State of World Liberty Index 2006Category: Economic Freedom

COUNTRY NAME HERITAGE SCALE 0-100 FRASER SCALE 0-100 AVERAGE RANKAlbania 2.75 56.25 6.1 61.00 58.63 53Algeria 3.46 38.50 4.6 46.00 42.25 105Angola 3.84 29.00 29.00 29.00 122Argentina 3.3 42.50 5.8 58.00 50.25 80Armenia 2.26 68.50 68.50 68.50 31Australia 1.84 79.00 7.8 78.00 78.50 12Austria 1.95 76.25 7.7 77.00 76.63 15Azerbaijan 3.51 37.25 37.25 37.25 113Bahamas 2.26 68.50 6.7 67.00 67.75 32Bahrain 2.23 69.25 7.3 73.00 71.13 22Bangladesh 3.88 28.00 5.7 57.00 42.50 104Barbados 2.25 68.75 6.1 61.00 64.88 39Belarus 4.11 22.25 22.25 22.25 128Belgium 2.11 72.25 7.4 74.00 73.13 20Belize 2.78 55.50 6.6 66.00 60.75 51Benin 3.4 40.00 5.5 55.00 47.50 90Bolivia 2.96 51.00 6.5 65.00 58.00 55Bosnia-Herzegovina 3.01 49.75 49.75 49.75 82Botswana 2.29 67.75 7.2 72.00 69.88 25Brazil 3.08 48.00 5.9 59.00 53.50 68Bulgaria 2.88 53.00 6.3 63.00 58.00 55Burkina Faso 3.28 43.00 43.00 43.00 103Burundi 3.69 32.75 4.5 45.00 38.88 111Cambodia 2.98 50.50 50.50 50.50 79Cameroon 3.46 38.50 5.6 56.00 47.25 91Canad 1.85 78.75 8 80.00 79.38 9Cape Verde 2.69 57.75 57.75 57.75 56Central African Republic 3.41 39.75 4.9 49.00 44.38 99Chad 3.29 42.75 5.4 54.00 48.38 87Chile 1.88 78.00 7.4 74.00 76.00 16China 3.34 41.50 6 60.00 50.75 77Colombia 3.16 46.00 5.5 55.00 50.50 79Congo (Democratic Rep of) 43.00 4.3 43.00 43.00 103Congo (Republic of) 3.9 27.50 4.8 48.00 37.75 112Costa Rica 2.69 57.75 7.4 74.00 65.88 35Cote d’Ivoire 3.14 46.50 5.5 55.00 50.75 77Croatia 2.78 55.50 6 60.00 57.75 56Cuba 4.1 22.50 22.50 22.50 127Cyprus 1.9 77.50 6.9 69.00 73.25 19Czech Republic 2.1 72.50 6.8 68.00 70.25 24Denmark 1.78 80.50 7.7 77.00 78.75 11Djibouti 3.2 45.00 45.00 45.00 96Dominican Republic 3.39 40.25 6.3 63.00 51.63 73Ecuador 3.3 42.50 5.9 59.00 50.75 77Egypt 3.49 37.75 6.1 61.00 49.38 84El Salvador 2.35 66.25 7.2 72.00 69.13 29Equatorial Guinea 3.74 31.50 31.50 31.50 120

Estonia 1.75 81.25 7.8 78.00 79.63 8Ethiopia 3.7 32.50 32.50 32.50 118Fiji 3.15 46.25 6.1 61.00 53.63 67Finland 1.85 78.75 7.6 76.00 77.38 13France 2.51 62.25 6.9 69.00 65.63 36Gabon 3.28 43.00 5 50.00 46.50 94Gambia 3.51 37.25 37.25 37.25 113Georgia 2.98 50.50 6.4 64.00 57.25 58Germany 1.96 76.00 7.5 75.00 75.50 17Ghana 3.29 42.75 6.2 62.00 52.38 72Greece 2.8 55.00 6.9 69.00 62.00 48Grenada 3.01 49.75 49.75 49.75 82Guatemala 3.55 36.25 6.5 65.00 50.63 78Guinea 3.65 33.75 33.75 33.75 117Guinea-Bissau 3.11 47.25 4.5 45.00 46.13 95Guyana 3.11 47.25 6.4 64.00 55.63 61Haiti 4.03 24.25 5.9 59.00 41.63 107Honduras 3.28 43.00 6.5 65.00 54.00 66Hong Kong 1.28 93.00 8.7 87.00 90.00 1Hungary 2.44 64.00 7.4 74.00 69.00 30Iceland 1.74 81.50 7.7 77.00 79.25 10India 3.49 37.75 6.4 64.00 50.88 76Indonesia 3.71 32.25 6.1 61.00 46.63 93Iran 4.51 12.25 6.1 61.00 36.63 115Ireland 1.58 85.50 7.9 79.00 82.25 3Israel 2.36 66.00 6.7 67.00 66.50 33Italy 2.5 62.50 6.6 66.00 64.25 42Jamaica 2.76 56.00 6.9 69.00 62.50 47Japan 2.26 68.50 7.2 72.00 70.25 24Jordan 2.8 55.00 7 70.00 62.50 47Kazakhstan 3.35 41.25 41.25 41.25 109Kenya 3.2 45.00 6.5 65.00 55.00 64Kuwait 2.74 56.50 7.3 73.00 64.75 40Kyrgyzstan 2.99 50.25 50.25 50.25 80Laos 4.08 23.00 23.00 23.00 126Latvia 2.43 64.25 6.8 68.00 66.13 34Lebanon 3 50.00 50.00 50.00 81Lesotho 3.24 44.00 44.00 44.00 101Libya 4.16 21.00 21.00 21.00 129Liechtenstein 2.14 71.50 71.50 71.50 21Lithuania 2.14 71.50 6.8 68.00 69.75 26Luxembourg 1.6 85.00 7.8 78.00 81.50 4Macedonia 2.8 55.00 5.6 56.00 55.50 62Madagascar 2.75 56.25 5.9 59.00 57.63 57Malawi 3.63 34.25 5.5 55.00 44.63 98Malaysia 2.98 50.50 6.5 65.00 57.75 56Mali 3.14 46.50 5.6 56.00 51.25 74Malta 2.16 71.00 6.7 67.00 69.00 30Mauritania 3.08 48.00 48.00 48.00 89Mauritius 3.03 49.25 7 70.00 59.63 52Mexico 2.83 54.25 6.5 65.00 59.63 52

Moldova 3.1 47.50 47.50 47.50 90Mongolia 2.83 54.25 54.25 54.25 65Morocco 3.21 44.75 6.1 61.00 52.88 70Mozambique 3.35 41.25 5.5 55.00 48.13 88Myanmar 4.46 13.50 2.8 28.00 20.75 130Namibia 3.11 47.25 6.8 68.00 57.63 57Nauru 3.53 36.75 36.75 36.75 114Nepal 3.53 36.75 5.3 53.00 44.88 97Netherlands 1.9 77.50 7.7 77.00 77.25 14New Zealand 1.84 79.00 8.2 82.00 80.50 6Nicaragua 3.05 48.75 6.3 63.00 55.88 60Niger 3.38 40.50 5.3 53.00 46.75 92Nigeria 4 25.00 5.9 59.00 42.00 106North Korea 5 0.00 0.00 0.00 131Norway 2.29 67.75 7.3 73.00 70.38 23Oman 3.01 49.75 7.6 76.00 62.88 44Pakistan 3.33 41.75 5.6 56.00 48.88 86Panama 2.7 57.50 7.3 73.00 65.25 37Papua New Guinea 56.00 5.6 56.00 56.00 59Paraguay 3.31 42.25 6.4 64.00 53.13 69Peru 2.86 53.50 6.9 69.00 61.25 50Philippines 3.23 44.25 6.6 66.00 55.13 63Poland 2.49 62.75 6.1 61.00 61.88 49Portugal 2.29 67.75 7.1 71.00 69.38 27Qatar 3.04 49.00 49.00 49.00 85Romania 3.19 45.25 5.7 57.00 51.13 75Russia 3.5 37.50 5.1 51.00 44.25 100Rwanda 3.53 36.75 5.1 51.00 43.88 102Saudi Arabia 2.84 54.00 54.00 54.00 66Senegal 3.1 47.50 5.8 58.00 52.75 71Sierra Leone 3.76 31.00 5.4 54.00 42.50 104Singapore 1.56 86.00 8.5 85.00 85.50 2Slovakia 2.35 66.25 6.6 66.00 66.13 34Slovenia 2.41 64.75 6.3 63.00 63.88 43South Africa 2.74 56.50 6.9 69.00 62.75 46South Korea 2.63 59.25 7 70.00 64.63 41Spain 2.33 66.75 7.2 72.00 69.38 27Sri Lanka 3.19 45.25 6.2 62.00 53.63 67Suriname 3.6 35.00 35.00 35.00 116Swaziland 3.04 49.00 49.00 49.00 85Sweden 1.96 76.00 7.3 73.00 74.50 18Switzerland 1.89 77.75 8.2 82.00 79.88 7Syria 3.93 26.75 5.3 53.00 39.88 110Taiwan 2.38 65.50 7.3 73.00 69.25 28Tajikistan 3.76 31.00 31.00 31.00 121Tanzania 3.2 45.00 6.3 63.00 54.00 66Thailand 2.99 50.25 6.6 66.00 58.13 54Togo 3.71 32.25 5.1 51.00 41.63 107Trinidad and Tobago 2.5 62.50 6.8 68.00 65.25 38Tunisia 3.24 44.00 6.3 63.00 53.50 68Turkey 3.11 47.25 5.9 59.00 53.13 69

Turkmenistan 4.04 24.00 24.00 24.00 125Uganda 2.95 51.25 6.5 65.00 58.13 54Ukraine 3.24 44.00 5.5 55.00 49.50 83United Arab Emirates 2.93 51.75 7.8 78.00 64.88 39United Kingdom 1.74 81.50 8.1 81.00 81.25 5United States 1.84 79.00 8.2 82.00 80.50 6Uruguay 2.69 57.75 6.8 68.00 62.88 45Uzbekistan 3.91 27.25 27.25 27.25 123Venezuela 4.16 21.00 4.3 43.00 32.00 119Vietnam 3.89 27.75 5.5 55.00 41.38 108Yemen 3.84 29.00 29.00 29.00 122Zambia 3.34 41.50 6.7 67.00 54.25 65Zimbabwe 4.23 19.25 3.3 33.00 26.12 124

AVERAGE 50.53 58.91 54.72