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2003
Index of Economic Freedom - Extracts
The Heritage Foundation
and the Wall Street Journal
November 12, 2002
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country name to see a detailed analysis
|
Overall
rank
|
Country
|
Overall
Score
|
Trade
|
Fiscal
Burden
|
Government
Intervention
|
Monetary
Policy
|
Foreign
Investment
|
Banking/
Finance
|
Wages/
Prices
|
Property
Rights
|
Regulation
|
Black
Market
|
|
35
|
Botswana
|
2.50
|
2.0
|
3.5
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.5
|
|
44
|
Madagascar
|
2.65
|
2.0
|
2.5
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
|
44
|
South
Africa
|
2.65
|
3.0
|
4.5
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
|
52
|
Namibia
|
2.70
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
2.5
|
|
62
|
Uganda
|
2.85
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.5
|
|
72
|
Mali
|
3.00
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
|
72
|
Mauritius
|
3.00
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
|
72
|
Swaziland
|
3.00
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
|
80
|
Central
African Republic
|
3.05
|
5.0
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
80
|
Ivory
Coast
|
3.05
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
1.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
80
|
Senegal
|
3.05
|
4.0
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
85
|
Guinea
|
3.10
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
85
|
Kenya
|
3.10
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.5
|
|
85
|
Mauritania
|
3.10
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
89
|
Cape
Verde
|
3.15
|
4.0
|
4.5
|
4.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
|
89
|
Gabon
|
3.15
|
5.0
|
4.5
|
2.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
|
94
|
Burkina
Faso
|
3.25
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
94
|
Mozambique
|
3.25
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
99
|
Djibouti
|
3.30
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
99
|
Gambia,
The
|
3.30
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|
104
|
Benin
|
3.35
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
104
|
Cameroon
|
3.35
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.5
|
|
104
|
Lesotho
|
3.35
|
3.0
|
4.5
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
104
|
Tanzania
|
3.35
|
5.0
|
2.5
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
113
|
Chad
|
3.40
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|
113
|
Ghana
|
3.40
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.5
|
|
113
|
Niger
|
3.40
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|
119
|
Ethiopia
|
3.50
|
5.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
|
119
|
Zambia
|
3.50
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
128
|
Equatorial
Guinea
|
3.60
|
5.0
|
2.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|
128
|
Togo
|
3.60
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
131
|
Malawi
|
3.65
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.5
|
|
131
|
Rwanda
|
3.65
|
5.0
|
2.5
|
3.0
|
2.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
135
|
Congo,
Republic of
|
3.70
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
1.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|
140
|
Nigeria
|
3.85
|
5.0
|
3.5
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
|
140
|
Sierra
Leone
|
3.85
|
5.0
|
3.5
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
142
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
3.90
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
2.0
|
3.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
|
153
|
Zimbabwe
|
4.40
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
3.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
5.0
|
4.0
|
4.0
|
|
N/R
|
Angola
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
N/R
|
Burundi
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
N/R
|
Congo,
Democratic Republic of
(formerly Zaire)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|
N/R
|
Sudan
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
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