Economic Freedom of the World

Chapter 1: Economic Freedom of the World in 2014 • 19
Exhibit 1.4 (continued): Chain-linked Summary Ratings from 1970 to 2014
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Senegal 4.43 5.18 5.31 4.56 5.75 5.81 5.76 5.87 5.78 5.93 5.78 5.73 5.75 6.09 6.14
Sierra Leone 4.99 4.99 3.69 3.88 4.35 4.98 6.10 6.18 6.45 6.51 6.81 6.91 6.80 6.99 6.66 6.49
Singapore 7.61 7.41 7.76 8.00 8.59 8.90 8.61 8.73 8.64 8.61 8.57 8.55 8.53 8.53 8.41 8.39 8.58
Slovak Republic 5.40 6.72 7.66 7.57 7.59 7.58 7.40 7.44 7.45 7.35 7.32 7.47
Slovenia 5.17 6.75 6.94 7.02 6.99 7.05 7.06 6.55 6.56 6.55 6.41 6.72
South Africa 6.30 5.71 5.85 5.49 5.50 6.57 7.09 7.01 6.95 6.94 6.66 6.66 6.87 6.94 6.91 6.88 6.77
Spain 6.41 5.84 6.10 6.08 6.56 7.24 7.84 7.60 7.56 7.52 7.36 7.26 7.26 7.38 7.28 7.25 7.36
Sri Lanka 4.77 4.94 4.81 6.06 6.17 6.20 6.38 6.20 6.04 6.12 6.26 6.40 6.38 6.33 6.28
Sweden 5.49 5.34 5.66 6.45 6.99 7.32 7.72 7.60 7.55 7.52 7.50 7.48 7.61 7.60 7.51 7.43 7.56
Switzerland 7.59 7.60 8.14 8.30 8.30 8.32 8.76 8.36 8.34 8.35 8.16 8.20 8.23 8.22 8.18 8.16 8.24
Syria 3.95 4.18 3.30 3.06 3.52 4.21 5.13 5.60 5.36 5.56 5.37 5.55 5.73 6.05 5.23 5.27 5.18
Taiwan 6.66 5.83 6.58 6.84 7.26 7.37 7.42 7.66 7.71 7.67 7.63 7.54 7.74 7.75 7.72 7.74 7.73
Tanzania 4.41 3.19 3.65 3.47 3.87 5.43 5.98 6.36 6.48 6.39 6.28 6.26 6.53 6.59 6.47 6.59 6.59
Thailand 6.05 6.01 6.08 6.17 6.83 7.18 6.55 6.68 6.80 6.77 6.75 6.69 6.60 6.54 6.52 6.51 6.52
Togo 4.06 5.13 5.71 5.44 5.79 5.83 6.04 6.00 5.71 5.58 5.62 5.65 5.41 6.05 5.91
Trinidad & Tobago 4.58 4.85 4.82 5.54 7.32 7.47 7.14 7.24 7.23 7.12 7.02 6.95 6.99 6.95 6.75 6.79
Tunisia 4.54 4.57 4.82 4.60 5.32 5.73 6.17 6.02 6.36 6.35 6.28 6.27 6.06 6.00 6.00 5.85 5.96
Turkey 3.49 3.87 3.77 4.85 5.06 5.89 5.83 6.09 6.11 6.24 6.56 6.52 6.52 6.70 6.66 6.50 6.50
Uganda 3.14 2.82 2.86 5.15 6.81 7.26 7.43 7.47 7.48 7.40 7.56 7.37 7.45 7.53 7.57
Ukraine 3.40 4.58 5.74 5.87 5.83 5.80 5.86 5.87 6.12 6.22 6.10 5.93
United Arab Emirates 6.06 6.86 7.23 6.98 7.31 7.49 7.64 7.73 7.76 7.50 7.68 7.83 7.85 7.88 7.75
United Kingdom 5.99 5.93 6.57 7.54 8.09 8.23 8.61 8.38 8.24 8.17 8.03 8.12 7.90 7.92 7.94 7.99 8.04
United States 7.60 7.73 7.92 8.11 8.40 8.50 8.65 8.22 8.13 8.23 8.11 7.90 7.76 7.70 7.82 7.68 7.75
Uruguay 6.06 5.96 6.33 6.47 7.09 7.03 7.00 7.07 7.12 7.05 7.29 7.35 7.31 7.16 7.06
Venezuela 7.31 6.17 6.69 6.08 5.69 4.40 5.84 4.52 4.55 4.23 4.08 4.14 3.84 3.79 3.71 3.21 3.15
Zambia 4.93 5.27 3.96 3.29 4.76 6.80 7.25 7.48 7.57 7.58 7.56 7.68 7.57 7.59 7.52 7.57
Zimbabwe 3.88 4.17 4.70 5.81 4.57 2.97 3.04 3.30 4.65 4.48 4.51 5.06 5.13 5.20 5.35
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