2015 Index of Economic Freedom

Promoting Economic Opportunity & Prosperity

For over 20 years The Heritage Foundation, in partnership with The Wall Street Journal has tracked the march of economic freedom around the world with the influential Index of Economic Freedom

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Top 10 Countries

rank country overall change
1 Hong Kong 89.6 -0.5
2 Singapore 89.4 0.0
3 New Zealand 82.1 0.9
4 Australia 81.4 -0.6
5 Switzerland 80.5 -1.1
6 Canada 79.1 -1.1
7 Chile 78.5 -0.2
8 Estonia 76.8 0.9
9 Ireland 76.6 0.4
10 Mauritius 76.4 -0.1

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