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Economic freedom index

April 8 , 2020 1600 days 747 0
  • Singapore overtook Hong Kong as the world's freest economy for the first time since 1995.
  • The Index was first published in 1995 and Hong Kong has topped the charts ever since.
  • Created by the Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal, the annual index measures the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations.
  • The World Index of Economic Freedom covers 12 freedoms including property rights, financial freedom, government integrity, labour freedom, trade freedom, investment freedom and business freedom. 
  • Altogether the study encompasses 186 countries.
  • India is ranked in 120th position in the study.

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