List of sovereign states by economic freedom

This is a list of countries by economic freedom that shows the countries and regions from two reports on economic freedom.

List

Key: ██ Free (80–100) ██ Mostly Free (70–79.9) ██ Moderately Free (60–69.9) ██ Mostly Unfree (50–59.9) ██ Repressed (0–49.9)
2019 Economic Freedom of the World Index [4]
Country Score Change
Hong Kong 90.2 0.0
Singapore 89.4 0.6
New Zealand 84.4 0.2
 Switzerland 81.9 0.2
Australia 80.9 0.0
Ireland 80.5 0.1
United Kingdom 78.9 0.9
Canada 77.7 0.0
United Arab Emirates 77.1 0.0
Taiwan 77.3 0.7
Iceland 77.1 0.1
United States 76.8 1.1
Netherlands 76.8 0.6
Denmark 76.7 0.1
Estonia 76.6 2.2
Georgia 75.9 0.3
Luxembourg 75.9 0.5
Chile 75.4 0.2
Sweden 75.2 1.1
Finland 74.9 0.8
Lithuania 74.2 1.1
Malaysia 74.0 0.5
Czech Republic 73.7 0.5
Germany 73.5 0.7
Mauritius 73.0 2.1
Norway 73.0 1.3
Israel 72.8 0.6
Qatar 72.6 0.0
South Korea 72.3 1.5
Japan 72.1 0.2
Austria 72.0 0.2
Rwanda 71.1 2.0
North Macedonia 71.1 0.2
Macau 71.0 0.1
Latvia 70.4 3.2
Botswana 69.5 0.4
Bulgaria 69.0 0.7
Saint Lucia 68.7 1.1
Jamaica 68.6 0.5
Uruguay 68.6 0.6
Malta 68.6 0.1
Romania 68.6 0.8
Thailand 68.3 1.2
Cyprus 68.1 0.3
Peru 67.8 0.9
Poland 67.8 0.7
Armenia 67.7 1.0
Belgium 67.3 0.2
Colombia 67.3 1.6
Panama 67.2 0.2
Kosovo 67.0 0.4
Albania 66.5 2.0
Jordan 66.5 1.6
Bahrain 66.4 1.3
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 65.8 1.9
Indonesia 65.8 1.6
Spain 65.7 0.6
Slovenia 65.5 0.7
Kazakhstan 65.4 3.7
Azerbaijan 65.4 1.1
Costa Rica 65.3 0.3
Portugal 65.3 1.9
Brunei Darussalam 65.1 0.9
Hungary 65.0 1.7
Slovakia 65.0 0.3
Mexico 64.7 0.1
Barbados 64.7 7.7
Turkey 64.6 0.8
Serbia 63.9 1.4
Philippines 63.8 1.2
France 63.8 0.1
Dominica 63.6 0.9
Cabo Verde 63.1 3.1
Bhutan 62.9 1.1
Morocco 62.9 1.0
The Bahamas 62.9 0.4
Guatemala 62.6 0.8
Côte d'Ivoire 62.4 0.4
Kyrgyz Republic 62.3 0.5
Italy 62.2 0.3
Fiji 62.2 0.2
Samoa 62.2 0.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina 61.9 0.5
El Salvador 61.8 1.4
Paraguay 61.8 0.3
Croatia 61.4 0.4
Seychelles 61.4 0.2
Oman 61.0 0.0
Dominican Republic 61.0 0.6
Kuwait 60.8 1.4
Saudi Arabia 60.7 1.1
Montenegro 60.5 3.8
Honduras 60.2 0.4
Tanzania 60.2 0.3
Uganda 59.7 2.3
Burkina Faso 59.4 0.6
Moldova 59.1 0.7
Russia 58.9 0.7
Namibia 58.7 0.2
China 58.4 0.6
Papua New Guinea 58.4 2.7
South Africa 58.3 4.7
Mali 58.1 0.5
Belarus 57.9 0.2
Cambodia 57.8 0.9
Greece 57.7 0.4
Nicaragua 57.7 1.2
Tonga 57.7 5.4
Ghana 57.5 1.5
Laos 57.4 3.8
Nigeria 57.3 1.2
Trinidad and Tobago 57.0 0.7
Guyana 56.8 1.9
Madagascar 56.6 0.2
Sri Lanka 56.4 1.4
Vanuatu 56.4 13.1
Senegal 56.3 0.6
Gabon 56.3 1.7
Mauritania 55.7 1.7
Guinea 55.7 3.5
Bangladesh 55.6 0.5
Tajikistan 55.6 2.7
Belize 55.4 1.7
Comoros 55.4 0.8
Tunisia 55.4 3.5
Mongolia 55.4 0.3
Benin 55.3 1.4
Vietnam 55.3 2.2
India 55.2 0.7
Kenya 55.1 0.4
Pakistan 55.0 0.6
Eswatini 54.7 1.2
Solomon Islands 54.6 2.9
São Tomé and Príncipe 54.0 0.4
Guinea-Bissau 54.0 2.9
  Nepal 53.8 0.3
Ethiopia 53.6 0.8
Zambia 53.6 0.7
Myanmar 53.6 0.3
Uzbekistan 53.3 1.8
Maldives 53.2 2.1
Lesotho 53.1 0.8
Haiti 52.7 3.1
Egypt 52.5 0.9
Cameroon 52.4 0.5
The Gambia 52.4 0.1
Ukraine 52.3 0.4
Argentina 52.2 0.1
Micronesia 51.9 0.4
Brazil 51.9 0.5
Niger 51.6 2.1
Afghanistan 51.5 0.2
Malawi 51.4 0.6
Lebanon 51.1 2.1
Iran 51.1 0.2
Angola 50.6 2.0
Democratic Republic of Congo 50.3 1.8
Togo 50.3 2.5
Chad 49.9 0.6
Liberia 49.7 1.2
Central African Republic 49.1 0.1
Burundi 48.9 2.0
Mozambique 48.6 2.3
Turkmenistan 48.4 1.3
Suriname 48.1 0.0
Sudan 47.7 1.7
Sierra Leone 47.5 4.3
Kiribati 47.3 3.5
Djibouti 47.1 2.0
Ecuador 46.9 1.6
Algeria 46.2 1.5
Timor-Leste 44.2 3.9
Bolivia 42.3 1.8
Equatorial Guinea 41.0 1.0
Zimbabwe 40.4 3.6
Republic of Congo 39.7 0.8
Eritrea 38.9 2.8
Cuba 27.8 4.1
Venezuela 25.9 0.7
North Korea 5.9 0.1
2026 Top Index of Economic Freedom[5][6]
Country Score Change
Singapore 84.4 0.3
 Switzerland 83.7 0.0
Ireland 83.3 0.3
Australia 80.1 0.8
Taiwan 79.8 0.1
Luxembourg 79.7 0.2
Denmark 79.0 0.1
Norway 78.8 0.5
Estonia 78.7 0.2
Netherlands 78.5 0.3
Sweden 77.8 0.1
New Zealand 77.8 0.3
Finland 76.6 0.4
Canada 75.6 0.1
Lithuania 75.3 0.7
Iceland 75.0 2.2
Chile 74.3 1.1
Cyprus 74.1 0.9
South Korea 73.7 0.3
Czech Republic 73.2 0.3
Mauritius 73.0 2.0
United States 72.8 2.6
United Arab Emirates 71.9 0.3
Germany 71.7 0.1
Latvia 71.6 0.2
Cabo Verde 71.4 2.7
Portugal 71.2 0.7
Barbados 70.4 1.5
United Kingdom 70.4 1.1
Japan 70.3 0.1
Qatar 70.2 0.0
Uruguay 69.8 0.4
Austria 69.8 0.1
Slovenia 69.7 1.4
Georgia 69.6 0.6
Belgium 69.2 0.2
Costa Rica 69.1 0.5
Bulgaria 68.9 0.1
Oman 68.5 3.1
Poland 68.5 1.4
Israel 68.4 1.5
Jamaica 68.2 0.5
Malta 68.2 1.4
Samoa 68.0 1.4
Malaysia 68.0 0.9
Albania 68.0 1.4
Slovakia 67.7 0.7
Botswana 67.7 2.2
Croatia 67.5 1.2
Saint Lucia 67.5 0.5
Brunei Darussalam 67.5 0.5
Armenia 67.1 1.7
Spain 66.8 0.5
Seychelles 66.5 0.1
Paraguay 66.4 1.2
Peru 66.3 0.4
Bahrain 65.7 0.1
Romania 65.4 1.1
Saudi Arabia 65.4 1.0
Indonesia 65.1 0.1
The Bahamas 65.1 1.9
Serbia 65.0 0.6
Panama 64.9 0.6
Belize 64.7 0.5
France 64.6 0.2
Vietnam 64.4 0.8
Azerbaijan 64.3 1.8
Kazakhstan 64.2 0.4
Mongolia 63.9 1.3
Montenegro 63.8 0.0
Dominican Republic 63.8 0.5
Guatemala 63.5 0.1
Italy 63.3 2.4
North Macedonia 63.3 0.1
Greece 63.1 2.5
Bosnia and Herzegovina 63.1 0.4
Philippines 62.9 2.3
Micronesia 62.9 0.7
Hungary 62.5 1.1
Trinidad and Tobago 62.4 1.2
Kosovo 62.4 0.7
Thailand 62.2 1.6
Morocco 61.8 1.5
Vanuatu 61.1 2.4
São Tomé and Príncipe 60.6 0.2
Uzbekistan 60.3 2.3
Namibia 60.2 1.5
Benin 60.0 1.5
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60.0 0.1
Kuwait 59.9 0.0
Colombia 59.8 0.0
Mexico 59.8 1.5
Fiji 59.5 0.4
Jordan 59.3 0.1
Honduras 59.1 0.5
Tanzania 59.0 0.3
Tonga 58.9 0.4
Cambodia 58.7 0.5
Guyana 58.7 0.5
South Africa 58.6 1.3
Moldova 58.1 0.2
Ivory Coast 58.1 0.3
El Salvador 57.7 1.1
Eswatini 57.5 1.1
Bhutan 57.5 0.0
Argentina 57.4 3.2
Ghana 57.3 1.3
Madagascar 57.0 0.0
Gabon 56.6 0.3
Rwanda 56.5 1.7
Djibouti 56.3 0.6
The Gambia 56.3 0.5
Dominica 56.1 0.8
Kyrgyzstan 56.0 0.4
Ecuador 55.6 0.2
Kenya 55.5 0.7
Turkey 55.0 1.1
Lesotho 54.9 0.8
Nigeria 54.8 1.4
Bangladesh 54.9 0.1
Angola 54.4 0.6
Papua New Guinea 54.3 1.8
Mauritania 53.9 1.0
Solomon Islands 53.7 2.6
Nicaragua 53.6 0.4
Senegal 53.2 3.2
Guinea 53.1 1.5
Suriname 53.1 1.7
  Nepal 52.9 0.4
Comoros 52.7 1.3
Tajikistan 52.5 1.0
India 52.5 0.5
Uganda 52.4 1.4
Brazil 52.4 2.7
Mali 52.1 0.5
Cameroon 52.0 0.1
Zambia 51.9 1.0
Togo 51.6 0.6
Chad 51.2 1.0
Niger 51.0 0.5
Laos 50.9 0.2
Kiribati 50.8 0.1
Malawi 50.7 0.2
Sri Lanka 50.3 0.9
Russia 50.3 1.3
Egypt 50.3 0.6
Liberia 49.8 1.3
Sierra Leone 49.6 1.6
Mozambique 49.6 1.1
Belarus 49.1 0.2
Burkina Faso 49.1 1.9
Pakistan 48.9 0.2
Republic of the Congo 48.6 0.0
China 48.3 0.7
Ethiopia 48.1 0.0
Tunisia 48.1 1.0
Timor-Leste 47.9 0.0
Maldives 47.6 0.7
Equatorial Guinea 47.4 0.3
Turkmenistan 47.0 0.1
Congo-Kinshasa 47.0 0.3
Haiti 46.1 0.0
Algeria 45.8 1.7
Myanmar 44.5 0.8
Guinea-Bissau 43.2 0.4
Lebanon 43.1 1.0
Central African Republic 43.1 0.3
Bolivia 42.4 1.7
Iran 41.8 0.7
Burundi 40.2 0.5
Eritrea 39.6 1.0
Zimbabwe 35.2 0.1
Sudan 32.5 2.8
Venezuela 27.3 0.3
Cuba 25.2 0.2
North Korea 3.1 0.1

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References

  1. ^ Heritage - Country/Region Rankings[unfit]
  2. ^ Economic Freedom of the World: 2017 Annual Report
  3. ^ 2021 Index of Economic Freedom of the World[unfit]
  4. ^ "Economic Freedom Ranking 2019". fraserinstitute.org. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  5. ^ "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Retrieved 2022-04-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  6. ^ "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Archived from the original on November 17, 2010.