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8 • <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong>: 2016 Annual Report<br />

Exhibit 1.2a: Summary <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> Ratings for 2014, First and Second Quartiles<br />

0 2 4 6 8 10<br />

Hong Kong 1 9.03<br />

Singapore 2<br />

New Zealand 3<br />

Switzerland 4<br />

Canada 5<br />

Georgia 5<br />

Ireland 5<br />

Mauritius 5<br />

United Arab Emirates 5<br />

Australia 10<br />

United Kingdom 10<br />

Qatar 12<br />

Chile 13<br />

Jordan 14<br />

Lithuania 15<br />

United States 16<br />

Malta 17<br />

Armenia 18<br />

Estonia 19<br />

Finland 20<br />

Denmark 21<br />

Romania 22<br />

Luxembourg 23<br />

Taiwan 23<br />

Ne<strong>the</strong>rlands 25<br />

Bahrain 26<br />

Latvia 27<br />

Austria 28<br />

Costa Rica 28<br />

Germany 30<br />

Czech Republic 31<br />

Belgium 32<br />

Norway 32<br />

Guatemala 34<br />

Portugal 35<br />

Seychelles 36<br />

Panama 37<br />

Sweden 38<br />

Slovak Republic 39<br />

8.71<br />

8.35<br />

8.25<br />

7.98<br />

7.98<br />

7.98<br />

7.98<br />

7.98<br />

7.93<br />

7.93<br />

7.91<br />

7.83<br />

7.82<br />

7.81<br />

7.75<br />

7.74<br />

7.71<br />

7.70<br />

7.68<br />

7.67<br />

7.66<br />

7.65<br />

7.65<br />

7.63<br />

7.60<br />

7.57<br />

7.56<br />

7.56<br />

7.55<br />

7.53<br />

7.51<br />

7.51<br />

7.50<br />

7.49<br />

7.48<br />

7.47<br />

7.46<br />

7.45<br />

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0 2 4 6 8 10<br />

Japan 40 7.42<br />

Poland 40<br />

Albania 42<br />

El Salvador 42<br />

Korea, South 42<br />

Bulgaria 45<br />

Israel 45<br />

Mongolia 45<br />

Nicaragua 45<br />

Bahamas 49<br />

Rwanda 49<br />

Spain 49<br />

Kazakhstan 52<br />

Peru 52<br />

Uganda 54<br />

Cyprus 55<br />

Dominican Republic 55<br />

France 57<br />

Hungary 57<br />

Botswana 59<br />

Montenegro 59<br />

Oman 59<br />

Brunei Darussalam 62<br />

Malaysia 62<br />

Honduras 64<br />

Liberia 65<br />

Macedonia 65<br />

Jamaica 67<br />

Cambodia 68<br />

Italy 69<br />

Kyrgyz Republic 70<br />

Kenya 71<br />

Kuwait 71<br />

Gambia, The 73<br />

Uruguay 74<br />

Bhutan 75<br />

Iceland 76<br />

Lebanon 76<br />

Zambia 78<br />

7.42<br />

7.40<br />

7.40<br />

7.40<br />

7.39<br />

7.39<br />

7.39<br />

7.39<br />

7.38<br />

7.38<br />

7.38<br />

7.35<br />

7.35<br />

7.34<br />

7.32<br />

7.32<br />

7.30<br />

7.30<br />

7.27<br />

7.27<br />

7.27<br />

7.25<br />

7.25<br />

7.24<br />

7.22<br />

7.22<br />

7.21<br />

7.20<br />

7.17<br />

7.16<br />

7.14<br />

7.14<br />

7.11<br />

7.08<br />

7.07<br />

7.06<br />

7.06<br />

7.04<br />

Indonesia 79<br />

7.02<br />

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