Index of Economic Freedom
2000 Rankings

" denotes shared rank

  1. Hong Kong
  2. Singapore
  3. New Zealand
  4. Bahrain
  5. " Luxembourg
  6. " U.S.
  7. Ireland,
  8. Australia
  9. " Switzerland,
  10. " United Kingdom,

    MOSTLY FREE

  11. Canada
  12. " Chile
  13. " El Salvador
  14. " Taiwan,
  15. Austria
  16. " Netherlands
  17. Argentina
  18. " Belgium
  19. Iceland
  20. " Japan
  21. " U.A.E.
  22. Bahamas
  23. " Czech Rep.
  24. " Estonia
  25. " Finland
  26. " Germany
  27. Denmark
  28. Italy
  29. " Norway
  30. " Portugal
  31. Sweden
  32. " Trinidad & Tobago
  33. South Korea
  34. " Panama
  35. " Spain
  36. Peru
  37. Barbados
  38. " France
  39. " Jamaica
  40. " Kuwait
  41. Cyprus
  42. " Hungary
  43. " Uruguay
  44. Bolivia
  45. " Latvia
  46. Guatemala
  47. " Malaysia
  48. " Thailand
  49. Greece
  50. " Israel
  51. " Morocco
  52. " Turkey
  53. Belize
  54. " Oman
  55. " Paraguay
  56. " Poland
  57. " W. Samoa
  58. Costa Rica
  59. " Mauritius
  60. " Philippines
  61. Benin
  62. " Colombia
  63. " Dominican Republic
  64. " Jordan
  65. " Lithuania
  66. " Mali
  67. " Namibia
  68. " South Africa
  69. " SriLanka
  70. " Zambia
  71. Botswana
  72. " Malta
  73. " Saudi Arabia

    MOSTLY UNFREE

  74. Cambodia
  75. " Mexico
  76. " Slovak Republic
  77. " Slovenia
  78. " Swaziland
  79. " Tunisia
  80. " Uganda
  81. Kenya
  82. " Qatar
  83. " Senegal
  84. Armenia
  85. " Ecuador
  86. " Gabon
  87. " Ghana
  88. " Guinea
  89. Mongolia
  90. Guyana
  91. " Lebanon
  92. " Madagascar
  93. "Moldova
  94. Fiji
  95. " Nigeria
  96. " Papua New Guinea
  97. " Romania
  98. " Venezuela
  99. Honduras
  100. Bulgaria
  101. " Burkina Faso
  102. " Cameroon
  103. " China
  104. " Djibouti
  105. " Gambia
  106. " Pakistan
  107. " Tanzania
  108. Algeria
  109. " Ivory Coast
  110. Brazil
  111. " Croatia
  112. " Egypt
  113. " Ethiopia
  114. " Indonesia
  115. Lesotho
  116. Kyrgyzstan
  117. Nepal
  118. " Nicaragua
  119. " Ukraine
  120. Georgia
  121. " Malawi
  122. Albania
  123. " Cape Verde
  124. " Kazakstan
  125. " Russia
  126. Bangladesh
  127. " Chad
  128. " India
  129. " Mauritania
  130. " Mozambique
  131. " Niger
  132. " Sierra Leone
  133. " Togo
  134. Sudan
  135. " Yemen
  136. Congo
  137. " Suriname
  138. " Zimbabwe

    REPRESSED

  139. Burundi
  140. " Haiti
  141. " Rwanda
  142. " Syria
  143. " Tajikistan
  144. Equatorial Guinea
  145. Belarus
  146. " Myanmar
  147. Azerbaijan
  148. Guinea-Bissau
  149. " Turkmenistan
  150. " Vietnam
  151. Bosnia
  152. " Uzbekistan
  153. Angola
  154. Iran
  155. Laos
  156. Congo (former Zaire)
  157. Cuba
  158. Somalia
  159. Libya
  160. Iraq
  161. North Korea