slovenia 7.43
    58. Philippines 7.42
    59. Uganda 7.42
    60. El Salvador 7.39
    61. Mongolia 7.38
    62. Uruguay 7.36
    63. Croatia 7.36
    64. Rwanda 7.35
    65. Bahrain 7.33
    66. Brunei 7.30
    67. Moldova 7.30
    68. United Arab Emirates 7.28
    69. Trinidad and Tobago 7.27
    70. Honduras 7.26
    71. Indonesia 7.26
    72. Serbia 7.22
    73. Paraguay 7.22
    74. Cambodia 7.22
    75. Poland 7.20
    76. Mexico 7.20
    77. Kyrgyzstan 7.17
    78. Greece 7.15
    79. Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.) 7.13
    80. Zambia 7.09
    81. Qatar 7.09
    82. Nicaragua 7.04
    83. Gambia 7.04
    84. South Africa 6.97
    85. Nigeria 6.97
    86. Kenya 6.94
    87. Barbados 6.91
    88. Belarus 6.88
    89. Thailand 6.87
    90. Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.86
    91. Saudi Arabia 6.85
    92. Bhutan 6.82
    93. Colombia 6.82
    94. Sri Lanka 6.78
    95. Namibia 6.76
    96. Lebanon 6.76
    97. Tanzania 6.75
    98. Kuwait 6.72
    99. Nepal 6.71
    100. Belize 6.70
    101. Russia 6.70
    102. Ghana 6.69
    103. Oman 6.69
    104. Morocco 6.69
    105. Djibouti 6.68
    106. Ecuador 6.68
    107. Somalia 6.67
    108. India 6.66
    109. Brazil 6.63
    110. Benin 6.62
    111. Laos 6.60
    112. Lesotho 6.57
    113. Comoros 6.55
    114. Turkey 6.54
    115. Fiji 6.54
    116. China 6.53
    117. Guyana 6.52
    118. Haiti 6.51
    119. Tajikistan 6.50
    120. Mauritania 6.49
    121. Azerbaijan 6.44
    122. Liberia 6.35
    123. Togo 6.35
    124. Madagascar 6.33
    125. Bolivia 6.28
    126. Vietnam 6.26
    127. Senegal 6.25
    128. Papua New Guinea 6.23
    129. Ukraine 6.20
    130. Timor Leste 6.19
    131. Ivory Coast 6.18
    132. Sierra Leone 6.15
    133. Mozambique 6.15
    134. Suriname 6.14
    135. Guinea Bissau 6.06
    136. Bangladesh 6.05
    137. Swaziland 6.05
    138. Burkina Faso 6.04
    139. Tunisia 5.97
    140. Niger 5.97
    141. Malawi 5.96
    142. Pakistan 5.95
    143. Burma (Myanmar) 5.94
    144. Ethiopia 5.87
    145. Cameroon 5.86
    146. Mali 5.83
    147. Gabon 5.80
    148. Iraq 5.74
    149. Egypt 5.68
    150. Burundi 5.65
    151. Guinea 5.62
    152. Chad 5.60
    153. Angola 5.50
    154. Argentina 5.50
    155. Yemen 5.45
    156. Congo (Kinshasa) 5.36
    157. Central African Republic 5.36
    158. Syria 5.19
    159. Congo (Brazzaville) 5.08
    160. Iran 5.06
    161. Zimbabwe 4.94
    162. Algeria 4.90
    163. Libya 4.79
    164. Sudan 4.19
    165. Venezuela 2.83

    Related Economic Freedom Datasets

    Individuals have economic freedom when property they acquire without the use of force, fraud, or theft is protected from physical invasions by others and they are free to use, exchange, or give their property as long as their actions do not violate the identical rights of others. Individuals are free to choose, trade, and cooperate with others, and compete as they see fit. Thus, in an economically free society, the primary role of government is to protect individuals and their property from aggression by others.

    Source: Fraser Institute