Economic Freedom of the World

12 • Economic Freedom of the World: 2016 Annual Report
Exhibit 1.3 (continued): Area Economic Freedom Ratings (Rankings) for 2014
1
Size of
Government
2
Legal System
and Property
Rights
Areas Components of Area 5
3
Sound
Money
4
Freedom
to trade
internationally
5
Regulation
5A
Credit market
regulations
5B
Labor market
regulations
5C
Business
regulations
Rating (Rank) Rating (Rank) Rating (Rank) Rating (Rank) Rating (Rank)
Rating (Rank) Rating (Rank) Rating (Rank)
Iceland 5.2 (131) 8.3 (6) 7.0 (120) 7.0 (85) 7.8 (30) 8.3 (93) 7.8 (25) 7.2 (22)
India 8.5 (8) 5.2 (86) 6.9 (130) 5.6 (144) 6.3 (132) 6.5 (139) 6.0 (99) 6.4 (73)
Indonesia 7.7 (31) 4.7 (110) 9.3 (49) 7.1 (79) 6.3 (133) 8.1 (102) 4.6 (142) 6.2 (106)
Iran 5.4 (125) 5.6 (73) 7.0 (119) 3.0 (159) 5.3 (152) 4.9 (154) 4.8 (139) 6.3 (86)
Ireland 5.7 (110) 8.0 (14) 9.6 (18) 8.7 (3) 7.7 (36) 8.8 (74) 7.3 (54) 7.2 (23)
Israel 6.4 (83) 5.9 (60) 9.5 (31) 8.0 (35) 7.1 (79) 10.0 (1) 5.3 (125) 6.1 (115)
Italy 5.1 (133) 5.7 (70) 9.8 (5) 8.1 (30) 7.1 (77) 9.4 (37) 6.6 (78) 5.4 (148)
Jamaica 7.7 (33) 5.0 (89) 8.4 (88) 7.0 (83) 7.9 (27) 9.6 (27) 7.9 (20) 6.1 (107)
Japan 4.7 (141) 7.8 (18) 9.5 (29) 7.7 (56) 7.3 (64) 7.9 (115) 8.0 (17) 6.2 (105)
Jordan 8.0 (17) 6.1 (54) 9.5 (32) 8.0 (38) 7.5 (52) 7.7 (122) 7.8 (30) 7.1 (25)
Kazakhstan 7.5 (42) 6.3 (48) 9.0 (67) 6.0 (128) 7.9 (22) 9.3 (42) 7.7 (34) 6.8 (43)
Kenya 7.8 (26) 4.9 (96) 9.0 (64) 6.5 (112) 7.4 (63) 8.0 (109) 7.8 (28) 6.3 (82)
Korea, South 6.4 (77) 6.5 (41) 9.6 (26) 7.6 (57) 6.9 (91) 9.3 (42) 4.8 (136) 6.6 (57)
Kuwait 6.2 (88) 6.6 (38) 8.3 (90) 6.9 (89) 7.7 (41) 10.0 (1) 6.8 (70) 6.3 (87)
Kyrgyz Republic 7.9 (20) 4.7 (111) 8.7 (80) 7.4 (72) 7.1 (78) 8.7 (82) 6.1 (96) 6.6 (49)
Laos 8.5 (9) 5.9 (64) 6.5 (142) 6.8 (92) 6.6 (115) 8.4 (91) 4.9 (135) 6.5 (67)
Latvia 5.9 (107) 6.6 (35) 9.3 (46) 8.3 (18) 7.8 (33) 9.1 (63) 7.7 (40) 6.5 (62)
Lebanon 8.4 (10) 4.4 (121) 9.7 (11) 6.6 (108) 6.2 (137) 5.0 (151) 7.6 (41) 5.9 (129)
Lesotho 5.2 (129) 5.8 (66) 8.0 (101) 6.5 (111) 7.8 (31) 9.7 (18) 6.8 (69) 6.8 (40)
Liberia 8.2 (13) 4.7 (113) 9.2 (55) 5.6 (143) 8.5 (6) 9.5 (32) 7.7 (36) 8.2 (4)
Libya 3.2 (159) 3.6 (145) 6.0 (151) 4.7 (150) 5.5 (151) 6.7 (137) 6.3 (91) 3.5 (157)
Lithuania 7.2 (51) 6.4 (44) 9.4 (41) 7.9 (44) 8.1 (13) 9.9 (13) 7.9 (23) 6.6 (55)
Luxembourg 4.5 (145) 8.4 (5) 9.5 (34) 8.4 (11) 7.5 (58) 9.3 (42) 6.0 (98) 7.1 (30)
Macedonia 6.3 (86) 5.7 (72) 8.3 (89) 7.7 (51) 8.1 (14) 9.5 (30) 7.5 (44) 7.3 (17)
Madagascar 8.3 (12) 3.4 (150) 8.0 (97) 6.7 (103) 6.3 (134) 7.7 (121) 4.7 (141) 6.4 (79)
Malawi 5.9 (106) 4.9 (99) 5.8 (155) 5.9 (132) 6.5 (121) 6.5 (140) 6.9 (67) 6.1 (112)
Malaysia 6.6 (67) 7.0 (29) 6.8 (136) 7.6 (62) 8.2 (9) 9.6 (25) 7.8 (31) 7.4 (15)
Mali 5.0 (135) 4.4 (120) 6.9 (127) 7.0 (86) 6.4 (128) 7.9 (111) 5.2 (129) 6.2 (98)
Malta 5.7 (111) 7.0 (28) 9.6 (20) 8.4 (14) 7.9 (25) 9.6 (22) 7.7 (38) 6.4 (75)
Mauritania 3.6 (156) 4.1 (137) 7.0 (123) 6.6 (110) 6.9 (94) 8.4 (90) 6.6 (77) 5.7 (140)
Mauritius 7.6 (36) 6.5 (42) 9.6 (25) 8.5 (6) 7.7 (39) 9.2 (51) 7.2 (59) 6.8 (41)
Mexico 7.8 (29) 4.2 (126) 8.1 (96) 7.5 (67) 6.8 (101) 8.9 (71) 5.4 (123) 6.1 (113)
Ratings are shown rounded to the nearest tenth of a point, but the rankings are based on the unrounded ratings.
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