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{{Infobox book
| name           = Economic Freedom of the World
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| authors         = James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Robbie Butler, John Considine, Hugo J. Faria, Rosemarie Fike, Fred McMahon, Hugo M. Montesinos-Yufa, Dean Stansel, Meg Tuszynski<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
| cover_artist   = Heather Jalbout<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
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| country        = Canada<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
| language       = English, French, Spanish, Bosnian, German, Italian<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
| publisher      = [[Fraser Institute]]<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
| pub_date       = 2016<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
| isbn           = 978-0-88975-408-9 
| isbn_note      = (2016 edition)
| oclc           = 45197922
| congress       = HC10 .E3746 HB95E36<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
| website        = [http://freetheworld.com freetheworld.com]<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016" />
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'''''Economic Freedom of the World''''' is an annual survey published by the [[Fraser Institute]], a [[Canada|Canadian]] think tank.<ref name="Economic Freedom of the World 2016">
{{cite book
|first1=James 
|last1=Gwartney
|first2=Robert A. 
|last2=Lawson
|first3=Joshua C. 
|last3=Hall
|first4=Ryan
|last4=Murphy
|first5=Robbie
|last5=Butler
|first6=John
|last6=Considine
|first7=Hugo J.
|last7=Faria
|first8=Rosemarie
|last8=Fike
|first9=Fred
|last9=McMahon
|first10=Hugo M.
|last10=Montesinos-Yufa
|first11=Dean
|last11=Stansel
|first12=Meg
|last12=Tuszynski
|publisher=[[Fraser Institute]]
|date=Sep 15, 2016
|isbn=978-0-88975-408-9
|oclc=45197922
|url=http://freetheworld.com
|title=Economic Freedom of the World: 2016 Annual Report
}}; {{issn|1482-471X}}; {{oclc|773250104}}</ref> The survey attempts to measure the degree of [[economic freedom]] in the world's nations. It has been used in peer-reviewed studies, some of which have found a range of beneficial effects of more economic freedom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.freetheworld.com/papers.html |title=Published Work Using Economic Freedom of the World Research |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514001203/http://www.freetheworld.com/papers.html |archive-date=2011-05-14 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==
One of the earliest measures of economic freedom was developed by [[Freedom House]], which has done extensive work on the measurement of political and cultural freedom. This measure incorporated a range of indicators including freedom to establish a business and freedom of union organisation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-fidel2006-08-03-voa38/399709.html |title=Cuba After Fidel – What Next? |date=October 31, 2009 |publisher=Voice of America |archive-date=April 13, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413150507/http://www.voanews.com/content/a-13-fidel2006-08-03-voa38/399709.html |access-date=October 13, 2012 |url-status=dead |df=mdy }}</ref>

Partly in response to dissatisfaction with the Freedom House index from advocates of a [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] or [[market liberal]] viewpoint, [[Milton Friedman]] and [[Michael Walker (economist)|Michael Walker]] of the [[Fraser Institute]] hosted a series of conferences on  economic freedom. Eventually this resulted in a report on worldwide economic freedom, ''Economic Freedom of the World''. [[The Heritage Foundation]] and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'' later created another similar index, the ''[[Index of Economic Freedom]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Moroccan Liberalization Making Progress|url=https://financialtribune.com/articles/world-economy/63362/moroccan-liberalization-making-progress|access-date=1 May 2017|publisher=Financial Tribune Daily|date=April 30, 2017}}</ref>

==Method==
The participants in the conferences reached a consensus that the cornerstones of economic freedom are: personal choice rather than [[collective]] choice, voluntary exchange coordinated by markets rather than allocation via the political process, freedom to enter and compete in markets, protection of persons and their property from aggression by others.<ref name="Dolan 2017" /> The 2005 report states "When the functions of the minimal state—protection of people and their property from the actions of aggressors, enforcement of contracts, and provision of the limited set of public goods like roads, flood control projects, and money of stable value—are performed well, but the government does little else, a country's rating on the EFW summary index will be high. Correspondingly, as government expenditures increase and regulations expand, a country's rating will decline."<ref name="Dolan 2017" /> In practice, the index measures: size of government (expenditures, taxes, and enterprises, legal structure), security of property rights, access to sound money, freedom to trade internationally, and regulation of credit, labor, and business.<ref name="Dolan 2017" /> The report uses 42 distinct variables, from for example the [[World Bank]], to measure this. Some examples: tax rates, degree of juridical independence, inflation rates, costs of importing, and regulated prices. Each of the 5 areas above is given equal weight in the final score.<ref name="Dolan 2017">{{cite news|last1=Dolan|first1=Ed|title=Quality of Government, Not Size, Is the Key to Freedom and Prosperity|url=https://niskanencenter.org/blog/quality-government-not-size-key-freedom-prosperity/|access-date=1 May 2017|publisher=Niskanen Center|date=April 27, 2017}}</ref>

==Research==
[[Image:Economic Freedom Charts.png|right|thumb|375px|Charts showing economic freedom, as defined in ''Economic Freedom of the World'', and various other indicators. The red bars shows nations with less economic freedom, the green bars those with more.]]

Economic freedom has been shown to correlate strongly with higher average income per person, higher income of the poorest 10%, higher [[life expectancy]], higher [[literacy]], lower [[infant mortality]], higher access to water sources and less corruption. The share of income in percent going to the poorest 10% is the same for both more and less economically free countries.<ref>{{cite book |title=Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report |date=2004 |url=http://www.freetheworld.com/2004/efw2004ch1.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316215702/http://www.freetheworld.com/2004/efw2004ch1.pdf |archive-date=March 16, 2016 }}</ref>

The people living in the top one-fifth of the most free countries enjoy an average income of $23,450 and a growth rate in the 1990s of 2.56 percent per year; in contrast, the bottom one-fifth in the rankings had an average income of just $2,556 and a -0.85 percent growth rate in the 1990s. The poorest 10 percent of the population have an average income of just $728 in the least free countries compared with over $7,000 in the most free countries. The life expectancy of people living in the most free nations is 20 years longer than for people in the least free countries.<ref>{{cite news |title=Economic Freedom Needed To Alleviate Poverty |first1=Robert A. |last1=Lawson |date=July 1, 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061006223304/http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/article/318 |url=http://www.buckeyeinstitute.org/article/318 |archive-date=October 6, 2006 }}</ref>

Higher economic freedom, as measured by both [[The Heritage Foundation]] and [[Fraser Institute]] indices, correlates strongly with higher self-reported happiness<ref>[http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8179 In Pursuit of Happiness Research. Is It Reliable? What Does It Imply for Policy?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110219211701/http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=8179 |date=2011-02-19 }} The Cato institute. April 11, 2007</ref> and is significant in preventing wars. Economic freedom is around 54 times more effective than [[democracy]] (as measured by ''Democracy Score'') in diminishing violent conflict.<ref>[http://www.cato.org/pubs/efw/efw2005/efw2005-2.pdf Chapter2: Economic Freedom and Peace] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081016060114/http://www.cato.org/pubs/efw/efw2005/efw2005-2.pdf |date=2008-10-16 }}, Economic Freedom of the World 2005</ref>

Regarding environmental health, studies have found no or a positive effect. More important may be the [[Kuznets curve]]. Most environmental health indicators, such as [[Water pollution|water]] and [[air pollution]] show an inverted U-shape. Meaning in the beginning of economic development, little weight is given to environmental concerns, raising pollution along with industrialization. After a threshold, when basic physical needs are met and a middle class is established, interest in a clean environment rises, reversing the trend.<ref name="Berggren ">{{cite book |first1=Niclas |last1=Berggren |publisher=The Ratio Institute |title=The Benefits of Economic Freedom: A Survey  |date=April 2006 |url=http://www.ratioinstitutet.nu/pdf/wp/nb_efi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070604231447/http://www.ratioinstitutet.nu/pdf/wp/nb_efi.pdf |url-status=dead |ssrn=888503 |archive-date=June 4, 2007}}</ref>

Studies show that more economic freedom is the cause of beneficial effects and that ''Economic Freedom of the World'' was used for most of the research, partly because ''Index of Economic Freedom'' only goes back to 1995 and because it uses more subjective variables.<ref name="Berggren " />

==Influence==
Hundreds of peer-reviewed articles have used the index and it has been used in economic research, political science, and environmental research.<ref>Hundreds of peer-reviewed articles: {{Hanging indent | {{cite web |title=Economic Freedom|url=https://scholar.google.com/advanced_scholar_search?q=economic+freedom|website=Google Scholar|access-date=5 May 2017}}}}{{Hanging indent | {{cite web |title=Published Work Using Economic Freedom of the World Research |last1=Dexter |first1=S |url=http://www.freetheworld.com/papers.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000129073826/http://www.freetheworld.com/papers.html |archive-date=Jan 29, 2000 }}}}</ref> The ''Economic Freedom of the World'' index has been more widely used than any other measure of economic freedom, because of its coverage of a longer time period.<ref>{{cite periodical |last=Dawson|first=John W. |title=The Empirical Institution-Growth Literature: Is Something Amiss at the Top? |periodical=Econ Journal Watch |volume=4|issue=2|date=May 2007|pages=184–96 |url=http://econjwatch.org/issues/volume-4-number-1-may-2007}}</ref>  In 2016 the report was cited in 412 independent research journals.<ref>{{cite web|title=Citations in 2016 Professional Literature of the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom Research|url=https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-research-professional-citations-2016.pdf|publisher=Fraser Institute|access-date=2 April 2017|pages=1–36}}</ref> In 2016 and 2017 ''[[Free Malaysia Today]]'' and ''[[National Review]]'' quoted the report.<ref>See:{{Hanging indent | {{cite news
|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/03/29/wrong-to-oversimplify-chinas-investments/
|title=Wrong to oversimplify China's investments
|last1=Wan 
|first1=Saiful Wan Jan
|newspaper=Free Malaysia Today
|date=March 29, 2017
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170329022043/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2017/03/29/wrong-to-oversimplify-chinas-investments/
|archive-date=Mar 29, 2017
}}}}{{Hanging indent | {{cite news
|title=In Comparative Economic Freedom, the U.S. Is in 16th Place
|first1=Michael
|last1=Tanner
|date=September 21, 2016 
|newspaper=National Review
|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/440244/economic-freedom-rankings-united-states-16th-place
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922131312/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/440244/economic-freedom-rankings-united-states-16th-place
|archive-date=September 22, 2016
}}}}</ref>

==Criticisms==
The correlation between economic freedom and growth has been criticized by studies. De Haan and Siermann find that the relationship is not robust.<ref>Further Evidence on the Relationship Between Economic Freedom and Economic Growth, Public Choice. 95: 363–80.</ref> Heckelman and Stroup argue that the weighting procedure used in the construction of the index is arbitrary.<ref>Jac C. Heckelman, Michael D. Stroup (2000), 'Which Economic Freedoms Contribute to Growth?', Kyklos, 53(4), 527–44.</ref> They examine the components of the index individually and find that many—including a low top marginal tax rate—are negatively, rather than positively correlated with economic growth. A frequent criticism is that [[China]], and other developing nations, have high growth rates but relatively low economic freedom. Developing nations can have higher growth rates than developed nations, as they have cheap labor and can import investment, technology and organizational skills from rich countries.

When examining the subcomponents of the index, any positive effect that a low level of taxes might have is more disputed than the importance of [[rule of law]], lack of [[political corruption]], low [[inflation]], and functioning property rights. Many northern European nations such as [[Iceland]] (#23), [[Denmark]] (#13), [[Finland]] (#21) and [[Sweden]] (#35), have extensive [[welfare state]]s, which are strongly opposed by advocates of laissez-faire. It is argued these countries have less regulation than most others, and research using the [[Ease of Doing Business Index]] suggests that the effect of business regulations is more important than government consumption.<ref>{{cite web |title=Knowledge Resources |publisher=[[World Bank]] |url=http://rru.worldbank.org/PapersLinks/resources.aspx?id=6923}}{{dead link|date=January 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> The [[Global Competitiveness Report]] looks at several other factors that affect economic growth such as [[infrastructure]], [[health]], and [[education]].

Although the [[World Bank]] does not believe that laissez-faire policies, if they allow large inequalities of wealth to develop, are an effective way to achieve this goal, it is a strong supporter of the importance of economic growth for reducing [[poverty]]. It argues that an overview of many studies shows that: growth is fundamental for poverty reduction, and in principle growth as such does not seem to affect inequality, growth accompanied by a more egalitarian distribution of wealth is better than growth alone, high initial [[income inequality]] is a brake on poverty reduction, poverty itself is also likely to be a barrier for poverty reduction, and [[wealth inequality]] seems to predict lower future growth rates.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/EXTPOVERTY/EXTPGI/0,,contentMDK:20263370~menuPK:342777~pagePK:148956~piPK:216618~theSitePK:342771,00.html | title=The Poverty-Growth-Inequality Link |publisher=World Bank}}</ref> In 2011, the ''[[International Monetary Fund|IMF Economic Review]]'' published an article that found countries with higher economic freedom and more liberal credit market regulation suffered more in output growth during the [[late-2000s financial crisis]].<ref name="IMF-Giannone">{{cite journal|last1=Giannone|first1=Domenico|last2=Lenza|first2=Michele|last3=Reichlin|first3=Lucrezia|title=Market Freedom and the Global Recession|journal=IMF Economic Review|date=2011|volume=59|issue=1|pages=111–135 |doi=10.1057/imfer.2010.14 }}</ref> In 2014, a working paper published by the [[International Labour Organization]] said some of the methodology used in the Rigidity of Employment index sub-components, was not useful.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Aleksynska|first1=Mariya|last2=Cazes|first2=Sandrine|title=Comparing indicators of labour market regulations across databases: A post scriptum to the employing workers debate|date=2014|volume=50|url=http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---ed_protect/---protrav/---travail/documents/publication/wcms_245349.pdf|access-date=27 July 2017|series=Conditions of Work and Employment Series|website=[[International Labour Office]]|location=Geneva|issn=2226-8944|quote=This paper offers a critical overview of labour market regulations' indicators developed by the World Economic Forum, the IMD, and the Fraser Institute. [Abstract]}}</ref>

==2017 ratings in 2019 Annual Report==
[[File:2019 Economic Freedom of the World.png|thumb|Map showing summary index scores of countries according to 2017 data from the 2019 Annual Report
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Below are the ratings of countries for 2017, based on the 2019 Annual Report.<ref>{{cite web|website=Fraser Institute|title=2019 ANNUAL REPORT: Economic Freedom of the World|url=https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2019.pdf|access-date=9 January 2020}}</ref> In 2017, [[Hong Kong]] and [[Singapore]] were in first and second place respectively; the next highest-scoring countries are [[New Zealand]], [[Switzerland]], [[United States]], [[Ireland]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Canada]], [[Australia]] and [[Mauritius]]. The lowest-scoring countries are [[Iraq]], [[Republic of the Congo]], [[Egypt]], [[Syria]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], [[Angola]], [[Algeria]], [[Sudan]], [[Libya]], and lastly, [[Venezuela]].

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! style="width:2em;" | Rank !! Country !! Summary index
|-
|1 || {{flag|Hong Kong}} || 8.91
|-
|2 || {{flag|Singapore}} || 8.71
|-
|3 || {{flag|New Zealand}} || 8.50
|-
|4 || {{flag|Switzerland}} || 8.40
|-
|5 || {{flag|United States}} || 8.19
|-
|6 || {{flag|Ireland}} || 8.13
|-
|7 || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || 8.09
|-
|8 || {{flag|Canada}} || 8.08
|-
|9 || {{flag|Australia}} || 8.07
|-
|9 || {{flag|Mauritius}} || 8.07
|-
|11 || {{flag|Malta}} || 7.97
|-
|12 || {{flag|Georgia}} || 7.94
|-
|13 || {{flag|Chile}} || 7.89
|-
|13 || {{flag|Denmark}} || 7.89
|-
|13 || {{flag|Estonia}} || 7.89
|-
|16 || {{flag|Lithuania}} || 7.88
|-
|17 || {{flag|Japan}} || 7.86
|-
|17 || {{flag|Luxembourg}} || 7.86
|-
|19 || {{flag|Taiwan}} || 7.85
|-
|20 || {{flag|Germany}} || 7.82
|-
|21 || {{flag|Finland}} || 7.80
|-
|22 || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || 7.75
|-
|23 || {{flag|Iceland}} || 7.74
|-
|24 || {{flag|Latvia}} || 7.73
|-
|25 || {{flag|Netherlands}} || 7.72
|-
|26 || {{flag|Austria}} || 7.71
|-
|27 || {{flag|Armenia}} || 7.70
|-
|28 || {{flag|Cyprus}} || 7.68
|-
|28 || {{flag|Romania}} || 7.68
|-
|30 || {{flag|Albania}} || 7.67
|-
|31 || {{flag|Panama}} || 7.66
|-
|32 || {{flag|Norway}} || 7.62
|-
|33 || {{flag|South Korea}} || 7.59
|-
|34 || {{flag|Guatemala}} || 7.57
|-
|35 || {{flag|Sweden}} || 7.56
|-
|36 || {{flag|Spain}} || 7.55
|-
|37 || {{flag|Bulgaria}} || 7.54
|-
|38 || {{flag|Israel}} || 7.53
|-
|39 || {{flag|Portugal}} || 7.52
|-
|40 || {{flag|Belgium}} || 7.51
|-
|40 || {{flag|Slovakia}} || 7.51
|-
|42 || {{flag|Peru}} || 7.49
|-
|43 || {{flag|Cambodia}} || 7.44
|-
|43 || {{flag|Jordan}} || 7.44
|-
|45 || {{flag|Mongolia}} || 7.43
|-
|46 || {{flag|Costa Rica}} || 7.41
|-
|46 || {{flag|Italy}} || 7.41
|-
|48 || {{flag|Uganda}} || 7.39
|-
|49 || {{flag|Botswana}} || 7.37
|-
|50 || {{flag|Bahrain}} || 7.35
|-
|50 || {{flag|France}} || 7.35
|-
|52 || {{flag|Malaysia}} || 7.34
|-
|53 || {{flag|Philippines}} || 7.32
|-
|54 || {{flag|Hungary}} || 7.27
|-
|54 || {{flag|Indonesia}} || 7.27
|-
|56 || {{flag|Croatia}} || 7.26
|-
|56 || {{flag|Rwanda}} || 7.26
|-
|58 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || 7.25
|-
|59 || {{flag|Poland}} || 7.24
|-
|60 || {{flag|Gambia}} || 7.23
|-
|61 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || 7.17
|-
|61 || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || 7.17
|-
|63 || {{flag|Cape Verde}} || 7.16
|-
|63 || {{flag|El Salvador}} || 7.16
|-
|65 || {{flag|Honduras}} || 7.16
|-
|65 || {{flag|Seychelles}} || 7.16
|-
|67 || {{flag|Slovenia}} || 7.15
|-
|68 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || 7.10
|-
|69 || {{flag|Qatar}} || 7.07
|-
|70 || {{flag|Kenya}} || 7.05
|-
|70 || {{flag|Uruguay}} || 7.05
|-
|72 || {{flag|Paraguay}} || 7.03
|-
|73 || {{flag|Macedonia}} || 7.02
|-
|74 || {{flag|Nicaragua}} || 7.01
|-
|75 || {{flag|Lebanon}} || 6.97
|-
|76 || {{flag|Mexico}} || 6.93
|-
|77 || {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || 6.92
|-
|77 || {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || 6.92
|-
|79 || {{flag|India}} || 6.91
|-
|80 || {{flag|Serbia}} || 6.89
|-
|81 || {{flag|Nigeria}} || 6.86
|-
|81 || {{flag|Thailand}} || 6.86
|-
|83 || {{flag|Montenegro}} || 6.84
|-
|83 || {{flag|Zambia}} || 6.84
|-
|85 || {{flag|Belize}} || 6.78
|-
|85 || {{flag|Russia}} || 6.78
|-
|87 || {{flag|Bhutan}} || 6.77
|-
|87 || {{flag|Tanzania}} || 6.77
|-
|89 || {{flag|Oman}} || 6.76
|-
|90 || {{flag|Fiji}} || 6.74
|-
|91 || {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || 6.70
|-
|92 || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || 6.69
|-
|92 || {{flag|Morocco}} || 6.69
|-
|94 || {{flag|Colombia}} || 6.68
|-
|95 || {{flag|Laos}} || 6.67
|-
|95 || {{flag|Turkey}} || 6.67
|-
|97 || {{flag|Moldova}} || 6.66
|-
|98 || {{flag|Suriname}} || 6.65
|-
|99 || {{flag|Belarus}} || 6.64
|-
|100 || {{flag|Brunei}} || 6.62
|-
|101 || {{flag|South Africa}} || 6.61
|-
|102 || {{flag|Greece}} || 6.59
|-
|103 || {{flag|Ghana}} || 6.58
|-
|104 || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || 6.57
|-
|105 || {{flag|Liberia}} || 6.56
|-
|106 || {{flag|Namibia}} || 6.53
|-
|107 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || 6.52
|-
|107 || {{flag|Swaziland}} || 6.52
|-
|109 || {{flag|Lesotho}} || 6.50
|-
|110 || {{flag|Haiti}} || 6.49
|-
|110 || {{flag|Nepal}} || 6.49
|-
|112 || {{flag|Barbados}} || 6.45
|-
|113 || {{flag|China}} || 6.42
|-
|114 || {{flag|Kuwait}} || 6.41
|-
|115 || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || 6.36
|-
|116 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || 6.34
|-
|117 || {{flag|Guyana}} || 6.32
|-
|118 || {{flag|Ecuador}} || 6.28
|-
|119 || {{flag|Vietnam}} || 6.27
|-
|120 || {{flag|Brazil}} || 6.23
|-
|121 || {{flag|Togo}} || 6.21
|-
|122 || {{flag|Tunisia}} || 6.20
|-
|123 || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || 6.18
|-
|124 || {{flag|Burundi}} || 6.17
|-
|124 || {{flag|Senegal}} || 6.17
|-
|126 || {{flag|Bolivia}} || 6.14
|-
|126 || {{flag|Madagascar}} || 6.14
|-
|128 || {{flag|Mauritania}} || 6.11
|-
|129 || {{flag|Benin}} || 6.08
|-
|130 || {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || 6.07
|-
|131 || {{flag|Malawi}} || 6.06
|-
|132 || {{flag|Tajikistan}} || 6.05
|-
|133 || {{flag|East Timor}} || 5.99
|-
|134 || {{flag|Ivory Coast}} || 5.97
|-
|135 || {{flag|Ukraine}} || 5.96
|-
|136 || {{flag|Mali}} || 5.91
|-
|136 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || 5.91
|-
|138 || {{flag|Gabon}} || 5.88
|-
|139 || {{flag|Guinea}} || 5.86
|-
|140 || {{flag|Cameroon}} || 5.84
|-
|140 || {{flag|Yemen}} || 5.84
|-
|142 || {{flag|Niger}} || 5.83
|-
|143 || {{flag|Ethiopia}} || 5.72
|-
|143 || {{flag|Iran}} || 5.72
|-
|145 || {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || 5.69
|-
|146 || {{flag|Argentina}} || 5.67
|-
|147 || {{flag|Myanmar}} || 5.63
|-
|148 || {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || 5.63
|-
|149 || {{flag|Mozambique}} || 5.60
|-
|150 || {{flag|Chad}} || 5.42
|-
|151 || {{flag|Central African Republic}} || 5.23
|-
|151 || {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || 5.23
|-
|153 || {{flag|Iraq}} || 5.21
|-
|154 || {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} || 5.08
|-
|155 || {{flag|Egypt}} || 5.05
|-
|155 || {{flag|Syria}} || 5.05
|-
|157 || {{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} || 5.00
|-
|158 || {{flag|Angola}} || 4.83
|-
|159 || {{flag|Algeria}} || 4.77
|-
|160 || {{flag|Sudan}} || 4.67
|-
|161 || {{flag|Libya}} || 4.45
|-
|162 || {{flag|Venezuela}} || 2.58
|-
|}

==Past reports==
===Trend===
The ''Economic Freedom of the World 2005'' report stated that the world economic freedom score has grown considerably over the last few decades. By its measure, the average score has increased from 5.17 in 1985 to 6.4. Of the nations in 1985, 95 nations increased their score, seven saw a decline, and six were unchanged.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Huntington|first1=Donald M.|title=Advanced Seminar in Business|date=May 18, 2009|publisher=William Jewell College}}</ref>

===2013 ratings in 2015 Annual Report===
Economic Freedom Ratings for 2013,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.freetheworld.com/2015/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2015.pdf |title=Economic Freedom of the World 2015 |access-date=2015-09-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928175418/http://www.freetheworld.com/2015/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2015.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> including 157 countries and 119 positions which may be shared by two or more countries.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"
! style="width:2em;" | Rank !! Country !! Summary <br />index !! Previous rank<ref>2011 report published in 2013: [http://object.cato.org/pubs/efw/efw2013/efw-2013-chapter-1.pdf Economic Freedom of the World in 2011] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195345/http://object.cato.org/pubs/efw/efw2013/efw-2013-chapter-1.pdf |date=2016-03-04 }}</ref> !! Difference
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|1 || {{flag|Hong Kong}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 8.97 || style="text-align:center" | 8.97 || style="text-align:center" | {{steady}} 0
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|2 || {{flag|Singapore}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 8.52 || style="text-align:center" | 8.73 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.21
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|3 || {{flag|New Zealand}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 8.19 || style="text-align:center" | 8.49 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.30
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|4 || {{flag|Switzerland}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 8.16 || style="text-align:center" | 8.30 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.14
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|5 || {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 8.15 || style="text-align:center" | 8.07 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.08
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|6 || {{flag|Mauritius}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 8.08 || style="text-align:center" | 8.01 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.07
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|7 || {{flag|Jordan}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.93 || style="text-align:center" | 7.81 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.12
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|8 || {{flag|Ireland}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.90 || style="text-align:center" | 7.66 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.24
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|9 || {{flag|Canada}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.89 || style="text-align:center" | 7.93 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.08
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|10 || {{flag|Chile}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.87 || style="text-align:center" | 7.87 || style="text-align:center" | {{steady}} 0
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|11 || {{flag|United Kingdom}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.87 || style="text-align:center" | 7.85 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.02
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|12 || {{flag|Australia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.83 || style="text-align:center" | 7.88 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.05
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|13 || {{flag|Georgia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.83 || style="text-align:center" | 7.61 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.22
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|14 || {{flag|Qatar}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.77 || style="text-align:center" | 7.62 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.15
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|15 || {{flag|Taiwan}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.76 || style="text-align:center" | 7.77 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.01
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|16 || {{flag|United States}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.73 || style="text-align:center" | 7.73 || style="text-align:center" | {{steady}} 0
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|17 || {{flag|Romania}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.69 || style="text-align:center" | 7.32 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.17
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|18 || {{flag|Armenia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.67 || style="text-align:center" | 7.62 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.05
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|19 || {{flag|Finland}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.61 || style="text-align:center" | 7.98 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.37
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|20 || {{flag|Lithuania}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.61 || style="text-align:center" | 7.61 || style="text-align:center" | {{steady}} 0
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|21 || {{flag|Malta}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.61 || style="text-align:center" | 7.65 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.04
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|22 || {{flag|Denmark}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.58 || style="text-align:center" | 7.78 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.20
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|23 || {{flag|Estonia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.58 || style="text-align:center" | 7.76 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.18
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|24 || {{flag|Bahrain}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.55 || style="text-align:center" | 7.93 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.38
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|25 || {{flag|Costa Rica}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.53 || style="text-align:center" | 7.11 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.42
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|26 || {{flag|Japan}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.52 || style="text-align:center" | 7.50 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.02
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|27 || {{flag|Luxembourg}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.51 || style="text-align:center" | 7.49 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.02
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|28 || {{flag|Norway}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.51 || style="text-align:center" | 7.56 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.05
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|29 || {{flag|Germany}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.50 || style="text-align:center" | 7.68 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.18
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|30 || {{flag|Netherlands}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.48 || style="text-align:center" | 7.57 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.09
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|31 || {{flag|Austria}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.46 || style="text-align:center" | 7.59 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.13
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|32 || {{flag|Kuwait}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.46 || style="text-align:center" | 7.22 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.24
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|33 || {{flag|Guatemala}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.45 || style="text-align:center" | 7.21 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.14
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|34 || {{flag|Rwanda}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.43 || style="text-align:center" | 7.46 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.03
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|35 || {{flag|Latvia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.42 || style="text-align:center" | 7.31 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.11
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|36 || {{flag|Portugal}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.42 || style="text-align:center" | 7.34 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.09
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|37 || {{flag|Bahamas}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.40 || style="text-align:center" | 7.40 || style="text-align:center" | {{steady}} 0
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|38 || {{flag|Nicaragua}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.40 || style="text-align:center" | 7.23 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.17
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|39 || {{flag|Israel}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.38 || style="text-align:center" | 7.26 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.12
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|40 || {{flag|South Korea}} || style="text-align:center; background:#007FFF; color:white;" | 7.38 || style="text-align:center" | 7.50 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.22
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|41 || {{flag|Peru}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.34 || style="text-align:center" | 7.64 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.30
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|42 || {{flag|Bulgaria}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.33 || style="text-align:center" | 7.26 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.07
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|43 || {{flag|Czech Republic}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.33 || style="text-align:center" | 7.25 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.18
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|44 || {{flag|Jamaica}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.33 || style="text-align:center" | 7.12 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.21
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|45 || {{flag|Sweden}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.33 || style="text-align:center" | 7.59 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.16
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|46 || {{flag|Uganda}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.30 || style="text-align:center" | 7.10 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.20
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|47 || {{flag|Poland}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.29 || style="text-align:center" | 7.20 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.09
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|48 || {{flag|Slovakia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.29 || style="text-align:center" | 7.46 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.17
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|49 || {{flag|Honduras}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.27 || style="text-align:center" | 7.21 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.06
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|50 || {{flag|Panama}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.27 || style="text-align:center" | 7.08 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.19
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|51 || {{flag|Spain}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.27 || style="text-align:center" | 7.53 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.26
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|52 || {{flag|Belgium}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.26 || style="text-align:center" | 7.36 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.10
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|53 || {{flag|Cambodia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.26 || style="text-align:center" | 7.02 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.24
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|54 || {{flag|Kazakhstan}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.26 || style="text-align:center" | 6.84 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.42
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|55 || {{flag|El Salvador}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.25 || style="text-align:center" | 7.03 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.22
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|56 || {{flag|Hungary}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.25 || style="text-align:center" | 7.59 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.34
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|57 || {{flag|Dominican Republic}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.23 || style="text-align:center" | 7.13 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.10
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|58 || {{flag|Malaysia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.22 || style="text-align:center" | 7.06 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.16
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|59 || {{flag|Oman}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.21 || style="text-align:center" | 7.31 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.10
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|60 || {{flag|Macedonia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.19 || style="text-align:center" | 7.05 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.14
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|61 || {{flag|Mongolia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.19 || style="text-align:center" | 7.06 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.13
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|62 || {{flag|Albania}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.18 || style="text-align:center" | 7.27 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.09
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|63 || {{flag|Brunei}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.18 || style="text-align:center" | 7.05 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.13
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|64 || {{flag|Montenegro}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.18 || style="text-align:center" | 7.26 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.08
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|65 || {{flag|Uruguay}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.18 || style="text-align:center" | 7.35 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.17
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|66 || {{flag|Kenya}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.16 || style="text-align:center" | 6.81 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.35
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|67 || {{flag|Philippines}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.14 || style="text-align:center" | 7.21 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.07
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|68 || {{flag|Botswana}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.13 || style="text-align:center" | 7.25 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.12
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|69 || {{flag|Italy}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.13 || style="text-align:center" | 6.85 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.28
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|70 || {{flag|France}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.12 || style="text-align:center" | 7.38 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.26
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|71  || {{flag|Gambia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.12 || style="text-align:center" | 6.98 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.14
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|72 || {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.11 || style="text-align:center" | 6.96 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.15
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|73 || {{flag|Seychelles}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.07 || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center | -
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|74 || {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.07 || style="text-align:center" | 6.95 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.12
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|75 || {{flag|Cyprus}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.03 || style="text-align:center" | 7.72 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.69
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|76 || {{flag|Indonesia}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.01 || style="text-align:center" | 6.90 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.11
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|77 || {{flag|Lebanon}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 7.01 || style="text-align:center" | 7.41 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.40
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|78 || {{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} || style="text-align:center; background:#9DC209; color:black;" | 6.98 || style="text-align:center" | 6.67 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.25
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|79 || {{flag|Cape Verde}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.97 || style="text-align:center" | 6.24 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.69
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|80 || {{flag|Zambia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.97 || style="text-align:center" | 7.10 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.13
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|81 || {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.95 || style="text-align:center" | 7.14 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.19
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|82 || {{flag|Tanzania}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.92 || style="text-align:center" | 6.65 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.27
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|83 || {{flag|Turkey}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.92 || style="text-align:center" | 7.06 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.14
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|84 || {{flag|Croatia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.91 || style="text-align:center" | 7.01 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.10
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|85 || {{flag|Greece}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.87 || style="text-align:center" | 6.83 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.24
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|86 || {{flag|Iceland}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.87 || style="text-align:center" | 7.37 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.50
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|87 || {{flag|Bhutan}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.86 || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center | -
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|88 || {{flag|Fiji}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.86 || style="text-align:center" | 7.10 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.14
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|89 || {{flag|Paraguay}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.85 || style="text-align:center" | 6.78 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.07
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|90 || {{flag|Barbados}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.83 || style="text-align:center" | 6.96 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.13
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|91 || {{flag|Haiti}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.83 || style="text-align:center" | 6.56 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.33
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|92 || {{flag|Tajikistan}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.81 || style="text-align:center" | 6.01 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.80
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|93 || {{flag|Mexico}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.79 || style="text-align:center" | 6.64 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.15
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|94 || {{flag|Swaziland}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.79 || style="text-align:center" | 6.56 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.23
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|95 || {{flag|Suriname}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.77 || style="text-align:center" | 6.29 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.48
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|96 || {{flag|South Africa}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.74 || style="text-align:center" | 6.80 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.06
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|97 || {{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.73 || style="text-align:center" | 6.51 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.22
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|98 || {{flag|Madagascar}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.71 || style="text-align:center" | 6.37 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.34
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|99 || {{flag|Russia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.69 || style="text-align:center" | 6.55 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.14
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|100 || {{flag|Namibia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.68 || style="text-align:center" | 6.39 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.38
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|101 || {{flag|Serbia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.65 || style="text-align:center" | 6.46 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.19
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|102 || {{flag|Belize}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.64 || style="text-align:center" | 6.82 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.18
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|103 || {{flag|Moldova}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.63 || style="text-align:center" | 6.86 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.23
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|104 || {{flag|Thailand}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.63 || style="text-align:center" | 6.64 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.01
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|105 || {{flag|Sri Lanka}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.57 || style="text-align:center" | 6.66 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.09
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|106 || {{flag|Colombia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.56 || style="text-align:center" | 6.61 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.05
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|107 || {{flag|Nepal}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.56 || style="text-align:center" | 6.19 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.36
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|108 || {{flag|Bolivia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.52 || style="text-align:center" | 6.36 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.16
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|109 || {{flag|Morocco}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.46 || style="text-align:center" | 6.56 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.10
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|110 || {{flag|Vietnam}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.46 || style="text-align:center" | 6.23 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.23
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|111 || {{flag|China}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.44 || style="text-align:center" | 6.22 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.22
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|112 || {{flag|Nigeria}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.44 || style="text-align:center" | 6.21 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.23
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|113 || {{flag|Slovenia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.44 || style="text-align:center" | 6.59 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.15
|-
|114 || {{flag|India}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.43 || style="text-align:center" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.09
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|115 || {{flag|Bangladesh}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.42 || style="text-align:center" | 6.33 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.09
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|116 || {{flag|Tunisia}} || style="text-align:center; background:yellow; color:black;" | 6.39 || style="text-align:center" | 6.87 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.52
|-
|117 || {{flag|Lesotho}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.36 || style="text-align:center" | 6.35 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.01
|-
|118 || {{flag|Azerbaijan}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | 6.30 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.34
|-
|119 || {{flag|Brazil}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | 6.51 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.17
|-
|120 || {{flag|Cameroon}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | 5.94 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.40
|-
|121 || {{flag|Egypt}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | 6.36 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.02
|-
|122 || {{flag|Senegal}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.32 || style="text-align:center" | 5.97 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.35
|-
|123 || {{flag|Mali}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.29 || style="text-align:center" | 5.95 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.74
|-
|124 || {{flag|Guyana}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.28 || style="text-align:center" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.06
|-
|125 || {{flag|Pakistan}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.28 || style="text-align:center" | 6.34 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.06
|-
|126 || {{flag|Yemen}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.28 || style="text-align:center" | 6.31 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.03
|-
|127 || {{flag|Timor-Leste}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.27 || style="text-align:center" | 6.30 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.03
|- 
|128 || {{flag|Ghana}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.20 || style="text-align:center" | 6.71 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.51
|-
|129 || {{flag|Ukraine}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.20 || style="text-align:center" | 6.16 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.04
|-
|130 || {{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.12 || style="text-align:center" | 5.68 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.44
|-
|131 || {{flag|Burkina Faso}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.10 || style="text-align:center" | 5.94 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.16
|-
|132 || {{flag|Sierra Leone}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.08 || style="text-align:center" | 6.32 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.24
|-
|133 || {{flag|Benin}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.05 || style="text-align:center" | 5.95 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.10
|-
|134 || {{flag|Ivory Coast}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 6.03 || style="text-align:center" | 5.76 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.37
|-
|135 || {{flag|Ecuador}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.99 || style="text-align:center" | 5.85 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.14
|-
|136 || {{flag|Malawi}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.87 || style="text-align:center" | 6.30 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.43
|-
|137 || {{flag|Mozambique}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.87 || style="text-align:center" | 5.63 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.24
|-
|138 || {{flag|Burundi}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.85 || style="text-align:center" | 5.26 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.59
|-
|139 || {{flag|Mauritania}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.79 || style="text-align:center" | 6.42 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.63
|-
|140 || {{flag|Niger}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.79 || style="text-align:center" | 5.60 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.19
|-
|141 || {{flag|Gabon}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.72 || style="text-align:center" | 5.73 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.01
|-
|142 || {{flag|Togo}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.71 || style="text-align:center" | 5.57 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.14
|-
|143 || {{flag|Ethiopia}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.68 || style="text-align:center" | 5.47 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.21
|-
|144 || {{flag|Belgian Congo}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.65 || style="text-align:center" | 5.28 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.37
|-
|145 || {{flag|Guinea}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.62 || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center | -
|-
|146 || {{flag|Myanmar}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.56 || style="text-align:center" | 4.08 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 1.48
|-
|147 || {{flag|Iran}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.43 || style="text-align:center" | 6.05 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.22
|-
|148 || {{flag|Angola}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.37 || style="text-align:center" | 5.17 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.20
|-
|149 || {{flag|Zimbabwe}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.33 || style="text-align:center" | 4.59 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.34
|-
|150 || {{flag|Central African Republic}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.29 || style="text-align:center" | 5.26 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.03
|-
|151 || {{flag|Algeria}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.20 || style="text-align:center" | 5.32 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.12
|-
|152 || {{flag|Argentina}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.20 || style="text-align:center" | 5.69 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.49
|-
|153 || {{flag|Syria}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.19 || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center | -
|-
|154 || {{flag|Chad}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.13 || style="text-align:center" | 4.98 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.15
|-
|155 || {{flag|Libya}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 5.11 || {{n/a}} || style="text-align:center | -
|-
|156 || {{flag|Republic of the Congo}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 4.72 || style="text-align:center" | 4.57 || style="text-align:center" | {{increase}} 0.15
|-
|157 || {{flag|Venezuela}} || style="text-align:center; background:red; color:white;" | 3.23 || style="text-align:center" | 3.93 || style="text-align:center" | {{decrease}} 0.70
|}

==Related indices==
A related index for Chinese provinces is followed by both Chinese scholars and policy makers. There is also a network of institutions in 59 different nations that use the index to promote free market ideas.<ref>{{cite book
|title=The Impact of the Economic Freedom of the World Index
|first1=James D. 
|last1=Gwartney
|first2=Robert A. 
|last2=Lawson
|publisher=Mont Pelerin Society
|date=September 18, 2003 
|archive-date=September 7, 2003
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030907010337/http://www.freetheworld.com/2003/impact-efw.pdf
|url=http://www.freetheworld.com/2003/impact-efw.pdf}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Indices of economic freedom]]
* [[List of indices of freedom]]
* [[List of countries by economic freedom]]
* [[List of countries by inequality-adjusted HDI]] (Human Development Index)

== References ==
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