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Economic freedom, overall index (0-100), 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 27 countries was 70 index points. The highest value was in Ireland: 83 index points and the lowest value was in Greece: 55 index points. The indicator is available from 1995 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: index points; Source: The Heritage Foundation
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Countries Economic freedom, overall index, 2024 Global rank Available data
Ireland 83 1 1995 - 2024
Luxembourg 79 2 1996 - 2024
Denmark 78 3 1996 - 2024
Estonia 78 4 1995 - 2024
Sweden 78 5 1995 - 2024
Netherlands 77 6 1996 - 2024
Finland 76 7 1996 - 2024
Lithuania 73 8 1996 - 2024
Cyprus 72 9 1996 - 2024
Germany 72 10 1995 - 2024
Latvia 72 11 1996 - 2024
Czechia 70 12 1995 - 2024
Bulgaria 69 13 1995 - 2024
Portugal 69 14 1995 - 2024
Austria 68 15 1995 - 2024
Slovakia 68 16 1995 - 2024
Croatia 67 17 1996 - 2024
Belgium 66 18 1996 - 2024
Poland 66 19 1995 - 2024
Slovenia 66 20 1996 - 2024
Malta 65 21 1995 - 2024
Romania 64 22 1995 - 2024
France 63 23 1995 - 2024
Spain 63 24 1995 - 2024
Hungary 61 25 1995 - 2024
Italy 60 26 1995 - 2024
Greece 55 27 1995 - 2024



Definition: The Overall index of economic freedom has ten components grouped into four broad categories: Rule of Law; Limited Government; Regulatory Efficiency and Open Markets. The overall economic freedom is scored on a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom.

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