Template:Index of Economic Freedom/Ranking 2006

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Yearly worldwide index of economic freedom
published by The Wall Street Journal and the Heritage Foundation

Rank	Country	Index
2006	Country	2006	2005	2004	2003
1	Hong Kong	1.28	1.35	1.34	1.44
2	Singapore	1.56	1.60	1.61	1.61
3	Ireland	1.58	1.70	1.79	1.73
4	Luxembourg	1.60	1.63	1.76	1.68
5	Iceland	1.74	1.81	2.05	1.98
5	United Kingdom	1.74	1.75	1.84	1.88
7	Estonia	1.75	1.65	1.76	1.68
8	Denmark	1.78	1.76	1.85	1.71
9	New Zealand	1.84	1.75	1.70	1.68
9	United States	1.84	1.90	1.85	1.86
9	Australia	1.84	1.84	1.93	1.95
12	Canada	1.85	1.91	1.98	2.00
12	Finland	1.85	1.90	2.00	1.85
14	Chile	1.88	1.86	1.91	2.06
15	Switzerland	1.89	1.85	1.84	1.88
16	Netherlands	1.90	1.95	2.09	2.00
16	Cyprus	1.90	2.13	2.00	2.14
18	Austria	1.95	2.09	2.13	2.08
19	Germany	1.96	2.00	2.08	2.03
19	Sweden	1.96	1.89	1.95	1.88
21	Czech Republic	2.10	2.31	2.39	2.35
22	Belgium	2.11	2.13	2.24	2.10
23	Lithuania	2.14	2.18	2.19	2.21
24	Malta	2.16	2.28	2.46	2.71
25	Bahrain	2.23	2.15	2.13	2.09
26	Barbados	2.25	2.35	2.41	2.24
27	Bahamas	2.26	2.25	2.25	2.15
27	Japan	2.26	2.46	2.53	2.36
27	Armenia	2.26	2.58	2.63	2.59
30	Norway	2.29	2.33	2.35	2.28
30	Botswana	2.29	2.49	2.55	2.54
30	Portugal	2.29	2.44	2.43	2.40
33	Spain	2.33	2.34	2.36	2.31
34	Slovakia	2.35	2.43	2.44	2.71
36	Israel	2.36	2.41	2.41	2.45
37	Republic of China (Taiwan)	2.38	2.34	2.48	2.34
38	El Salvador	2.41	2.64	2.70	2.86
39	Latvia	2.43	2.31	2.41	2.35
40	Hungary	2.44	2.40	2.55	2.50
41	Poland	2.49	2.59	2.81	2.83
42	Trinidad and Tobago	2.50	2.54	2.40	2.54
42	Italy	2.50	2.28	2.31	2.31
44	France	2.51	2.63	2.68	2.74
45	Republic of Korea	2.63	2.64	2.64	2.75
46	Uruguay	2.69	2.60	2.55	2.50
46	Costa Rica	2.69	2.76	2.66	2.76
46	Cape Verde	2.69	2.84	2.86	3.30
49	Panama	2.70	2.74	2.83	2.64
50	Kuwait	2.74	2.81	2.75	2.58
50	South Africa	2.74	2.83	2.79	2.63
52	Albania	2.75	2.93	3.10	3.23
52	Madagascar	2.75	2.73	3.14	2.85
54	Jamaica	2.76	2.76	2.81	2.68
55	Belize	2.78	2.71	2.69	2.69
55	Croatia	2.78	2.95	3.06	3.06
57	Greece	2.80	2.80	2.85	2.79
57	Republic of Macedonia	2.80	3.00	3.09	3.18
57	Jordan	2.80	2.79	2.78	2.80
60	Mongolia	2.83	2.75	2.85	2.96
60	Mexico	2.83	2.84	2.90	2.81
62	Saudi Arabia	2.84	2.99	3.05	3.09
63	Peru	2.86	2.83	2.88	2.91
64	Bulgaria	2.88	2.74	2.98	3.26
65	United Arab Emirates	2.93	2.73	2.65	2.25
66	Uganda	2.95	3.00	2.70	2.95
67	Bolivia	2.96	2.75	2.64	2.54
68	Cambodia	2.98	2.89	2.90	2.73
68	Malaysia	2.98	2.91	3.16	3.14
68	Georgia	2.98	3.29	3.14	3.40
71	Kyrgyzstan	2.99	3.34	3.41	3.46
71	Thailand	2.99	3.03	2.81	2.71
73	Lebanon	3.00	3.10	3.13	3.04
74	Oman	3.01	2.81	2.75	2.70
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3.01	3.16	3.30	3.54
74	Guatemala	3.01	3.18	3.16	3.01
77	Mauritius	3.03	2.90	2.99	2.96
78	Swaziland	3.04	3.11	3.18	3.05
78	Qatar	3.04	3.05	2.81	2.78

Rank	Country	Index
2006	Country	2006	2005	2004	2003
80	Nicaragua	3.05	2.90	2.99	3.14
81	Mauritania	3.08	2.98	2.99	3.15
81	Brazil	3.08	3.20	3.10	3.06
83	Senegal	3.10	3.04	3.05	3.33
83	Maldives	3.10	3.11	3.09	3.13
85	Turkey	3.11	3.41	3.39	3.50
85	Guyana	3.11	3.08	3.08	3.15
85	Namibia	3.11	3.15	2.96	2.70
88	Mali	3.14	3.18	3.29	3.20
88	Côte d'Ivoire	3.14	3.26	3.13	3.16
90	Fiji	3.15	3.28	3.06	3.48
91	Colombia	3.16	3.21	3.13	3.10
92	Sri Lanka	3.19	3.03	3.06	3.05
92	Romania	3.19	3.58	3.71	3.71
94	Tanzania	3.20	3.41	3.24	3.49
94	Djibouti	3.20	3.30	3.23	3.30
94	Kenya	3.20	3.23	3.26	3.21
97	Morocco	3.21	3.18	2.93	2.96
98	Philippines	3.23	3.30	3.10	3.00
99	Lesotho	3.24	3.41	3.50	3.29
99	Tunisia	3.24	3.14	2.94	2.91
99	Ukraine	3.24	3.16	3.49	3.59
102	Honduras	3.28	3.43	3.53	3.24
102	Burkina Faso	3.28	3.28	3.28	3.35
102	Gabon	3.28	3.40	3.43	3.18
105	Ghana	3.29	3.25	3.35	3.54
105	Chad	3.29	3.33	3.54	3.59
107	Ecuador	3.30	3.49	3.60	3.58
107	Argentina	3.30	3.49	3.43	3.09
109	Paraguay	3.31	3.45	3.44	3.40
110	Pakistan	3.33	3.73	3.35	3.44
111	Zambia	3.34	3.45	3.55	3.55
111	People's Republic of China	3.34	3.51	3.59	3.49
113	Kazakhstan	3.35	3.61	3.65	3.50
113	Mozambique	3.35	3.29	3.33	3.40
115	Niger	3.38	3.48	3.48	3.61
116	Dominican Republic	3.39	3.54	3.51	3.29
117	Benin	3.40	3.63	3.49	3.56
118	Central African Republic	3.41	3.51	3.38	3.28
119	Cameroon	3.46	3.60	3.63	3.54
119	Algeria	3.46	3.49	3.26	3.39
121	India	3.49	3.53	3.53	3.58
122	Russia	3.50	3.61	3.51	3.54
123	Azerbaijan	3.51	3.43	3.44	3.50
123	Gambia	3.51	3.45	3.49	3.44
125	Rwanda	3.53	3.54	3.41	3.93
125	Nepal	3.53	3.55	3.53	3.63
127	Guinea	3.55	3.33	3.24	3.26
128	Egypt	3.59	3.43	3.33	3.44
129	Suriname	3.60	3.93	3.96	4.01
130	Malawi	3.63	3.65	3.51	3.63
131	Guinea-Bissau	3.65	3.80	3.85	3.90
132	Burundi	3.69
133	Ethiopia	3.70	3.73	3.33	3.79
134	Indonesia	3.71	3.59	3.76	3.43
134	Togo	3.71	3.68	3.78	3.86
136	Equatorial Guinea	3.74	3.58	3.69	3.73
137	Sierra Leone	3.76	3.78	3.73	3.95
137	Tajikistan	3.76	4.05	4.20	4.15
139	Yemen	3.84	3.75	3.70	3.73
139	Angola	3.84
141	Bangladesh	3.88	3.95	3.70	3.69
142	Vietnam	3.89	3.83	3.93	3.90
143	Republic of the Congo	3.90	3.80	3.90	3.80
144	Uzbekistan	3.91	4.05	4.29	4.29
145	Syria	3.93	3.90	3.88	3.88
146	Nigeria	4.00	3.95	3.90	3.99
147	Haiti	4.03	4.09	3.73	3.86
148	Turkmenistan	4.04	4.36	4.31	4.21
149	Laos	4.08	4.33	4.40	4.68
150	Cuba	4.10	4.24	4.13	4.47
151	Belarus	4.11	4.04	4.04	4.19
152	Venezuela	4.16	4.09	4.23	3.76
152	Libya	4.16	4.40	4.55	4.47
154	Zimbabwe	4.23	4.36	4.54	4.63
155	Myanmar	4.46	4.60	4.40	4.35
156	Iran	4.51	4.21	4.31	4.30
157	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	5.00	5.00	5.00	5.00