Introduction
The Human Freedom Index (HFI) measures the freedom enjoyed by individuals in countries around the world. The freest countries in the world are therefore those with the highest HFI scores. The ten freest countries in the world, based on their human freedom index scores, are Switzerland, New Zealand, Denmark, Estonia, Ireland, Canada, Finland, Australia, Sweden, and Luxembourg.
Switzerland tops the list of freest countries with an HFI score of 9.11. Switzerland is renowned for its political stability, economic prosperity, and social welfare programs. Switzerland has a market-oriented economy that is highly diversified and enjoys a high degree of economic freedom. The Swiss have a reputation for respecting individual rights and freedoms, which is reflected in their high HFI score.
New Zealand, with an HFI score of 9.01, is the second freest country in the world. The country has a long history of promoting individual rights and freedoms, and it is known for its progressive social policies. New Zealand is a stable and prosperous country with a market-oriented economy that is highly diversified. The country also has a high degree of political freedom, and it is well known for its democratic governance.
Denmark is the third freest country in the world with an HFI score of 8.98. The country has a strong social welfare system that provides healthcare, education, and other benefits to its citizens. Denmark is also known for its progressive social policies, and it is a leader in promoting gender equality and LGBT rights. The country has a market-oriented economy that is highly diversified, and it is a member of the European Union.
Estonia is the fourth freest country in the world with an HFI score of 8.91. The country has a market-oriented economy that is highly diversified and enjoys a high degree of economic freedom. Estonia is known for its e-government services, and it is one of the most digitally advanced countries in the world. The country also has a high degree of political freedom, and it is a member of the European Union. Estonia has made significant progress in recent years in promoting individual rights and freedoms, and it is a model for other countries seeking to improve their HFI scores.
Human Freedom Index Ranking
# | Country | Human Freedom Index |
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1 | Switzerland | 9.11 |
2 | New Zealand | 9.01 |
3 | Denmark | 8.98 |
4 | Estonia | 8.91 |
5 | Ireland | 8.9 |
6 | Canada | 8.85 |
7 | Finland | 8.85 |
8 | Australia | 8.84 |
9 | Sweden | 8.83 |
10 | Luxembourg | 8.8 |
11 | Netherlands | 8.78 |
12 | Iceland | 8.77 |
13 | Norway | 8.76 |
14 | United Kingdom | 8.75 |
15 | Germany | 8.73 |
16 | Japan | 8.73 |
17 | United States of America | 8.73 |
18 | Portugal | 8.69 |
19 | Lithuania | 8.68 |
20 | Taiwan | 8.68 |
21 | Austria | 8.67 |
22 | Latvia | 8.67 |
23 | Belgium | 8.61 |
24 | Czech Republic | 8.61 |
25 | Spain | 8.56 |
26 | Italy | 8.49 |
27 | Malta | 8.45 |
28 | Chile | 8.44 |
29 | Cyprus | 8.42 |
30 | Hong Kong | 8.41 |
31 | South Korea | 8.39 |
32 | Slovenia | 8.37 |
33 | Uruguay | 8.36 |
34 | France | 8.34 |
35 | Romania | 8.33 |
36 | Costa Rica | 8.25 |
37 | The Bahamas | 8.22 |
38 | Slovakia | 8.21 |
39 | Armenia | 8.2 |
40 | Georgia | 8.2 |
41 | Croatia | 8.16 |
42 | Albania | 8.14 |
43 | Panama | 8.12 |
44 | Bulgaria | 8.08 |
45 | Mauritius | 8.07 |
46 | Mongolia | 8 |
47 | Singapore | 7.98 |
48 | Poland | 7.96 |
49 | Peru | 7.93 |
50 | Barbados | 7.92 |
51 | Jamaica | 7.91 |
52 | Botswana | 7.9 |
53 | Dominican Republic | 7.88 |
54 | Montenegro | 7.88 |
55 | Greece | 7.86 |
56 | Seychelles | 7.84 |
57 | Republic of Macedonia | 7.75 |
58 | Hungary | 7.73 |
59 | Trinidad and Tobago | 7.7 |
60 | Moldova | 7.68 |
61 | Israel | 7.66 |
62 | Belize | 7.64 |
63 | Suriname | 7.64 |
64 | Guatemala | 7.63 |
65 | Namibia | 7.56 |
66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7.54 |
67 | Paraguay | 7.54 |
68 | Serbia | 7.54 |
69 | Ghana | 7.49 |
70 | Guyana | 7.49 |
71 | Ecuador | 7.43 |
72 | El Salvador | 7.39 |
73 | Argentina | 7.38 |
74 | Fiji | 7.36 |
75 | Benin | 7.32 |
76 | South Africa | 7.3 |
77 | Brazil | 7.22 |
78 | East Timor | 7.22 |
79 | Haiti | 7.21 |
80 | Kyrgyzstan | 7.18 |
81 | Malaysia | 7.17 |
82 | Papua New Guinea | 7.17 |
83 | Nepal | 7.12 |
84 | Indonesia | 7.1 |
85 | Honduras | 7.09 |
86 | Senegal | 7.07 |
87 | Madagascar | 7.02 |
88 | Colombia | 7.01 |
89 | Lesotho | 7.01 |
90 | Malawi | 6.99 |
91 | Bolivia | 6.94 |
92 | Mexico | 6.92 |
93 | Jordan | 6.91 |
94 | Ivory Coast | 6.9 |
95 | Thailand | 6.89 |
96 | The Gambia | 6.88 |
97 | Bhutan | 6.86 |
98 | Ukraine | 6.86 |
99 | Burkina Faso | 6.85 |
100 | Philippines | 6.83 |
101 | Zambia | 6.82 |
102 | Liberia | 6.81 |
103 | Gabon | 6.8 |
104 | Mozambique | 6.8 |
105 | Guinea-Bissau | 6.77 |
106 | Kazakhstan | 6.77 |
107 | Lebanon | 6.76 |
108 | Belarus | 6.73 |
109 | Kenya | 6.73 |
110 | Sierra Leone | 6.7 |
111 | Sri Lanka | 6.58 |
112 | Togo | 6.5 |
113 | Tanzania | 6.48 |
114 | Cambodia | 6.47 |
115 | Brunei | 6.46 |
116 | Tunisia | 6.46 |
117 | Niger | 6.41 |
118 | India | 6.39 |
119 | Rwanda | 6.36 |
120 | Kuwait | 6.34 |
121 | Uganda | 6.32 |
122 | Nigeria | 6.28 |
123 | Mali | 6.25 |
124 | Nicaragua | 6.24 |
125 | Russia | 6.23 |
126 | Azerbaijan | 6.16 |
127 | Qatar | 6.15 |
128 | Angola | 6.09 |
129 | Comoros | 6.07 |
130 | United Arab Emirates | 6.06 |
131 | Ethiopia | 5.95 |
132 | Oman | 5.92 |
133 | Morocco | 5.9 |
134 | Vietnam | 5.9 |
135 | Laos | 5.85 |
136 | Djibouti | 5.84 |
137 | Guinea | 5.82 |
138 | Turkey | 5.79 |
139 | Eswatini | 5.79 |
140 | Myanmar | 5.78 |
141 | Bangladesh | 5.75 |
142 | Bahrain | 5.73 |
143 | Mauritania | 5.73 |
144 | Cameroon | 5.63 |
145 | Pakistan | 5.63 |
146 | Central African Republic | 5.62 |
147 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5.62 |
148 | Zimbabwe | 5.6 |
149 | Chad | 5.57 |
150 | People's Republic of China | 5.57 |
151 | Republic of the Congo | 5.55 |
152 | Tajikistan | 5.52 |
153 | Algeria | 5.26 |
154 | Saudi Arabia | 5.12 |
155 | Libya | 5.05 |
156 | Burundi | 5.02 |
157 | Iraq | 5.02 |
158 | Somalia | 4.93 |
159 | Iran | 4.53 |
160 | Egypt | 4.49 |
161 | Sudan | 4.48 |
162 | Yemen | 4.08 |
163 | Venezuela | 4.03 |
164 | Syria | 3.66 |
Human Freedom Index by Country
Albania
Ranked in the World
#42
Algeria
Ranked in the World
#153
Angola
Ranked in the World
#128
Argentina
Ranked in the World
#73
Armenia
Ranked in the World
#39
Australia
Ranked in the World
#8
Austria
Ranked in the World
#21
Azerbaijan
Ranked in the World
#126
Bahrain
Ranked in the World
#142
Bangladesh
Ranked in the World
#141
Barbados
Ranked in the World
#50
Belarus
Ranked in the World
#108
Belgium
Ranked in the World
#23
Belize
Ranked in the World
#62
Benin
Ranked in the World
#75
Bhutan
Ranked in the World
#97
Bolivia
Ranked in the World
#91
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ranked in the World
#66
Botswana
Ranked in the World
#52
Brazil
Ranked in the World
#77
Brunei
Ranked in the World
#115
Bulgaria
Ranked in the World
#44
Burkina Faso
Ranked in the World
#99
Burundi
Ranked in the World
#156
Cambodia
Ranked in the World
#114
Cameroon
Ranked in the World
#144
Canada
Ranked in the World
#6
Central African Republic
Ranked in the World
#146
Chad
Ranked in the World
#149
Chile
Ranked in the World
#28
Colombia
Ranked in the World
#88
Comoros
Ranked in the World
#129
Costa Rica
Ranked in the World
#36
Croatia
Ranked in the World
#41
Cyprus
Ranked in the World
#29
Czech Republic
Ranked in the World
#24
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ranked in the World
#147
Denmark
Ranked in the World
#3
Djibouti
Ranked in the World
#136
Dominican Republic
Ranked in the World
#53
East Timor
Ranked in the World
#78
Ecuador
Ranked in the World
#71
Egypt
Ranked in the World
#160
El Salvador
Ranked in the World
#72
Estonia
Ranked in the World
#4
Eswatini
Ranked in the World
#138
Ethiopia
Ranked in the World
#131
Fiji
Ranked in the World
#74
Finland
Ranked in the World
#7
France
Ranked in the World
#34
Gabon
Ranked in the World
#103
Georgia
Ranked in the World
#40
Germany
Ranked in the World
#15
Ghana
Ranked in the World
#69
Greece
Ranked in the World
#55
Guatemala
Ranked in the World
#64
Guinea
Ranked in the World
#137
Guinea-Bissau
Ranked in the World
#105
Guyana
Ranked in the World
#70
Haiti
Ranked in the World
#79
Honduras
Ranked in the World
#85
Hong Kong
Ranked in the World
#30
Hungary
Ranked in the World
#58
Iceland
Ranked in the World
#12
India
Ranked in the World
#118
Indonesia
Ranked in the World
#84
Iran
Ranked in the World
#159
Iraq
Ranked in the World
#157
Ireland
Ranked in the World
#5
Israel
Ranked in the World
#61
Italy
Ranked in the World
#26
Ivory Coast
Ranked in the World
#94
Jamaica
Ranked in the World
#51
Japan
Ranked in the World
#16
Jordan
Ranked in the World
#93
Kazakhstan
Ranked in the World
#106
Kenya
Ranked in the World
#109
Kuwait
Ranked in the World
#120
Kyrgyzstan
Ranked in the World
#80
Laos
Ranked in the World
#135
Latvia
Ranked in the World
#22
Lebanon
Ranked in the World
#107
Lesotho
Ranked in the World
#89
Liberia
Ranked in the World
#102
Libya
Ranked in the World
#155
Lithuania
Ranked in the World
#19
Luxembourg
Ranked in the World
#10
Madagascar
Ranked in the World
#87
Malawi
Ranked in the World
#90
Malaysia
Ranked in the World
#81
Mali
Ranked in the World
#123
Malta
Ranked in the World
#27
Mauritania
Ranked in the World
#143
Mauritius
Ranked in the World
#45
Mexico
Ranked in the World
#92
Moldova
Ranked in the World
#60
Mongolia
Ranked in the World
#46
Montenegro
Ranked in the World
#54
Morocco
Ranked in the World
#133
Mozambique
Ranked in the World
#104
Myanmar
Ranked in the World
#140
Namibia
Ranked in the World
#65
Nepal
Ranked in the World
#83
Netherlands
Ranked in the World
#11
New Zealand
Ranked in the World
#2
Nicaragua
Ranked in the World
#124
Niger
Ranked in the World
#117
Nigeria
Ranked in the World
#122
Norway
Ranked in the World
#13
Oman
Ranked in the World
#132
Pakistan
Ranked in the World
#145
Panama
Ranked in the World
#43
Papua New Guinea
Ranked in the World
#82
Paraguay
Ranked in the World
#67
People's Republic of China
Ranked in the World
#150
Peru
Ranked in the World
#49
Philippines
Ranked in the World
#100
Poland
Ranked in the World
#48
Portugal
Ranked in the World
#18
Qatar
Ranked in the World
#127
Republic of Macedonia
Ranked in the World
#57
Republic of the Congo
Ranked in the World
#151
Romania
Ranked in the World
#35
Russia
Ranked in the World
#125
Rwanda
Ranked in the World
#119
Saudi Arabia
Ranked in the World
#154
Senegal
Ranked in the World
#86
Serbia
Ranked in the World
#68
Seychelles
Ranked in the World
#56
Sierra Leone
Ranked in the World
#110
Singapore
Ranked in the World
#47
Slovakia
Ranked in the World
#38
Slovenia
Ranked in the World
#32
Somalia
Ranked in the World
#158
South Africa
Ranked in the World
#76
South Korea
Ranked in the World
#31
Spain
Ranked in the World
#25
Sri Lanka
Ranked in the World
#111
Sudan
Ranked in the World
#161
Suriname
Ranked in the World
#63
Sweden
Ranked in the World
#9
Switzerland
Ranked in the World
#1
Syria
Ranked in the World
#164
Taiwan
Ranked in the World
#20
Tajikistan
Ranked in the World
#152
Tanzania
Ranked in the World
#113
Thailand
Ranked in the World
#95
The Bahamas
Ranked in the World
#37
The Gambia
Ranked in the World
#96
Togo
Ranked in the World
#112
Trinidad and Tobago
Ranked in the World
#59
Tunisia
Ranked in the World
#116
Turkey
Ranked in the World
#139
Uganda
Ranked in the World
#121
Ukraine
Ranked in the World
#98
United Arab Emirates
Ranked in the World
#130
United Kingdom
Ranked in the World
#14
United States of America
Ranked in the World
#17
Uruguay
Ranked in the World
#33
Venezuela
Ranked in the World
#163
Vietnam
Ranked in the World
#134
Yemen
Ranked in the World
#162
Zambia
Ranked in the World
#101
Zimbabwe
Ranked in the World
#148