2017 World Freedom Index
We set out to answer the question: “Which are the freest counties in the world?”
While freedom certainly can be subjective, the Index attempts to represent the freedom of a country by looking at economic freedom, political freedom, and freedom of the press.
The World Freedom Index attempts to provide a well rounded ranking of an individual country’s freedom relative to other countries. Below is our ranking for 2017:
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| Country | Economic Freedom | Political Freedom | Press Freedom | Total Freedom Score | Ranking |
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| New Zealand | 92.92 | 98.04 | 91.84 | 94.26 | 1 |
| Sweden | 82.62 | 100.00 | 99.14 | 93.92 | 2 |
| Norway | 81.52 | 100.00 | 100.00 | 93.84 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 90.24 | 96.08 | 94.20 | 93.51 | 4 |
| Finland | 81.54 | 100.00 | 98.31 | 93.28 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 83.65 | 99.02 | 95.29 | 92.65 | 6 |
| Australia | 89.73 | 98.04 | 89.23 | 92.33 | 7 |
| Denmark | 82.78 | 97.06 | 96.47 | 92.10 | 8 |
| Canada | 86.81 | 99.02 | 88.57 | 91.47 | 9 |
| Estonia | 87.45 | 94.12 | 92.39 | 91.32 | 10 |
| Luxembourg | 83.81 | 98.04 | 90.89 | 90.91 | 11 |
| Ireland | 84.75 | 96.08 | 91.71 | 90.85 | 12 |
| Iceland | 82.00 | 97.06 | 93.05 | 90.71 | 13 |
| Austria | 79.53 | 95.10 | 92.49 | 89.04 | 14 |
| Germany | 81.33 | 95.10 | 90.57 | 89.00 | 15 |
| Czech Republic | 80.79 | 94.12 | 88.09 | 87.66 | 16 |
| Belgium | 74.38 | 95.10 | 93.41 | 87.63 | 17 |
| Chile | 84.52 | 94.12 | 83.46 | 87.37 | 18 |
| Uruguay | 76.50 | 98.04 | 87.42 | 87.32 | 19 |
| United Kingdom | 84.39 | 95.10 | 81.24 | 86.91 | 20 |
| Lithuania | 83.63 | 91.18 | 82.38 | 85.73 | 21 |
| Costa Rica | 71.09 | 91.18 | 94.46 | 85.58 | 22 |
| Latvia | 82.43 | 87.26 | 85.90 | 85.20 | 23 |
| Portugal | 68.24 | 97.06 | 89.55 | 84.95 | 24 |
| Taiwan | 84.48 | 91.18 | 78.54 | 84.73 | 25 |
| Cyprus | 74.38 | 94.12 | 84.40 | 84.30 | 26 |
| United States of America | 82.88 | 89.22 | 79.17 | 83.76 | 27 |
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