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.
AsiaEuropeAmericasAfrica
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
Change by group, latest period.
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 |
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