Index of Economic Freedom - 2012 Rankings

2012 Rankings

Scoring: ██ Free (>79.9) ██ Mostly Free (70.0-79.9) ██ Moderately Free (60.0-69.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50.0-59.9) ██ Repressed (50.0<)

Rank Country/Region Score Change
1 Hong Kong 89.9 0.2 0.2
2 Singapore 87.5 0.3 0.3
3 Australia 83.1 0.6 0.6
4 New Zealand 82.1 -0.2 0.2
5 Switzerland 81.1 -0.8 0.8
6 Canada 79.9 -0.9 0.9
7 Chile 78.3 0.9 0.9
8 Mauritius 77.0 0.8 0.8
9 Ireland 76.9 -1.8 1.8
10 United States 76.3 -1.5 1.5
11 Denmark 76.2 -2.4 2.4
12 Bahrain 75.2 -2.5 2.5
13 Luxembourg 74.5 -1.7 1.7
14 United Kingdom 74.1 -0.4 0.4
15 Netherlands 73.3 -1.4 1.4
16 Estonia 73.2 -0.2 2.0
17 Finland 72.3 -1.7 1.7
18 Taiwan 71.9 1.1 1.1
19 Macau 71.8 -1.3 1.3
20 Cyprus 71.8 -1.5 1.5
21 Sweden 71.7 -0.2 0.2
22 Japan 71.6 -1.2 1.2
23 Lithuania 71.5 0.2 0.2
24 Saint Lucia 71.3 0.5 1.4
25 Qatar 71.3 0.8 0.8
26 Germany 71.0 -0.8 0.8
27 Iceland 70.9 2.7 2.7
28 Austria 70.3 -1.6 1.6
29 Uruguay 69.9 -0.1 0.1
30 Czech Republic 69.9 -0.5 0.5
31 South Korea 69.9 0.1 0.1
32 Jordan 69.9 1.0 1.0
33 Botswana 69.6 0.8 0.8
34 Georgia 69.4 -0.1 0.1
35 United Arab Emirates 69.3 1.5 1.5
36 Spain 69.1 -1.1 1.1
37 Barbados 69.0 0.5 0.5
38 Belgium 69.0 -1.2 1.2
39 Armenia 68.8 -0.9 0.9
40 Norway 68.8 -1.5 1.5
41 El Salvador 68.7 -0.1 0.1
42 Peru 68.7 0.1 0.1
43 Macedonia 68.5 2.5 2.5
44 Costa Rica 68.0 0.7 0.7
45 Colombia 68.0 0.0 0.0
46 Bahamas 68.0 0.0 0.0
47 Oman 67.9 -1.9 1.9
48 Israel 67.8 -0.7 0.7
49 Hungary 67.1 0.5 0.5
50 Malta 67.0 1.3 1.3
51 Slovakia 67.0 -2.5 2.5
52 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 66.5 -0.4 0.4
53 Malaysia 66.4 0.1 0.1
54 Mexico 65.3 -2.5 2.5
55 Panama 65.2 0.3 0.3
56 Latvia 65.2 -0.6 0.6
57 Albania 65.1 1.1 1.1
58 Jamaica 65.1 -0.6 0.6
59 Rwanda 64.9 2.2 2.2
60 Thailand 64.9 0.2 0.2
61 Bulgaria 64.7 -0.2 0.2
62 Romania 64.4 -0.3 0.3
63 Trinidad and Tobago 64.4 -2.1 2.1
64 Poland 64.2 0.1 0.1
65 Kazakhstan 63.6 1.5 1.5
66 Cape Verde 63.5 -1.1 1.1
67 France 63.2 -1.4 1.4
68 Portugal 63.0 -1.0 1.0
69 Slovenia 62.9 -1.7 1.7
70 South Africa 62.7 0.0 0.0
71 Kuwait 62.5 -2.4 2.4
72 Montenegro 62.5 0.0 0.0
73 Turkey 62.5 -1.7 1.7
74 Saudi Arabia 62.5 -3.7 3.7
75 Madagascar 62.4 1.2 1.2
76 Namibia 61.9 -0.8 0.8
77 Belize 61.9 -1.9 1.9
78 Uganda 61.9 0.2 0.2
79 Paraguay 61.8 -0.5 0.5
80 Dominica 61.6 -1.7 1.7
81 Mongolia 61.5 2.0 2.0
82 Guatemala 60.9 -1.0 1.0
83 Croatia 60.9 -0.2 0.2
84 Ghana 60.7 1.3 1.3
85 Burkina Faso 60.6 0.0 0.0
86 Samoa 60.5 -0.1 0.1
87 Morocco 60.2 0.6 0.6
88 Kyrgyz Republic 60.2 -0.9 0.9
89 Dominican Republic 60.2 0.2 0.2
90 Lebanon 60.1 0.0 0.0
91 Azerbaijan 58.9 -0.8 0.8
92 Italy 58.8 -1.5 1.5
93 Honduras 58.8 0.2 0.2
94 The Gambia 58.8 1.4 1.4
95 Tunisia 58.6 0.1 0.1
96 Zambia 58.3 -1.4 1.4
97 Sri Lanka 58.3 1.2 1.2
98 Serbia 58.0 0.0 0.0
99 Brazil 57.9 1.6 1.6
100 Egypt 57.9 -1.2 1.2
101 Nicaragua 57.9 -0.9 0.9
102 Cambodia 57.6 -0.3 0.3
103 Kenya 57.5 0.1 0.1
104 Bosnia and Herzegovina 57.3 -0.2 0.2
105 Fiji 57.3 -3.1 3.1
106 Swaziland 57.2 -1.9 1.9
107 Philippines 57.1 0.9 0.9
108 Mozambique 57.1 0.3 0.3
109 Tonga 57.0 1.2 1.2
110 Tanzania 57.0 0.0 0.0
111 Bhutan 56.6 -1.0 1.0
112 Vanuatu 56.6 -0.1 0.1
113 Gabon 56.4 -0.3 0.3
114 Malawi 56.4 0.6 0.6
115 Indonesia 56.4 0.4 0.4
116 Nigeria 56.3 -0.4 0.4
117 Mali 55.8 -0.5 0.5
118 Benin 55.7 -0.3 0.3
119 Greece 55.4 -4.9 4.9
120 Senegal 55.4 -0.3 0.3
121 Yemen 55.3 1.1 1.1
122 Pakistan 54.7 -0.4 0.4
123 India 54.6 0.0 0.0
124 Moldova 54.4 -1.3 1.3
125 Niger 54.3 0.0 0.0
126 Ivory Coast 54.3 -1.1 1.1
127 Djibouti 53.9 -0.6 0.6
128 Papua New Guinea 53.8 1.2 1.2
129 Tajikistan 53.4 -0.1 0.1
130 Bangladesh 53.2 0.2 0.2
131 Mauritania 53.0 0.9 0.9
132 Seychelles 53.0 1.8 1.8
133 Suriname 52.6 -0.5 0.5
134 Ethiopia 52.0 1.5 1.5
135 Cameroon 51.8 0.0 0.0
136 Vietnam 51.3 -0.3 0.3
137 Guyana 51.3 0.9 0.9
138 China 51.2 -0.8 0.8
139 Syria 51.2 -0.1 0.1
140 Algeria 51.0 -1.4 1.4
141 Guinea 50.8 -0.9 0.9
142 Haiti 50.7 -1.4 1.4
143 Micronesia 50.7 0.4 0.4
144 Russia 50.5 0.0 0.0
145 Central African Republic 50.3 1.0 1.0
146 Bolivia 50.2 0.2 0.2
147 Nepal 50.2 0.1 0.1
148 São Tomé and Príncipe 50.2 0.7 0.7
149 Guinea-Bissau 50.1 3.6 3.6
150 Laos 50.0 -1.3 1.3
151 Maldives 49.2 0.9 0.9
152 Sierra Leone 49.1 -0.5 0.5
153 Belarus 49.0 1.1 1.1
154 Liberia 48.6 2.1 2.1
155 Togo 48.3 -0.8 0.8
156 Ecuador 48.3 1.2 1.2
157 Burundi 48.1 -1.5 1.5
158 Argentina 48.0 -3.7 3.7
159 Kiribati 46.9 2.1 2.1
160 Angola 46.7 0.5 0.5
161 Lesotho 46.6 -0.9 0.9
162 Solomon Islands 46.2 0.3 0.3
163 Ukraine 46.1 0.3 0.3
164 Uzbekistan 45.8 0.0 0.0
165 Comoros 45.7 1.9 1.9
166 Chad 44.8 -0.5 0.5
167 Republic of the Congo 43.8 0.2 0.2
168 Turkmenistan 43.8 0.2 0.2
169 East Timor 43.3 0.5 0.5
170 Equatorial Guinea 42.8 -4.7 4.7
171 Iran 42.3 0.2 0.2
172 Democratic Republic of the Congo 41.1 0.4 0.4
173 Myanmar 38.7 0.9 0.9
174 Venezuela 38.1 0.5 0.5
175 Eritrea 36.2 -0.5 0.5
176 Libya 35.9 -2.7 2.7
177 Cuba 28.3 0.6 0.6
178 Zimbabwe 26.3 4.2 4.2
179 North Korea 1.0 0.0 0.0

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