The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom uses a set of objective economic criteria to study and grade various countries for the annual publication of the Index of Economic Freedom. The following list ranks countries based on the amount of economic restrictions placed upon individuals. Higher values indicate lower levels of restriction. Only nations of 200,000+ population included.

Complete List

Ranking	Nation	Value
1	Hong Kong	89.7
2	Singapore	86.1
3	Australia	82.6
4	New Zealand	82.1
5	Ireland	81.3
6	Switzerland	81.1
7	Canada	80.4
8	United States (General)	78.0
9	Denmark	77.9
10	Chile	77.2
11	United Kingdom	76.5
12	Bahrain	76.3
12	Mauritius	76.3
13	Luxembourg	75.4
14	Netherlands	75.0
15	Estonia	74.7
16	Finland	73.8
17	Iceland	73.7
18	Japan	72.9
19	Macau	72.5
20	Sweden	72.4
21	Austria	71.6
22	Germany	71.1
23	Cyprus	70.9
24	Georgia	70.4
24	Taiwan	70.4
25	Botswana	70.3
25	Lithuania	70.3
26	Belgium	70.1
27	El Salvador	69.9
27	Korea, (South) Republic of	69.9
28	Czech Republic	69.8
28	Uruguay	69.8
29	Slovakia	69.7
30	Spain	69.6
31	Norway	69.4
32	Armenia	69.2
33	Qatar	69.0
34	Barbados	68.3
34	Mexico	68.3
35	Israel	67.7
35	Kuwait	67.7
35	Oman	67.7
36	Peru	67.6
37	Bahamas, The	67.3
37	United Arab Emirates	67.3
38	Malta	67.2
39	Latvia	66.2
40	Hungary	66.1
40	Jordan	66.1
41	Albania	66.0
42	Costa Rica	65.9
43	Macedonia	65.7
43	Trinidad and Tobago	65.7
44	Colombia	65.5
44	Jamaica	65.5
45	Malaysia	64.8
45	Panama	64.8
46	Slovenia	64.7
47	Portugal	64.4
48	France	64.2
48	Romania	64.2
49	Saudi Arabia	64.1
49	Thailand	64.1
50	Turkey	63.8
51	Montenegro	63.6
52	Madagascar	63.2
52	Poland	63.2
53	South Africa	62.8
54	Greece	62.7
54	Italy	62.7
55	Bulgaria	62.3
56	Namibia	62.2
56	Uganda	62.2
57	Cape Verde	61.8
58	Belize	61.5
59	Kyrgyzstan	61.3
59	Paraguay	61.3
60	Guatemala	61.0
60	Kazakhstan	61.0
61	Dominican Republic	60.3
61	Fiji	60.3
62	Ghana	60.2
63	Mongolia	60.0
64	Lebanon	59.5
65	Burkina Faso	59.4
66	Croatia	59.2
66	Morocco	59.2
67	Rwanda	59.1
68	Egypt	59.0
69	Tunisia	58.9
70	Azerbaijan	58.8
71	Honduras	58.3
71	Nicaragua	58.3
71	Tanzania	58.3
72	Zambia	58.0
73	Kenya	57.5
74	Swaziland	57.4
75	Bhutan	57.0
76	Algeria	56.9
76	Serbia	56.9
77	Nigeria	56.8
78	Cambodia	56.6
79	Vanuatu	56.4
80	Philippines	56.3
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	56.2
82	Mozambique	56.0
83	Brazil	55.6
83	Mali	55.6
84	Indonesia	55.5
85	Benin	55.4
85	Gabon	55.4
86	Pakistan	55.2
87	Gambia, The	55.1
88	Senegal	54.6
88	Sri Lanka	54.6
89	Yemen	54.4
90	Cote d'Ivoire	54.1
90	Malawi	54.1
91	India	53.8
92	Moldova	53.7
93	Papua New Guinea	53.5
94	Tajikistan	53.0
95	Niger	52.9
96	Nepal	52.7
97	Suriname	52.5
98	Cameroon	52.3
99	Mauritania	52.0
100	Guinea	51.8
101	Argentina	51.2
101	Ethiopia	51.2
102	Bangladesh	51.1
102	Laos	51.1
103	China	51.0
103	Djibouti	51.0
104	Haiti	50.8
105	Russia	50.3
106	Vietnam	49.8
107	Bolivia	49.4
107	Syria	49.4
108	Ecuador	49.3
109	Maldives	49.0
110	Belarus	48.7
111	Equatorial Guinea	48.6
112	Angola	48.4
112	Central African Republic	48.4
112	Guyana	48.4
113	Lesotho	48.1
114	Sierra Leone	47.9
115	Burundi	47.5
115	Chad	47.5
115	Uzbekistan	47.5
116	Togo	47.1
117	Ukraine	46.4
118	Liberia	46.2
119	Timor-Leste	45.8
120	Comoros	44.9
121	Guinea-Bissau	43.6
122	Iran	43.4
123	Congo, Republic of the	43.2
124	Solomon Islands	42.9
125	Turkmenistan	42.5
126	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	41.4
127	Libya	40.2
128	Venezuela	37.1
129	Burma (Myanmar)	36.7
130	Eritrea	35.3
131	Cuba	26.7
132	Zimbabwe	21.4
133	Korea, (North) Democratic Republic of	1.0
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--	Guadeloupe	--
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--	Israeli Occupied Territories (Palestine)	--
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--	Martinique	--
--	Mayotte	--
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--	Puerto Rico	--
--	Reunion	--
--	Somalia	--
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Source

The data presented in QuickLists are from a variety of sources including the U.S. Census Bureau's International Data Base, the U.S. State Department's International Religious Freedom Report, the United Nations Human Development Reports, and others.

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