Economic Freedom of the World, Annual Report
Fraser Institute

By James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Joshua Hall
This annual report provides a measure of the consistency of the institutions and policies with economic freedom for 165 countries. The summary measure uses 42 different statistical variables collected from sources such as the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, and the World Economic Forum. The data are widely used by researchers and they may be downloaded at www.freetheworld.com.