Economic freedom is the fundamental right of every human to control his or her own labor and property. In an economically free society, individuals are free to work, produce, consume, and invest in any way they please, with that freedom both protected by the state and unconstrained by the state. In economically free societies, governments allow labor, capital and goods to move freely, and refrain from coercion or constraint of liberty beyond the extent necessary to protect and maintain liberty itself. 100 represents the maximum freedom.

Index of economic freedom (score)

2000200520102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023
Singapore87.7088.6086.1087.2087.5088.0089.4089.4087.8088.6088.8089.4089.4089.7084.4083.90
Switzerland76.8079.3081.1081.9081.1081.0081.6080.5081.0081.5081.7081.9082.0081.9084.2083.80
Ireland76.1080.8081.3078.7076.9075.7076.2076.6077.3076.7080.4080.5080.9081.4082.0082.00
Taiwan Province of China72.5071.3070.4070.8071.9072.7073.9075.1074.7076.5076.6077.3077.1078.6080.1080.70
New Zealand80.9082.3082.1082.3082.1081.4081.2082.1081.6083.7084.2084.4084.1083.9080.6078.90
Estonia69.9075.2074.7075.2073.2075.3075.9076.8077.2079.1078.8076.6077.7078.2080.0078.60
Luxembourg76.4076.3075.4076.2074.5074.2074.2073.2073.9075.9076.4075.9075.8076.0080.6078.40
Netherlands70.4072.9075.0074.7073.3073.5074.2073.7074.6075.8076.2076.8077.0076.8079.5078.00
Denmark68.3075.3077.9078.6076.2076.1076.1076.3075.3075.1076.6076.7078.3077.8078.0077.60
Sweden65.1069.8072.4071.9071.7072.9073.1072.7072.0074.9076.3075.2074.9074.7077.9077.50
Finland64.3071.0073.8074.0072.3074.0073.4073.4072.6074.0074.1074.9075.7076.1078.3077.10
Norway70.1064.5069.4070.3068.8070.5070.9071.8070.8074.0074.3073.0073.4073.4076.9076.90
Australia77.1079.0082.6082.5083.1082.6082.0081.4080.3081.0080.9080.9082.6082.4077.7074.80
Republic of Korea69.7066.4069.9069.8069.9070.3071.2071.5071.7074.3073.8072.3074.0074.0074.6073.70
Germany65.7068.1071.1071.8071.0072.8073.4073.8074.4073.8074.2073.5073.5072.5076.1073.70
Canada70.5075.8080.4080.8079.9079.4080.2079.1078.0078.5077.7077.7078.2077.8776.6073.70
Latvia63.4066.3066.2065.8065.2066.5068.7069.7070.4074.8073.6070.4071.9072.3074.8072.80
Cyprus67.2071.9070.9073.3071.8069.0067.6067.9068.7067.9067.8068.1070.1071.4072.9072.30
Iceland74.0076.6073.7068.2070.9072.1072.4072.0073.3074.4077.0077.1077.1077.4077.0072.20
Lithuania61.9070.5070.3071.3071.5072.1073.0074.7075.2075.8075.3074.2076.7076.9075.8072.20
Czech Republic68.6064.6069.8070.4069.9070.9072.2072.5073.2073.3074.2073.7074.8073.8074.4071.90
Austria68.4068.8071.6071.9070.3071.8072.4071.2071.7072.3071.8072.0073.3073.9073.8071.10
Chile74.7077.8077.2077.4078.3079.0078.7078.5077.7076.5075.2075.4076.8075.2074.4071.10
United Arab Emirates74.2065.2067.3067.8069.3071.1071.4072.4072.6076.9077.6077.6076.2076.9070.2070.90
United States of America76.4079.9078.0077.8076.3076.0075.5076.2075.4075.1075.7076.8076.6074.8072.1070.60
Mauritius67.2067.2076.3076.2077.0076.9076.5076.4074.7074.7075.1073.0074.9077.0070.9070.60
Uruguay69.3066.9069.8070.0069.9069.7069.3068.6068.8069.7069.2068.6069.1069.3070.0070.20
United Kingdom77.3079.2076.5074.5074.1074.8074.9075.8076.4076.4078.0078.9079.3078.4072.7069.90
Barbados69.5070.1068.3068.5069.0069.3068.3067.9068.3054.5057.0064.7061.4065.0071.3069.80
Portugal65.5062.4064.4064.0063.0063.1063.5065.3065.1062.6063.4065.3067.0067.5070.8069.50
Japan70.7067.3072.9072.8071.6071.8072.4073.3073.1069.6072.3072.1073.3074.1069.9069.30
Bulgaria47.3062.3062.3064.9064.7065.0065.7066.8065.9067.9068.3069.0070.2070.4071.0069.30
Slovakia53.8066.8069.7069.5067.0068.7066.4067.2066.6065.7065.3065.0066.8066.3069.7069.00
Israel65.5062.6067.7068.5067.8066.9068.4070.5070.7069.7072.2072.8074.0073.8068.0068.90
Georgia54.3057.1070.4070.4069.4072.2072.6073.0072.6076.0076.2075.9077.1077.2071.8068.70
Qatar62.0063.5069.0070.5071.3071.3071.2070.8070.7073.1072.6072.6072.3072.0067.7068.60
Slovenia58.3059.6064.7064.6062.9061.7062.7060.3060.6059.2064.8065.5067.8068.3070.5068.50
Samoa60.8060.4060.6060.5057.1061.1061.9063.5058.4061.5062.2062.1061.9068.3068.30
Jamaica65.5067.0065.5065.7065.1066.8066.7067.7067.5069.5069.1068.6068.5069.0067.4068.10
Poland60.0059.6063.2064.1064.2066.0067.0068.6069.3068.3068.5067.8069.1069.7068.7067.70
Malta58.3068.9067.2065.7067.0067.5066.4066.5066.7067.7068.5068.6069.5070.2071.5067.50
Malaysia66.0061.9064.8066.3066.4066.1069.6070.8071.5073.8074.5074.0074.7074.4068.1067.30
Belgium63.5069.0070.1070.2069.0069.2069.9068.8068.4067.8067.5067.3068.9070.1069.6067.10
Costa Rica68.4066.1065.9067.3068.0067.0066.9067.2067.4065.0065.6065.3065.8064.2065.4066.50
Peru68.7061.3067.6068.6068.7068.2067.4067.7067.4068.9068.7067.8067.9067.7066.5066.50
Croatia53.6051.9059.2061.1060.9061.3060.4061.5059.1059.4061.0061.4062.2063.6067.6066.40
केप वर्दे51.9057.8061.8064.6063.5063.7066.1066.4066.5056.9060.0063.1063.6063.8066.7065.80
Brunei Darussalam69.0068.9067.3069.8064.2065.1066.6066.6064.8065.70
Albania53.6057.8066.0064.0065.1065.2066.9065.7065.9064.4064.5066.5066.9065.2066.6065.30
Armenia63.0069.8069.2069.7068.8069.4068.9067.1067.0070.3068.7067.7070.6071.9065.3065.10
Spain65.9067.0069.6070.2069.1068.0067.2067.6068.5063.6065.1065.7066.9069.9068.2065.00
Botswana65.8069.3070.3068.8069.6070.6072.0069.8071.1070.1069.9069.5069.6067.6064.8064.90
Romania52.1052.1064.2064.7064.4065.1065.5066.6065.6069.7069.4068.6069.7069.5067.1064.50
Hungary64.4063.5066.1066.6067.1067.3067.0066.8066.0065.8066.7065.0066.4067.2066.9064.10
Panama71.6064.3064.8064.9065.2062.5063.4064.1064.8066.3067.0067.2067.2066.2065.4063.80
North Macedonia56.1065.7066.0068.5068.2068.6067.1067.5070.7071.3071.1069.5068.6065.7063.70
France57.4060.5064.2064.6063.2064.1063.5062.5062.3063.3063.9063.8066.0065.7065.9063.60
Indonesia55.2052.9055.5056.0056.4056.9058.5058.1059.4061.9064.2065.8067.2066.9064.4063.50
Serbia56.9058.0058.0058.6059.4060.0062.1058.9062.5063.9066.0067.2065.2063.50
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines66.9066.9066.5066.7067.0068.0068.8065.2067.7065.8066.8066.3065.7063.50
Mexico59.3065.2068.3067.8065.3067.0066.8066.4065.2063.6064.8064.7066.0065.5063.7063.20
Colombia63.3059.6065.5068.0068.0069.6070.7071.7070.8069.7068.9067.3069.2068.1065.1063.10
Bosnia and Herzegovina45.1048.8056.2057.5057.3057.3058.4059.0058.6060.2061.4061.9062.6062.9063.4062.90
Guatemala64.3059.5061.0061.9060.9060.0061.2060.4061.8063.0063.4062.6064.0064.0063.2062.70
Micronesia (Federated States of)50.6050.3050.7050.1049.8049.6051.8054.1052.3051.9052.0050.4061.0062.60
Dominican Republic59.0055.1060.3060.0060.2059.7061.3061.0061.0062.9061.6061.0060.9062.1063.0062.60
Bahamas73.9072.6067.3068.0068.0070.1069.8068.7070.9061.1063.3062.9064.5064.6068.7062.60
Bahrain75.7071.2076.3077.7075.2075.5075.1073.4074.3068.5067.7066.4066.3069.9062.0062.50
Italy61.9064.9062.7060.3058.8060.6060.9061.7061.2062.5062.5062.2063.8064.9065.4062.30
Kazakhstan50.4053.9061.0062.1063.6063.0063.7063.3063.6069.0069.1065.4069.6071.1064.4062.10
Vanuatu56.4056.7056.6056.6059.5061.1060.8067.4069.5056.4060.7060.5062.9062.10
Viet Nam43.7048.1049.8051.6051.3051.0050.8051.7054.0052.4053.1055.3058.8061.7060.6061.80
Mongolia58.5059.7060.0059.5061.5061.7058.9059.2059.4054.8055.7055.4055.9062.4063.9061.70
Sao Tome and Principe48.8049.5050.2048.0048.8053.3056.7055.4053.6054.0056.2055.9060.3061.50
Azerbaijan49.8054.4058.8059.7058.9059.7061.3061.0060.2063.6064.3065.4069.3070.1061.6061.40
Paraguay64.0053.4061.3062.3061.8061.1062.0061.1061.5062.4062.1061.8063.0062.6062.9061.00
Montenegro63.6062.5062.5062.6063.6064.7064.9062.0064.3060.5061.5063.4057.8060.90
Saint Lucia70.5070.8071.3070.4070.7070.2070.0065.0067.6068.7068.2067.5064.3060.70
Thailand66.6062.5064.1064.7064.9064.1063.3062.4063.9066.2067.1068.3069.4069.7063.2060.60
Côte d'Ivoire50.2056.6054.1055.4054.3054.1057.7058.5060.0063.0062.0062.4059.7061.7061.6060.40
Tonga53.4055.8057.0056.0058.2059.3059.6063.0063.1057.7058.8057.5060.8060.00
United Republic of Tanzania56.0056.3058.3057.0057.0057.9057.8057.5058.5058.6059.9060.2061.7061.3059.5060.00
Belize63.3064.5061.5063.8061.9057.3056.7056.8057.4058.6057.1055.4057.4057.5056.6059.80
Benin61.5052.3055.4056.0055.7057.6057.1058.8059.3059.2056.7055.3055.2059.6061.0059.80
Dominica63.2063.3061.6063.9065.2066.1067.0063.7064.5063.6060.8053.0054.4059.70
Trinidad and Tobago74.5071.5065.7066.5064.4062.3062.7064.1062.9061.2057.7057.0058.3059.0058.8059.50
Seychelles47.9051.2053.0054.9056.2057.5062.2061.8061.6061.4064.3066.3061.1059.50
Philippines62.5054.7056.3056.2057.1058.2060.1062.2063.1065.6065.0063.8064.5064.1061.1059.30
Bhutan57.0057.6056.6055.0056.7057.4059.5058.4061.8062.9062.1058.3059.3059.00
Madagascar54.4063.1063.2061.2062.4062.0061.7061.7061.1057.4056.8056.6060.5057.7058.9058.90
Kiribati43.7044.8046.9045.9046.3046.4046.2050.9050.8047.3045.2044.4059.2058.80
Jordan67.5066.7066.1068.9069.9070.4069.2069.3068.3066.7064.9066.5066.0064.6060.1058.80
Honduras57.6055.3058.3058.6058.8058.4057.1057.4057.7058.8060.6060.2061.1059.8059.5058.70
Republic of Moldova59.6057.4053.7055.7054.4055.5057.3057.5057.4058.0058.4059.1062.0062.5061.3058.50
Oman64.1066.5067.7069.8067.9068.1067.4066.7067.1062.1061.0061.0063.6064.6056.6058.50
Morocco63.2052.2059.2059.6060.2059.6058.3060.1061.3061.5061.9062.9063.3063.3059.2058.40
Saudi Arabia66.5063.0064.1066.2062.5060.6062.2062.1062.1064.4059.6060.7062.4066.0055.5058.30
Fiji57.8058.2060.3060.4057.3057.2058.7059.0058.8063.4062.0062.2063.4062.2056.4058.00
Ghana58.1056.5060.2059.4060.7061.3064.2063.0063.0056.2056.0057.5059.4059.2059.8058.00
Gambia52.7056.5055.1057.4058.8058.8059.5057.5057.1053.4052.3052.4056.3058.8058.0057.90
Namibia66.7061.4062.2062.7061.9060.3059.4059.6061.9062.5058.5058.7060.9062.6059.2057.70
Senegal58.9057.9054.6055.7055.4055.5055.4057.8058.1055.9055.7056.3058.0058.0060.0057.70
Solomon Islands42.9045.9046.2045.0046.2047.0047.0055.0057.5054.6052.9056.5056.5056.90
Greece61.0059.0062.7060.3055.4055.4055.7054.0053.2055.0057.3057.7059.9060.9061.5056.90
Turkey63.4050.6063.8064.2062.5062.9064.9063.2062.1065.2065.4064.6064.4064.0056.9056.90
Guyana52.4056.5048.4049.4051.3053.8055.7055.5055.4058.5058.7056.8056.2057.4059.5056.90
Kuwait69.7064.6067.7064.9062.5063.1062.3062.5062.7065.1062.2060.8063.2064.1058.3056.70
Cambodia59.3060.0056.6057.9057.6058.5057.4057.5057.9059.5058.7057.8057.3057.2557.1056.50
Uzbekistan38.1045.8047.5045.8045.8046.0046.5047.0046.0052.3051.5053.3057.2058.3055.7056.50
Burkina Faso55.7056.6059.4060.6060.6059.9058.9058.6059.1059.6060.0059.4056.7056.5058.3056.20
Djibouti55.1055.2051.0054.5053.9053.9055.9057.5056.0046.7045.1047.1052.9056.2055.3056.10
Gabon58.2054.8055.4056.7056.4057.8057.8058.3059.0058.6058.0056.3056.7058.1055.8056.10
El Salvador76.3071.5069.9068.8068.7066.7066.2065.7065.1064.1063.2061.8061.6061.0059.6056.00
Kyrgyzstan55.7056.6061.3061.1060.2059.6061.1061.3059.6061.1062.8062.3062.9063.7055.8055.80
South Africa63.7062.9062.8062.7062.7061.8062.5062.6061.9062.3063.0058.3058.8059.7056.2055.70
Mauritania46.0059.4052.0052.1053.0052.3053.2053.3054.8054.4054.0055.7055.3056.1055.3055.30
Togo46.4048.2047.1049.1048.3048.8049.9053.0053.6053.2047.8050.3054.1057.5057.2055.30
Ecuador59.8052.9049.3047.1048.3046.9048.0049.2048.6049.3048.5046.9051.3052.4054.3055.00
Nicaragua56.9062.5058.3058.8057.9056.6058.4057.6058.6059.2058.9057.7057.2056.3054.8054.90
इस्वातिनी62.6059.4057.4059.1057.2057.2061.2059.9059.7061.1055.9054.7055.3055.1051.4054.90
Mali60.3057.3055.6056.3055.8056.4055.5056.4056.5058.6057.6058.1055.9055.6055.9054.50
Bangladesh48.9047.5051.1053.0053.2052.6054.1053.9053.3055.0055.1055.6056.4056.5052.7054.40
Nigeria53.1048.4056.8056.7056.3055.1054.3055.6057.5057.1058.5057.3057.2058.7054.4053.90
Russian Federation51.8051.3050.3050.5050.5051.1051.9052.1050.6057.1058.2058.9061.0061.5056.1053.80
Niger45.9054.1052.9054.3054.3053.9055.1054.6054.3050.8049.5051.6054.7057.3054.9053.70
Brazil61.1061.7055.6056.3057.9057.7056.9056.6056.5052.9051.4051.9053.7053.4053.3053.50
Comoros44.9043.8045.7047.5051.4052.1052.4055.8056.2055.4053.7055.7050.4053.50
Guinea58.2057.4051.8051.7050.8051.2053.5052.1053.3047.6052.2055.7056.5056.5054.2053.20
Angola24.3048.4046.2046.7047.3047.7047.9048.9048.5048.6050.6052.2054.2052.6053.00
India47.4054.2053.8054.6054.6055.2055.7054.6056.2052.6054.5055.2056.5056.5053.9052.90
Tunisia61.3055.4058.9058.5058.6057.0057.3057.7057.6055.7058.9055.4055.8056.6054.2052.90
Malawi57.4053.6054.1055.8056.4055.3055.4054.8051.8052.2052.0051.4052.8053.0053.0052.80
Kenya59.7057.9057.5057.4057.5055.9057.1055.6057.5053.5054.7055.1055.3054.9052.6052.50
Mozambique52.2054.6056.0056.8057.1055.0055.0054.8053.2049.9046.3048.6050.5051.6051.3052.50
Sri Lanka63.2061.0054.6057.1058.3060.7060.0058.6059.9057.4057.8056.4057.4055.7053.3052.20
Rwanda42.3051.7059.1062.7064.9064.1064.7064.8063.1067.6069.1071.1070.9068.3057.1052.20
Chad46.8052.1047.5045.3044.8045.2044.5045.9046.3049.0049.3049.9050.2050.4049.8052.00
Cameroon49.9053.0052.3051.8051.8052.3052.6051.9054.2051.8051.9052.4053.6053.3752.9051.90
Papua New Guinea55.8053.5052.6053.8053.6053.9053.1053.2050.9055.7058.4058.4058.9054.6051.70
Lesotho48.4053.9048.1047.5046.6047.9049.5049.6050.6053.9053.9053.1054.5053.5048.1051.60
Nepal51.3051.4052.7050.1050.2050.4050.1051.3050.9055.1054.1053.8054.2050.7049.7051.40
Uganda58.2062.9062.2061.7061.9061.1059.9059.7059.3060.9062.0059.7059.5058.6054.2051.40
Belarus41.3046.7048.7047.9049.0048.0050.1049.8048.8058.6058.1057.9061.7061.0053.0051.00
Argentina70.0051.7051.2051.7048.0046.7044.6044.1043.8050.4052.3052.2053.1052.7050.1051.00
Tajikistan44.8050.4053.0053.5053.4053.4052.0052.7051.3058.2058.3055.6052.2055.2049.7050.60
Lao People’s Democratic Republic36.8044.4051.1051.3050.0050.1051.2051.4049.8054.0053.6057.4055.5053.9049.2050.30
Sierra Leone44.2044.8047.9049.6049.1048.3050.5051.7052.3052.6051.8047.5048.0051.7052.0050.20
Haiti45.7048.4050.8052.1050.7048.1048.9051.3051.3049.6055.8052.7052.3050.8050.0049.90
Egypt51.7055.8059.0059.1057.9054.8052.9055.2056.0052.6053.4052.5054.0055.7049.1049.60
Liberia46.2046.5048.6049.3052.4052.7052.2049.1050.9049.7049.0049.2047.9049.60
Pakistan56.4053.3055.2055.1054.7055.1055.2055.6055.9052.8054.4055.0054.8051.7048.8049.40
China56.4053.7051.0052.0051.2051.9052.5052.7052.0057.4057.8058.4059.5058.4048.0048.30
Equatorial Guinea45.6053.3048.6047.5042.8042.3044.4040.4043.7045.0042.0041.0048.3049.2047.2048.30
Ethiopia50.2051.1051.2050.5052.0049.4050.0051.5051.5052.7052.8053.6053.6051.7049.6048.30
Congo40.6046.2043.2043.6043.8043.5043.7042.7042.8040.0038.9039.7041.8050.7048.5048.10
Democratic Republic of the Congo34.8041.4040.7041.1039.6040.6045.0046.4056.4052.1050.3049.5049.0047.6047.90
Zambia62.8055.0058.0059.7058.3058.7060.4058.7058.8055.8054.3053.6053.5050.4048.7047.80
Timor-Leste45.8042.8043.3043.7043.2045.5045.8046.3048.1044.2045.9044.7046.3047.20
Maldives49.0048.3049.2049.0051.0053.4053.9050.3051.1053.2056.5055.2047.3046.60
Myanmar47.9040.5036.7037.8038.7039.2046.5046.9048.7052.5053.9053.6054.0055.2049.6046.50
Turkmenistan37.6047.6042.5043.6043.8042.6042.2041.4041.9047.4047.1048.4046.5047.4046.2046.50
Suriname45.8051.9052.5053.1052.6052.0054.2054.2053.8048.0048.1048.1049.5046.4048.1046.10
Lebanon56.1057.2059.5060.1060.1059.5059.4059.3059.5053.3053.2051.1051.7051.4047.3045.60
Guinea Bissau34.7046.0043.6046.5050.1051.1051.3052.0051.8056.1056.9054.0053.3054.9046.0044.60
Central African Republic56.5048.4049.3050.3050.4046.7045.9045.2051.8049.2049.1050.7048.8045.7043.80
Bolivia65.0058.4049.4050.0050.2047.9048.4046.8047.4047.7044.1042.3042.8042.7043.0043.40
Algeria56.8053.2056.9052.4051.0049.6050.8048.9050.1046.5044.7046.2046.9049.7045.8043.20
Iran36.1050.5043.4042.1042.3043.2040.3041.8043.5050.5050.9051.1049.2047.2042.4042.20
Burundi42.6047.5049.6048.1049.0051.4053.7053.9053.2050.9048.9049.0049.9039.4041.90
Eritrea35.3036.7036.2036.3038.5038.9042.7042.2041.7038.9038.5042.3039.7039.50
Zimbabwe48.7035.2021.4022.1026.3028.6035.5037.6038.2044.0044.0040.4043.1039.5033.1039.00
Sudan47.2048.8049.4047.7045.0039.1032.0032.80
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)57.4045.2037.1037.6038.1036.1036.3034.3033.7027.0025.2025.9025.2024.7024.8025.80
Cuba31.3035.5026.7027.7028.3028.5028.7029.6029.8033.9031.9027.8026.9028.1029.5024.30
Democratic People's Republic of Korea8.908.001.001.001.001.501.001.302.304.905.805.904.205.203.002.90
Afghanistan48.9051.3051.5054.7053.00
हांगकांग89.5089.5089.7089.7089.9089.3090.1089.6088.6089.8090.2090.2089.10
मकाउ72.5073.1071.8071.7071.3070.3070.1070.7070.9071.0070.30
Ukraine47.8055.8046.4045.8046.1046.3049.3046.9046.8048.1051.9052.3054.9056.2054.10
Iraq17.20
Libya34.7032.8040.2038.6035.90
Syrian Arab Republic37.2046.3049.4051.3051.20
Yemen44.5053.8054.4054.2055.3055.9055.5053.70