Index of Economic Freedom

This article is about the index published by the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation. For other indices, see Indices of economic freedom.

The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created in 1995 by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The creators of the index assert that they take an approach inspired by Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations, that "basic institutions that protect the liberty of individuals to pursue their own economic interests result in greater prosperity for the larger society".[1][2]

Purpose

Further information: The Heritage Foundation

The Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom states that, "Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please. In economically free societies, governments allow labor, capital, and goods to move freely, and refrain from coercion or constraint of liberty beyond the extent necessary to protect and maintain liberty itself."[3] By publishing the Index annually, the foundation attempts to highlight where such freedoms do and do not exist.

The Heritage Foundation reports that the top 20% on the Index have twice the per capita income of those in the second quintile, and five times that of the bottom 20%.[4]

Carl Schramm, who wrote the first chapter of the 2008 Index, states that cities of Medieval Italy and those of the mid-19th century Midwestern United States both flourished proportionate to their possessed economic fluidity and institutional adaptiveness created by economic freedom.[5]

According to Will Wilkinson of the libertarian think tank Cato Institute, studies show that higher economic freedom correlates strongly with higher self-reported happiness.[6] According to economists Tomi Ovaska and Ryo Takashima, economic freedom research suggests "that people unmistakably care about the degree to which the society where they live provides them opportunities and the freedom to undertake new projects, and make choices based on one's personal preferences."[7]

According to the Cato Institute, higher economic freedom promotes participation and collaboration.[8] Also claimed is that higher economic freedom is extremely significant in preventing wars; according to their calculations, freedom is around 54 times more effective than democracy (as measured by Democracy Score) in diminishing violent conflict.[9]

Ratings

Between 1995, the first edition of the Index, and 2008, the score for world economic freedom has increased, rising 2.6 points, according to the Index.[10]

Between 2008 and 2011, however, the score decreased 60.2 to 59.7, though the 2011 score represents an increase of 2.2 points since the first edition in 1995. The economic freedom score improved for 117 countries, the majority of countries included in the index, which were mainly developing and emerging market economies. In 2011, with the exception of Europe and North America, there were increased levels of freedom recorded in all regions, with the greatest improvement shown in Sub-Saharan Africa. The top five "free" economies identified by the 2011 index were Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and Switzerland, each scoring over 80 on the economic freedom grading scale.[11]

Also in 2011, the United States dropped to 9th place in the Index, falling behind Denmark, Canada, and first-place Hong Kong, which ranked first in every issue of the Index from 1995 until 2019.[11] The Heritage Foundation pointed to increases in government spending as a primary reason for the United States' decline in its ranking. According to data from the 2011 Index, the growth rates of countries with the highest levels of government spending were 4.5 points lower, on average, than countries where government spending was under control.[12] In their "Executive Highlights" of index results in 2011, the Heritage Foundation wrote that, "high levels of government spending in response to the global economic turmoil have not resulted in higher economic growth".[11]

In 2012, results from the Index showed an overall decline in global economic freedom; according to The Heritage Foundation, the average score in its ranking was the second- lowest of the last ten years.[13] The U.S. dropped to 10th place in the 2012 ranking, falling three places since 2008, when it was seventh.[14] A report issued by the Heritage Foundation stated that government spending was the cause of many countries' declines, and that the spending had "not only failed to arrest the economic crisis, but also – in many countries – seems to be prolonging it".[15] According to the report, activity in the private sector is threatened by the greater government spending, which has increased public debt and led to more bureaucracy.[13]

Hong Kong

For 25 consecutive years, from 1995 to 2019, Hong Kong was ranked the world's most free economy by the Index.[11][16]

In 2019, however, after the Hong Kong national security law was implemented, the Heritage Foundation dropped Hong Kong and Macau as independent entities in the Index, writing that, "developments in recent years have demonstrated unambiguously that those policies are ultimately controlled from Beijing". The 2019 Index ranked the level of economic freedom in China low, 107th among the 178 ranked in the report.[17]

Methodology

The Index evaluates 184 countries in four broad policy areas that affect the economic freedom, which are rule of law, government size, regulatory efficiency, and open markets.[18][19] It also takes into consideration some specific categories like property rights, judicial effectiveness, government integrity and tax burden.[20][21] The ranking scores aspects of economic freedom between 0 and 100, with 0 meaning "no economic freedom" and 100 meaning "total economic freedom". There are twelve aspects divided into four categories.[22]

Reception

In 2001, Freedom House, a human rights group, wrote that, "there is a high and statistically significant correlation between the level of political freedom as measured by Freedom House and economic freedom as measured by The Wall Street Journal/Heritage Foundation survey."[23]

In his 2005 book The End of Poverty, Jeffrey Sachs graphed countries' ratings on the Index against per capita GDP growth between 1995 and 2003, claiming to demonstrate that there was no correlation between a country's rating and its rate of economic growth. As examples, Sachs cited countries with good ratings in the Index, such as Switzerland and Uruguay, which had sluggish economic performances while others, like China, with poorer ratings in the Index were experiencing strong economic growth.[24]

In January 2005, Stefan Karlsson of the Ludwig von Mises Institute challenged the usefulness of the Index due to the fuzziness of many of the categories used to determine freedom.[25]

In March 2005, John Miller criticized the Index, writing in Dollars & Sense, "In the hands of the Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation, Washington's foremost right-wing think tank, however, an economic freedom index merely measures corporate and entrepreneurial freedom from accountability. Upon examination, the index turns out to be a poor barometer of either freedom more broadly construed or of prosperity."[26] According to Left Business Observer, growth in Index accounts for 10% of the variation in the growth of GDP.[27]

In September 2007, the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. government foreign aid program, used the Index in determining which countries will receive their performance-based compacts.[28]

In January 2008, United Arab Emirates questioned its rating in the Index, comparing its average rating with the high rating they had received from other economic freedom indexes, such as Transparency International and Moody's. UAE argued, calling the Index "unreliable", arguing that its methodology changed twice over the prior two years.[29]

Rule of law

Property rights

Degree of a country's legal protection of private property rights and degree of enforcement of those laws. It is divided into the following sub-factors:

  1. Physical property rights
  2. Intellectual property rights
  3. Strength of investor protection
  4. Risk of expropriation
  5. Quality of land administration

Judicial effectiveness

Degree of the judiciary's efficiency and fairness, especially dealing with property laws. It is divided into the following sub-factors:

  1. Judicial independence
  2. Quality of the judicial process

Government integrity

Analyzes how prevalent are forms of political corruption and practices such as bribery, extortion, nepotism, cronyism, patronage, embezzlement, and graft. It is divided into the following sub-factors:

  1. Public trust in politicians
  2. Irregular payments and bribes
  3. transparency of government policymaking
  4. Absence of corruption
  5. perceptions of corruption
  6. Governmental and civil service transparency

Government size

Tax burden

Analyzes marginal tax rates on personal and corporate income and the overall taxation level (including direct and indirect taxes imposed by all levels of government) as a percentage of the GDP. Its sub-factors are:

  1. Top marginal tax rate on individual income
  2. Top marginal tax rate on corporate income
  3. Total tax burden as a percentage of GDP

Government spending

Quantifies the burden of government expenditures, including consumption by the state and all transfer payments related to various welfare programs. The ideal level varies from country to country, but zero expenditure is used as a benchmark.

Fiscal health

Analyzes how well a country manages its budget by quantifying the growing debt and deficit. It is divided into the following sub-factors:

  1. Average deficits as a percentage of GDP for the most recent three years (80 percent of score)
  2. Debt as a percentage of GDP (20 percent of score)

Regulatory efficiency

Business freedom

Analyzes the cost, time and freedom to open, operate and close a business, taking into consideration factors like electricity. It is divided into thirteen sub-factors:

  1. Starting a business - procedures (number)
  2. Starting a business - time (days)
  3. Starting a business - cost (% of income per capita)
  4. Starting a business - minimum capital (% of income per capita)
  5. Obtaining a license - procedures (number)
  6. Obtaining a license - time (days)
  7. Obtaining a license - cost (% of income per capita)
  8. Closing a business - time (years)
  9. Closing a business - cost (% of estate)
  10. Closing a business - recovery rate (cents on the dollar)
  11. Getting electricity - procedures (number)
  12. Getting electricity - time (days) and
  13. Getting electricity - cost (% of income per capita)

Labor freedom

Quantifies the intrusiveness of labor rights such as minimum wage, laws inhibiting layoffs, severance requirements, and measurable regulatory restraints on hiring and hours worked, plus the labor force participation rate as an indicative measure of employment opportunities in the labor market. It is divided into the following sub-factors:

  1. Ratio of minimum wage to the average value added per worker
  2. Hindrance to hiring additional workers
  3. Rigidity of hours
  4. Difficulty of firing redundant employees
  5. Legally mandated notice period
  6. Mandatory severance pay
  7. Labor force participation rate

Monetary freedom

Analyzes how stable are prices and how much microeconomy intervenes. It is divided into the following sub-factors:

  1. Weighted average inflation rate for the most recent three years
  2. Price controls

Market openness

Trade freedom

Quantifies the extent to which tariff and nontariff barriers affect imports and exports of goods and services into and out of the country. Its sub-factors are:

  1. Trade-weighted average tariff rate
  2. Non-tariff barriers (NTBs)

Investment freedom

Analyzes how free or constrained is the flow of investment capital of individuals and firms.

Financial freedom

Indicates banking efficiency as well as how independent the government is from the financial sector. This aspect looks at five broad areas:

  1. Extent of government regulation of financial services
  2. Degree of state intervention in banks and other financial firms through direct and indirect ownership
  3. Government influence on the allocation of credit
  4. Extent of financial and capital market development
  5. Openness to foreign competition

Previous methodology

The Index's 2008 definition of economic freedom is "the highest form of economic freedom provides an absolute right of property ownership, fully realized freedoms of movement for labor, capital, and goods, and an absolute absence of coercion or constraint of economic liberty beyond the extent necessary for citizens to protect and maintain liberty itself."[30]

The Index scores nations on ten factors of economic freedom, separated into four categories, using statistics from organizations like the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, Economist Intelligence Unit and Transparency International. In each factor, countries are scored 0 to 100, with 0 being the least free and 100 the most free. A score of 100 signifies an economic environment or set of policies that is most conducive to economic freedom.[30] The methodology has shifted and changed as new data and measurements have become available, especially in the area of Labor Freedom, which was given its own indicator spot in 2007.[2] The following list explains what each factor currently assesses and groups them according to their respective category:

Rule of law

Limited government

  • Fiscal freedom: How free is a country from tax burden. It comprises three quantitative measures: top marginal tax rate of both individual (1) and corporate (2) income, and total tax burden as a percentage of GDP (3).
  • Government size and spending: Governments' expenditures as a percentage of GDP, including consumption and transfers. The higher the percental spending, the lower the score.

Regulatory efficiency

  • Business freedom: A country's freedom from the burden of regulations on starting, operating, and closing business, given factors such as time, cost and number of procedures, as well as the efficiency of government in the regulatory process.
  • Labor freedom: How free is a country from legal regulation on the labor market, including those relating to minimum wages, hiring and firing, hours of work and severance requirements.
  • Monetary freedom: How free from microeconomic intervention and price instability is a country, basing on an equation considering the weighted average inflation rate in the last three years and price controls.

Open markets

  • Trade freedom: Freedom from sizeable numbers and burdens of tariffs and non-tariff barriers to imports and exports of a country.
  • Investment freedom: Freedom from restrictions on the movement and use of investment capital, regardless of activity, within and across the country's borders.
  • Financial freedom: A country's independence from government control and interference in the financial sector, including banks. It considers government ownership of financial firms, extent of financial and capital market development, government influence on the allocation of credit and openness to foreign competition.

Rankings and scores

2023

Key: ██ Free (80–100) ██ Mostly Free (70–79.9) ██ Moderately Free (60–69.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50–59.9) ██ Repressed (0–49.9)

Economic Freedom Index[31]
Country Rank Score Change
Singapore 1 83.5 0.4
 Switzerland 2 83.0 0.8
Ireland 3 82.0
Taiwan 4 80.7 0.6
New Zealand 5 78.9 1.7
Estonia 6 78.6 1.4
Luxembourg 7 78.4 2.2
Netherlands 8 78.0 1.5
Denmark 9 77.6 0.4
Sweden 10 77.5 0.4
Finland 11 77.1 1.2
Norway 12 76.9
Australia 13 74.8 2.9
Germany 14 73.7 2.4
South Korea 14 73.7 0.9
Canada 14 73.7 2.9
Latvia 17 72.8 2.0
Cyprus 18 72.3 0.6
Iceland 19 72.2 4.8
Lithuania 19 72.2 3.6
Czech Republic 21 71.9 2.5
Chile 22 71.1 3.3
Austria 22 71.1 2.7
United Arab Emirates 24 70.9 0.7
United States 25 70.6 1.5
Mauritius 25 70.6 0.3
Uruguay 27 70.2 0.2
United Kingdom 28 69.9 2.8
Barbados 29 69.8 1.5
Portugal 30 69.5 1.3
Japan 31 69.3 0.6
Bulgaria 31 69.3 1.7
Slovakia 33 69.0 0.7
Israel 34 68.9 0.9
Georgia 35 68.7 3.1
Qatar 36 68.6 0.9
Slovenia 37 68.5 2.0
Samoa 38 68.3
Jamaica 39 68.1 0.7
Poland 40 67.7 1.0
Malta 41 67.5 4.0
Malaysia 42 67.3 0.8
Belgium 43 67.1 2.5
Peru 44 66.5
Costa Rica 44 66.5 1.1
Croatia 46 66.4 1.2
Romania 47 67.1 2.4
Hungary 48 66.9 0.3
Cabo Verde 49 66.7 2.9
Albania 50 66.6 1.4
Spain 51 66.5 1.2
France 52 65.9 0.2
North Macedonia 53 65.7 2.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 54 65.7 0.6
The Bahamas 55 65.4 1.2
Panama 56 65.4 0.8
Italy 57 65.4 0.5
Armenia 58 65.3 6.6
Serbia 59 65.2 2.0
Colombia 60 65.1 3.0
Botswana 61 64.8 2.8
Brunei Darussalam 62 64.8 1.8
Indonesia 63 64.4 2.5
Kazakhstan 64 64.4 6.7
Saint Lucia 65 64.3 3.2
Mongolia 66 63.9 1.5
Mexico 67 63.7 1.8
Bosnia and Herzegovina 68 63.4 0.5
Guatemala 69 63.2 0.8
Thailand 70 63.2 6.5
Dominican Republic 71 63.0 0.9
Vanuatu 72 62.9 2.4
Paraguay 73 62.9 0.3
Bahrain 74 62.0 7.9
Azerbaijan 75 61.6 8.5
Ivory Coast 76 61.6 0.1
Greece 77 61.5 0.6
Moldova 78 61.3 1.2
Seychelles 79 61.1 5.2
Philippines 80 61.1 3.0
Benin 81 61.0 1.4
Micronesia 82 61.0 10.6
Tonga 83 60.8 3.3
Vietnam 84 60.6 1.1
São Tomé and Príncipe 85 60.3 4.4
Kosovo 86 60.1 6.4
Jordan 87 60.1 4.5
Senegal 88 60.0 2.0
Ghana 89 59.8 0.6
El Salvador 90 59.6 1.4
Guyana 91 59.5 2.1
Honduras 92 59.5 0.3
Tanzania 93 59.5 1.8
Bhutan 94 59.3 1.0
Namibia 95 59.2 3.4
Kiribati 96 59.2 14.8
Morocco 97 59.2 4.1
Madagascar 98 58.9 1.2
Trinidad and Tobago 99 58.8 0.2
Burkina Faso 100 58.3 1.8
Kuwait 101 58.3 5.8
The Gambia 102 58.0 0.8
Montenegro 103 57.8 5.6
Togo 104 57.2 0.3
Rwanda 105 57.1 11.2
Cambodia 106 57.1 0.2
Turkey 107 56.9 7.1
Oman 108 56.6 8.0
Belize 109 56.6 0.9
Solomon Islands 110 56.5 0.0
Fiji 111 56.4 5.8
South Africa 112 56.2 3.5
Russia 113 56.1 5.4
Mali 114 55.9 0.3
Gabon 115 55.8 2.3
Kyrgyzstan 116 55.8 7.9
Uzbekistan 117 55.7 2.6
Saudi Arabia 118 55.5 10.5
Mauritania 119 55.3 0.8
Djibouti 120 55.3 0.9
Niger 121 54.9 2.4
Nicaragua 122 54.8 1.5
Papua New Guinea 123 54.6 4.3
Nigeria 124 54.4 4.3
Dominica 125 54.4 1.4
Ecuador 126 54.3 1.9
Uganda 127 54.2 4.4
Tunisia 128 54.2 2.4
Guinea 129 54.2 2.3
Ukraine 130 54.1 2.1
India 131 53.9 2.6
Sri Lanka 132 53.3 2.4
Brazil 133 53.3 0.1
Malawi 134 53.0 0.0
Belarus 135 53.0 8.0
Cameroon 136 52.9 0.5
Bangladesh 137 52.7 3.8
Kenya 138 52.6 2.3
Angola 139 52.6 1.6
Sierra Leone 140 52.0 0.3
Eswatini 141 51.4 3.7
Mozambique 142 51.3 0.3
Comoros 143 50.4 5.3
Argentina 144 50.1 2.6
Haiti 145 50.0 0.8
Chad 146 49.8 0.6
Tajikistan 147 49.7 5.5
  Nepal 148 49.7 1.0
Ethiopia 149 49.6 2.1
Laos 150 49.2 4.7
Egypt 151 49.1 6.6
Pakistan 152 48.8 2.9
Zambia 153 48.7 1.7
Republic of the Congo 154 48.5 2.2
Suriname 155 48.1 1.7
Lesotho 156 48.1 5.4
China 157 48.0 10.4
Liberia 158 47.9 1.3
Congo-Kinshasa 159 47.6 1.4
Maldives 160 47.3 7.9
Lebanon 161 47.3 4.1
Equatorial Guinea 162 47.2 2.0
Timor-Leste 163 46.3 1.6
Turkmenistan 164 46.2 1.2
Guinea-Bissau 165 46.0 8.9
Algeria 166 45.8 3.9
Myanmar 167 45.7 5.6
Central African Republic 168 45.7 3.1
Bolivia 169 43.0 0.3
Iran 170 42.4 4.8
Eritrea 171 39.7 2.6
Burundi 172 39.4 10.5
Zimbabwe 173 33.1 6.4
Sudan 174 32.0 7.1
Cuba 175 29.5 1.4
Venezuela 176 24.8 0.1
North Korea 177 4.2 1.7

Not ranked

2013–2020

Key: ██ Free (80–100) ██ Mostly Free (70.0–79.9) ██ Moderately Free (60.0–69.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50.0–59.9) ██ Repressed (0–49.9)

  2020[32] 2019[33] 2018[34] 2017[35] 2016[36] 2015[37] 2014[38] 2013[39]
Country Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2019 Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2018 Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2017 Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2016 Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2015 Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2014 Rank Score Change in Yearly Score from 2013 Rank Score
 Singapore 1 89.4 0.0 2 89.4 0.6 2 88.8 0.2 2 88.6 0.8 2 87.8 -1.6 2 89.4 0.0 2 89.4 1.4 2 88.0
 New Zealand 3 84.1 -0.3 3 84.4 0.2 3 84.2 0.5 3 83.7 2.1 3 81.6 -0.5 3 82.1 0.9 5 81.2 -0.2 4 81.4
 Switzerland 5 82.0 0.1 4 81.9 0.2 4 81.7 0.2 4 81.5 0.5 4 81.0 0.5 5 80.5 -1.1 4 81.6 0.6 5 81.0
 Australia 4 82.6 1.7 5 80.9 0.0 5 80.9 -0.1 5 81.0 0.7 5 80.3 -1.1 4 81.4 -0.6 3 82.0 -0.6 3 82.6
 Estonia 10 77.7 1.1 15 76.6 -2.2 7 78.8 -0.3 6 79.1 1.9 9 77.2 0.4 8 76.8 0.9 11 75.9 0.6 13 75.3
 Canada 9 78.2 0.5 8 77.7 0.0 9 77.7 -0.8 7 78.5 0.5 6 78 -1.1 6 79.1 -1.1 6 80.2 0.8 6 79.4
 United Arab Emirates 18 76.2 -1.4 9 77.6 0.0 10 77.6 0.7 8 76.9 4.3 25 72.6 0.2 25 72.4 1.0 28 71.4 0.3 28 71.1
 Ireland 6 80.9 0.4 6 80.5 0.1 6 80.4 3.7 9 76.7 -0.6 8 77.3 0.7 9 76.6 0.4 9 76.2 0.5 11 75.7
 Chile 15 76.8 1.4 18 75.4 0.2 20 75.2 -1.3 10 76.5 -1.2 7 77.7 -0.8 7 78.5 -0.2 7 78.7 -0.3 7 79.0
 Taiwan 11 77.1 -0.2 10 77.3 0.7 13 76.6 0.1 11 76.5 1.8 14 74.7 -0.4 14 75.1 1.2 17 73.9 1.2 20 72.7
 United Kingdom 7 79.3 0.4 7 78.9 0.9 8 78.0 1.6 12 76.4 0.0 10 76.4 0.6 13 75.8 0.9 14 74.9 0.1 14 74.8
 Georgia 12 77.1 1.2 16 75.9 -0.3 16 76.2 0.2 13 76.0 3.4 23 72.6 0.4 22 73.0 0.4 22 72.6 0.4 21 72.2
 Luxembourg 19 75.8 -0.1 17 75.9 -0.5 14 76.4 0.5 14 75.9 2.0 19 73.9 0.7 21 73.2 -1.0 16 74.2 0.0 15 74.2
 Netherlands 14 77.0 0.2 13 76.8 0.6 17 76.2 0.4 15 75.8 1.2 16 74.6 0.9 17 73.7 -0.5 15 74.2 0.7 17 73.5
 Lithuania 16 76.7 2.5 21 74.2 -1.1 19 75.3 -0.5 16 75.8 0.6 13 75.2 0.5 15 74.7 1.7 21 73.0 0.9 22 72.1
 United States 17 76.6 -0.2 12 76.8 1.1 18 75.7 0.6 17 75.1 -0.3 11 75.4 -0.8 12 76.2 0.7 12 75.5 -0.5 10 76.0
 Denmark 8 78.3 1.6 14 76.7 0.1 12 76.6 1.5 18 75.1 -0.2 12 75.3 -1.0 11 76.3 0.2 10 76.1 0.0 9 76.1
 Sweden 22 74.9 -0.3 19 75.2 -1.1 15 76.3 1.4 19 74.9 2.9 26 72.0 -0.7 23 72.7 -0.4 20 73.1 0.2 18 72.9
 Latvia 32 71.9 1.5 35 70.4 -3.2 28 73.6 -1.2 20 74.8 4.4 36 70.4 0.7 37 69.7 1.0 42 68.7 2.2 55 66.5
 Mauritius 21 74.9 1.9 25 73.0 -2.1 21 75.1 0.4 21 74.7 0.0 15 74.7 -1.7 10 76.4 -0.1 8 76.5 -0.4 8 76.9
 Iceland 13 77.1 0.0 11 77.1 0.1 11 77.0 2.6 22 74.4 1.1 20 73.3 1.3 26 72.0 -0.4 23 72.4 0.3 23 72.1
 South Korea 25 74.0 1.7 29 72.3 -1.5 27 73.8 -0.5 23 74.3 2.6 27 71.7 0.2 29 71.5 0.3 31 71.2 0.9 34 70.3
 Finland 20 75.7 0.8 20 74.9 0.8 26 74.1 0.1 24 74.0 1.4 24 72.6 -0.8 19 73.4 0.0 19 73.4 -0.6 16 74.0
 Norway 28 73.4 0.4 26 73.0 -1.3 23 74.3 0.3 25 74.0 3.2 32 70.8 -1.0 27 71.8 0.9 32 70.9 0.4 31 70.5
 Germany 27 73.5 0.0 24 73.5 -0.7 25 74.2 0.4 26 73.8 -0.6 17 74.4 0.6 16 73.8 0.4 18 73.4 0.6 19 72.8
 Malaysia 24 74.7 0.7 22 74.0 -0.5 22 74.5 0.7 27 73.8 2.3 29 71.5 0.7 31 70.8 1.2 37 69.6 3.5 56 66.1
 Czech Republic 23 74.8 1.1 23 73.7 -0.5 24 74.2 0.9 28 73.3 0.1 21 73.2 0.7 24 72.5 0.3 26 72.2 1.3 29 70.9
 Qatar 31 72.3 -0.3 28 72.6 0.0 29 72.6 -0.5 29 73.1 2.4 34 70.7 -0.1 32 70.8 -0.4 30 71.2 -0.1 27 71.3
 Austria 29 73.3 1.3 31 72.0 0.2 32 71.8 -0.5 30 72.3 0.6 28 71.7 0.5 30 71.2 -1.2 24 72.4 0.6 25 71.8
 North Macedonia 41 69.5 -1.6 33 71.1 -0.2 33 71.3 0.6 31 70.7 3.2 47 67.5 0.4 53 67.1 -1.5 43 68.6 0.4 43 68.2
 Armenia 34 70.6 2.9 47 67.7 -1.0 44 68.7 -1.6 33 70.3 3.3 54 67.0 -0.1 52 67.1 -1.8 41 68.9 -0.5 38 69.4
 Botswana 40 69.6 0.1 36 69.5 -0.4 35 69.9 -0.2 34 71.1 -1.0 30 71.1 1.3 36 69.8 -2.2 27 72 1.4 30 70.6
 Brunei 61 66.6 1.5 63 65.1 0.9 70 64.2 -5.6 35 69.8 2.5 51 67.3 -1.6 39 68.9 -0.1 40 69.0 - - -
 Israel 26 74.0 1.2 27 72.8 0.6 31 72.2 2.5 36 69.7 -1.0 35 70.7 0.2 33 70.5 2.1 44 68.4 1.5 51 66.9
 Colombia 45 69.2 1.9 49 67.3 -1.6 42 68.9 -0.8 37 69.7 -1.1 33 70.8 -0.9 28 71.7 1.0 34 70.7 1.1 37 69.6
 Uruguay 47 69.1 0.5 40 68.6 -0.6 38 69.2 -0.5 38 69.7 0.9 41 68.8 0.2 43 68.6 -0.7 38 69.3 -0.4 36 69.7
 Romania 38 69.7 1.1 42 68.6 -0.8 37 69.4 -0.3 39 69.7 4.1 61 65.6 -1.0 57 66.6 1.1 62 65.5 0.4 59 65.1
 Japan 30 73.3 1.2 30 72.1 -0.2 30 72.3 2.7 40 69.6 -3.5 22 73.1 -0.2 20 73.3 0.9 25 72.4 0.6 24 71.8
 Jamaica 49 68.5 -0.1 39 68.6 -0.5 40 69.1 -0.4 41 69.5 2.0 48 67.5 -0.2 48 67.7 1.0 56 66.7 -0.1 52 66.8
 Kazakhstan 39 69.6 4.2 59 65.4 -3.7 41 69.1 0.1 42 69.0 5.4 68 63.6 0.3 69 63.3 -0.4 67 63.7 0.7 68 63.0
 Peru 51 67.9 0.1 45 67.8 -0.9 43 68.7 -0.2 43 68.9 1.5 49 67.4 -0.3 47 67.7 0.3 47 67.4 -0.8 44 68.2
 Bahrain 63 66.3 -0.1 54 66.4 -1.3 50 67.7 -0.8 44 68.5 -5.8 18 74.3 0.9 18 73.4 -1.7 13 75.1 -0.4 12 75.5
 Poland 46 69.1 1.3 46 67.8 -0.7 45 68.5 0.2 45 68.3 -1.0 39 69.3 0.7 42 68.6 1.6 50 67.0 1.0 57 66.0
 Kosovo 53 67.4 0.4 51 67.0 0.4 56 66.6 -1.3 46 67.9 6.5 84 61.4 - - - - - - - - -
 Bulgaria 36 70.2 1.2 37 69.0 0.7 47 68.3 0.4 47 67.9 2.0 60 65.9 -0.9 55 66.8 1.1 61 65.7 0.7 60 65.0
 Cyprus 37 70.1 2.0 44 68.1 0.3 48 67.8 -0.1 48 67.9 -0.8 42 68.7 0.8 45 67.9 0.3 46 67.6 -1.4 41 69.0
 Belgium 48 68.9 1.6 48 67.3 -0.2 52 67.5 -0.3 49 67.8 -0.6 44 68.4 -0.4 40 68.8 -1.1 35 69.9 0.7 40 69.2
 Malta 42 69.5 0.9 41 68.6 0.1 46 68.5 0.8 50 67.7 1.0 55 66.7 0.2 58 66.5 0.1 58 66.4 -1.1 47 67.5
 Rwanda 33 70.9 -0.2 32 71.1 2.0 39 69.1 1.5 51 67.6 4.5 71 63.1 -1.7 65 64.8 0.1 65 64.7 0.6 63 64.1
 Vanuatu 98 60.7 4.3 116 56.4 -13.1 36 69.5 2.1 52 67.4 6.6 89 60.8 -0.3 84 61.1 1.6 93 59.5 2.9 109 56.6
 Jordan 66 66.0 -0.5 53 66.5 1.6 62 64.9 -1.8 53 66.7 -1.6 46 68.3 -1.0 38 69.3 0.1 39 69.2 -1.2 33 70.4
 Panama 55 67.2 0.0 50 67.2 0.2 54 67.0 0.7 54 66.3 1.5 66 64.8 0.7 68 64.1 0.7 71 63.4 0.9 71 62.5
 Thailand 43 69.4 1.1 43 68.3 1.2 53 67.1 0.9 55 66.2 2.3 67 63.9 1.5 75 62.4 -0.9 72 63.3 -0.8 61 64.1
 Hungary 62 66.4 1.4 64 65.0 -1.7 55 66.7 0.9 56 65.8 -0.2 58 66.0 -0.8 54 66.8 -0.2 51 67.0 -0.3 48 67.3
 Slovakia 60 66.8 1.8 65 65.0 -0.3 59 65.3 -0.4 57 65.7 -0.9 56 66.6 -0.6 50 67.2 0.8 57 66.4 -2.3 42 68.7
 Philippines 70 64.5 0.7 70 63.8 -1.2 61 65.0 -0.6 58 65.6 2.5 70 63.1 0.9 76 62.2 2.1 89 60.1 1.9 97 58.2
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 59 66.8 1.0 55 65.8 -1.9 49 67.7 2.5 59 65.2 -3.6 40 68.8 0.8 44 68.0 1.0 52 67.0 0.3 54 66.7
 Turkey 71 64.4 -0.2 68 64.6 -0.8 58 65.4 0.2 60 65.2 3.1 79 62.1 -1.1 70 63.2 -1.7 64 64.9 2.0 69 62.9
 Kuwait 79 63.2 2.4 90 60.8 -1.4 81 62.2 -2.9 61 65.1 2.4 74 62.7 0.2 74 62.5 0.2 76 62.3 -0.8 66 63.1
 Saint Lucia 50 68.2 -0.5 38 68.7 1.1 51 67.6 2.6 62 65.0 -5.0 38 70.0 -0.2 35 70.2 -0.5 33 70.7 0.3 32 70.4
 Costa Rica 68 65.8 0.5 61 65.3 -0.3 57 65.6 0.6 63 65.0 -2.4 50 67.4 0.2 51 67.2 0.3 53 66.9 -0.1 49 67.0
 Saudi Arabia 83 62.4 1.7 91 60.7 1.1 98 59.6 -4.8 64 64.4 2.3 78 62.1 0.0 77 62.1 -0.1 77 62.2 1.6 82 60.6
 Albania 57 66.9 0.4 52 66.5 2.0 65 64.5 0.1 65 64.4 -1.5 59 65.9 0.2 63 65.7 -1.2 54 66.9 1.7 58 65.2
 El Salvador 90 61.6 -0.2 84 61.8 -1.4 75 63.2 -0.9 66 64.1 -1.0 63 65.1 -0.6 62 65.7 -0.5 59 66.2 -0.5 53 66.7
 Dominica 97 60.8 -2.8 72 63.6 -0.9 66 64.5 0.8 67 63.7 -3.3 53 67.0 0.9 61 66.1 0.9 63 65.2 1.3 64 63.9
 Azerbaijan 44 69.3 3.9 60 65.4 1.1 67 64.3 0.7 68 63.6 3.4 91 60.2 -0.8 85 61.0 -0.3 81 61.3 1.6 88 59.7 -
 Spain 58 66.9 1.2 57 65.7 0.6 60 65.1 1.5 69 63.6 -4.9 43 68.5 0.9 49 67.6 0.4 49 67.2 -0.8 46 68.0 -
 Mexico 67 66.0 1.3 66 64.7 -0.1 63 64.8 1.2 70 63.6 -1.6 62 65.2 -1.2 59 66.4 -0.4 55 66.8 -0.2 50 67.0 -
 Fiji 77 63.4 1.2 81 62.2 0.2 84 62.0 -1.4 71 63.4 4.6 107 58.8 -0.2 98 59.0 0.3 99 58.7 1.5 105 57.2 -
 France 64 66.0 2.2 71 63.8 -0.1 71 63.9 0.6 72 63.3 1.0 75 62.3 -0.2 73 62.5 -1.0 70 63.5 -0.6 62 64.1 -
 Tonga 107 58.8 1.1 108 57.7 -5.4 76 63.1 0.1 73 63.0 3.4 95 59.6 0.3 95 59.3 1.1 104 58.2 2.2 112 56.0 -
 Guatemala 73 64.0 1.4 77 62.6 -0.8 73 63.4 0.4 74 63.0 1.2 82 61.8 1.4 87 60.4 -0.8 83 61.2 1.2 85 60.0 -
 Ivory Coast 101 59.7 -2.7 78 62.4 0.4 85 62.0 -1.0 75 63.0 3.0 92 60.0 1.5 103 58.5 0.8 107 57.7 3.6 126 54.1 -
 Dominican Republic 95 60.9 -0.1 89 61.0 -0.6 89 61.6 -1.3 76 62.9 1.9 88 61.0 0.0 86 61.0 -0.3 80 61.3 1.6 87 59.7 -
 Portugal 56 67.0 1.7 62 65.3 1.9 72 63.4 0.8 77 62.6 -2.5 64 65.1 -0.2 64 65.3 1.8 69 63.5 0.4 67 63.1 -
 Namibia 96 60.9 2.2 99 58.7 0.2 103 58.5 -4.0 78 62.5 0.6 81 61.9 2.3 93 59.6 0.2 94 59.4 -0.9 84 60.3 -
 Italy 74 63.8 1.6 80 62.2 -0.3 79 62.5 0.0 79 62.5 1.3 86 61.2 -0.5 80 61.7 0.8 86 60.9 0.3 83 60.6 -
 Paraguay 80 63.0 1.2 85 61.8 -0.3 82 62.1 -0.3 80 62.4 0.9 83 61.5 0.4 83 61.1 -0.9 78 62.0 0.9 80 61.1 -
 South Africa 106 58.8 0.5 102 58.3 -4.7 77 63.0 0.7 81 62.3 0.4 80 61.9 -0.7 72 62.6 0.1 75 62.5 0.7 74 61.8 -
 Oman 75 63.6 2.6 88 61.0 0.0 93 61.0 -1.1 82 62.1 -5.0 52 67.1 0.4 56 66.7 -0.7 48 67.4 -0.7 45 68.1 -
 Montenegro 91 61.5 1.0 92 60.5 -3.8 68 64.3 2.3 83 62.0 -2.9 65 64.9 0.2 66 64.7 1.1 68 63.6 1.0 70 62.6 -
 Indonesia 54 67.2 1.4 56 65.8 1.6 69 64.2 2.3 84 61.9 2.5 99 59.4 1.3 105 58.1 -0.4 100 58.5 1.6 108 56.9 -
 Seychelles 72 64.3 2.9 87 61.4 -0.2 88 61.6 -0.2 85 61.8 -0.4 76 62.2 4.7 114 57.5 1.3 117 56.2 1.3 124 54.9 -
 Morocco 78 63.3 0.4 75 62.9 1.0 86 61.9 0.4 86 61.5 0.2 85 61.3 1.2 89 60.1 1.8 103 58.3 -1.3 90 59.6 -
 Trinidad and Tobago 109 58.3 1.3 112 57.0 -0.7 112 57.7 -3.5 87 61.2 -1.7 73 62.9 -1.2 67 64.1 1.4 73 62.7 0.4 72 62.3 -
 Eswatini 131 55.3 0.6 132 54.7 -1.2 123 55.9 -5.2 88 61.1 1.4 94 59.7 -0.2 91 59.9 -1.3 82 61.2 4.0 104 57.2 -
 Kyrgyzstan 81 62.9 0.6 79 62.3 -0.5 78 62.8 1.7 89 61.1 1.5 96 59.6 -1.7 82 61.3 0.2 85 61.1 1.5 89 59.6 -
 Bahamas 69 64.5 1.6 76 62.9 -0.4 74 63.3 2.2 90 61.1 -9.8 31 70.9 2.2 41 68.7 -1.1 36 69.8 -0.3 35 70.1 -
 Uganda 102 59.5 -0.2 95 59.7 -2.3 83 62.0 1.1 91 60.9 1.6 102 59.3 -0.4 92 59.7 -0.2 91 59.9 -1.2 79 61.1 -
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 82 62.6 0.7 83 61.9 0.5 91 61.4 1.2 92 60.2 1.6 108 58.6 -0.4 97 59.0 0.6 101 58.4 1.1 103 57.3 -
 Burkina Faso 117 56.7 -2.7 96 59.4 -0.6 95 60.0 0.4 93 59.6 0.5 104 59.1 0.5 102 58.6 -0.3 98 58.9 -1.0 86 59.9 -
 Cambodia 113 57.3 -0.5 105 57.8 -0.9 101 58.7 -0.8 94 59.5 1.6 112 57.9 0.4 110 57.5 0.1 108 57.4 -1.1 95 58.5 -
 Croatia 84 62.2 0.8 86 61.4 0.4 92 61.0 1.6 95 59.4 0.3 103 59.1 -2.4 81 61.5 1.1 87 60.4 -0.9 78 61.3 -
 Benin 133 55.2 -0.1 127 55.3 -1.4 120 56.7 -2.5 96 59.2 -0.1 101 59.3 0.5 99 58.8 1.7 113 57.1 -0.5 101 57.6 -
 Slovenia 52 67.8 2.3 58 65.5 0.7 64 64.8 5.6 97 59.2 -1.4 90 60.6 0.3 88 60.3 -2.4 74 62.7 1.0 76 61.7 -
 Nicaragua 115 57.2 -0.5 107 57.7 -1.2 100 58.9 -0.3 98 59.2 0.6 109 58.6 1.0 108 57.6 -0.8 102 58.4 1.8 110 56.6 -
 Serbia 65 66.0 2.1 69 63.9 1.4 80 62.5 3.6 99 58.9 -3.2 77 62.1 2.1 90 60.0 0.6 95 59.4 0.8 94 58.6 -
 Honduras 93 61.1 0.9 93 60.2 -0.4 94 60.6 1.8 100 58.8 1.1 113 57.7 0.3 116 57.4 0.3 112 57.1 -1.3 96 58.4 -
 Belize 111 57.4 2.0 123 55.4 -1.7 116 57.1 -1.5 101 58.6 1.2 118 57.4 0.6 117 56.8 0.1 115 56.7 -0.6 102 57.3 -
 Mali 126 55.9 -2.2 103 58.1 0.5 113 57.6 -1.0 102 58.6 2.1 121 56.5 0.1 119 56.4 0.9 122 55.5 -0.9 111 56.4 -
 Gabon 118 56.7 0.4 118 56.3 -1.7 109 58.0 -0.6 103 58.6 -0.4 105 59.0 0.7 104 58.3 0.5 105 57.8 0.0 99 57.8 -
 Belarus 88 61.7 3.8 104 57.9 -0.2 108 58.1 -0.5 104 58.6 9.8 157 48.8 -1.0 153 49.8 -0.3 150 50.1 2.1 154 48.0 -
 Tanzania 89 61.7 1.5 94 60.2 0.3 97 59.9 1.3 105 58.6 0.1 110 58.5 1.0 109 57.5 -0.3 106 57.8 -0.1 98 57.9 -
 Guyana 124 56.2 -0.6 113 56.8 -1.9 102 58.7 0.2 106 58.5 3.1 127 55.4 -0.1 123 55.5 -0.2 121 55.7 1.9 129 53.8 -
 Bhutan 85 62.1 -0.8 74 62.9 1.1 87 61.8 3.4 107 58.4 -1.1 97 59.5 2.1 115 57.4 0.7 116 56.7 1.7 122 55.0 -
 Samoa 86 62.1 -0.1 82 62.2 0.7 90 61.5 3.1 108 58.4 -5.1 69 63.5 1.6 78 61.9 0.8 84 61.1 4.0 106 57.1 -
 Tajikistan 155 52.2 -3.4 122 55.6 -2.7 106 58.3 0.1 109 58.2 6.9 149 51.3 -1.4 140 52.7 0.7 139 52.0 -1.4 131 53.4 -
 Moldova 87 62.0 2.9 97 59.1 0.7 105 58.4 0.4 110 58.0 0.6 117 57.4 -0.1 111 57.5 0.2 110 57.3 1.8 115 55.5 -
 China 103 59.5 1.1 100 58.4 0.6 110 57.8 0.4 111 57.4 5.4 144 52.0 -0.7 139 52.7 0.2 137 52.5 0.6 136 51.9 -
 Sri Lanka 112 57.4 1.0 115 56.4 -1.4 111 57.8 0.4 112 57.4 -2.5 93 59.9 1.3 101 58.6 -1.4 90 60.0 -0.7 81 60.7 -
 Madagascar 99 60.5 3.9 114 56.6 -0.2 119 56.8 -0.6 113 57.4 -3.7 87 61.1 -0.6 79 61.7 0.0 79 61.7 -0.3 73 62.0 -
 Russia 94 61.0 2.1 98 58.9 0.7 107 58.2 1.1 114 57.1 6.5 153 50.6 -1.5 143 52.1 0.2 140 51.9 0.8 139 51.1 -
 Nigeria 116 57.2 -0.1 111 57.3 -1.2 104 58.5 1.4 115 57.1 -0.4 116 57.5 1.9 120 55.6 1.3 129 54.3 -0.8 120 55.1 -
 Cape Verde 76 63.6 0.5 73 63.1 3.1 96 60.0 3.1 116 56.9 -9.6 57 66.5 0.1 60 66.4 0.3 60 66.1 2.4 65 63.7 -
 Democratic Republic of the Congo 162 49.5 -0.8 157 50.3 -1.8 147 52.1 -4.3 117 56.4 10.0 163 46.4 1.4 168 45.0 4.4 172 40.6 1.0 171 39.6 -
 Ghana 104 59.4 1.9 109 57.5 1.5 122 56.0 -0.2 118 56.2 -6.8 72 63.0 0.0 71 63.0 -1.2 66 64.2 2.9 77 61.3 -
 Guinea-Bissau 148 53.3 -0.7 135 54.0 -2.9 118 56.9 0.8 119 56.1 4.3 145 51.8 -0.2 145 52.0 0.7 143 51.3 0.2 138 51.1 -
 Senegal 110 58.0 1.7 117 56.3 0.6 126 55.7 -0.2 120 55.9 -2.2 111 58.1 0.3 106 57.8 2.4 125 55.4 -0.1 116 55.5 -
 Comoros 143 53.7 -1.7 124 55.4 -0.8 121 56.2 0.4 121 55.8 3.4 141 52.4 0.3 142 52.1 0.7 142 51.4 3.9 157 47.5 -
 Zambia 147 53.5 -0.1 138 53.6 -0.7 132 54.3 -1.5 122 55.8 -3.0 106 58.8 0.1 100 58.7 -1.7 88 60.4 1.7 93 58.7 -
 Tunisia 128 55.8 0.4 125 55.4 -3.5 99 58.9 3.2 123 55.7 -1.9 114 57.6 -0.1 107 57.7 0.4 109 57.3 0.3 107 57.0 -
 São Tomé and Príncipe 125 56.2 2.2 134 54.0 0.4 137 53.6 -1.8 124 55.4 -1.3 120 56.7 3.4 136 53.3 4.5 157 48.8 0.8 153 48.0 -
 Nepal 139 54.2 0.4 136 53.8 -0.3 133 54.1 -1.0 125 55.1 4.2 151 50.9 -0.4 152 51.3 1.2 149 50.1 -0.3 141 50.4 -
 Solomon Islands 150 52.9 -1.7 133 54.6 -2.9 114 57.5 2.5 126 55.0 8.0 161 47.0 0.0 159 47.0 0.8 165 46.2 1.2 165 45.0 -
 Greece 100 59.9 2.2 106 57.7 0.4 115 57.3 2.3 127 55.0 1.8 138 53.2 -0.8 130 54.0 -1.7 119 55.7 0.3 117 55.4 -
 Bangladesh 122 56.4 0.8 121 55.6 0.5 128 55.1 0.1 128 55.0 1.7 137 53.3 -0.6 131 53.9 -0.2 131 54.1 1.5 132 52.6 -
 Mongolia 127 55.9 0.5 126 55.4 -0.3 125 55.7 0.9 129 54.8 -4.6 100 59.4 0.2 96 59.2 0.3 97 58.9 -2.8 75 61.7 -
 Barbados 92 61.4 -3.3 67 64.7 7.7 117 57.0 2.5 130 54.5 -13.8 45 68.3 0.4 46 67.9 -0.4 45 68.3 -1.0 39 69.3 -
 Mauritania 130 55.3 -0.4 119 55.7 1.7 134 54.0 -0.4 131 54.4 -0.4 128 54.8 1.5 135 53.3 0.1 134 53.2 0.9 134 52.3 -
 Federated States of Micronesia 156 52.0 0.1 149 51.9 -0.4 143 52.3 -1.8 132 54.1 2.3 147 51.8 2.2 154 49.6 -0.2 153 49.8 -0.3 143 50.1 -
 Laos 129 55.5 -1.9 110 57.4 3.8 138 53.6 -0.4 133 54.0 4.2 155 49.8 -1.6 150 51.4 0.2 144 51.2 1.1 144 50.1 -
 Lesotho 138 54.5 1.4 142 53.1 -0.8 136 53.9 0.0 134 53.9 3.3 152 50.6 1.0 155 49.6 0.1 154 49.5 1.6 155 47.9 -
 Kenya 132 55.3 0.2 130 55.1 0.4 129 54.7 1.2 135 53.5 -4.0 115 57.5 1.9 122 55.6 -1.5 111 57.1 1.2 114 55.9 -
 Gambia 123 56.3 3.9 146 52.4 0.1 145 52.3 -1.1 136 53.4 -3.7 119 57.1 -0.4 113 57.5 -2.0 92 59.5 0.7 92 58.8 -
 Lebanon 157 51.7 0.6 154 51.1 -2.1 140 53.2 -0.1 137 53.3 -6.2 98 59.5 0.2 94 59.3 -0.1 96 59.4 -0.1 91 59.5 -
 Togo 140 54.1 3.8 158 50.3 2.5 168 47.8 -5.4 138 53.2 -0.4 135 53.6 0.1 138 53.0 3.1 152 49.9 1.1 150 48.8 -
 Burundi 166 49.0 0.1 162 48.9 -2.0 157 50.9 -2.3 139 53.2 -0.7 133 53.9 0.2 132 53.7 2.3 141 51.4 2.4 148 49.0 -
 Brazil 144 53.7 1.8 150 51.9 0.5 153 51.4 -1.5 140 52.9 -3.6 122 56.5 -0.1 118 56.6 -0.3 114 56.9 -0.8 100 57.7 -
 Pakistan 135 54.8 -0.2 131 55.0 0.6 131 54.4 1.6 141 52.8 -3.1 126 55.9 0.3 121 55.6 0.4 126 55.2 0.1 121 55.1 -
 Ethiopia 146 53.6 0.0 137 53.6 0.8 142 52.8 0.1 142 52.7 1.2 148 51.5 0.0 149 51.5 1.5 151 50.0 0.6 146 49.4 -
 India 120 56.5 1.3 129 55.2 0.7 130 54.5 1.9 143 52.6 -3.6 123 56.2 1.6 128 54.6 -1.1 120 55.7 0.5 119 55.2 -
 Egypt 142 54.0 1.5 144 52.5 -0.9 139 53.4 0.8 144 52.6 -3.4 125 56.0 0.8 124 55.2 2.3 135 52.9 -1.9 125 54.8 -
 Sierra Leone 168 48.0 0.5 167 47.5 -4.3 151 51.8 -0.8 145 52.6 0.3 142 52.3 0.6 147 51.7 1.2 148 50.5 2.2 151 48.3 -
 Myanmar 141 54.0 0.4 139 53.6 -0.3 135 53.9 1.4 146 52.5 3.8 158 48.7 1.8 161 46.9 0.4 162 46.5 7.3 172 39.2 -
 Vietnam 105 58.8 3.5 128 55.3 2.2 141 53.1 0.7 147 52.4 -1.6 131 54.0 2.3 148 51.7 0.9 147 50.8 -0.2 140 51.0 -
 Uzbekistan 114 57.2 3.9 140 53.3 1.8 152 51.5 -0.8 148 52.3 6.3 166 46.0 -1.0 160 47.0 0.5 163 46.5 0.5 162 46.0 -
 Malawi 152 52.8 1.4 153 51.4 -0.6 148 52.0 -0.2 149 52.2 0.4 146 51.8 -3.0 126 54.8 -0.6 124 55.4 0.1 118 55.3 -
 Cameroon 145 53.6 1.2 145 52.4 0.5 149 51.9 0.1 150 51.8 -2.4 130 54.2 2.3 146 51.9 -0.7 136 52.6 0.3 133 52.3 -
 Central African Republic 159 50.7 1.6 161 49.1 -0.1 163 49.2 -2.6 151 51.8 6.6 168 45.2 -0.7 166 45.9 -0.8 161 46.7 -3.7 142 50.4 -
 Papua New Guinea 108 58.4 0.0 101 58.4 2.7 127 55.7 4.8 152 50.9 -2.3 140 53.2 0.1 137 53.1 -0.8 132 53.9 0.3 130 53.6 -
 Kiribati 172 45.2 -2.1 168 47.3 -3.5 159 50.8 -0.1 153 50.9 4.7 165 46.2 -0.2 164 46.4 0.1 164 46.3 0.4 163 45.9 -
 Niger 137 54.7 3.1 151 51.6 2.1 160 49.5 -1.3 154 50.8 -3.5 129 54.3 -0.3 127 54.6 -0.5 127 55.1 1.2 128 53.9 -
 Iran 164 49.2 -1.9 155 51.1 0.2 156 50.9 0.4 155 50.5 7.0 171 43.5 1.7 171 41.8 1.5 173 40.3 -2.9 168 43.2 -
 Argentina 149 53.1 0.9 148 52.2 -0.1 144 52.3 1.9 156 50.4 6.6 169 43.8 -0.3 169 44.1 -0.5 166 44.6 -2.1 160 46.7 -
 Maldives 119 56.5 3.3 141 53.2 2.1 155 51.1 0.8 157 50.3 -3.6 132 53.9 0.5 134 53.4 2.4 145 51.0 2.0 149 49.0 -
 Mozambique 160 50.5 1.9 163 48.6 2.3 170 46.3 -3.6 158 49.9 -3.3 139 53.2 -1.6 125 54.8 -0.2 128 55.0 0 123 55.0 -
 Haiti 153 52.3 -0.4 143 52.7 -3.1 124 55.8 6.2 159 49.6 -1.7 150 51.3 0.0 151 51.3 2.4 156 48.9 0.8 152 48.1 -
 Ecuador 158 51.3 4.4 170 46.9 -1.6 165 48.5 -0.8 160 49.3 0.7 159 48.6 -0.6 156 49.2 1.2 159 48.0 1.1 159 46.9 -
 Liberia 165 49.0 -0.7 160 49.7 -1.2 158 50.9 1.8 161 49.1 -3.1 143 52.2 -0.5 141 52.7 0.3 138 52.4 3.1 147 49.3 -
 Chad 161 50.2 0.3 159 49.9 0.6 162 49.3 0.3 162 49.0 2.7 164 46.3 0.4 165 45.9 1.4 167 44.5 -0.7 164 45.2 -
Sudan 173 45.0 -2.7 166 47.7 -1.7 161 49.4 0.6 164 48.8 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 Angola 154 52.2 1.6 156 50.6 2.0 164 48.6 0.1 165 48.5 -0.4 156 48.9 1.0 158 47.9 0.2 160 47.7 0.4 158 47.3 -
 Ukraine 134 54.9 2.6 147 52.3 0.4 150 51.9 3.8 166 48.1 1.3 162 46.8 -0.1 162 46.9 -2.4 155 49.3 3.0 161 46.3 -
 Suriname 163 49.5 1.4 165 48.1 0.0 166 48.1 0.1 167 48.0 -5.8 134 53.8 -0.4 129 54.2 0.0 130 54.2 2.2 135 52.0 -
 Bolivia 175 42.8 0.5 173 42.3 -1.8 173 44.1 -3.6 168 47.7 0.3 160 47.4 0.6 163 46.8 -1.6 158 48.4 0.5 156 47.9 -
 Guinea 121 56.5 0.8 120 55.7 3.5 146 52.2 4.6 169 47.6 -5.7 136 53.3 1.2 144 52.1 -1.4 133 53.5 2.3 137 51.2 -
 Turkmenistan 170 46.5 -1.9 164 48.4 1.3 169 47.1 -0.3 170 47.4 5.5 174 41.9 0.5 172 41.4 -0.8 171 42.2 -0.4 169 42.6 -
 Djibouti 151 52.9 5.8 169 47.1 2.0 171 45.1 -1.6 171 46.7 -9.3 124 56.0 -1.5 112 57.5 1.6 118 55.9 2.0 127 53.9 -
 Algeria 169 46.9 0.7 171 46.2 1.5 172 44.7 -1.8 172 46.5 -3.6 154 50.1 1.2 157 48.9 -1.9 146 50.8 1.2 145 49.6 -
 Timor-Leste 171 45.9 1.7 172 44.2 -3.9 167 48.1 1.8 173 46.3 0.5 167 45.8 0.3 167 45.5 2.3 170 43.2 -0.5 166 43.7 -
 Equatorial Guinea 167 48.3 7.3 174 41.0 -1.0 175 42.0 -3.0 174 45.0 1.3 170 43.7 3.3 173 40.4 -4.0 168 44.4 2.1 170 42.3 -
 Zimbabwe 174 43.1 2.7 175 40.4 -3.6 174 44.0 0.0 175 44.0 5.8 175 38.2 0.6 175 37.6 2.1 176 35.5 6.9 175 28.6 -
 Eritrea 177 38.5 -0.4 177 38.9 -2.8 176 41.7 -0.5 176 42.2 -0.5 173 42.7 3.8 174 38.9 0.4 174 38.5 2.2 173 36.3 -
 Republic of the Congo 176 41.8 2.1 176 39.7 0.8 177 38.9 -1.1 177 40.0 -2.8 172 42.8 0.1 170 42.7 -1.0 169 43.7 0.2 167 43.5 -
 Cuba 178 26.9 -0.9 178 27.8 -4.1 178 31.9 -2.0 178 33.9 4.1 177 29.8 0.2 177 29.6 0.9 177 28.7 0.2 176 28.5 -
 Venezuela 179 25.2 -0.7 179 25.9 0.7 179 25.2 -1.8 179 27.0 -6.7 176 33.7 -0.6 176 34.3 -2.0 175 36.3 0.2 174 36.1 -
 North Korea 180 4.2 -1.7 180 5.9 0.1 180 5.8 0.9 180 4.9 2.6 178 2.3 1.0 178 1.3 0.3 178 1.0 -0.5 177 1.5 -
 Yemen - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 133 53.7 -1.8 123 55.5 -0.4 113 55.9

2020 scores by aspects of economic freedom

Key: ██ Free (80–100) ██ Mostly Free (70.0–79.9) ██ Moderately Free (60.0–69.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50.0–59.9) ██ Repressed (0–49.9)

Country Name 2020 Score Property Rights Judicial Effectiveness Government Integrity Tax Burden Gov't Spending Fiscal Health Business Freedom Labor Freedom Monetary Freedom Trade Freedom Investment Freedom Financial Freedom
Afghanistan 54.7 48.3 30.0 24.8 91.4 79.2 99.9 54.7 61.6 81 66.0 10 10
Albania 66.9 57.1 33.0 38.8 85.9 74.6 86.3 65.7 52.1 81.2 88.4 70 70
Algeria 46.9 37.9 35.0 28.3 75.4 52.6 17.3 63.0 50.5 76.2 66.2 30 30
Angola 52.2 36.9 14.3 15.1 87.3 85.7 71.9 57.7 61.1 59.6 66.2 30 40
Argentina 53.1 50.5 47.0 49.7 69.6 50.7 24.7 60.2 46.5 53.7 69.2 55 60
Armenia 70.6 60.7 54.1 43.4 84.9 80.6 68.8 81.0 72.5 76.0 80.6 75 70
Australia 82.6 82.8 86.1 89.3 63.0 61.6 91.8 87.8 84.0 86.2 88.2 80 90
Austria 73.3 87.3 73.2 84.0 51.3 27.2 87.9 73.0 68.3 81.0 86.4 90 70
Azerbaijan 69.3 67.1 53.9 38.7 88.0 63.0 99.2 80.8 66.2 69.8 74.6 70 60
Bahamas 64.5 54.9 46.4 46.0 96.8 87.4 69.2 69.0 70.0 76.3 47.8 50 60
Bahrain 66.3 70.6 48.4 51.0 99.4 66.1 2.6 70.5 71.1 81.1 79.4 75 80
Bangladesh 56.4 41.0 36.1 26.6 72.7 94.3 76.8 52.3 68.4 70.0 63.6 45 30
Barbados 61.4 56.6 36.1 44.0 73.6 69.2 63.1 69.4 60.0 77.9 56.6 70 60
Belarus 61.7 63.2 48.4 37.4 88.8 54.1 95.4 76.4 74.8 69.8 82.0 30 20
Belgium 68.9 84.5 62.5 80.2 46.7 17.2 77.0 75.2 61.1 80.5 86.4 85 70
Belize 57.4 44.4 46.4 33.5 79.5 66.3 53.9 60.9 54.3 80.4 64.2 55 50
Benin 55.2 41.3 36.4 29.6 69.0 84.2 46.6 58.0 53.7 84.3 49.4 60 50
Bhutan 62.1 69.9 46.4 51.2 82.9 71.1 74.8 68.2 79.4 71.6 79.4 20 30
Bolivia 42.8 20.1 11.2 23.1 86.3 54.2 14.2 58.3 52.9 69.9 67.8 15 40
Bosnia and Herzegovina 62.6 44.4 33.9 41.8 83.6 49.3 97.3 45.7 67.4 82.7 80.0 65 60
Botswana 69.6 60.9 45.2 46.4 87.0 69.1 97.5 69.3 68.2 73.6 82.8 65 70
Brazil 53.7 57.3 46.7 45.6 70.4 54.6 4.6 60.5 49.5 77.2 67.8 60 50
Brunei Darussalam 66.6 69.8 56.8 49.6 89.8 61.5 20.0 84.1 90.5 77.1 85.0 65 50
Bulgaria 70.2 64.2 45.4 44.2 90.3 66.1 99.2 62.6 68.1 85.7 86.4 70 60
Burkina Faso 56.7 46.9 42.6 34.1 81.3 77.0 49.2 47.6 52.1 82.4 61.8 65 40
Burma 54.0 32.5 14.3 31.5 86.6 87.5 84.6 53.1 59.9 77.5 70.8 30 20
Burundi 49.0 24.9 26.9 22.3 73.7 85.8 13.2 55.1 67.4 70.3 68.2 50 30
Cambodia 57.3 43.1 28.1 14.8 89.4 83.9 94.8 31.2 62.5 74.8 65.4 50 50
Cameroon 53.6 45.3 30.8 20.8 74.8 88.3 63.7 46.0 50.1 84.1 59.6 30 50
Canada 78.2 87.7 72.7 90.3 76.5 50.9 83.3 81.7 72.0 76.0 87.0 80 80
Cabo Verde 63.6 47.5 48.0 46.1 77.7 71.7 66.2 58.5 55.6 83.1 68.2 80 60
Central African Republic 50.7 38.1 31.7 24.3 65.5 93.5 95.3 24.3 40.4 73.3 47.2 45 30
Chad 50.2 32.4 27.4 15.1 45.8 93.5 95.6 26.8 43.0 76.1 47.2 60 40
Chile 76.8 69.9 61.1 73.4 76.4 80.8 90.5 75.0 64.7 85.2 89.0 85 70
China 59.5 60.9 76.3 46.0 70.4 67.9 67.5 76.8 64.4 71.1 72.4 20 20
Colombia 69.2 61.1 32.8 46.1 70.4 77.0 85.5 71.3 78.0 77.5 81.2 80 70
Comoros 53.7 43.1 31.7 23.8 63.6 73.6 85.0 47.8 60.3 81.7 59.2 45 30
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo 49.5 30.1 26.5 13.1 74.4 95.4 98.0 51.2 41.6 49.6 64.6 30 20
Congo, Republic of 41.8 40.7 30.0 23.1 63.3 56.2 0.6 37.5 35.3 83.2 56.8 45 30
Costa Rica 65.8 66.7 54.4 57.2 78.9 88.4 39.7 66.5 55.0 81.2 81.4 70 50
Côte d'Ivoire 59.7 48.5 33.0 25.5 77.8 82.5 66.9 62.3 49.2 75.7 69.4 75 50
Croatia 62.2 69.9 39.6 51.0 65.9 34.7 89.1 53.6 44.0 77.6 86.4 75 60
Cuba 26.9 20.1 10.0 38.7 49.5 0.0 14.8 20.0 20.0 64.1 65.6 10 10
Cyprus 70.1 77.4 50.5 57.6 74.8 58.6 80.0 76.6 59.7 84.3 86.4 75 60
Czech Republic 74.8 76.8 49.9 64.2 82.0 52.7 97.8 69.7 77.6 80.8 86.4 80 80
Denmark 78.3 86.3 84.6 93.0 42.0 19.7 97.7 88.7 86.2 84.6 86.4 90 80
Djibouti 52.9 58.8 31.7 25.5 75.3 53.6 10.9 62.3 60.6 76.5 49.8 80 50
Dominica 60.8 59.8 62.6 51.2 70.5 16.0 86.2 70.4 60.7 83.5 68.4 70 30
Dominican Republic 60.9 55.8 18.2 31.2 84.5 90.5 82.4 50.3 57.5 73.5 76.6 70 40
Ecuador 51.3 40.4 20.7 33.4 77.5 57.9 62.3 53.8 48.0 81.0 66.0 35 40
Egypt 54.0 48.5 51.2 34.0 86.1 69.9 2.8 62.0 51.5 61.3 70.2 60 50
El Salvador 61.6 41.6 30.1 31.6 77.8 82.8 80.0 53.6 52.3 78.6 80.8 70 60
Equatorial Guinea 48.3 38.1 19.5 15.1 75.1 86.4 77.2 37.5 34.2 78.1 48.8 40 30
Eritrea 38.5 32.5 14.3 21.4 81.4 74.7 0.0 18.2 69.7 61.0 69.2 0 20
Estonia 77.7 83.2 73.7 85.9 81.1 53.3 99.9 73.5 57.3 78.6 86.4 90 70
Eswatini 55.3 49.8 42.4 37.2 72.8 62.8 17.6 58.9 67.9 75.2 88.6 50 40
Ethiopia 53.6 36.5 45.1 29.4 77.4 90.8 79.2 48.6 57.6 62.7 60.8 35 20
Fiji 63.4 69.9 42.6 45.6 80.5 68.9 84.2 62.6 76.2 72.5 52.8 55 50
Finland 75.7 92.3 80.5 96.1 67.5 11.2 90.7 84.8 50.3 83.6 86.4 85 80
France 66.0 85.9 71.2 83.3 48.8 4.5 67.1 82.5 46.1 76.7 81.4 75 70
Gabon 56.7 36.9 20.8 36.7 74.3 89.3 88.9 52.1 52.3 77.3 51.2 60 40
Gambia 56.3 43.9 43.4 39.2 74.6 85.6 25.3 53.5 67.4 63.3 64.6 65 50
Georgia 77.1 68.6 57.9 64.8 87.1 73.6 94.4 85.3 76.3 78.3 88.6 80 70
Germany 73.5 80.5 74.3 82.8 60.9 42.2 92.9 82.8 53.0 76.7 86.4 80 70
Ghana 59.4 52.5 46.1 32.2 78.4 88.1 35.6 58.4 59.3 68.9 63.8 70 60
Greece 59.9 57.0 48.6 51.2 59.0 31.5 80.0 73.7 52.0 79.4 81.4 55 50
Guatemala 64.0 45.5 32.2 29.6 79.2 95.6 95.7 62.6 48.4 77.4 82.2 70 50
Guinea 56.5 38.7 33.3 16.1 70.0 91.4 93.8 55.4 58.0 70.6 60.4 50 40
Guinea-Bissau 53.3 41.3 48.4 14.8 88.7 86.7 67.3 39.1 61.2 82.7 49.0 30 30
Guyana 56.2 53.6 42.6 34.1 66.0 64.4 58.6 58.9 62.1 82.5 66.8 55 30
Haiti 52.3 16.4 23.3 22.3 80.2 89.4 96.3 33.6 62.3 61.5 67.0 45 30
Honduras 61.1 48.6 34.2 28.6 82.3 78.2 96.7 56.7 31.5 72.2 79.4 65 60
Hong Kong 89.1 93.6 76.8 84.7 93.0 90.3 99.9 96.2 89.1 80.7 95.0 80 90
Hungary 66.4 64.8 45.7 47.5 79.9 34.5 83.6 60.2 64.6 79.9 86.4 80 70
Iceland 77.1 87.6 63.2 90.3 71.7 44.1 97.5 84.7 63.5 80.3 86.8 85 70
India 56.5 63.0 64.1 47.2 79.4 77.9 13.1 65.6 41.2 73.0 73.4 40 40
Indonesia 67.2 59.8 56.2 37.2 83.4 91.7 90.2 70.0 49.2 78.4 80.8 50 60
Iran 49.2 36.9 37.1 33.5 81.0 89.2 86.5 57.3 50.7 49.0 54.6 5 10
Iraq N/A 43.9 11.2 20.8 N/A 59.5 76.6 52.6 44.8 76.4 N/A N/A N/A
Ireland 80.9 86.6 64.4 82.8 76.4 78.8 91.4 82.7 75.9 85.3 86.4 90 70
Israel 74.0 82.3 71.8 77.2 61.0 53.5 89.2 72.2 64.4 84.9 86.2 75 70
Italy 63.8 75.4 51.3 62.2 56.0 28.5 71.1 70.4 50.9 83.2 86.4 80 50
Jamaica 68.5 62.1 50.5 46.8 80.0 74.8 80.2 77.7 74.0 77.7 68.4 80 50
Japan 73.3 86.6 71.4 80.5 68.3 55.8 62.0 81.4 78.7 84.4 80.0 70 60
Jordan 66.0 64.8 54.6 49.6 91.8 73.5 55.9 60.1 52.5 77.6 81.2 70 60
Kazakhstan 69.6 61.3 62.1 40.9 92.3 85.5 84.1 74.6 86.0 68.1 80.2 50 50
Kenya 55.3 63.2 48.6 28.2 78.7 79.6 13.5 55.0 55.8 75.0 60.4 55 50
Kiribati 45.2 47.5 34.2 24.3 72.4 0.0 99.0 40.6 62.9 82.2 23.8 25 30
Korea, North 4.2 20.1 5.0 15.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.0 5.0 0.0 0.0 0 0
Korea, South 74.0 82.5 61.0 67.5 63.9 67.7 96.7 90.5 56.2 82.1 80.0 70 70
Kosovo 67.4 66.3 54.1 39.2 92.6 76.5 94.0 75.0 61.0 78.4 76.2 65 30
Kuwait 63.2 57.1 47.0 46.0 97.7 22.4 99.6 61.3 62.2 73.2 76.4 55 60
Kyrgyz Republic 62.9 53.6 31.3 32.0 94.1 58.5 66.7 73.6 79.6 76.4 79.2 60 50
Laos 55.5 42.5 37.3 32.0 87.0 86.6 53.3 54.3 58.6 76.8 82.0 35 20
Latvia 71.9 72.3 51.1 46.4 76.9 58.3 96.5 77.0 72.4 80.2 86.4 85 60
Lebanon 51.7 44.6 30.8 25.0 90.8 72.5 0.0 45.6 47.8 75.6 77.4 60 50
Lesotho 54.5 45.2 47.0 29.6 73.0 34.4 60.3 52.8 58.8 75.7 82.2 55 40
Liberia 49.0 31.1 37.9 23.8 86.1 65.5 59.7 48.2 38.2 62.1 60.6 55 20
Libya N/A 30.1 20.8 18.9 N/A 0 N/A 40.7 53.9 53.6 N/A 5 N/A
Liechtenstein N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 85 80
Lithuania 76.7 77.9 62.1 67.4 84.9 66 97.4 71.9 76.5 79.7 86.4 80 70
Luxembourg 75.8 86.4 74.4 90.3 64.1 45.4 99.0 66.8 45.3 76.4 86.4 95 80
Macau 70.3 60.0 60.0 33.5 75.0 89.8 99.9 60.0 50.0 70.0 90.0 85 70
North Macedonia 69.5 62.5 42.7 42.2 91.5 71.0 87.7 80.6 67.0 77.7 86.2 65 60
Madagascar 60.5 45.6 39.6 25.0 90.7 91.5 90.6 47.3 44.6 72.7 73.6 55 50
Malawi 52.8 43.1 42.1 24.8 79.0 71.7 23.6 41.9 62.8 69.1 75.4 50 50
Malaysia 74.7 86.5 74.6 49.4 85.7 84.6 80.2 87.8 74.5 81.6 82.0 60 50
Maldives 56.5 48.5 31.7 39.2 95.8 67.9 42.9 78.7 70.6 77.0 61.0 35 30
Mali 55.9 36.1 32.7 20.7 69.2 85.8 73.6 49.2 52.2 81.6 65.0 65 40
Malta 69.5 70.5 49.6 55.1 64.8 60.0 95.9 68.0 61.1 77.1 86.4 85 60
Mauritania 55.3 32.5 20.8 21.9 80.9 76.4 85.9 61.7 51.3 79.6 62.6 50 40
Mauritius 74.9 75.8 62.6 53.3 91.5 82.1 79.3 82.5 60.2 73.8 88.2 80 70
Mexico 66.0 58.3 34.7 36.7 76.1 79.3 87.5 67.0 58.4 70.9 87.6 75 60
Micronesia 52.0 30.1 26.5 22.3 92.9 0.0 99.2 56.9 78.2 82.2 70.8 35 30
Moldova 62.0 60.5 31.7 37.2 86.1 71.6 96.2 68.1 37.0 72.0 78.0 55 50
Mongolia 55.9 50.3 23.0 36.9 87.4 66.6 9.3 63.6 75.7 74.2 74.0 50 60
Montenegro 61.5 59.1 55.3 47.5 85.4 32.1 23.4 70.8 74.8 80.3 83.8 75 50
Morocco 63.3 66.3 48.0 39.2 71.8 72.8 67.2 70.4 33.0 77.0 78.6 65 70
Mozambique 50.5 34.9 31.7 23.2 74.1 69.6 40.3 55.3 41.7 72.0 78.0 35 50
Namibia 60.9 58.9 58.5 46.0 65.7 58.1 28.7 65.6 84.9 75.9 83.2 65 40
Nepal 54.2 40.7 32.0 31.5 83.4 77.9 98.1 61.6 53.7 71.2 60.4 10 30
Netherlands 77.0 90.0 73.9 90.1 51.7 45.2 94.1 80.4 60.2 82.5 86.4 90 80
New Zealand 84.1 93.3 79.1 93.9 71.0 57.8 98.3 90.4 86.7 87.0 92.2 80 80
Nicaragua 57.2 33.5 19.5 24.3 76.3 77.5 87.2 55.1 55.5 71.5 75.4 60 50
Niger 54.7 45.6 42.6 33.4 76.7 79.0 44.7 55.4 47.9 74.8 61.2 55 40
Nigeria 57.2 38.1 32.2 22.3 85.1 96.2 64.1 54.7 84.0 61.7 62.4 45 40
Norway 73.4 84.3 82.8 95.6 57.7 25.6 97.3 86.1 57.4 74.8 83.8 75 60
Oman 63.6 66.4 66.2 64.6 98.4 36.2 14.8 74.6 56.9 78.4 81.6 65 60
Pakistan 54.8 48.3 43.2 29.7 80.4 86.8 40.4 54.9 41.3 72.5 64.8 55 40
Panama 67.2 58.8 30.0 37.2 85.3 85.7 91.2 70.8 43.3 79.4 79.2 75 70
Papua New Guinea 58.4 54.9 48.4 29.7 71.5 86.4 76.4 58.4 69.6 70.7 79.8 25 30
Paraguay 63.0 44.7 26.4 29.6 96.1 88.6 98.0 60.9 29.0 72.5 75.4 75 60
Peru 67.9 54.9 30.6 33.5 80.8 86.4 89.0 67.1 62.9 86.3 88.4 75 60
Philippines 64.5 54.6 34.2 38.7 76.7 87.9 96.3 59.5 57.4 66.9 81.6 60 60
Poland 69.1 63.1 42.8 64.6 74.7 48.8 92.2 62.6 62.0 82.0 86.4 80 70
Portugal 67.0 75.4 65.6 68.9 59.6 39.8 74.4 76.5 44.1 83.0 86.4 70 60
Qatar 72.3 66.9 58.7 64.6 99.8 64.6 93.7 71.1 65.9 80.6 81.6 60 60
Romania 69.7 72.5 56.1 55.1 90.3 70.4 85.6 58.6 63.0 78.1 86.4 70 50
Russia 61.0 56.8 44.4 41.3 88.5 63.8 98.7 80.2 52.1 68.2 77.8 30 30
Rwanda 70.9 76.5 78.3 57.6 79.2 79.8 86.7 60.3 81.8 79.8 70.4 60 40
Saint Lucia 68.2 69.8 62.6 41.8 76.9 80.6 83.8 76.7 66.4 82.0 73.2 65 40
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.8 50.5 62.6 46.1 72.4 73.7 89.0 75.8 73.3 80.8 67.2 70 40
Samoa 62.1 60.5 31.7 31.5 79.6 62.5 94.6 76.6 78.8 79.5 64.6 55 30
São Tomé and Príncipe 56.2 41.0 26.5 37.4 88.3 77.1 73.0 64.8 43.4 68.1 64.2 60 30
Saudi Arabia 62.4 64.6 72.3 49.6 99.8 61.8 19.3 66.6 63.3 81.0 75.4 45 50
Senegal 58.0 52.4 39.8 40.6 70.2 84.4 75.2 50.4 38.1 79.7 65.4 60 40
Serbia 66.0 55.4 46.8 44.0 83.7 49.7 94.1 72.6 66.9 80.7 78.0 70 50
Seychelles 64.3 68.3 46.4 53.3 76.8 58.9 93.2 65.3 62.8 78.6 82.6 55 30
Sierra Leone 48.0 40.7 39.4 21.8 87.5 83.5 9.8 50.1 29.7 64.2 69.4 60 20
Singapore 89.4 96.8 92.9 92.4 90.3 91.1 80.0 92.8 90.9 85.6 94.8 85 80
Slovakia 66.8 73.1 41.7 49.7 78.5 50.2 92.6 55.3 52.6 75.9 86.4 75 70
Slovenia 67.8 76.5 48.6 67.4 59.2 42.9 90.3 78.4 61.4 82.2 86.4 70 50
Solomon Islands 52.9 54.6 53.7 33.5 65.6 34.2 76.6 67.7 72.0 84.3 48.0 15 30
Somalia N/A 20.1 26.5 13.1 N/A N/A N/A 31.6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
South Africa 58.8 58.4 38.0 46.6 63.7 67.4 64.0 62.0 58.8 75.9 75.8 45 50
Spain 66.9 74.9 51.8 55.1 62.1 48.3 62.6 66.8 57.7 82.0 86.4 85 70
Sri Lanka 57.4 47.7 39.2 34.7 84.8 88.9 39.3 76.5 58.6 71.1 67.6 40 40
Sudan 45.0 33.7 20.8 25.5 86.1 94.5 12.4 53.5 60.0 77.0 52.0 5 20
Suriname 49.5 45.6 19.5 36.9 70.5 74.8 10.3 48.2 71.9 76.1 69.8 40 30
Sweden 74.9 88.8 79.9 91.4 43.6 25.8 97.0 85.3 53.8 81.2 86.4 85 80
Switzerland 82.0 87.4 81.5 90.1 70.1 65.3 96.7 74.2 72.4 84.4 86.6 85 90
Syria N/A 45.6 20.8 21.9 N/A N/A N/A 48.9 59.3 58.8 51.6 0 N/A
Taiwan 77.1 86.9 70.1 68.9 75.0 90.5 91.0 93.9 60.3 82.7 86.0 60 60
Tajikistan 52.2 49.1 50.0 32.0 91.8 62.3 26.0 65.9 47.7 71.0 75.0 25 30
Tanzania 61.7 41.9 43.4 32.5 80.6 91.6 92.9 45.9 66.4 72.2 67.8 55 50
Thailand 69.4 59.5 48.0 43.4 80.7 85.9 96.4 83.0 63.7 74.0 83.0 55 60
Timor-Leste 45.9 45.2 12.6 32.5 96.3 5.3 19.9 64.0 58.9 76.5 75.0 45 20
Togo 54.1 41.6 31.7 31.2 67.5 78.6 59.4 55.0 46.9 79.5 63.2 65 30
Tonga 58.8 60.9 26.5 44.2 85.2 42.8 95.2 75.0 69.8 71.4 74.0 40 20
Trinidad and Tobago 58.3 56.6 42.1 37.4 82.6 66.5 15.9 67.3 76.0 77.4 67.8 60 50
Tunisia 55.8 56.4 43.6 39.7 74.2 73.1 38.8 78.1 49.8 73.9 66.4 45 30
Turkey 64.4 57.4 53.7 44.6 76.7 64.1 86.1 67.0 49.2 66.1 78.0 70 60
Turkmenistan 46.5 20.1 20.0 21.4 95.9 93.1 94.5 30.0 20.0 68.7 74.2 10 10
Uganda 59.5 45.6 36.9 21.4 80.3 88.4 64.3 46.0 83.1 78.0 75.4 55 40
Ukraine 54.9 47.5 42.2 37.9 81.1 47.2 83.9 61.3 48.3 63.0 81.2 35 30
United Arab Emirates 76.2 80.3 84.6 64.6 99.2 72.1 94.1 78.6 81.3 79.6 80.4 40 60
United Kingdom 79.3 92.2 82.7 89.9 64.7 49.5 78.1 94.7 73.1 80.3 86.4 80 80
United States 76.6 81.8 83.7 77.2 74.6 56.5 54.3 83.3 87.9 75.5 79.8 85 80
Uruguay 69.1 72.0 59.8 73.5 75.2 66.5 72.3 73.6 71.0 72.7 77.4 85 30
Uzbekistan 57.2 59.1 34.2 28.2 91.6 74.7 98.9 72.6 59.9 59.9 67.6 20 20
Vanuatu 60.7 68.3 36.1 37.4 97.1 61.1 78.4 51.8 54.6 74.6 63.4 65 40
Venezuela 25.2 10.1 12.6 14.6 72.8 66.3 0.0 30.8 27.7 0.0 58.0 0 10
Vietnam 58.8 52.6 40.1 33.8 79.5 75.9 58.0 65.6 62.5 68.2 79.6 40 50
Yemen N/A 22.5 20.1 21.9 N/A 96.5 60.1 43.9 43.8 42.6 70 50 N/A
Zambia 53.5 45.2 31.3 28.4 73.2 81.7 18.4 66.4 47.0 72.2 72.6 55 50
Zimbabwe 43.1 33.7 28.3 18.9 62.3 88.0 36.2 39.1 43.1 62.8 70.0 25 10

1995–2008 rankings

Country/Region 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995
Hong Kong[a] 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ireland 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 3 10 11 11 13 27 20
Australia 4 4 7 9 8 10 11 8 5 5 7 9 10 8
United States 5 6 5 5 7 7 8 6 8 7 8 8 5 4
New Zealand 6 5 4 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3
Canada 7 10 10 12 12 13 14 21 20 25 27 26 20 18
Chile 8 8 8 8 11 12 9 12 12 12 9 7 13 14
 Switzerland 9 9 9 6 5 6 6 10 6 4 4 4 4
United Kingdom 10 7 6 7 9 9 7 7 4 6 5 5 7 3
Denmark 11 12 13 13 17 20 23 33 33 32 34 30 31
Estonia 12 11 15 14 10 8 10 9 24 13 15 24 38 26
Netherlands 13 15 16 18 14 14 14 16 21 57 24 20 23
Iceland 14 13 11 10 19 16 19 15 15 19 18 19
Luxembourg 15 14 12 11 6 5 5 5 7 15 13 12 15
Finland 16 16 17 21 16 15 16 27 50 54 55 39 47
Japan 17 18 18 36 50 34 39 23 19 27 21 21 14 6
Mauritius 18 32 35 35 51 52 33 45 36 20
Bahrain 19 24 23 22 13 11 12 11 11 8 6 6 6 5
Belgium 20 17 24 30 30 33 34 57 55 60 48 44 36
Barbados 21 27 20 24 28 23 17 20 27 37 33 46 53
Cyprus 22 20 21 20 15 19 20 22 35 33 29 27 30
Germany 23 22 25 28 27 26 25 29 43 40 52 29 25 17
The Bahamas 24 19 19 15 20 17 15 14 16 10 10 10 11 11
Taiwan 25 25 29 19 26 21 22 18 17 18 20 22 9 7
Lithuania 26 21 22 23 18 27 43 53 67 67 74 78 104
Sweden 27 33 27 27 24 24 24 43 47 51 53 53 55 41
Armenia 28 30 14 25 23 37 32 46 62 96 117 123 125
Trinidad and Tobago 29 23 26 17 21 29 26 19 13 16 17 16 24
Austria 30 26 30 34 32 35 36 37 31 53 43 40 26 16
Spain 31 28 32 31 29 28 29 36 41 45 62 68 65 34
Georgia 32 31 54 93 78 84 104 87 107 114 122 125 123
El Salvador 33 29 28 16 22 22 21 17 9 9 22 18 21 19
Norway 34 37 34 45 42 39 37 41 22 29 31 41 39
Slovakia 35 36 33 42 48 77 76 85 108 105 85 85 75 46
Botswana 36 35 31 26 25 30 42 42 42 59 60 72 56 57
Czech Republic 37 39 40 47 35 36 40 26 30 23 28 54 29 23
Latvia 38 38 37 39 33 44 52 44 57 50 56 57 86
Kuwait 39 41 41 48 55 43 46 35 25 24 38 42 35
Uruguay 40 34 43 33 37 25 30 24 28 30 26 31 46 37
  1. ^ Special administrative region (SAR) of China since 1997

See also

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