Freedom and Prosperity Indexes

finding the greatest freedom and prosperity in the world

There are about 170 countries in the world, some free and prosperous, others oppressive and poor.  Find out how countries rank in freedom and prosperity and which way they are moving in the following reports that compare all the countries based on numerous criteria.

Ratings

Legatum Prosperity Index

A non-traditional look at a nation's prosperity based one more than per capita GDP.  It attempts to rate relative joy of living and the prospect for building a better life.

Heritage Index of Economic Freedom

Analyses virtually all the countries in the world, looking at the factors that control the economic freedom of their citizens, such as tax and regulatory burden, availability of capital, etc.

Economic Freedom of the World Index

From the Fraser Institute:  A free and prosperous world through choice, markets and responsibility.  The main page is Free the World.  The Executive Summary lists the many positive benefits of economic freedom, including much higher average income, life expectancy and political and civil liberties. 

Cato Institute provides an interactive map to the information in the Economic Freedom of the World Index.  You can see the entire report here, 2013 Annual Report, with chapter 1: Economic Freedom, providing a chart of the results for 141 countries on page 8.

You can download a great Powerpoint presentation to teach people about where economic freedom is and what it does.  And a software program can be downloaded that allows you to analyze their complete data here:  Download the software