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Human Freedom Index


The Human Freedom Index measures 76 distinct indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom around the world. The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive index on freedom for a globally meaningful set of countries. Coauthors of the index are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik. The index is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.

The index covers the following areas:

The index was launched in August 2015, covering years 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012. In January 2016 the database was updated with the scores for 2013.

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents more freedom, the nonweighted average rating for 157 countries in 2013 was 6.93. The level of global freedom stayed about the same compared to 2008, but almost all countries experienced changes in their ratings, with about half of those increasing their ratings and half decreasing.

The top 10 jurisdictions in 2013: Hong Kong, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Finland, and Norway. The United States is ranked in 19th place (a year earlier, the US was 20th). Other countries rank as follows: Germany (12), Chile (28), Japan (30), France (34), Singapore (37), South Africa (76), India (86), Brazil (82), Russia (116), China (136), Nigeria (143), Saudi Arabia (144), Venezuela (153), Zimbabwe (149), and Iran (155).


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