Economic Freedom of the World
Fraser Institute — economic freedom across size of government, property rights, sound money, trade and regulation (higher = freer). 2015–2022.
Source: Economic Freedom of the World (Fraser Institute, via QoG) Licence: Free for research use (QoG standard dataset) Unit: score 0–10 Parsed: 2026 Open source ↗
Avg (2022)
6.5
-0.10pp vs 2021
Improving
1
of 163 tracked
Declining
3
period over period
Stable
159
±0.5pp band
Economic Freedom of the World
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Trend over time
Group average by period, 2015–2022.
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Movers
Biggest period-over-period changes.
Top risers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇿🇲 Zambia | 6.2 | +0.54pp |
| 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 7 | +0.45pp |
| 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 7 | +0.32pp |
| 🇬🇳 Guinea | 5.6 | +0.32pp |
| 🇳🇵 Nepal | 6.5 | +0.28pp |
Top fallers
| Entity | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 5.1 | -0.94pp |
| 🇲🇩 Moldova | 6.5 | -0.63pp |
| 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 4.5 | -0.54pp |
| 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 5.6 | -0.49pp |
| 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 6 | -0.48pp |
By group
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Americas 0.00pp
Asia 0.00pp
Africa 0.00pp
Europe -0.10pp
| Group | Members | Avg | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 44 | 7.2 | -0.10pp |
| Americas | 28 | 6.6 | 0.00pp |
| Asia | 42 | 6.5 | 0.00pp |
| Africa | 49 | 5.8 | 0.00pp |
Economic Freedom of the World — full ranking
Every entity in this dataset, in HTML. The interactive panel above shows the same numbers; this is the one that survives without JavaScript.
| # | Entity | Economic Freedom of the World | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 8.6 | +0.02pp |
| 2 | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 8.4 | -0.04pp |
| 3 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 8.4 | -0.04pp |
| 4 | 🇺🇸 United States | 8.1 | +0.02pp |
| 5 | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 8 | -0.08pp |
| 6 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 8 | -0.10pp |
| 7 | 🇨🇦 Canada | 8 | +0.06pp |
| 8 | 🇦🇺 Australia | 8 | -0.02pp |
| 9 | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 8 | +0.06pp |
| 10 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 7.9 | +0.04pp |
| 11 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 7.9 | -0.09pp |
| 12 | 🇫🇮 Finland | 7.9 | +0.07pp |
| 13 | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 7.8 | 0.00pp |
| 14 | 🇲🇹 Malta | 7.8 | +0.08pp |
| 15 | 🇩🇪 Germany | 7.8 | +0.10pp |
| 16 | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 7.8 | +0.05pp |
| 17 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 7.7 | -0.02pp |
| 18 | 🇹🇼 Taiwan | 7.7 | -0.21pp |
| 19 | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 7.7 | -0.24pp |
| 20 | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 7.7 | +0.07pp |
| 21 | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 7.7 | -0.13pp |
| 22 | 🇦🇹 Austria | 7.6 | -0.05pp |
| 23 | 🇵🇦 Panama | 7.6 | +0.14pp |
| 24 | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 7.6 | -0.16pp |
| 25 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 7.6 | -0.14pp |
| 26 | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 7.6 | +0.06pp |
| 27 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 7.6 | -0.05pp |
| 28 | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 7.6 | +0.12pp |
| 29 | 🇪🇸 Spain | 7.5 | +0.03pp |
| 30 | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 7.5 | +0.03pp |
| 31 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 7.5 | +0.10pp |
| 32 | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 7.5 | -0.16pp |
| 33 | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 7.5 | -0.04pp |
| 34 | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 7.5 | -0.41pp |
| 35 | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 7.5 | -0.03pp |
| 36 | 🇫🇷 France | 7.5 | +0.11pp |
| 37 | 🇦🇱 Albania | 7.5 | -0.10pp |
| 38 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 7.5 | -0.07pp |
| 39 | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 7.5 | 0.00pp |
| 40 | 🇮🇱 Israel | 7.4 | -0.05pp |
| 41 | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 7.4 | 0.00pp |
| 42 | 🇵🇪 Peru | 7.4 | -0.02pp |
| 43 | 🇷🇴 Romania | 7.4 | -0.21pp |
| 44 | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 7.4 | -0.10pp |
| 45 | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 7.4 | +0.09pp |
| 46 | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 7.4 | +0.02pp |
| 47 | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 7.3 | +0.06pp |
| 48 | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 7.3 | +0.11pp |
| 49 | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 7.3 | -0.08pp |
| 50 | 🇮🇹 Italy | 7.2 | 0.00pp |
| 51 | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 7.2 | -0.31pp |
| 52 | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 7.2 | -0.30pp |
| 53 | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 7.1 | -0.07pp |
| 54 | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 7.1 | -0.19pp |
| 55 | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 7.1 | -0.14pp |
| 56 | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 7 | +0.11pp |
| 57 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 7 | +0.07pp |
| 58 | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 7 | -0.11pp |
| 59 | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 7 | +0.08pp |
| 60 | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 7 | -0.09pp |
| 61 | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 7 | +0.45pp |
| 62 | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 7 | +0.32pp |
| 63 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 7 | +0.02pp |
| 64 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 6.9 | -0.06pp |
| 65 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 6.9 | -0.08pp |
| 66 | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 6.9 | +0.03pp |
| 67 | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 6.9 | -0.12pp |
| 68 | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 6.9 | -0.08pp |
| 69 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 6.9 | +0.09pp |
| 70 | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 6.9 | -0.06pp |
| 71 | 🇬🇷 Greece | 6.9 | -0.03pp |
| 72 | 🇵🇱 Poland | 6.9 | -0.22pp |
| 73 | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 6.8 | +0.07pp |
| 74 | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 6.8 | +0.08pp |
| 75 | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 6.8 | +0.10pp |
| 76 | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 6.7 | -0.25pp |
| 77 | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 6.7 | 0.00pp |
| 78 | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 6.7 | -0.16pp |
| 79 | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 6.7 | -0.07pp |
| 80 | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 6.7 | +0.22pp |
| 81 | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 6.7 | +0.07pp |
| 82 | 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago | 6.6 | 0.00pp |
| 83 | 🇮🇳 India | 6.6 | +0.01pp |
| 84 | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 6.6 | +0.09pp |
| 85 | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 6.5 | -0.01pp |
| 86 | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 6.5 | +0.28pp |
| 87 | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 6.5 | -0.19pp |
| 88 | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 6.5 | -0.63pp |
| 89 | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 6.5 | +0.01pp |
| 90 | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 6.5 | +0.18pp |
| 91 | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 6.5 | -0.06pp |
| 92 | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 6.5 | -0.30pp |
| 93 | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 6.4 | +0.02pp |
| 94 | 🇴🇲 Oman | 6.4 | -0.14pp |
| 95 | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 6.4 | +0.12pp |
| 96 | 🇧🇯 Benin | 6.3 | +0.03pp |
| 97 | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 6.2 | -0.37pp |
| 98 | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 6.2 | -0.18pp |
| 99 | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 6.2 | +0.15pp |
| 100 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 6.2 | -0.01pp |
| 101 | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.2 | -0.18pp |
| 102 | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 6.2 | +0.54pp |
| 103 | 🇨🇳 China | 6.1 | -0.04pp |
| 104 | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 6.1 | -0.25pp |
| 105 | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 6.1 | +0.06pp |
| 106 | 🇹🇬 Togo | 6.1 | -0.13pp |
| 107 | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 6 | -0.02pp |
| 108 | 🇧🇿 Belize | 6 | +0.05pp |
| 109 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 6 | +0.07pp |
| 110 | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 6 | -0.14pp |
| 111 | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 6 | -0.18pp |
| 112 | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 6 | -0.39pp |
| 113 | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 6 | +0.06pp |
| 114 | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 6 | -0.48pp |
| 115 | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 6 | -0.02pp |
| 116 | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 6 | +0.01pp |
| 117 | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 5.9 | -0.04pp |
| 118 | 🇷🇺 Russia | 5.9 | -0.30pp |
| 119 | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 5.9 | -0.09pp |
| 120 | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 5.9 | -0.16pp |
| 121 | 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast | 5.9 | +0.02pp |
| 122 | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 5.9 | -0.17pp |
| 123 | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 5.9 | 0.00pp |
| 124 | 🇱🇦 Laos | 5.9 | -0.32pp |
| 125 | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 5.9 | +0.01pp |
| 126 | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 5.9 | +0.09pp |
| 127 | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 5.8 | -0.32pp |
| 128 | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 5.8 | -0.08pp |
| 129 | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 5.8 | -0.11pp |
| 130 | 🇳🇪 Niger | 5.7 | -0.04pp |
| 131 | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 5.6 | +0.32pp |
| 132 | 🇲🇱 Mali | 5.6 | -0.08pp |
| 133 | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 5.6 | -0.23pp |
| 134 | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 5.6 | -0.07pp |
| 135 | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 5.6 | +0.14pp |
| 136 | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 5.6 | -0.18pp |
| 137 | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 5.6 | -0.49pp |
| 138 | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 5.6 | -0.05pp |
| 139 | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 5.5 | -0.29pp |
| 140 | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 5.5 | +0.11pp |
| 141 | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 5.4 | +0.16pp |
| 142 | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 5.4 | 0.00pp |
| 143 | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 5.4 | +0.09pp |
| 144 | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 5.3 | -0.06pp |
| 145 | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 5.3 | -0.08pp |
| 146 | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 5.3 | -0.17pp |
| 147 | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 5.2 | +0.09pp |
| 148 | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 5.2 | -0.21pp |
| 149 | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 5.1 | -0.94pp |
| 150 | 🇹🇩 Chad | 5.1 | -0.10pp |
| 151 | 🇨🇩 DR Congo | 5 | -0.19pp |
| 152 | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 4.9 | +0.04pp |
| 153 | 🇨🇬 Congo | 4.9 | -0.05pp |
| 154 | 🇦🇴 Angola | 4.8 | -0.38pp |
| 155 | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 4.7 | +0.01pp |
| 156 | 🇱🇾 Libya | 4.7 | +0.02pp |
| 157 | 🇮🇷 Iran | 4.6 | +0.20pp |
| 158 | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 4.6 | 0.00pp |
| 159 | 🇲🇲 Myanmar | 4.5 | -0.54pp |
| 160 | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 4.5 | -0.31pp |
| 161 | 🇸🇾 Syria | 4.3 | +0.09pp |
| 162 | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 3.5 | -0.24pp |
| 163 | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 3 | +0.02pp |
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