2009 Index of Economic Freedom

Name Overall ScoreBusiness Freedom

Trade Freedom
Fiscal Freedom
Government Size
Monetary Freedom
Investment Freedom
Afghanistan - - - - - - -
Albania 63.7 67.0 75.8 92.8 75.6 79.6 70.0
Algeria 56.6 72.5 68.6 77.2 74.1 78.6 50.0
Angola 47.0 43.6 72.0 85.2 62.2 61.8 20.0
Argentina 52.3 62.1 70.0 70.3 75.6 60.6 50.0
Armenia 69.9 83.7 86.4 90.0 89.7 77.8 70.0
Australia 82.6 90.5 84.8 61.4 64.3 84.7 80.0
Austria 71.2 78.6 85.8 49.9 27.1 80.9 70.0
Azerbaijan 58.0 74.6 78.4 79.7 77.5 66.4 30.0
Bahamas, The70.3 74.7 56.0 96.5 84.4 75.5 40.0
Bahrain 74.8 79.6 80.0 99.9 79.4 74.0 60.0
Bangladesh 47.5 62.9 40.2 72.8 94.2 67.3 20.0
Barbados 71.5 90.0 64.6 70.9 66.3 74.5 50.0
Belarus 45.0 63.7 67.2 79.4 30.9 66.8 20.0
Belgium 72.1 93.2 85.8 41.5 28.3 81.0 90.0
Belize 63.0 75.5 69.6 68.8 77.6 78.4 50.0
Benin 55.4 43.8 67.4 67.2 88.5 79.6 40.0
Bhutan 57.7 61.7 42.0 83.6 58.3 75.9 30.0
Bolivia 53.6 58.5 81.8 84.8 71.9 67.9 20.0
Bosnia and Herzegovina
53.1 59.9 77.2 71.8 37.6 79.0 50.0
Botswana 69.7 71.2 69.0 75.1 70.6 71.8 70.0
Brazil 56.7 54.4 71.6 65.8 50.3 77.2 50.0
Bulgaria 64.6 73.5 85.8 86.2 58.7 72.8 60.0
Burkina Faso 59.5 58.7 70.4 80.7 83.7 83.7 40.0
Burma 37.7 20.0 72.2 81.8 98.5 45.2 10.0
Burundi 48.8 34.4 63.0 72.5 55.8 72.7 40.0
Cambodia 56.6 42.7 63.4 91.4 94.5 80.0 50.0
Cameroon 53.0 39.3 56.0 69.6 93.6 76.0 40.0
Canada 80.5 96.5 88.2 76.6 53.7 80.8 70.0
Cape Verde 61.3 57.1 65.4 65.5 62.2 76.8 60.0
Central African
48.3
Republic 39.5 50.4 65.4 94.0 75.0 40.0
Chad 47.5 35.7 58.4 50.5 90.8 78.6 40.0
Chile 78.3 66.3 85.8 78.2 90.1 77.3 80.0
China 53.2 51.6 71.4 70.6 88.9 72.8 30.0
Colombia 62.3 77.4 72.4 72.9 65.9 70.6 60.0
Comoros 43.3 46.5 27.2 64.6 88.1 78.9 20.0
Costa Rica 66.4 60.3 81.8 82.8 88.4 69.7 70.0
Côte d'Ivoire 55.0 45.8 70.4 58.1 87.6 79.1 40.0
Croatia 55.1 59.9 87.6 68.7 31.7 79.0 50.0
Cuba 27.9 10.0 64.4 45.9 - 67.0 10.0
Cyprus 70.8 70.0 80.8 76.6 42.2 85.7 70.0
Czech Republic69.4 65.1 85.8 80.2 43.0 79.7 70.0
Democratic Republic
42.8 of Congo34.3 62.2 73.3 85.4 59.5 30.0
Denmark 79.6 99.9 85.8 35.4 20.4 86.6 90.0
Djibouti 51.4 38.1 31.8 80.8 59.4 76.6 50.0
Dominica 62.6 76.4 74.2 67.4 52.2 79.8 60.0
Dominican Republic
59.2 63.7 73.0 85.2 91.1 74.1 50.0
Ecuador 52.5 54.0 72.6 85.8 83.2 75.0 30.0
Egypt 58.0 64.7 63.4 89.5 66.1 65.9 50.0
El Salvador 69.8 67.4 81.8 85.7 87.9 77.4 70.0
Equatorial Guinea
51.3 45.7 59.4 75.5 86.3 81.4 30.0
Eritrea 38.5 18.3 69.2 86.4 9.9 59.0 10.0
Estonia 76.4 75.9 85.8 81.5 67.3 79.7 90.0
Ethiopia 53.0 62.6 68.6 77.4 82.7 65.5 40.0
Fiji 61.0 66.0 69.6 76.0 76.0 77.3 30.0
Finland 74.5 95.1 85.8 64.3 28.6 87.4 70.0
France 63.3 87.4 80.8 50.9 14.4 71.7 60.0
Gabon 55.0 59.9 57.0 61.7 84.8 73.8 40.0
Gambia, The 55.8 59.9 59.6 71.9 74.4 71.9 50.0
Georgia 69.8 86.6 80.6 86.8 74.6 70.9 70.0
Germany 70.5 90.3 85.8 58.5 38.2 80.8 80.0
Ghana 58.0 56.7 63.0 83.2 65.7 69.6 50.0
Greece 60.8 78.7 80.8 66.5 46.3 78.8 50.0
Guatemala 59.4 54.1 78.4 79.4 93.5 73.3 50.0
Guinea 51.0 45.2 59.6 71.1 91.9 57.4 40.0
Guinea-Bissau45.4 24.2 66.8 88.4 49.1 73.5 30.0
Guyana 48.4 60.9 72.6 66.5 3.2 69.6 40.0
Haiti 50.5 37.7 79.4 77.9 93.8 69.0 30.0
Honduras 58.7 64.4 78.0 85.1 79.7 73.5 50.0
Hong Kong 90.0 92.7 95.0 93.4 93.1 86.2 90.0
Hungary 66.8 77.4 85.8 70.6 19.2 73.8 80.0
Iceland 75.9 93.6 88.0 76.2 44.0 75.3 70.0
India 54.4 54.4 51.0 73.8 77.8 69.3 30.0
Indonesia 53.4 46.7 76.4 77.5 88.0 71.6 30.0
Iran 44.6 60.6 57.4 81.0 79.7 60.1 10.0
Iraq - - - - - - -
Ireland 82.2 93.0 85.8 69.2 64.9 84.3 90.0
Israel 67.6 67.8 86.0 57.1 35.1 83.7 80.0
Italy 61.4 78.7 80.8 55.8 24.7 80.8 70.0
Jamaica 65.2 87.8 70.6 75.3 62.2 75.4 80.0
Japan 72.8 85.8 82.0 67.5 61.1 93.6 60.0
Jordan 65.4 68.9 78.8 83.0 56.9 80.2 50.0
Kazakhstan 60.1 57.9 86.2 82.8 87.5 70.0 30.0
Kenya 58.7 66.9 71.8 78.6 81.6 74.0 50.0
Kiribati 45.7 62.6 55.0 42.2 - 88.8 30.0
Kuwait 65.6 67.4 81.0 99.9 63.7 71.7 50.0
Kyrgyz Republic
61.8 75.3 87.6 93.4 74.9 71.5 50.0
Laos 50.4 59.5 66.4 70.6 89.7 75.4 30.0
Latvia 66.6 73.8 85.8 82.3 58.5 71.1 70.0
Lebanon 58.1 60.0 80.8 91.7 64.1 77.3 30.0
Lesotho 49.7 61.7 57.0 63.1 36.2 73.1 30.0
Liberia 48.1 40.2 53.8 73.8 97.2 70.1 30.0
Libya 43.5 20.0 90.0 81.7 68.1 70.2 30.0
Liechtenstein - - - - - - -
Lithuania 70.0 82.4 85.8 87.6 65.3 75.8 70.0
Luxembourg 75.2 76.2 85.8 66.3 54.4 80.2 90.0
Macau 72.0 60.0 90.0 79.3 93.2 80.3 70.0
Macedonia 61.2 58.2 81.6 89.4 65.1 85.4 50.0
Madagascar 62.2 60.5 72.6 80.9 86.3 73.9 70.0
Malawi 53.7 45.2 68.8 70.7 48.6 69.8 50.0
Malaysia 64.6 70.8 78.2 83.0 81.4 79.9 40.0
Maldives 51.3 83.2 44.0 95.8 - 76.5 30.0
Mali 55.6 42.2 73.0 69.4 81.4 79.6 50.0
Malta 66.1 70.0 85.8 63.1 41.7 82.7 50.0
Mauritania 53.9 53.6 75.6 75.4 65.9 77.7 50.0
Mauritius 74.3 83.3 86.8 92.2 80.8 71.1 80.0
Mexico 65.8 80.3 80.2 83.4 81.8 77.5 50.0
Micronesia 51.7 59.8 81.0 97.4 - 76.7 30.0
Moldova 54.9 70.1 81.6 85.3 51.3 67.6 30.0
Mongolia 62.8 71.0 81.2 81.3 69.8 76.7 60.0
Montenegro 58.2 68.7 80.2 89.1 45.3 78.9 40.0
Morocco 57.7 76.2 68.0 65.1 76.5 80.5 60.0
Mozambique 55.7 54.2 73.4 77.7 76.5 75.9 50.0
Namibia 62.4 74.4 88.4 67.2 69.7 74.6 40.0
Nepal 53.2 60.5 63.2 86.3 91.0 78.7 20.0
Netherlands 77.0 86.5 85.8 50.9 36.2 87.0 90.0
New Zealand 82.0 99.9 84.6 62.5 49.6 84.6 80.0
Nicaragua 59.8 57.6 79.2 78.8 71.0 69.5 70.0
Niger 53.8 36.9 70.4 66.3 88.8 89.5 50.0
Nigeria 55.1 55.1 61.8 84.4 64.3 77.9 30.0
North Korea 2.0 - - - - - 10.0
Norway 70.2 88.1 89.2 50.3 50.6 78.0 60.0
Oman 67.0 63.3 83.6 98.5 61.1 71.4 60.0
Pakistan 57.0 72.5 65.6 80.4 90.7 72.2 40.0
Panama 64.7 74.5 76.2 82.6 89.8 77.9 70.0
Papua New Guinea
54.8 60.1 87.2 67.4 71.0 81.4 30.0
Paraguay 61.0 61.7 83.6 96.6 90.4 76.7 60.0
Peru 64.6 65.1 79.4 79.7 91.8 86.5 60.0
Philippines, The
56.8 49.3 78.6 75.4 90.8 77.2 40.0
Poland 60.3 53.7 85.8 69.0 42.2 80.8 60.0
Portugal 64.9 81.1 85.8 61.6 35.4 79.9 70.0
Qatar 65.8 75.7 81.6 99.9 69.1 67.3 40.0
Republic of Congo
45.4 50.1 55.4 60.2 77.6 73.9 30.0
Romania 63.2 74.9 85.8 87.0 70.0 75.0 60.0
Russia 50.8 54.0 60.8 78.9 70.6 65.5 30.0
Rwanda 54.2 58.9 61.2 76.8 76.8 70.8 40.0
Saint Lucia 68.8 87.7 72.0 74.0 68.5 85.1 40.0
Saint Vincent 64.2
and the Grenadines
78.2 73.6 64.7 60.9 75.6 40.0
Samoa 59.5 61.5 70.0 86.2 56.2 75.7 30.0
São Tomé and43.8Príncipe 45.0 60.0 75.0 22.0 61.4 40.0
Saudi Arabia 64.3 79.6 81.8 99.6 73.4 68.4 40.0
Senegal 56.3 65.0 71.2 65.1 77.0 76.5 40.0
Serbia 56.6 56.0 78.0 85.9 46.3 65.8 40.0
Seychelles 47.8 65.5 28.4 73.8 - 78.1 50.0
Sierra Leone 47.8 57.0 66.0 80.9 86.3 73.8 30.0
Singapore 87.1 98.3 90.0 91.1 93.8 86.8 80.0
Slovak Republic
69.4 73.4 85.8 84.1 57.4 78.7 70.0
Slovenia 62.9 84.4 85.8 62.9 38.4 78.6 60.0
Solomon Islands
46.0 67.2 66.4 68.9 - 73.5 20.0
South Africa 63.8 74.6 74.8 68.9 77.6 74.3 50.0
South Korea 68.1 90.4 70.2 70.4 72.5 80.0 70.0
Spain 70.1 76.8 85.8 58.6 55.3 78.9 80.0
Sri Lanka 56.0 73.7 71.0 73.2 80.5 59.4 20.0
Sudan - - - - - - -
Suriname 54.1 41.5 64.2 67.7 75.5 72.2 30.0
Swaziland 59.1 68.6 71.6 64.3 70.6 73.1 50.0
Sweden 70.4 95.9 85.8 35.0 7.3 82.1 80.0
Switzerland 79.4 82.9 85.4 67.5 65.3 83.9 70.0
Syria 51.3 61.4 54.0 87.0 74.9 67.2 40.0
Taiwan 69.5 69.5 85.2 76.2 89.4 82.1 70.0
Tajikistan 54.6 45.1 82.6 89.3 85.9 63.2 30.0
Tanzania 58.3 48.1 75.6 80.6 83.4 73.4 60.0
Thailand 63.0 71.2 75.6 74.4 90.6 69.0 30.0
Timor-Leste 50.5 47.0 73.0 64.7 84.0 74.0 30.0
Togo 48.7 36.6 70.6 53.7 86.6 81.5 30.0
Tonga 54.1 79.0 56.0 82.5 58.0 68.9 40.0
Trinidad and Tobago
68.0 60.1 79.8 79.7 75.6 72.2 70.0
Tunisia 58.0 81.6 53.0 76.5 78.3 78.4 30.0
Turkey 61.6 69.9 86.6 73.2 83.4 71.1 50.0
Turkmenistan44.2 30.0 79.2 90.9 93.6 68.0 10.0
Uganda 63.6 58.7 75.2 80.4 86.9 78.4 50.0
Ukraine 48.8 40.5 84.0 77.0 39.0 68.1 30.0
United Arab Emirates
64.7 57.4 80.8 99.9 86.3 69.8 30.0
United Kingdom79.0 89.8 85.8 61.0 40.3 80.4 90.0
United States 80.7 91.9 86.8 67.6 59.6 84.0 80.0
Uruguay 69.1 65.6 83.4 82.2 76.5 72.8 70.0
Uzbekistan 50.5 68.4 65.4 88.3 68.1 62.6 30.0
Vanuatu 58.4 69.0 63.0 95.3 84.0 78.7 30.0
Venezuela 39.9 50.8 59.6 70.6 69.3 53.7 10.0
Vietnam 51.0 61.7 63.4 74.3 77.3 67.0 30.0
Yemen 56.9 74.9 76.2 83.2 57.1 66.5 50.0
Zambia 56.6 68.8 71.2 72.9 82.1 64.1 50.0
Zimbabwe 22.7 30.8 50.4 44.1 4.6 - 10.0
Financial Freedom
Property Rights
Freedom From
Labor
Corruption
Freedom
- - - -
70.0 30.0 29.0 47.2
30.0 30.0 30.0 55.5
40.0 20.0 22.0 43.5
40.0 20.0 29.0 45.6
70.0 35.0 30.0 66.3
90.0 90.0 86.0 94.7
70.0 90.0 81.0 78.7
40.0 25.0 21.0 87.0
70.0 75.0 50.0 80.4
80.0 60.0 50.0 85.1
20.0 25.0 20.0 52.3
60.0 90.0 69.0 80.0
10.0 20.0 21.0 70.8
80.0 80.0 71.0 70.4
50.0 50.0 30.0 80.6
60.0 30.0 27.0 50.3
30.0 60.0 50.0 85.8
60.0 20.0 29.0 41.9
60.0 10.0 33.0 52.2
70.0 75.0 54.0 70.0
50.0 50.0 35.0 62.7
60.0 30.0 41.0 78.4
50.0 30.0 29.0 69.0
10.0 5.0 14.0 20.0
30.0 30.0 25.0 64.3
50.0 30.0 20.0 44.5
50.0 30.0 24.0 51.5
80.0 90.0 87.0 81.9
60.0 70.0 49.0 46.9
30.0 20.0 20.0 48.7
40.0 20.0 18.0 42.6
70.0 90.0 70.0 75.0
30.0 20.0 35.0 61.8
60.0 40.0 38.0 66.0
20.0 30.0 26.0 31.8
50.0 50.0 50.0 61.2
60.0 30.0 21.0 57.8
60.0 30.0 41.0 43.4
10.0 10.0 42.0 20.0
70.0 90.0 53.0 70.0
80.0 70.0 52.0 67.8
20.0 10.0 19.0 34.5
90.0 95.0 94.0 99.4
60.0 30.0 29.0 57.8
30.0 60.0 56.0 70.0
40.0 30.0 30.0 55.1
40.0 25.0 21.0 38.3
50.0 40.0 29.0 61.3
70.0 50.0 40.0 67.5
40.0 30.0 19.0 46.1
20.0 10.0 28.0 73.9
80.0 90.0 65.0 48.5
20.0 30.0 24.0 59.4
60.0 30.0 40.0 84.8
80.0 95.0 94.0 44.8
70.0 70.0 73.0 54.6
40.0 40.0 33.0 60.0
50.0 30.0 23.0 67.0
60.0 35.0 34.0 99.4
60.0 90.0 78.0 43.4
60.0 50.0 37.0 45.3
50.0 50.0 46.0 61.2
50.0 30.0 28.0 57.3
40.0 20.0 19.0 66.3
30.0 20.0 22.0 50.5
40.0 40.0 26.0 65.2
30.0 10.0 16.0 61.2
60.0 30.0 25.0 40.9
90.0 90.0 83.0 86.3
70.0 70.0 53.0 68.4
70.0 90.0 92.0 59.9
40.0 50.0 35.0 62.3
40.0 30.0 23.0 50.9
10.0 10.0 25.0 52.4
- - - -
90.0 90.0 75.0 79.7
70.0 70.0 61.0 64.9
60.0 50.0 52.0 61.3
50.0 50.0 33.0 67.4
50.0 70.0 75.0 82.5
60.0 55.0 47.0 74.1
60.0 25.0 21.0 80.5
50.0 30.0 21.0 63.1
30.0 30.0 33.0 85.6
50.0 50.0 43.0 79.3
50.0 25.0 21.0 69.5
20.0 10.0 19.0 63.5
60.0 55.0 48.0 61.6
60.0 30.0 30.0 57.4
40.0 40.0 33.0 62.6
20.0 25.0 21.0 49.8
20.0 10.0 25.0 20.0
- - - -
80.0 50.0 48.0 54.6
80.0 90.0 84.0 45.1
70.0 60.0 57.0 60.0
60.0 30.0 33.0 59.8
50.0 50.0 32.0 46.0
50.0 50.0 27.0 57.2
40.0 50.0 51.0 71.5
30.0 30.0 33.0 90.1
40.0 30.0 27.0 63.8
60.0 90.0 58.0 60.0
40.0 25.0 26.0 50.2
70.0 60.0 47.0 71.6
60.0 50.0 35.0 59.8
30.0 30.0 30.0 82.3
50.0 40.0 28.0 45.1
60.0 30.0 30.0 67.7
50.0 40.0 33.0 57.2
50.0 35.0 35.0 30.8
50.0 30.0 28.0 41.1
50.0 30.0 45.0 85.0
30.0 30.0 25.0 46.9
90.0 90.0 90.0 63.3
80.0 95.0 94.0 89.6
50.0 25.0 26.0 70.6
40.0 30.0 26.0 40.6
40.0 30.0 22.0 85.8
- 5.0 5.0 -
60.0 90.0 87.0 48.6
60.0 50.0 47.0 75.0
40.0 30.0 24.0 54.5
70.0 30.0 32.0 44.1
30.0 20.0 20.0 81.1
60.0 30.0 24.0 27.0
60.0 40.0 35.0 48.7
50.0 30.0 25.0 51.4
60.0 50.0 42.0 59.8
60.0 70.0 65.0 40.3
50.0 50.0 60.0 64.7
30.0 10.0 21.0 45.6
50.0 35.0 37.0 57.1
40.0 25.0 23.0 60.0
40.0 30.0 28.0 59.4
40.0 70.0 68.0 82.8
40.0 70.0 61.0 78.5
30.0 60.0 45.0 80.2
30.0 30.0 27.0 48.0
50.0 40.0 34.0 76.4
40.0 50.0 36.0 42.5
50.0 40.0 34.0 70.0
30.0 50.0 45.0 57.1
20.0 10.0 21.0 33.4
50.0 90.0 93.0 98.1
70.0 50.0 49.0 75.4
50.0 60.0 66.0 42.8
30.0 30.0 28.0 76.4
60.0 50.0 51.0 56.8
60.0 70.0 51.0 46.4
80.0 70.0 67.0 48.3
40.0 40.0 32.0 70.8
- - - -
30.0 40.0 35.0 84.8
40.0 50.0 33.0 69.6
80.0 90.0 93.0 55.5
80.0 90.0 90.0 79.2
20.0 30.0 24.0 54.8
50.0 70.0 57.0 45.7
40.0 30.0 21.0 58.7
50.0 30.0 32.0 49.9
60.0 50.0 33.0 76.5
20.0 20.0 26.0 66.0
30.0 30.0 23.0 44.7
20.0 20.0 17.0 99.4
70.0 60.0 34.0 78.3
30.0 50.0 42.0 60.0
50.0 50.0 41.0 40.3
10.0 10.0 20.0 30.0
60.0 30.0 28.0 87.9
40.0 30.0 27.0 52.4
50.0 40.0 57.0 76.2
90.0 90.0 84.0 78.5
80.0 90.0 72.0 95.1
30.0 70.0 67.0 73.6
20.0 20.0 17.0 64.9
40.0 40.0 31.0 52.6
30.0 5.0 20.0 30.1
30.0 10.0 26.0 70.0
30.0 30.0 25.0 75.8
50.0 30.0 26.0 51.0
10.0 5.0 21.0 51.2