Argentina5. In each Chamber, twenty votes on economic issues and twenty votes on personal liberty are selected to rank members on a LiberGraph, indicating their support for limited government. The 2006 State of World Liberty Index was created by combining the rankings of four other indexes of world liberty into one: the "2005 Economic Freedom of the World" Index (Fraser Institute), the "2006 Index of Economic Freedom" (The Heritage Foundation), the "2005 Freedom in the World" index (Freedom House), and the "2005 Press Freedom Index" (Reporters Without Borders). Grouped by quintile, red is very conservative, pink is conservative, yellow is moderate, light blue is progressive, and blue is very progressive. Sweden10. Kosovo7. The 10 Most Liberal Countries Of The World. Greece10. Back To Liberty Index. North Korea2. Hong Kong) are included. Finland5. The ranking was based on economic freedom, individual freedom, and the size of the government and taxation it levied on its people. New Zealand2. The top 5 countries also includes Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, and Netherlands. The State of World Liberty Index was a ranking of countries according to the degree of economic and personal freedoms that their citizens enjoy. All changes are done with the purpose of creating the most accurate relative ranking of countries by the degree of liberty (economic and social) enjoyed by the average individual within the state or territory. Where data is available, territories or colonies (e.g. Comoros. Blue is an increase in rank by >20 and green >10 since 2015. The state of global liberty declined slightly in 2018. Nicaragua2. Note, the ranking is not reflective of, nor does it include, political or electoral rights. » People » Collections » Places » Stories In 2006 the State of World Liberty Index released a ranking of the most liberal countries in the world. Strict Construction of US Constitution "The Constitution is either a superior, paramount law, unchangeable by ordinary means, or it is on a level with ordinary legislative acts and, like other acts, is alterable when the legislature shall please to alter it. Sao Tome y Principe9. Canada5. The State of World Liberty Index was a ranking of countries according to the degree of economic and personal freedoms that their citizens enjoy. In the 2021 index,[2] New Zealand is ranked most free overall, while North Korea is last. The below image graphs the amount of liberty enjoyed by the average citizen of a state (x-axis) by the balance of whether the state more heavily regulates economic or social behaviors (y-axis). "The State of World Liberty Project monitors the level of individual and economic freedom and limited government in countries around the world. Kuwait9. Argentina8. Although this is a gloomy assessment from the outset, there is much cause for hope in the future. Rwanda7. Kiribati2. Libya5. These three scores are then averaged to give a country's overall score. The Human Capital Index (HCI) database provides data at the country level for each of the components of the Human Capital Index as well as for the overall index, disaggregated by gender. Turkmenistan8. 1. Freedom in the World is the most widely read and cited report of its kind, tracking global trends in political rights and civil liberties for more than 40 years. Colors represent countries grouped by quintiles in order of blue (top 20%), green (20-40%), yellow (40-60%), orange (60-80%), and red (80-100%). Dominica9. It was a compilation of several similar indices created by other organizations. Study at our beautiful campus in central Virginia or online from anywhere in the world! Venezuela3. Dominica6. Spanning the centuries from Hammurabi to Hume, and collecting material on topics from art and economics to law and political theory, the OLL provides you with a rich variety of texts to explore and consider. The John Locke Foundation, a North Carolinian think tank, created an index to rate the freedom of individual states. Tanzania3. On the whole, there was an improvement in economic freedom. Also please note, rankings used to create the below are typically delayed by one to two years. So, they do not reflect any recent events that may have occurred within the past 6-12 months like the COVID-19 pandemic. Netherlands10. 2020 Five Year change in Liberty. Malaysia3. The State of NJ site may contain optional links, information, services and/or content from other websites operated by third parties that are provided as a convenience, such as Google™ Translate. The index's original author Nick Wilson defined freedom as "the ability for the individual to live their lives as they choose, as long as they do not infringe on the rights of others to do the same." Solomon Islands7. Cuba7. Change 1 Singapore. My methodology is similar to the original with the following exceptions: I use only the civil liberties portion of Freedom House, eco