Index of Economic Freedom 2007
The Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom marks its 13 anniversary. We could not easily duplicated the ratings of the 157 countries. Use the link at the end to ready the whole executive summary or the full report.
In order, the top 20 are: Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, US, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Ireland, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Canada, Chile, Estonia, Denmark, Netherlands, Iceland, Finland, Belgium, Japan, Germany and Cyprus.
The second 20 are: Sweden, Lithuania, Trinidad and Tobago, Bahamas, Austria, Taiwan, Spain, Barbados, El Salvador, Norway, Czech Republic, Armenia, Uruguay, Mauritius, Georgia, South Korea, Israel, Botswana, Bahrain and Slovakia.
The third 20 include: Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Hungary, France, Jamaica, Panama, Malaysia, Mexico, Thailand, Costa Rica, South Africa, Jordan, Oman, Namibia, Belize, Kuwait, Slovenia, Uganda and Italy.
Use the link below to see the Executive Summary or read the whole report.