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Ranking the Countries: The US comes in under 'mostly free' (sigh), I think because of government intervention.

distribution of global economic freedom
100-80	79.9-70	69.9-60	59.9-50	49.9-0	N/A
free	mostly free	moderately free	mostly unfree	repressed	not ranked

Index of Economic Freedom World Rankings (Click on the country name for more details.)

world rankcountryfreedom scorechange from previous	world rankcountryfreedom scorechange from previous

1Hong Kong89.70.0	93Morocco59.6+0.4
2Singapore87.2+1.1	94Mongolia59.5-0.5
3Australia82.5-0.1	95Ghana59.4-0.8
4New Zealand82.3+0.2	96Egypt59.1+0.1
5Switzerland81.9+0.8	97Swaziland59.1+1.7
6Canada80.8+0.4	98Nicaragua58.8+0.5
7Ireland78.7-2.6	99Honduras58.6+0.3
8Denmark78.6+0.7	100Tunisia58.5-0.4
9United States77.8-0.2	101Serbia58.0+1.1
10Bahrain77.7+1.4	102Cambodia57.9+1.3
11Chile77.4+0.2	103Bhutan57.6+0.6
12Mauritius76.2-0.1	104Bosnia and Herzegovina57.5+1.3
13Luxembourg76.2+0.8	105The Gambia57.4+2.3
14Estonia75.2+0.5	106Kenya57.4-0.1
15The Netherlands74.7-0.3	107Sri Lanka57.1+2.5
16United Kingdom74.5-2.0	108Tanzania57.0-1.3
17Finland74.0+0.2	109Mozambique56.8+0.8
18Cyprus73.3+2.4	110Gabon56.7+1.3
19Macau73.1+0.6	111Nigeria56.7-0.1
20Japan72.8-0.1	112Vanuatu56.7+0.3
21Austria71.9+0.3	113Brazil56.3+0.7
22Sweden71.9-0.5	114Mali56.3+0.7
23Germany71.8+0.7	115The Philippines56.2-0.1
24Lithuania71.3+1.0	116Indonesia56.0+0.5
25Taiwan70.8+0.4	117Benin56.0+0.6
26Saint Lucia70.8+0.3	118Tonga55.8+2.4
27Qatar70.5+1.5	119Malawi55.8+1.7
28Czech Republic70.4+0.6	120Moldova55.7+2.0
29Georgia70.40.0	121Senegal55.7+1.1
30Norway70.3+0.9	122Côte d'Ivoire55.4+1.3
31Spain70.2+0.6	123Pakistan55.1-0.1
32Belgium70.2+0.1	124India54.6+0.8
33Uruguay70.0+0.2	125Djibouti54.5+3.5
34Oman69.8+2.1	126Niger54.3+1.4
35South Korea69.8-0.1	127Yemen54.2-0.2
36Armenia69.7+0.5	128Tajikistan53.5+0.5
37Slovakia69.5-0.2	129Suriname53.1+0.6
38Jordan68.9+2.8	130Bangladesh53.0+1.9
39El Salvador68.8-1.1	131Papua New Guinea52.6-0.9
40Botswana68.8-1.5	132Algeria52.4-4.5
41Peru68.6+1.0	133Haiti52.1+1.3
42Barbados68.5+0.2	134Mauritania52.1+0.1
43Israel68.5+0.8	135China52.0+1.0
44Iceland68.2-5.5	136Cameroon51.8-0.5
45Colombia68.0+2.5	137Guinea51.7-0.1
46The Bahamas68.0+0.7	138Argentina51.7+0.5
47United Arab Emirates67.8+0.5	139Vietnam51.6+1.8
48Mexico67.8-0.5	140Syria51.3+1.9
49Costa Rica67.3+1.4	141Laos51.3+0.2
50Saint Vincent and the Grenadines66.90.0	142Seychelles51.2+3.3
51Hungary66.6+0.5	143Russia50.5+0.2
52Trinidad and Tobago66.5+0.8	144Ethiopia50.5-0.7
53Malaysia66.3+1.5	145Micronesia50.3-0.3
54Saudi Arabia66.2+2.1	146Nepal50.1-2.6
55Macedonia66.0+0.3	147Bolivia50.0+0.6
56Latvia65.8-0.4	148Burundi49.6+2.1
57Malta65.7-1.5	149Sierra Leone49.6+1.7
58Jamaica65.7+0.2	150São Tomé and Príncipe49.5+0.7
59Panama64.9+0.1	151Guyana49.4+1.0
60Bulgaria64.9+2.6	152Central African Republic49.3+0.9
61Kuwait64.9-2.8	153Togo49.1+2.0
62Thailand64.7+0.6	154Maldives48.3-0.7
63Romania64.7+0.5	155Belarus47.9-0.8
64France64.6+0.4	156Lesotho47.5-0.6
65Cape Verde64.6+2.8	157Equatorial Guinea47.5-1.1
66Slovenia64.6-0.1	158Ecuador47.1-2.2
67Turkey64.2+0.4	159Guinea-Bissau46.5+2.9
68Poland64.1+0.9	160Liberia46.5+0.3
69Portugal64.0-0.4	161Angola46.2-2.2
70Albania64.0-2.0	162Solomon Islands45.9+3.0
71Belize63.8+2.3	163Uzbekistan45.8-1.7
72Dominica63.3+0.1	164Ukraine45.8-0.6
73Namibia62.7+0.5	165Chad45.3-2.2
74South Africa62.7-0.1	166Kiribati44.8+1.1
75Rwanda62.7+3.6	167Comoros43.8-1.1
76Montenegro62.5-1.1	168Republic of Congo43.6+0.4
77Paraguay62.3+1.0	169Turkmenistan43.6+1.1
78Kazakhstan62.1+1.1	170Timor-Leste42.8-3.0
79Guatemala61.9+0.9	171Iran42.1-1.3
80Uganda61.7-0.5	172Democratic Republic of Congo40.7-0.7
81Madagascar61.2-2.0	173Libya38.6-1.6
82Croatia61.1+1.9	174Burma37.8+1.1
83Kyrgyz Republic61.1-0.2	175Venezuela37.6+0.5
84Samoa60.6+0.2	176Eritrea36.7+1.4
85Burkina Faso60.6+1.2	177Cuba27.7+1.0
86Fiji60.4+0.1	178Zimbabwe22.1+0.7
87Italy60.3-2.4	179North Korea1.00.0
88Greece60.3-2.4	N/AAfghanistanN/AN/A
89Lebanon60.1+0.6	N/AIraqN/AN/A
90Dominican Republic60.0-0.3	N/ALiechtensteinN/AN/A
91Zambia59.7+1.7	N/ASudanN/AN/A
92Azerbaijan59.7+0.9