List of countries by economic freedom

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This article includes a partial list of countries by economic freedom that shows the top 50 highest ranking countries and regions from two reports on economic freedom.

* The Economic Freedom of the World Index is a report published by the Fraser Institute in conjunction with the Economic Freedom Network, a Canada group of independent research and educational institutes in 90 nations and territories worldwide.[1]

2022 Index of Economic Freedom[2]
by Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal

* The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual report published by United States based on The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal . Countries and regions are assessed as free, mostly free, moderately free, mostly unfree, and repressed.[3]

## Contents

* 1 List
* 1.1 Not ranked
* 2 References
* 3 External links

## List

2019 Economic Freedom of the World Index[4] | 2022 Top Index of Economic Freedom[5]

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1  |  Hong Kong  | 90.2  |  0
2  |  Singapore  | 89.4  |  0.6
3  |  New Zealand  | 84.4  |  0.2
4  |  Switzerland  | 81.9  |  0.2
5  |  Australia  | 80.9  |  0
6  |  Ireland  | 80.5  |  0.1
7  |  United Kingdom  | 78.9  |  0.9
8  |  Canada  | 77.7  |  0
9  |  United Arab Emirates  | 77.1  |  0
10  |  Taiwan  | 77.3  |  0.7
11  |  Iceland  | 77.1  |  0.1
12  |  United States  | 76.8  |  1.1
13  |  Netherlands  | 76.8  |  0.6
14  |  Denmark  | 76.7  |  0.1
15  |  Estonia  | 76.6  |  2.2
16  |  Georgia  | 75.9  |  0.3
17  |  Luxembourg  | 75.9  |  0.5
18  |  Chile  | 75.4  |  0.2
19  |  Sweden  | 75.2  |  1.1
20  |  Finland  | 74.9  |  0.8
21  |  Lithuania  | 74.2  |  1.1
22  |  Malaysia  | 74  |  0.5
23  |  Czech Republic  | 73.7  |  0.5
24  |  Germany  | 73.5  |  0.7
25  |  Mauritius  | 73  |  2.1
26  |  Norway  | 73  |  1.3
27  |  Israel  | 72.8  |  0.6
28  |  Qatar  | 72.6  |  0
29  |  South Korea  | 72.3  |  1.5
30  |  Japan  | 72.1  |  0.2
31  |  Austria  | 72  |  0.2
32  |  Rwanda  | 71.1  |  2
33  |  North Macedonia  | 71.1  |  0.2
34  |  Macau  | 71  |  0.1
35  |  Latvia  | 70.4  |  3.2
36  |  Botswana  | 69.5  |  0.4
37  |  Bulgaria  | 69  |  0.7
38  |  Saint Lucia  | 68.7  |  1.1
39  |  Jamaica  | 68.6  |  0.5
40  |  Uruguay  | 68.6  |  0.6
41  |  Malta  | 68.6  |  0.1
42  |  Romania  | 68.6  |  0.8
43  |  Thailand  | 68.3  |  1.2
44  |  Cyprus  | 68.1  |  0.3
45  |  Peru  | 67.8  |  0.9
46  |  Poland  | 67.8  |  0.7
47  |  Armenia  | 67.7  |  1
48  |  Belgium  | 67.3  |  0.2
49  |  Colombia  | 67.3  |  1.6
50  |  Panama  | 67.2  |  0.2
51  |  Kosovo  | 67  |  0.4
52  |  Albania  | 66.5  |  2
53  |  Jordan  | 66.5  |  1.6
54  |  Bahrain  | 66.4  |  1.3
55  |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines  | 65.8  |  1.9
56  |  Indonesia  | 65.8  |  1.6
57  |  Spain  | 65.7  |  0.6
58  |  Slovenia  | 65.5  |  0.7
59  |  Kazakhstan  | 65.4  |  3.7
60  |  Azerbaijan  | 65.4  |  1.1
61  |  Costa Rica  | 65.3  |  0.3
62  |  Portugal  | 65.3  |  1.9
63  |  Brunei Darussalam  | 65.1  |  0.9
64  |  Hungary  | 65  |  1.7
65  |  Slovakia  | 65  |  0.3
66  |  Mexico  | 64.7  |  0.1
67  |  Barbados  | 64.7  |  7.7
68  |  Turkey  | 64.6  |  0.8
69  |  Serbia  | 63.9  |  1.4
70  |  Philippines  | 63.8  |  1.2
71  |  France  | 63.8  |  0.1
72  |  Dominica  | 63.6  |  0.9
73  |  Cabo Verde  | 63.1  |  3.1
74  |  Bhutan  | 62.9  |  1.1
75  |  Morocco  | 62.9  |  1
76  |  The Bahamas  | 62.9  |  0.4
77  |  Guatemala  | 62.6  |  0.8
78  |  Côte d'Ivoire  | 62.4  |  0.4
79  |  Kyrgyz Republic  | 62.3  |  0.5
80  |  Italy  | 62.2  |  0.3
81  |  Fiji  | 62.2  |  0.2
82  |  Samoa  | 62.2  |  0.7
83  |  Bosnia and Herzegovina  | 61.9  |  0.5
84  |  El Salvador  | 61.8  |  1.4
85  |  Paraguay  | 61.8  |  0.3
86  |  Croatia  | 61.4  |  0.4
87  |  Seychelles  | 61.4  |  0.2
88  |  Oman  | 61  |  0
89  |  Dominican Republic  | 61  |  0.6
90  |  Kuwait  | 60.8  |  1.4
91  |  Saudi Arabia  | 60.7  |  1.1
92  |  Montenegro  | 60.5  |  3.8
93  |  Honduras  | 60.2  |  0.4
94  |  Tanzania  | 60.2  |  0.3
95  |  Uganda  | 59.7  |  2.3
96  |  Burkina Faso  | 59.4  |  0.6
97  |  Moldova  | 59.1  |  0.7
98  |  Russia  | 58.9  |  0.7
99  |  Namibia  | 58.7  |  0.2
100  |  China  | 58.4  |  0.6
101  |  Papua New Guinea  | 58.4  |  2.7
102  |  South Africa  | 58.3  |  4.7
103  |  Mali  | 58.1  |  0.5
104  |  Belarus  | 57.9  |  0.2
105  |  Cambodia  | 57.8  |  0.9
106  |  Greece  | 57.7  |  0.4
107  |  Nicaragua  | 57.7  |  1.2
108  |  Tonga  | 57.7  |  5.4
109  |  Ghana  | 57.5  |  1.5
110  |  Laos  | 57.4  |  3.8
111  |  Nigeria  | 57.3  |  1.2
112  |  Trinidad and Tobago  | 57  |  0.7
113  |  Guyana  | 56.8  |  1.9
114  |  Madagascar  | 56.6  |  0.2
115  |  Sri Lanka  | 56.4  |  1.4
116  |  Vanuatu  | 56.4  |  13.1
117  |  Senegal  | 56.3  |  0.6
118  |  Gabon  | 56.3  |  1.7
119  |  Mauritania  | 55.7  |  1.7
120  |  Guinea  | 55.7  |  3.5
121  |  Bangladesh  | 55.6  |  0.5
122  |  Tajikistan  | 55.6  |  2.7
123  |  Belize  | 55.4  |  1.7
124  |  Comoros  | 55.4  |  0.8
125  |  Tunisia  | 55.4  |  3.5
126  |  Mongolia  | 55.4  |  0.3
127  |  Benin  | 55.3  |  1.4
128  |  Vietnam  | 55.3  |  2.2
129  |  India  | 55.2  |  0.7
130  |  Kenya  | 55.1  |  0.4
131  |  Pakistan  | 55  |  0.6
132  |  Eswatini  | 54.7  |  1.2
133  |  Solomon Islands  | 54.6  |  2.9
134  |  São Tomé and Príncipe  | 54  |  0.4
135  |  Guinea-Bissau  | 54  |  2.9
136  |  Nepal  | 53.8  |  0.3
137  |  Ethiopia  | 53.6  |  0.8
138  |  Zambia  | 53.6  |  0.7
139  |  Myanmar  | 53.6  |  0.3
140  |  Uzbekistan  | 53.3  |  1.8
141  |  Maldives  | 53.2  |  2.1
142  |  Lesotho  | 53.1  |  0.8
143  |  Haiti  | 52.7  |  3.1
144  |  Egypt  | 52.5  |  0.9
145  |  Cameroon  | 52.4  |  0.5
146  |  The Gambia  | 52.4  |  0.1
147  |  Ukraine  | 52.3  |  0.4
148  |  Argentina  | 52.2  |  0.1
149  |  Micronesia  | 51.9  |  0.4
150  |  Brazil  | 51.9  |  0.5
151  |  Niger  | 51.6  |  2.1
152  |  Afghanistan  | 51.5  |  0.2
153  |  Malawi  | 51.4  |  0.6
154  |  Lebanon  | 51.1  |  2.1
155  |  Iran  | 51.1  |  0.2
156  |  Angola  | 50.6  |  2
157  |  Democratic Republic of Congo  | 50.3  |  1.8
158  |  Togo  | 50.3  |  2.5
159  |  Chad  | 49.9  |  0.6
160  |  Liberia  | 49.7  |  1.2
161  |  Central African Republic  | 49.1  |  0.1
162  |  Burundi  | 48.9  |  2
163  |  Mozambique  | 48.6  |  2.3
164  |  Turkmenistan  | 48.4  |  1.3
165  |  Suriname  | 48.1  |  0
166  |  Sudan  | 47.7  |  1.7
167  |  Sierra Leone  | 47.5  |  4.3
168  |  Kiribati  | 47.3  |  3.5
169  |  Djibouti  | 47.1  |  2
170  |  Ecuador  | 46.9  |  1.6
171  |  Algeria  | 46.2  |  1.5
172  |  Timor-Leste  | 44.2  |  3.9
173  |  Bolivia  | 42.3  |  1.8
174  |  Equatorial Guinea  | 41  |  1
175  |  Zimbabwe  | 40.4  |  3.6
176  |  Republic of Congo  | 39.7  |  0.8
177  |  Eritrea  | 38.9  |  2.8
178  |  Cuba  | 27.8  |  4.1
179  |  Venezuela  | 25.9  |  0.7
180  |  North Korea  | 5.9  |  0.1
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[6] | Country  | Rank  | Score  | Change

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Singapore  | 1 | 84.4 |  5.3
Switzerland  | 2 | 84.2 |  2.3
Ireland  | 3 | 82.0 |  0.6
New Zealand  | 4 | 80.6 |  3.3
Luxembourg  | 5 | 80.6 |  4.6
Taiwan  | 6 | 80.1 |  1.5
Estonia  | 7 | 80.0 |  1.8
Netherlands  | 8 | 79.5 |  2.7
Finland  | 9 | 78.3 |  2.2
Denmark  | 10 | 78.0 |  0.2
Sweden  | 11 | 77.9 |  3.2
Australia  | 12 | 77.7 |  4.7
Iceland  | 13 | 77.0 |  0.4
Norway  | 14 | 76.9 |  3.5
Canada  | 15 | 76.6 |  1.3
Germany  | 16 | 76.1 |  3.6
Lithuania  | 17 | 75.8 |  1.1
Latvia  | 18 | 74.8 |  2.5
South Korea  | 19 | 74.6 |  0.6
Chile  | 20 | 74.4 |  0.8
Czech Republic  | 21 | 74.4 |  0.6
Austria  | 22 | 73.8 |  0.1
Cyprus  | 23 | 72.9 |  1.5
United Kingdom  | 24 | 72.7 |  5.7
United States  | 25 | 72.1 |  2.7
Georgia  | 26 | 71.8 |  5.4
Malta  | 27 | 71.5 |  1.3
Barbados  | 28 | 71.3 |  6.3
Bulgaria  | 29 | 71.0 |  0.6
Mauritius  | 30 | 70.9 |  6.1
Portugal  | 31 | 70.8 |  3.3
Slovenia  | 32 | 70.5 |  2.2
United Arab Emirates  | 33 | 70.2 |  6.7
Uruguay  | 34 | 70.0 |  0.7
Japan  | 35 | 69.9 |  4.2
Slovakia  | 36 | 69.7 |  3.4
Belgium  | 37 | 69.6 |  0.5
The Bahamas  | 38 | 68.7 |  4.1
Poland  | 39 | 68.7 |  1.0
Samoa  | 40 | 68.3 |  6.4
Spain  | 41 | 68.2 |  1.7
Malaysia  | 42 | 68.1 |  6.3
Israel  | 43 | 68.0 |  5.8
Qatar  | 44 | 67.7 |  4.3
Croatia  | 45 | 67.6 |  4.0
Jamaica  | 46 | 67.4 |  1.6
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
Peru  | 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
Costa Rica  | 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
Myanmar  | 149 | 49.6 |  5.6
Ethiopia  | 150 | 49.6 |  2.1
Laos  | 151 | 49.2 |  4.7
Egypt  | 152 | 49.1 |  6.6
Pakistan  | 153 | 48.8 |  2.9
Zambia  | 154 | 48.7 |  1.7
Republic of the Congo  | 155 | 48.5 |  2.2
Suriname  | 156 | 48.1 |  1.7
Lesotho  | 157 | 48.1 |  5.4
China  | 158 | 48.0 |  10.4
Liberia  | 159 | 47.9 |  1.3
Congo-Kinshasa  | 160 | 47.6 |  1.4
Maldives  | 161 | 47.3 |  7.9
Lebanon  | 162 | 47.3 |  4.1
Equatorial Guinea  | 163 | 47.2 |  2.0
Timor-Leste  | 164 | 46.3 |  1.6
Turkmenistan  | 165 | 46.2 |  1.2
Guinea-Bissau  | 166 | 46.0 |  8.9
Algeria  | 167 | 45.8 |  3.9
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 | 3.0 |  2.2

### Not ranked

* Afghanistan
* Andorra
* Antigua and Barbuda
* Grenada
* Hong Kong (Since 2021, counted in PRC China)
* Iraq
* Libya
* Liechtenstein
* Macau (Since 2021, counted in PRC China)
* Marshall Islands
* Monaco
* Nauru
* Palau
* Saint Kitts and Nevis
* San Marino
* Somalia
* South Sudan
* Syria
* Tuvalu
* Vatican City
* Yemen

## References

1. ↑ Economic Freedom of the World: 2017 Annual Report
2. ↑ Heritage - Country/Region Rankings
3. ↑ 2021 Index of Economic Freedom of the World
4. ↑ "Economic Freedom Ranking 2019" (in en). http://fraserinstitute.org/economic-freedom.
5. ↑ "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom" (in en). http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking.
6. ↑ "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". https://www.heritage.org/index/ranking.

## External links

* Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom web page
* Fraser Institute Economic Freedom of the World web page & archive

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