1/4(Thu) Economic freedom inde

Economic freedom index:

Free:

Singapore: 83.9

Switzerland: 83.8

Ireland: 82.0

Taiwan: 80.7

Mostly free:

New Zealand: 78.9

Estonia: 78.6

Luxembourg: 78.4

Netherlands: 78.0

Denmark: 77.6

Sweden: 77.5

Finland: 77.1

Norway: 76.9

Australia: 74.8

Germany: 73.7

South Korea: 73.7

Canada: 73.7

Latvia: 72.8

Cyprus: 72.3

Iceland: 72.2

Lithuania: 72.2

Austria: 71.1

Chile: 71.1

UAE: 70.9

USA: 70.6

Moderately free:

UK: 69.9

Japan: 69.3

Israel: 68.9

Poland: 67.7

Belgium: 67.1

Spain: 65.0

France: 63.6

Indonesia: 63.5

Mexico: 63.2

Colombia: 63.1

Italy: 62.3

Kazakhstan: 62.1

Thailand: 60.6

Mostly unfree:

Philippines: 59.3

Saudi Arabia: 58.3

Turkey: 56.9

Cambodia: 56.5

South Africa: 55.7

Bangladesh: 54.4

Nigeria: 53.9

Russia: 53.8

Brazil: 53.5

India: 52.9

Sri Lanka: 52.2

Nepal: 51.4

Argentina: 51.0

Repressed:

Egypt: 49.6

Pakistan: 49.4

China: 48.3

Myanmar: 46.5

Iran: 42.2

Venezuela: 25.8

Cuba: 24.3

North Korea: 2.9

*assessed factors such as trade, investment, property rights, and government intervention in the economy.