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28 • <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong>: 2016 Annual Report<br />
Exhibit 1.14: <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> and Political Rights and Civil Liberties<br />
Greater economic<br />
freedom is associated<br />
with more political<br />
rights and civil<br />
liberties.<br />
Political Rights and Civil Liberties, 2014<br />
17<br />
26<br />
35<br />
4<br />
53<br />
62<br />
71<br />
4.6<br />
4.4<br />
3.3 3.2<br />
political civil political civil political civil political civil<br />
Least Free Third<br />
Second Most Free<br />
<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> Quartile<br />
2.3<br />
2.5<br />
1.7<br />
1.6<br />
Note: Political rights and civil liberties are measured on a scale from 1 to 7: 1 = <strong>the</strong> highest<br />
degree <strong>of</strong> political rights and civil liberties; 7 = <strong>the</strong> lowest.<br />
Sources: Gwartney, Lawson and Hall, 2015, <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong>: 2015<br />
Annual Report; <strong>Freedom</strong> House, 2015, <strong>Freedom</strong> in <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> 2015.<br />
Data available to researchers<br />
The full data set, including all <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> data published in this report as well as data<br />
omitted due to limited space, can be downloaded for free at .<br />
The data file available <strong>the</strong>re contains <strong>the</strong> most up-to-date and accurate data for <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> index. Some variable names and data sources have<br />
evolved over <strong>the</strong> years since <strong>the</strong> first publication in 1996; users should consult earlier<br />
editions <strong>of</strong> <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong> for details regarding sources and<br />
descriptions for those years. All editions <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> report are available in PDF and can<br />
be downloaded for free at . However, users are always strongly<br />
encouraged to use <strong>the</strong> data from this most recent data file as updates and corrections,<br />
even to earlier years’ data, do occur. Users doing long-term or longitudinal studies are<br />
encouraged to use <strong>the</strong> chain-linked index as it is <strong>the</strong> most consistent through time.<br />
If you have difficulty downloading <strong>the</strong> data, please contact Fred McMahon via<br />
e-mail to . If you have technical questions about <strong>the</strong><br />
data itself, please contact Joshua Hall or Robert Lawson<br />
.<br />
Please cite <strong>the</strong> data as: James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall (2016).<br />
<strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> Dataset, published in <strong>Economic</strong> <strong>Freedom</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>World</strong>: 2016<br />
Annual Report. Fraser Institute. .<br />
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