2009 Index of Economic Freedom World Rankings: by Heritage Foundation
| Ranking the Countries | |||||
| Distribution of Global Economic Freedom | |||||
| 100-80 | 79.9-70 | 69.9-60 | 59.9-50 | 49.9-0 | N/A |
| free | mostly free | moderately free | mostly unfree | repressed | not ranked |
| Sort by Score | Sort Alphabetically | |||||
| Index of Economic Freedom World Rankings (Click on the country name for more details.) | |||||
| World Rank Country Freedom Score Change from Previous | |||||
| 1 Hong Kong 90.0 +0.3 | 62 Albania 63.7 +1.3 | 123 India 54.4 +0.3 | |||
| 2 Singapore 87.1 -0.2 | 63 Uganda 63.5 -0.3 | 124 Rwanda 54.2 0.0 | |||
| 3 Australia 82.6 +0.4 | 64 France 63.3 -1.4 | 125 Suriname 54.1 -0.2 | |||
| 4 Ireland 82.2 -0.3 | 65 Romania 63.2 +1.5 | 126 Tonga 54.1 N/A | |||
| 5 New Zealand 82.0 +1.2 | 66 Belize 63.0 0.0 | 127 Mauritania 53.9 -1.2 | |||
| 6 United States 80.7 -0.3 | 67 Thailand 63.0 +0.7 | 128 Niger 53.8 +1.0 | |||
| 7 Canada 80.5 +0.3 | 68 Slovenia 62.9 +2.7 | 129 Malawi 53.7 +1.1 | |||
| 8 Denmark 79.6 +0.4 | 69 Mongolia 62.8 -0.8 | 130 Bolivia 53.6 +0.5 | |||
| 9 Switzerland 79.4 -0.1 | 70 Dominica 62.6 N/A | 131 Indonesia 53.4 +0.2 | |||
| 10 United Kingdom 79.0 -0.5 | 71 Namibia 62.4 +1.0 | 132 China 53.2 +0.1 | |||
| 11 Chile 78.3 -0.3 | 72 Colombia 62.3 +0.2 | 133 Nepal 53.2 -0.9 | |||
| 12 Netherlands 77.0 -0.4 | 73 Madagascar 62.2 -0.2 | 134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 53.1 -0.8 | |||
| 13 Estonia 76.4 -1.5 | 74 Kyrgyz Republic 61.8 +0.7 | 135 Ethiopia 53.0 +0.5 | |||
| 14 Iceland 75.9 +0.1 | 75 Turkey 61.6 +1.6 | 136 Cameroon 53.0 -1.3 | |||
| 15 Luxembourg 75.2 +0.5 | 76 Italy 61.4 -1.2 | 137 Ecuador 52.5 -2.8 | |||
| 16 Bahrain 74.8 +2.6 | 77 Cape Verde 61.3 +3.4 | 138 Argentina 52.3 -1.8 | |||
| 17 Finland 74.5 -0.1 | 78 Macedonia 61.2 +0.2 | 139 Micronesia 51.7 N/A | |||
| 18 Mauritius 74.3 +1.7 | 79 Paraguay 61.0 +1.0 | 140 Djibouti 51.3 +0.1 | |||
| 19 Japan 72.8 -0.2 | 80 Fiji 61.0 -0.8 | 141 Syria 51.3 +4.2 | |||
| 20 Belgium 72.1 +0.5 | 81 Greece 60.8 +0.2 | 142 Equatorial Guinea 51.3 -0.3 | |||
| 21 Macau 72.0 N/A | 82 Poland 60.3 0.0 | 143 Maldives 51.3 N/A | |||
| 22 Barbados 71.5 +0.2 | 83 Kazakhstan 60.1 -1.0 | 144 Guinea 51.0 -1.8 | |||
| 23 Austria 71.2 -0.2 | 84 Nicaragua 59.8 -1.0 | 145 Vietnam 51.0 +0.6 | |||
| 24 Cyprus 70.8 -0.5 | 85 Burkina Faso 59.5 +3.8 | 146 Russia 50.8 +1.0 | |||
| 25 Germany 70.5 -0.1 | 86 Samoa 59.5 N/A | 147 Haiti 50.5 +1.5 | |||
| 26 Sweden 70.5 -0.4 | 87 Guatemala 59.4 -0.4 | 148 Uzbekistan 50.5 -1.4 | |||
| 27 Bahamas, The 70.3 -0.8 | 88 Dominican Republic 59.2 +1.5 | 149 Timor-Leste 50.5 N/A | |||
| 28 Norway 70.2 +1.6 | 89 Swaziland 59.1 +0.6 | 150 Laos 50.4 +0.1 | |||
| 29 Spain 70.1 +1.0 | 90 Kenya 58.7 -0.6 | 151 Lesotho 49.7 -2.5 | |||
| 30 Lithuania 70.0 -1.0 | 91 Honduras 58.7 -0.2 | 152 Ukraine 48.8 -2.2 | |||
| 31 Armenia 69.9 0.0 | 92 Vanuatu 58.4 N/A | 153 Burundi 48.8 +2.6 | |||
| 32 Georgia 69.8 +0.5 | 93 Tanzania 58.3 +1.8 | 154 Togo 48.7 -0.2 | |||
| 33 El Salvador 69.8 +1.3 | 94 Montenegro 58.2 N/A | 155 Guyana 48.4 -0.4 | |||
| 34 Botswana 69.7 +1.5 | 95 Lebanon 58.1 -1.9 | 156 Central African Republic 48.3 -0.3 | |||
| 35 Taiwan 69.5 -0.7 | 96 Ghana 58.1 +1.0 | 157 Liberia 48.1 N/A | |||
| 36 Slovak Republic 69.4 -0.6 | 97 Egypt 58.0 -0.5 | 158 Sierra Leone 47.8 -0.5 | |||
| 37 Czech Republic 69.4 +1.2 | 98 Tunisia 58.0 -2.1 | 159 Seychelles 47.8 N/A | |||
| 38 Uruguay 69.1 +1.2 | 99 Azerbaijan 58.0 +2.6 | 160 Bangladesh 47.5 +3.3 | |||
| 39 Saint Lucia 68.8 N/A | 100 Bhutan 57.7 N/A | 161 Chad 47.5 -0.4 | |||
| 40 South Korea 68.1 -0.5 | 101 Morocco 57.7 +2.1 | 162 Angola 47.0 +0.1 | |||
| 41 Trinidad and Tobago 68.0 -1.6 | 102 Pakistan 57.0 +1.4 | 163 Solomon Islands 46.0 N/A | |||
| 42 Israel 67.6 +1.3 | 103 Yemen 56.9 +3.1 | 164 Kiribati 45.7 N/A | |||
| 43 Oman 67.0 -0.3 | 104 Philippines, The 56.8 +0.8 | 165 Guinea-Bissau 45.4 +1.1 | |||
| 44 Hungary 66.8 -0.8 | 105 Brazil 56.7 +0.5 | 166 Republic of Congo 45.4 0.0 | |||
| 45 Latvia 66.6 -1.7 | 106 Cambodia 56.6 +0.8 | 167 Belarus 45.0 -0.4 | |||
| 46 Costa Rica 66.4 +2.2 | 107 Algeria 56.6 +0.4 | 168 Iran 44.6 -0.4 | |||
| 47 Malta 66.1 +0.1 | 108 Zambia 56.6 +0.4 | 169 Turkmenistan 44.2 +0.8 | |||
| 48 Qatar 65.8 +3.6 | 109 Serbia 56.6 N/A | 170 São Tomé and Príncipe 43.8 N/A | |||
| 49 Mexico 65.8 -0.3 | 110 Senegal 56.3 -2.0 | 171 Libya 43.5 +4.8 | |||
| 50 Kuwait 65.6 -2.5 | 111 Sri Lanka 56.0 -2.4 | 172 Comoros 43.3 N/A | |||
| 51 Jordan 65.4 +1.3 | 112 Gambia, The 55.8 -1.1 | 173 Democratic Republic of Congo 42.8 N/A | |||
| 52 Jamaica 65.2 -0.5 | 113 Mozambique 55.7 +0.2 | 174 Venezuela 39.9 -4.8 | |||
| 53 Portugal 64.9 +1.0 | 114 Mali 55.6 +0.1 | 175 Eritrea 38.5 N/A | |||
| 54 United Arab Emirates 64.7 +2.2 | 115 Benin 55.4 +0.1 | 176 Burma 37.7 -1.8 | |||
| 55 Panama 64.7 0.0 | 116 Croatia 55.1 +1.0 | 177 Cuba 27.9 +0.4 | |||
| 56 Bulgaria 64.6 +0.9 | 117 Nigeria 55.1 0.0 | 178 Zimbabwe 22.7 -6.7 | |||
| 57 Peru 64.6 +0.9 | 118 Gabon 55.0 +0.9 | 179 North Korea 2.0 -1.0 | |||
| 58 Malaysia 64.6 +0.7 | 119 Côte d’Ivoire 55.0 +1.0 | N/A Afghanistan N/A N/A | |||
| 59 Saudi Arabia 64.3 +1.8 | 120 Moldova 54.9 -3.0 | N/A Iraq N/A N/A | |||
| 60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 64.3 N/A | 121 Papua New Guinea 54.8 N/A | N/A Liechtenstein N/A N/A | |||
| 61 South Africa 63.8 +0.4 | 122 Tajikistan 54.6 +0.2 | N/A Sudan N/A N/A | |||