Economic Freedom of the World

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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 2 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 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

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.
1,500 3,000 4,500 6,000 Kilometers 0 1,500 3,000 4,500 6,000 Miles

Arctic Ocean
Svalbard & Jan Mayen Islands

Arctic Ocean
Barents Sea

Arctic Ocean
Baffin Bay Beaufort Sea Iceland Sea

Arctic Ocean
Kara Sea Laptev Sea

Greenland

North Greenland Sea

Norwegian Sea

Iceland
Greenland Sea Bering Sea Gulf of Alaska
Faroe Islands

Hudson Bay

Labrador Sea
Ireland

Norway
North Sea
Denmark

Sweden

Finland
Estonia

Canada

Latvia Baltic Sea Lithuania

Russian Federation

Bering Sea

United Kingdom

Netherlands Belgium

Germany

Poland
Austria
Slovenia

Belarus

Luxembourg

Czech Republic

North Atlantic Ocean North Pacific Ocean

United States of America

Bay of Biscay

France Switzerland
Monaco Andorra

Leichtenstein

Slovak Republic

Ukraine
Moldova

Hungary

Kazakhstan
Black Sea

Italy
Corsica

Croatia

Romania
(UN Admin.)

Mongolia
Kyrgyzstan

Sea of Okhotsk

North Pacific Ocean

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Kosovo

Montenegro

Bulgaria

Portugal

Spain
Gibraltar

Macedonia Albania

Georgia
Armenia

Sardegna

Azerbaijan

Caspian Sea

Uzbekistan Turkmenistan

Greece
Malta

Turkey
Syria
Cyprus
Lebanon
Gaza West Strip Bank

Tajikistan

Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea

Sea of Japan

Tunisia
Bermuda

Mediterranean Sea

China Iraq
Kuwait

South Korea

Japan

Canarias Sea
Midway Islands

Morocco

Iran

Afghanistan Pakistan
Nepal Bhutan Bangladesh
Macau

Israel Jordan

Algeria Mexico
Gulf of Mexico
Cuba
Turks & Caicos Islands

Libya

Bahamas

Egypt Saudi Arabia

Bahrain Qatar United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Hong Kong
Taiwan Viet Nam Laos

Oman

India
Arabian Sea

Cayman Islands Belize Guatemala Honduras El Salvador Nicaragua

Haiti Jamaica

Dominican Republic

Caribbean Sea

Aruba

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

Puerto

British Virgin Is.

Mauritania
Cape Verde

Mali

Red Sea

Mayanmar

Niger Chad
Eritrea

Senegal
Gambia Guinea-Bissau

Yemen
Gulf of Aden
Djibouti

Sudan

Burkina Faso

Bay of Bengal
Burma Sea

Thailand
Cambodia

Paracel Islands

South China Sea

Spratly Islands

Philippines

Northern Mariana Islands Guam

North Pacific Ocean

Costa Rica Panama

Trinidad & Tobago

Guinea

Philippine Sea

Benin
Togo Cote dIvoire Ghana

Nigeria
Central African Republic Camaroon

Venezuela
Guyana

Sierra Leone Liberia

French Suriname Guiana

Somalia Ethiopia
Sri Lanka
Lakshadweep Sea

Marshall Islands

Palau Micronesia

Gulf of Panama

Columbia
Kiribati Howland Island Baker Island Jarvis Island Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)

Malaysia
Natuna Sea

Brunei

Sao Tome & Principe

Equatorial Guinea

Uganda Republic of Congo

Malaysia Indonesia

Maluku Sea
Nauru

Ecuador

Gulf Gabon of Guinea

Kenya

Maldives

Democratic Republic of The Congo

Rwanda Burundi

Peru
Tokelau

United Republic of Tanzania

Indian Ocean
Seychelles

Jawa Sea

Banda Sea
East Timor

Indonesia
Aru Sea

Papua New Guinea

South Pacific Ocean

Tuvalu

Malaysia

Brazil
Wallis & Futuna American Samoa

Angola Zambia
Saint Helena

Malawi

Comoros

Glorioso Islands

Christmas Island

Solomon Islands

Samoa French Polynesia

Cook Islands

Mozambique
Juan de Nova Island

Mayotte

Singapore
Coral Sea
Vanuatu

Bolivia

Fiji

Niue

Tonga

South Pacific Ocean

Pitcairn Island

Namibia

Zimbabwe Botswana

Madagascar

Mauritius
Reunion

Indonesia Australia

New Caledonia

Chile

Paraguay

South Atlantic Ocean

South Africa

Swaziland Lesotho
Norfolk Island

Indian Ocean

Uruguay Argentina

New Zealand
Tasman Sea

South Pacific Ocean

French Southern & Antartic Territories

Falkland Islands (Malvinas) U.K. Heard Island & McDonald Islands Bouvet Island

Amundsen Sea

South Georgia

Ross Sea
South Islands

Scotia Sea

South Pacific Ocean

Income per Person in 2003

Sources: The Fraser Institute; The World Bank, World Development Indicators CD-ROM 2005

Annual Growth Rate (%) in Real Income per Person, 1990-2003

Sources: The Fraser Institute; The World Bank, World Development Indicators CD-ROM 2005

Indian Ocean

Life Expectancy at Birth, total (years) 2003

Weddell Sea
80

Freedom in the World Rating, 2004

Sources: The Fraser Institute; Freedom House, Freedom in the World Country Ratings (2005). Sources: The Fraser Institute; The World Bank, World Development Indicators CD-ROM 2005

Unmeasured

$24,402
$25k

2.5%

2.1%

77.8

4.6
5

4.3

Political Rights
3.5
4

Civil Liberties

2.0%

1.5%

1.5%

$20k

69.4
70

1.5%

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Ross Sea

Antarctica

3.3

Mostly Free

Relatively Free

$15k

$10,360

63.2

1.9

2.3 1.8 1.7

Relatively Unfree

Mostly Unfree

1.0%

$10k

$4,859 $2,998
$5k

0.5%

0.2%

60

55.0

0.0%

$0

-0.5%

50

Mostly Unfree

Relatively Unfree

Relatively Free

Mostly Free

Mostly Unfree

Relatively Unfree

Relatively Free

Mostly Free

Mostly Unfree

Relatively Unfree

Relatively Free

Mostly Free

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.

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.

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Source: James Gwartney and Robert Lawson, Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report 2006, The Fraser Institute

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