List of countries by economic freedom

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.

2021 Index of Economic Freedom[2]
by Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal

List
2019 Economic Freedom of the World Index[4] 2021 Top Index of Economic Freedom[5]
Rank Country Score Change
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 (65–69.9) ██ Moderately Unfree (60–64.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (55–59.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50–54.9) ██ Repressed (0–49.9)
Country[6] Rank Score Change
 Singapore 189.7 0.3
 New Zealand 283.9 0.2
 Australia 382.4 0.2
  Switzerland 481.9 0.1
 Ireland 581.4 0.5
 Taiwan 678.6 1.5
 United Kingdom 778.4 0.9
 Estonia 878.2 0.5
 Canada 977.9 0.3
 Denmark 1077.8 0.5
 Iceland 1177.4 0.3
 Georgia 1277.2 0.1
 Mauritius 1377.0 2.1
 United Arab Emirates 1476.9 0.7
 Lithuania 1576.9 0.2
 Netherlands 1676.8 0.2
 Finland 1776.1 0.4
 Luxembourg 1876.0 0.2
 Chile 1975.2 1.6
 United States 2074.8 1.8
 Sweden 2174.7 0.2
 Malaysia 2274.4 0.3
 Japan 2374.1 0.8
 South Korea 2474.0 0.0
 Austria 2573.9 0.6
 Israel 2673.8 0.2
 Czech Republic 2773.8 1.0
 Norway 2873.4 0.0
 Germany 2972.5 1.0
 Latvia 3072.3 0.4
 Qatar 3172.0 0.3
 Armenia 3271.9 1.3
 Cyprus 3371.4 1.3
 Kazakhstan 3471.1 1.5
 Bulgaria 3570.4 0.2
 Malta 3670.2 0.7
 Belgium 3770.1 1.2
 Azerbaijan 3870.1 0.8
 Spain 3969.9 3.0
 Bahrain 4069.9 3.6
 Poland 4169.7 0.6
 Thailand 4269.7 0.3
 Romania 4369.5 0.2
 Uruguay 4469.3 0.2
 Jamaica 4569.0 0.5
 North Macedonia 4668.6 0.9
 Rwanda 4768.3 2.6
 Slovenia 4868.3 0.5
 Colombia 4968.1 1.1
 Peru 5067.7 0.2
 Botswana 5167.6 2.0
 Portugal 5267.5 0.5
 Saint Lucia 5367.5 0.7
 Serbia 5467.2 1.2
 Hungary 5567.2 0.8
 Indonesia 5666.9 0.3
 Brunei Darussalam 5766.6 0.0
 Kosovo 5866.5 0.9
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 5966.3 0.5
 Seychelles 6066.3 2.0
 Slovakia 6166.3 0.5
 Panama 6266.2 1.0
 Saudi Arabia 6366.0 3.6
 France 6465.7 0.3
 Mexico 6565.5 0.5
 Albania 6665.2 1.7
 Barbados 6765.0 3.6
 Italy 6864.9 1.1
 Jordan 6964.6 1.4
 The Bahamas 7064.4 0.1
 Oman 7164.6 1.0
 Costa Rica 7264.2 1.6
 Philippines 7364.1 0.4
 Kuwait 7464.1 0.9
 Guatemala 7564.0 0.0
 Turkey 7664.0 0.4
 Cabo Verde 7763.8 0.2
 Kyrgyzstan 7863.7 0.8
 Croatia 7963.6 1.4
 Montenegro 8063.4 1.9
 Morocco 8163.3 0.0
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8262.9 0.3
 Namibia 8362.6 1.7
 Paraguay 8462.6 0.4
 Moldova 8562.5 0.5
 Mongolia 8662.4 6.5
 Fiji 8762.2 1.2
 Dominican Republic 8862.1 1.2
 Samoa 8961.9 0.2
 Vietnam 9061.7 2.9
 Ivory Coast 9161.7 2.0
 Russia 9261.5 0.5
 Tanzania 9361.3 0.4
 El Salvador 9461.0 0.6
 Belarus 9561.0 0.7
 Greece 9660.9 1.0
 Vanuatu 9760.5 0.2
 Honduras 9859.8 1.3
 South Africa 9959.7 0.9
 Benin 10059.6 4.4
 Ghana 10159.2 0.2
 Trinidad and Tobago 10259.0 0.7
 Papua New Guinea 10358.9 0.5
 The Gambia 10458.8 2.5
 Nigeria 10558.7 1.5
 Uganda 10658.6 0.9
 China 10758.4 1.1
 Uzbekistan 10858.3 1.1
 Bhutan 10958.3 3.8
 Gabon 11058.1 1.4
 Senegal 11158.0 0.0
 Madagascar 11257.7 2.8
 Togo 11357.5 3.4
 Belize 11457.5 0.1
 Tonga 11557.5 1.3
 Guyana 11657.4 1.2
 Niger 11757.3 2.6
 Cambodia 11857.3 0.0
 Tunisia 11956.6 0.8
 Bangladesh 12056.5 0.1
 India 12156.5 0.0
 Solomon Islands 12256.5 3.6
 Guinea 12356.5 0.0
 Burkina Faso 12456.5 0.2
 Nicaragua 12556.3 0.9
 Djibouti 12656.2 3.3
 Ukraine 12756.2 1.3
 Mauritania 12856.1 0.8
 São Tomé and Príncipe 12955.9 0.3
 Egypt 13055.7 1.7
 Sri Lanka 13155.7 1.7
 Comoros 13255.7 2.0
 Mali 13355.6 0.3
 Tajikistan 13455.2 3.0
 Myanmar 13555.2 1.2
 Maldives 13655.2 1.3
 Eswatini 13755.1 0.2
 Kenya 13854.9 0.4
 Guinea-Bissau 13954.9 1.6
 Angola 14054.2 2.0
 Laos 14153.9 1.6
 Lesotho 14253.5 1.0
 Brazil 14353.4 0.3
 Cameroon 14453.4 0.2
 Malawi 14553.0 0.2
 Afghanistan 14653.0 1.7
 Dominica 14753.0 7.8
 Argentina 14852.7 0.4
 Ecuador 14952.4 1.1
 Sierra Leone 15051.7 3.7
 Ethiopia 15151.7 1.9
 Pakistan 15251.7 3.1
 Mozambique 15351.6 1.1
 Lebanon 15451.4 0.3
 Haiti 15550.8 1.5
 Republic of the Congo 15650.7 8.9
   Nepal 15750.7 3.5
 Chad 15850.4 0.2
 Zambia 15950.4 3.1
 Micronesia 16050.4 1.6
 Burundi 16149.9 0.9
 Algeria 16249.7 2.8
 Equatorial Guinea 16349.2 0.9
 Liberia 16449.2 0.2
 Congo-Kinshasa 16549.0 0.5
 Central African Republic 16648.8 1.9
 Turkmenistan 16747.4 0.9
 Iran 16847.2 2.0
 Suriname 16946.4 3.1
 Timor-Leste 17044.7 1.2
 Kiribati 17144.4 0.8
 Bolivia 17242.7 0.1
 Eritrea 17342.3 3.8
 Zimbabwe 17439.5 3.6
 Sudan 17539.1 5.9
 Cuba 17628.1 1.2
 Venezuela 17724.7 0.5
 North Korea 1785.2 1.0

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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. "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
  5. "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  6. Heritage - Country Rankings
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