http://www.heritage.org/index/Ranking

FREE

1.Hong Kong
2.Singapore
3.Australia
4.New Zealand
5.Switzerland
6.Canada

MOSTLY FREE

7.Ireland
8.Denmark
9.United States
10.Bahrain
11.Chile
12.Mauritius :applause:
13.Luxembourg
14.Estonia
15.The Netherlands
16.United Kingdom
17.Finland
18.Cyprus
19.Macau
20.Japan
21.Austria
22.Sweden
23.Germany
24.Lithuania
25.Taiwan
26.Saint Lucia
27.Qatar
28.Czech Republic
29.Georgia
30.Norway
31.Spain
32.Belgium
33.Uruguay

MODERATELY FREE

34.Oman
35.South Korea
36.Armenia
37.Slovakia
38.Jordan
39.El Salvador
40.Botswana
41.Peru
42.Barbados
43.Israel
44.Iceland
45.Colombia
46.The Bahamas
47.United Arab Emirates
48.Mexico
49.Costa Rica
50.Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
51.Hungary
52.Trinidad and Tobago
53.Malaysia
54.Saudi Arabia
55.Macedonia
56.Latvia
57.Malta
58.Jamaica
59.Panama
60.Bulgaria
61.Kuwait
62.Thailand
63.Romania
64.France
65.Cape Verde
66.Slovenia
67.Turkey
68.Poland
69.Portugal
70.Albania
71.Belize
72.Dominica
73.Namibia
74.South Africa
75.Rwanda
76.Montenegro
77.Paraguay
78.Kazakhstan
79.Guatemala
80.Uganda
81.Madagascar
82.Croatia
83.Kyrgyz Republic
84.Samoa
85.Burkina Faso
86.Fiji
87.Italy
88.Greence
89.Lebanon
90.Dominican Republic

MOSTLY UNFREE

91.Zambia
92.Azerbaijan
93.Morocco
94.Mongolia
95.Ghana
96.Egypt
97.Swaziland
98.Nicaragua
99.Honduras
100.Tunisia
101.Serbia
102.Cambodia
103.Bhutan
104.Bosnia and Herzegovina
105.The Gambia
106.Kenya
107.Sri Lanka
108.Tanzania
109.Mozambique
110.Gabon
111.Nigeria
112.Vanuatu
113.Brazil
114.Mali
115.The Philippines
116.Indonesia
117.Benin
118.Tonga
119.Malawi
120.Moldova
121.Senegal
122.Côte d'Ivoire
123.Pakistan
124.India
125.Djibouti
126.Niger
127.Yemen
128.Tajikistan
129.Suriname
130.Bangladesh
131.Papua New Guinea
132.Algeria
133.Haiti
134.Mauritania
135.China
136.Cameroon
137.Guinea
138.Argentina
139.Vietnam
140.Syria
141.Laos
142.Seychelles :eek2:
143.Russia
144.Ethiopia
145.Micronesia
146.Nepal
147.Bolivia

REPRESSED

148.Burundi
149.Sierra Leone
150.São Tomé and Príncipe
151.Guyana
152.Central African Republic
153.Togo
154.Maldives
155.Belarus
156.Lesotho
157.Equatorial Guinea
158.Ecuador
159.Guinea-Bissau
160.Liberia
161.Angola:eek:
162.Solomon Islands
163.Uzbekistan
164.Ukraine
165.Chad
166.Kiribati
167.Comoros
168.Republic of Congo
169.Turkmenistan
170.Timor-Leste
171.Iran
172.Democratic Republic of Congo
173.Libya
174.Burma
175.Venezuela
176.Eritrea
177.Cuba
178.Zimbabwe
179.North Korea

NOT RANKED

Afghanistan
Iraq
Liechtenstein
Sudan

Seychelles score is shocking?

yes, by the good suggestions I read on the internet about that country, I was expecting a much better performance than this.

We've discussed this ranking before, and found it just supports neoliberal policies that don't make sense.

Eg. A country with zero government spending gets the highest score, even when it is obvious that there are lots of services that only the government can provide.

I'm surprised by Seychelles as well.

With that said, this is just a ranking of how open an economy is. Whether that is a good or bad thing for poor countries is highly debatable, so I'd take this with a big pinch of salt.

These debates whether a country should fall neoliberal vs. more state oriented policies are so old. To me it really depends on the country/leaders as well as the conditions on the ground. Chile is ranked 11th and it's the most prosperous country in Latin America and is on its way to becoming a developed country by the end of the decade.