Economic Freedom

The Fraser Institute Economic Freedom Score is based on ranking countries by Freedom for families to own land and become self-supporting. The score for each country is determined by the size of government, legal systems & property rights, sound money, trade and regulations.

The Top 20 Countries for Economic Freedom in 2017 according to the Fraser Institute were:

Country     Overall Score

Hong Kong      8.91

Singapore        8.71

New Zealand   8.50

Switzerland      8.40

US                   8.19

Ireland             8.13

UK                   8.09

Canada           8.08

Mauritius         8.07

Australia          8.07

Malta               7.97

Georgia           7.94

Chile               7.89

Estonia           7.89

Denmark         7.89

Lithuania         7.88

Luxembourg    7.86

Japan              7.86

Taiwan            7.85

Germany         7.82

Bottom 20 countries:

Country Overall Score

Iran                   5.72

Ethiopia            5.72

Zimbabwe         5.69

Argentina          5.67

Sierra Leone     5.63

Myanmar           5.63

Mozambique     5.60

Chad                 5.42

C African R       5.23

Guinea Bissau  5.23

Iraq                    5.21

Congo R           5.08

Egypt                5.05

Syria                 5.05

Congo DR         5.00

Angola              4.83

Algeria              4.77

Sudan               4.67

Libya                4.45

Venezuela        2.58

https://www.fraserinstitute.org/economic-freedom/dataset?geozone=world&year=2017&page=dataset&min-year=2&max-year=0&filter=0

Countries with high Economic Freedom scores allow for ownership of land and buildings with titles to property you can own.  Countries with low Economic Freedom scores don’t offer these benefits to you or your family.

 

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader