Economic Freedom of the World
Economic freedom means that people are free to trade with others, compete in markets, buy what they want, earn a living in a job they choose,
keep what they earn, and own things privately. This index indicates the degree to which economic freedom can be found in various countries.
0
4,500
6,000 Kilometers
0
1,500
3,000
Arctic Ocean
4,500
6,000 Miles
Arctic Ocean
Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands
Arctic Ocean
Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea
Beaufort Sea
Laptev Sea
Kara Sea
North Greenland Sea
Greenland
Baffin Bay
Norwegian Sea
Iceland Sea
Iceland
Greenland Sea
Hudson
Bay
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Faroe
Islands
Labrador
Sea
United
Kingdom
Ireland
Latvia
Baltic Sea Lithuania
Denmark
Netherlands
Belgium
France Switzerland
Bay of Biscay
Austria
Monaco
United States
of America
Spain
Sardegna
Black Sea
Bulgaria
Armenia
Turkey
Greece
Mediterranean
Sea
Cyprus
Lebanon
Iraq
Gaza West
Strip Bank
Haiti
Dominican
Republic
Puerto
Jamaica
Belize
Guatemala Honduras
El Salvador
North Pacific Ocean
Nicaragua
Caribbean
Sea
Aruba
Egypt
Gulf of Panama
Guyana
Liberia
Oman
India
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Mayanmar
Viet Nam
Laos
Yemen
Benin
Togo
Cote
d’Ivoire Ghana
Nigeria
Cambodia
Camaroon
Galapagos Islands
(Ecuador)
Jarvis Island
Sao Tome &
Principe
Gulf
Gabon
of Guinea
Ecuador
Democratic
Republic of
The Congo
Malaysia
Natuna
Sea
Maldives
Kenya
Burundi
Indian Ocean
United Republic
of Tanzania
Jawa Sea
Malaysia
Seychelles
American Samoa
Maluku
Sea
Nauru
South Pacific Ocean
Tuvalu
Aru
Sea
Solomon Islands
Comoros
Malawi
Mozambique
Zambia
Papua
New
Guinea
Indonesia
Banda
Sea
East Timor
Christmas
Island
Glorioso
Islands
Angola
Samoa
Malaysia
Indonesia
Tokelau
Wallis &
Futuna
Brunei
Rwanda
Peru
Brazil
Marshall Islands
Micronesia
Lakshadweep Sea
Uganda
Republic
of Congo
Guam
Philippine Sea
Palau
Kiribati
Howland Island
Baker Island
Northern
Mariana Islands
Philippines
Sri
Lanka
Ethiopia
Equatorial
Guinea
South
China
Sea
Spratly Islands
Burma Sea
Somalia
Central
African Republic
Paracel
Islands
Thailand
Bay of
Bengal
Djibouti
French
Suriname Guiana
Columbia
Macau
Bangladesh
Gulf of Aden
Burkina Faso
Sierra
Leone
United Arab
Emirates
Sudan
Gambia
Venezuela
Panama
Qatar
Arabian Sea
Eritrea
Chad
Guinea
Bhutan
Bahrain
Niger
Senegal
Trinidad &
Tobago
Costa Rica
Mali
Nepal
Pakistan
Red
Sea
Cape Verde
Guinea-Bissau
Japan
Afghanistan
Kuwait
Libya
Saudi
Arabia
Mauritania
British Virgin Is.
Anguilla
Rico
U.S. Virgin Is.
Antigua & Barbuda
Saint Kitts & Nevis
Montserrat
Guadeloupe
Dominica
Martinique
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent &
Barbados
Netherlands
The Grenadines
Antilles
Grenada
Iran
Sea of
Japan
South
Korea
China
Turks &
Caicos Islands
Cayman
Islands
Democratic
People’s
Republic
of Korea
Tajikistan
Syria
Western
Sahara
Cuba
Turkmenistan
Israel
Jordan
Algeria
Midway Islands
Kyrgyzstan
Azerbaijan
Morocco
Canarias Sea
Uzbekistan
Caspian
Sea
Georgia
Malta
Tunisia
Bahamas
Kosovo
(UN Admin.)
Macedonia
Albania
Bermuda
Gulf of Mexico
Bosnia &
Herzegovina
North Pacific Ocean
Sea of
Okhotsk
Mongolia
Romania
Croatia
Montenegro
Gibraltar
Mexico
Kazakhstan
Moldova
Hungary
Corsica
Andorra
Portugal
Slovak
Republic
Slovenia
Italy
North Pacific Ocean
Ukraine
Czech Republic
Leichtenstein
Bering Sea
Belarus
Poland
Germany
Luxembourg
North Atlantic Ocean
Russian
Federation
Estonia
North
Sea
Canada
Finland
Sweden
Norway
Mayotte
Singapore
Saint Helena
Niue
Tonga
Coral Sea
Bolivia
French
Polynesia
South Pacific Ocean
Cook Islands
Zimbabwe
Namibia
Madagascar
Mauritius
Chile
Paraguay
Fiji
New Caledonia
Indonesia
Reunion
Pitcairn Island
Vanuatu
Juan de Nova
Island
Botswana
Australia
Swaziland
South Atlantic Ocean
South
Africa
Uruguay
Norfolk Island
Lesotho
Indian Ocean
Argentina
New Zealand
Tasman Sea
South Pacific Ocean
French Southern &
Antartic Territories
Falkland Islands
(Malvinas) U.K.
Heard Island &
McDonald Islands
Bouvet Island
$15k
$10,360
$10k
$4,859
$2,998
$5k
Ross Sea
2.0%
1.5%
1.5%
1.5%
1.0%
0.5%
– 0.2%
0.0%
-0.5%
$0
Mostly Unfree
Relatively Unfree
Relatively Free
Mostly Free
*Note that these data was adjusted for Purchasing Power Parity, which means that, for
example, the goods and services that $100 can buy in one country will buy the same amount
of goods and services in another.
Indian Ocean
77.8
Weddell Sea
80
Antarctica
69.4
70
63.2
60
55.0
Relatively Unfree
Relatively Free
Mostly Free
4.6
4.3
5
Political Rights
3.5
Civil Liberties
3.3
4
1.9
3
2.3
1.8
2
1
1.7
Mostly Free
Relatively Free
Relatively Unfree
Mostly Unfree
0
50
Mostly Unfree
Unmeasured
Freedom in the World Rating, 2004
Life Expectancy at Birth, total (years) 2003
www.freedomhouse.org/uploads/FIWrank7305.xls
$20k
2.1%
2.5%
South Pacific Ocean
South Islands
Sources: The Fraser Institute; Freedom House, Freedom in the World Country Ratings (2005).
$25k
Scotia Sea
Annual Growth Rate (%)
in Real Income per Person, 1990-2003
Income per Person in 2003
$24,402
Ross Sea
South Georgia
Amundsen Sea
Sources: The Fraser Institute; The World Bank, World Development Indicators CD-ROM 2005
Hong Kong
Singapore
New Zealand
Switzerland
United States
Ireland
United Kingdom
Canada
Iceland
Luxembourg
Australia
Austria
Estonia
Finland
Netherlands
United Arab Emirates
Denmark
Germany
Japan
Chile
Cyprus
Hungary
Portugal
Belgium
France
Kuwait
Oman
Sweden
Taiwan
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Norway
Panama
Spain
Botswana
Israe l
Latvia
Malta
South Korea
Bahrain
Jamaica
Lithuania
Mauritius
Uruguay
Czech Republic
Italy
Slovak Republic
Bahamas
Greece
Jordan
Peru
Zambia
Armenia
Georgia
India
Malaysia
Poland
South Africa
Trinidad & Tobago
Guatemala
Mexico
Thailand
Bolivia
Honduras
Namibia
Tanzania
Uganda
Belize
Bulgaria
Ghana
Kenya
Philippines
Tunisia
Argentina
Croatia
Mongolia
Nicaragua
Paraguay
Slovenia
Barbados
Egypt
Iran
Albania
Azerbaijan
Indonesia
Sri Lanka
Turkey
Brazil
Vietnam
Fiji
Guyana
Haiti
Madagascar
Senegal
Bangladesh
China
Cote d'Ivoire
Ecuador
Morocco
Pakistan
Romania
Cameroon
Macedonia
Mali
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Russia
Sierra Leone
Benin
Colombia
Dominican Rep.
Gabon
Mozambique
Syria
Ukraine
Malawi
Niger
Chad
Nepal
Togo
Central African Republic
Rwanda
Burundi
Algeria
Guinea-Bissau
Venezuela
Democratic Republic of Congo
Republic of Congo
Myanmar
Zimbabwe
3,000
Sources: The Fraser Institute; The World Bank, World Development Indicators CD-ROM 2005
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3
3
3
6
6
8
9
9
11
12
12
12
12
12
17
17
19
20
20
20
20
24
24
24
24
24
24
30
30
30
30
30
35
35
35
35
35
40
40
40
40
40
45
45
45
48
48
48
48
48
53
53
53
53
53
53
53
60
60
60
63
63
65
65
65
68
68
68
68
68
68
74
74
74
74
74
74
80
80
80
83
83
83
83
83
88
88
90
90
90
90
90
95
95
95
95
95
95
95
102
102
102
102
102
102
102
109
109
111
111
111
111
111
116
116
118
118
120
121
121
123
124
124
126
127
127
129
130
Sources: The Fraser Institute; The World Bank, World Development Indicators CD-ROM 2005
8.7
8.5
8.2
8.2
8.2
8.1
8.1
8.0
7.9
7.9
7.8
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.7
7.6
7.6
7.5
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.4
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.3
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.2
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.1
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
7.0
6.9
6.9
6.9
6.8
6.8
6.8
6.8
6.8
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.7
6.6
6.6
6.6
6.5
6.5
6.4
6.4
6.4
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.3
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.2
6.1
6.1
6.1
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
6.0
5.9
5.9
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.8
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.7
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.6
5.5
5.5
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.4
5.3
5.3
5.2
5.2
5.0
4.8
4.8
4.7
4.6
4.6
4.4
4.1
4.1
3.3
2.8
1,500
Mostly Unfree
Relatively Unfree
Relatively Free
Mostly Free
Mostly Unfree
Relatively Unfree
Relatively Free
Mostly Free
Political rights and civil liberties are measured on a scale from one to seven.
One = the highest degree of political rights / liberties; seven = the lowest.
Source: James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report © 2006, The Fraser Institute
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