Human Freedom Index

The Human Freedom Index measures 76 distinct indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom around the world.[1][2][3] The Human Freedom Index is the most comprehensive index on freedom for a globally meaningful set of countries.[4] Coauthors of the index are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik. The index is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

The index covers the following areas:[12]

The index was launched in August 2015, covering years 2008, 2010, 2011, and 2012.[13][14][15][16][17] In January 2016 the database was updated with the scores for 2013.

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents more freedom, the nonweighted average rating for 157 countries in 2013 was 6.93. The level of global freedom stayed about the same compared to 2008, but almost all countries experienced changes in their ratings, with about half of those increasing their ratings and half decreasing.

The top 10 jurisdictions in 2013: Hong Kong, Switzerland, Ireland, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Finland, and Norway. The United States is ranked in 19th place (a year earlier, the US was 20th[18]). Other countries rank as follows: Germany (12), Chile (28), Japan (30), France (34), Singapore (37), South Africa (76), India (86), Brazil (82), Russia (116), China (136), Nigeria (143), Saudi Arabia (144), Venezuela (153), Zimbabwe (149), and Iran (155).

The amount of freedom in a nation has a strong correlation with economic prosperity and human well-being. “Countries in the top quartile of freedom enjoy a significantly higher per capita income ($30,006) than those in other quartiles; the per capita income in the least-free quartile is $2,615,” the study finds.[19]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Fraser Institute: Canada Ranks Sixth on Human Freedom Index, Far Ahead of United States in 20th". Yahoo! Finance. August 18, 2015.
  2. ↑ Tyler Durden (August 19, 2015). "US Falls Behind Canada, Finland, And Hong Kong In Human Freedom Index". ZeroHedge.
  3. ↑ "Bahrain leads Gulf region on Human Freedom Index". Bahrain News Agency. September 1, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Montenegro and Slovenia freest in the Balkans, Bosnia and Serbia at the very back". Cafe del Montenegro. August 25, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Iran dead last in human freedom index". Iran Times. August 19, 2015.
  6. ↑ Mohammad Ghazal (August 31, 2015). "Jordan tops Arab countries in freedom index". The Jordan Times.
  7. ↑ "الدول العربية تحتل المراتب الأخيرة في مؤشر الحرية..". CNN Arabic. August 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Denmark fourth on human freedom index". The Copenhagen Post. August 25, 2015.
  9. ↑ "W Polsce wolności więcej niż we Francji". Newsweek. August 18, 2015.
  10. ↑ "个人自由经济自由评分标准达76项". 加拿大都市网. August 21, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Albania ranks 54th in human freedom index". Tirana Times. September 4, 2015.
  12. ↑ Tarik El Barakah (September 3, 2015). "The Fraser Institute: Canada Ranks Sixth on Human Freedom Index, Far Ahead of United States in 20th". Morocco World News.
  13. ↑ "The Human Freedom Index". CBC News’s New Brunswick First. August 20, 2015.
  14. ↑ "The Human Freedom Index". FOX's Outnumbered. August 20, 2015.
  15. ↑ "The Human Freedom Index ranking of Canada". CBC’s The Exchange with Amanda Lang. August 19, 2015.
  16. ↑ "The Human Freedom Index ranking of Canada". CTV AM. August 18, 2015.
  17. ↑ "The Human Freedom Index". CNN’s Fareed Zakaria GPS. August 23, 2015.
  18. ↑ "Neal Boortz cites the Human Freedom Index ranking of the U.S.". CNN Newsroom with Poppy Harlow. August 22, 2015.
  19. ↑ "US Falls to 20th in Freedom Index". Breitbar. August 19, 2015.
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