The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has countries ranked by different economic index built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
According to the Freedom House's report "Freedom in the world 2012", 35.2% (or 2.45 billion) of people in the world are NOT free in terms of political and civil rights. Diagonal of unfree countries on the world map goes from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba in Latin and Central America, through Central Africa and Middle East to Asian countries including China.
To identify the healthiest countries in the world, Bloomberg Rankings created health scores and health-risk scores for countries with populations of at least 1 million. The risk score was subtracted from the health score to determine the country's rank. Five-year averages, when available, were used to mitigate some of the short-term year-over-year swings. See also: Health Hub | Health Country Profile | Health Status Vs Education Attainment and Income | Crime Statistics: Murders with Firearms and Homicide Rate
"The Reporters Without Borders index, which is published each year, measures the state of media freedom throughout the world. It reflects the degree of freedom that journalists, news media and netizens enjoy in each country, and the efforts made by the authorities to respect and ensure respect for this freedom." - the Press Freedom Index Report 2011-2012. The lower Press Freedom Index, the more free the state of media.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has countries ranked by different economic index built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
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Official statistics for any country reflect registered, transparent economic transactions, by default failing to capture the full breadth of economic activity that can emanate from the "shadow economy." The so called shadow economy is any economic activity that is deliberately concealed from public authorities to avoid payment of income, value added or other taxes; to avoid payment of social security contributions; having to meet certain legal labour market standards, such as minimum wages, maximum working hours, safety standards, etc; and complying with certain administrative procedures, such as completing statistical questionnaires or administrative forms.* Surprisingly, the unreported portion of economic activities for some countries exceeds 50 percent of GDP. In such countries as Bolivia, Georgia, Panama and Zimbabwe the size of the shadow economy during the period 1999-2007 was higher than 60 percent of official GDP estimates. In contrast, the weighted average share of the shadow economy is estimated to represent about 17 percent of the official world GDP with the United Kingdom, United States, Luxemburg, Austria, and Japan recording the smallest shadow economies during the period. *Source: Schneider, Friedrich , Buehn, Andreas and Montenegro, Claudio E.(2010) 'New Estimates for the Shadow Economies all over the World', International Economic Journal, 24: 4, 443-461. To access the full shadow economy dataset, click here.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
Ratings show the place of selected country among other countries (1 is the best if other is not mentioned)
Ratings show the place of selected country among other countries (1 is the best if other is not mentioned)
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
The index of Economic Freedom have been tracked by The Wall Street Journal and The Heritage Foundation since 1995.These indices are benchmarks that gauge the economic succes around the world. This pages has content built using the data from the 2011 Index of Economic Freedom.
It is interesting that there is no relationship between actual level of corruption in the country and how people assess government's actions in the fight against corruption. In such a "clean" from corruption countries like Finland, Norway, Switzerland or Canada over 50% of respondents assess government's actions in the fight against corruption as ineffective. Similarly people estimate their governments in much more corrupted countries like Russia, China and Brazil. One conclusion that probably could be done out of this comparison is that government's activity doesn't have much influence on the "perceived" level of corruption in countries around the world.
Since 2006 China has become the world's largest holder of foreign exchange reserves (including gold). By the end of 2011 Chinese foreign exchange reserves increased to 3.2 trillion US$ and accounted for almost one third of foreign exchange reserves accumulated in the world. The amount of accumulated reserves allows China to pay for its imports during almost 2 years, without selling goods abroad.
Link to Database: Corruption Perceptions Index 2011 Note: Countries in the table below listed by the level of corruption in 2011
Значение рейтингов указывают на место страны в мире (1 - наилучшее значение для всех рейтингов)
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Ratings show the place of selected country among other countries (1 is the best if other is not mentioned)