The Economic Freedom of the World: 2016 Annual Report is the world’s premier measurement of economic freedom, ranking countries based on five areas: size of government, legal structure and security of property rights, access to sound money, freedom to trade internationally, and regulation of credit, labour and business. This year’s report compares 159 countries and territories. In this year’s ranking, which is based on 2014 data, Hong Kong is again number one, Canada is tied for fifth, and the United States ranked 16th for the second year in a row.
Director, Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education
Associate Professor of Economics, West Virginia University
Professor of Economics, Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University
Resident Fellow, Dr. Michael A. Walker Research Chair in Economic Freedom, Fraser Institute
Assistant Professor of Economics, Creighton University
Chairman, Fraser Institute Foundation & Founding Executive Director of the Fraser Institute