Index of Economic Freedom
1999 Rankings

~ denotes shared rank

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

    MOSTLY FREE

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

    MOSTLY UNFREE

  72. Ghana
  73. ~Lithuania
  74. ~Saudi Arabia
  75. Benin
  76. ~Kenya
  77. ~Paraguay
  78. ~ Qatar
  79. ~Slovak Rep.
  80. ~Zambia
  81. Colombia
  82. ~Fiji
  83. ~Mali
  84. ~Slovenia
  85. Honduras
  86. ~Mexico
  87. ~ Papua New Guinea
  88. Djibouti
  89. ~Mongolia
  90. Algeria
  91. ~Brazil
  92. ~Lebanon
  93. ~Senegal
  94. ~Tanzania
  95. Nigeria
  96. ~Romania
  97. Cambodia
  98. ~Dominican Republic
  99. ~Egypt
  100. ~Guinea
  101. ~Ivory Coast
  102. ~Moldova
  103. ~Pakistan
  104. Nepal
  105. ~Venezuela
  106. Armenia
  107. ~ Bulgaria
  108. ~Lesotho
  109. ~Madagascar
  110. ~Russia
  111. Burkina Faso
  112. ~Cameroon
  113. ~Guyana
  114. ~Nicaragua
  115. Gambia
  116. Croatia
  117. ~Georgia
  118. ~Malawi
  119. Cape Verde
  120. Ethiopia
  121. ~India
  122. ~Niger
  123. Congo
  124. Chad
  125. ~China
  126. ~Mauritania
  127. ~Ukraine
  128. ~Zimbabwe
  129. Albania
  130. ~Bangladesh
  131. ~Mozambique
  132. ~Suriname
  133. Burundi
  134. Togo

    REPRESSED

  135. Haiti
  136. ~Kyrgyzstan
  137. Kazakstan
  138. ~ Sierra Leone
  139. Yemen
  140. Belarus
  141. Sudan
  142. ~Syria
  143. Azerbaijan
  144. ~ Equatorila Guinea
  145. ~Myanmar
  146. ~ Rwanda
  147. Tajikistan
  148. ~ Uzbekistan
  149. Angola
  150. ~ Turkmenistan
  151. Guinea-Bissau
  152. Vietnam
  153. Congo (former Zaire)
  154. ~ Iran
  155. Bosnia
  156. ~ Somalia
  157. Iraq
  158. ~Laos
  159. ~ Libya
  160. Cuba
  161. ~North Korea