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Chapter 1: Economic Freedom of the World, 2007
Exhibit 1.2: Summary Economic Freedom Ratings, 2007 0
Hong Kong 1 Singapore 2 New Zealand 3 Switzerland 4 Chile 5 United States 6 Ireland 7 Canada 8 Australia 9 United Kingdom 9 Estonia 11 Denmark 12 Austria 13 Luxembourg 14 Panama 14 Finland 16 Mauritius 16 Taiwan 16 United Arab Emirates 19 Bahrain 20 Costa Rica 20 Netherlands 20 Malta 23 Iceland 24 Norway 24 Slovak Republic 26 Germany 27 El Salvador 28 Honduras 28 Japan 28 Kuwait 30 Korea, South 32 France 33 Jordan 34 Lithuania 35 Cyprus 36 Oman 36 Hungary 38 Spain 39 Sweden 40 Peru 41 Georgia 42 Guatemala 42 Latvia 44 Jamaica 45 Portugal 45 Belgium 47 Armenia 48 Zambia 49 Botswana 50 Kazakhstan 50 Greece 52 Bahamas 53 Czech Republic 54 Kenya 54 Trinidad & Tobago 56 Albania 57 South Africa 57 Thailand 59 Nicaragua 60 Italy 61 Uruguay 61 Mongolia 63 Slovenia 64 Uganda 64 Malaysia 66 Belize 67 Mexico 68 Namibia 69 Philippines 69 Ghana 71
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8.97 8.66 8.30 8.19 8.14 8.06 7.98 7.91 7.89 7.89 7.81 7.74 7.67 7.65 7.65 7.62 7.62 7.62 7.58 7.56 7.56 7.56 7.54 7.53 7.53 7.52 7.50 7.48 7.48 7.46 7.46 7.45 7.43 7.40 7.38 7.36 7.36 7.33 7.32 7.28 7.26 7.25 7.25 7.22 7.19 7.19 7.18 7.17 7.13 7.12 7.12 7.11 7.10 7.09 7.09 7.07 7.06 7.06 7.04 6.96 6.95 6.95 6.91 6.90 6.90 6.88 6.87 6.85 6.83 6.83 6.80
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Kyrgyz Republic 71 Romania 73 Poland 74 Barbados 75 Bulgaria 76 Papua New Guinea 77 Israel 78 Egypt 79 Fiji 80 Montenegro 81 China 82 Russia 83 Serbia 84 Azerbaijan 85 India 86 Haiti 87 Turkey 88 Macedonia 89 Tunisia 90 Paraguay 91 Lesotho 92 Indonesia 93 Moldova 94 Croatia 95 Tanzania 96 Nigeria 97 Madagascar 98 Mali 99 Dominican Republic 100 Vietnam 101 Rwanda 102 Bolivia 103 Morocco 104 Argentina 105 Bosnia & Herzegovina 105 Sri Lanka 105 Côte d’Ivoire 108 Mauritania 109 Pakistan 110 Brazil 111 Iran 112 Guyana 113 Sierra Leone114 Bangladesh 115 Malawi 115 Togo 117 Benin 118 Burkina Faso 119 Ecuador 120 Colombia 121 Gabon 122 Cameroon 123 Syria 124 Mozambique 125 Senegal 126 Ethiopia 127 Ukraine 128 Nepal 129 Burundi 130 Algeria 131 Niger 132 Chad 133 Congo, Dem. Republic 134 Guinea-Bissau 135 Central African Republic 136 Congo, Republic of 137 Venezuela 138 Angola 139 Myanmar 140 Zimbabwe 141
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