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The Index of Economic Freedom is a practical reference guide to the economies of 161 countries, with detailed information about economic policy. Click a country name for more details.

Country Name	Rank
Hong Kong	1
Singapore	2
Australia	3
United States	4
New Zealand	5
United Kingdom	5
Ireland	7
Luxembourg	8
Switzerland	9
Canada	10
Chile	11
Estonia	12
Denmark	13
Iceland	14
Netherlands	14
Finland	16
Belgium	17
Japan	18
Germany	19
Cyprus	20
Sweden	21
Lithuania	22
Bahamas, The	23
Trinidad and Tobago	23
Austria	25
Taiwan	26
Spain	27
Barbados	28
El Salvador	29
Norway	30
Czech Republic	31
Armenia	32
Uruguay	33
Mauritius	34
Georgia	35
Korea, South	36
Bahrain	37
Israel	37
Slovakia	37
Botswana	37
Latvia	41
Malta	42
Portugal	43
Hungary	44
France	45
Jamaica	45
Panama	47
Mexico	48
Malaysia	48
Thailand	50
Costa Rica	51
South Africa	52
Jordan	53
Oman	54
Namibia	55
Belize	56
Kuwait	56
Slovenia	58
Uganda	59
Italy	59
Nicaragua	61
Bulgaria	62
Peru	63
Swaziland	64
Madagascar	65
Albania	65
Romania	67
Guatemala	68
Tunisia	69
Brazil	70
Macedonia	71
Qatar	72
Colombia	73
United Arab Emirates	74
Kazakhstan	74
Lebanon	76
Honduras	76
Mongolia	78
Kyrgyzstan	79
Fiji	80
Moldova	81
Kenya	82
Sri Lanka	83
Turkey	83
Saudi Arabia	85
Poland	86
Senegal	86
Cape Verde	88
Guyana	89
Pakistan	89
Ghana	91
Zambia	92
Greece	93
Gambia, The	93
Argentina	95
Morocco	96
Philippines	96
Tajikistan	98
Paraguay	99
Dominican Republic	100
Mozambique	101
Cambodia	102
Tanzania	103
India	104
Malawi	105
Azerbaijan	106
Ecuador	107
Croatia	107
Guinea	109
Indonesia	109
Burkina Faso	111
Bolivia	111
Benin	113
Bosnia and Herzegovina	114
Cameroon	115
Ethiopia	115
Lesotho	117
China	118
Russia	118
Nepal	118
Yemen	121
Mali	122
Niger	123
Ukraine	124
Mauritania	125
Egypt	125
Equatorial Guinea	125
Gabon	128
Djibouti	129
Suriname	129
Nigeria	129
Uzbekistan	129
Algeria	133
Haiti	134
Rwanda	135
Central African Republic	136
Vietnam	137
Togo	138
Laos	139
Sierra Leone	140
Syria	141
Bangladesh	142
Venezuela	143
Belarus	144
Burundi	145
Chad	146
Guinea-Bissau	147
Angola	148
Iran	149
Congo, Republic of the	150
Turkmenistan	151
Myanmar	152
Zimbabwe	153
Libya	154
Cuba	155
Korea, North	156