Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom

An Index of Freedom in the World • 79
Source Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) country notes.
Score Inheritance practices in favor of male heirs: 0, 0.5, and 1
0 indicates that women have equal rights of inheritance
0.5 indicates that (some) women have (some) rights of inheritance,
but less than men
1 indicates that women have no rights of inheritance.
Pro’s 122 countries.
Con’s no OECD country.
Hostility to foreigners and private property
by Economist Intelligence Unit
Description Measures societies’ and governments’ attitude to foreigners and their
investments.
Score Ranked 0 to 4 (very low to very high) by EIU analysts.
Pro’s 149 countries; annually since 2004.
Con’s Access to the EIU is expensive. Hence, we used data provided by the
Global Peace index, a project of the Institute for Economics and Peace,
which does not specify the EIU’s sources.
Movement
Forcibly displaced populations
by US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Description Documenting refugees (“SOURCE” - Number of Refugees (x1000)
Originating in the Named Country at the end of the Designated
Year) and internally displaced persons (“IDP” - Number of Internally
Displaced Persons (x 1000) in the Named Country at the end of the
Designated Year).
Source World Refugee Survey series by the US Committee for Refugees and
Immigrants is an annual, cross-national, time-series data: numbers
of “source” refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs). Data on
internally displaced persons is now provided separately by the Internal
Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Score Number of refugees (SOURCE) and internally displaced persons
(IDP).
Pro’s 166 countries; annually since 1964.
Con’s —
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