often treated as a separate country. Several additional countries were not ranked because of extreme instability that

made judgments about economic freedom impossible. These countries include Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria,

Somalia, and Yemen.

The assigned rankings are inevitably based on estimates, yet even these rough measures can be useful for

discerning trends. In 2015, 101 of the 178 included countries shifted toward greater economic freedom, although

77 of the countries shifted toward less economic freedom. In recent decades, the overall trend has been a higher

level of economic freedom around the world.

Most Economic Freedom

Least Economic Freedom

1. Hong Kong

167. Timor-Leste

2. Singapore

168. Democratic Republic of Congo

3. New Zealand

169. Argentina

4. Switzerland

170. Equatorial Guinea

5. Australia

171. Iran

6. Canada

7. Chile

8. Ireland

9. Estonia

172. Republic of Congo

173. Eritrea

174. Turkmenistan

175. Zimbabwe
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