The Index of Freedom in the World is an index of civil liberties published in late 2012 by Canada's Fraser Institute, Germany's Liberales Institut, and the U.S. Cato Institute.[1] The index is the predecessor of the Human Freedom Index, which has been published annually since 2015. The coauthors of both indexes are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik (née Štumberger).
The index rates countries on a scale from 10 (freest) to 0 (least free). In 2012, the freest countries/regions were New Zealand (8.88), Switzerland (8.82), and Hong Kong SAR, (8.81). Least free were Syria (3.79), Venezuela (3.80), and Yemen (4.30).[3] The components on which the index is based can be divided into economic freedoms and other personal freedoms. Highest ranking in economic freedoms were Hong Kong (8.91) and Singapore (8.71). Highest ranking in personal freedoms were Sweden (9.45) and the Netherlands (9.28).[3] In 2020, United States has dropped to rank 17 according to The Human Freedom Index.
The Freedom Index does not measure democracy, but it does measure freedom of speech and media, press killings, political imprisonment, etc. According to the report, democracy may be the form of government that best protects freedom, but democracy may both increase and reduce freedom. Nevertheless, democracy strongly correlates with freedom (7.9), as measured by the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index and the Freedom Index.[3]
The Freedom Index is included as part of the book Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom, written by 13 academics and economists from Canada (Fraser Institute), the United States (Cato Institute, Emory University), Germany (Liberales Institut, Goethe University Frankfurt), and Russia (Institute of Economic Analysis). Among other claims, the report argues that the criminalization of and the war on drugs have restricted many components of freedom.[2]
index, freedom, world, index, civil, liberties, published, late, 2012, canada, fraser, institute, germany, liberales, institut, cato, institute, index, predecessor, human, freedom, index, which, been, published, annually, since, 2015, coauthors, both, indexes,. The Index of Freedom in the World is an index of civil liberties published in late 2012 by Canada s Fraser Institute Germany s Liberales Institut and the U S Cato Institute 1 The index is the predecessor of the Human Freedom Index which has been published annually since 2015 The coauthors of both indexes are Ian Vasquez and Tanja Porcnik nee Stumberger The index is based on measures of freedom of speech freedom of religion individual economic choice freedom of association freedom of assembly violence and crimes freedom of movement and women s rights Other components of the Freedom Index include human trafficking sexual violence female genital mutilation and homicide 2 The index rates countries on a scale from 10 freest to 0 least free In 2012 the freest countries regions were New Zealand 8 88 Switzerland 8 82 and Hong Kong SAR 8 81 Least free were Syria 3 79 Venezuela 3 80 and Yemen 4 30 3 The components on which the index is based can be divided into economic freedoms and other personal freedoms Highest ranking in economic freedoms were Hong Kong 8 91 and Singapore 8 71 Highest ranking in personal freedoms were Sweden 9 45 and the Netherlands 9 28 3 In 2020 United States has dropped to rank 17 according to The Human Freedom Index The Freedom Index does not measure democracy but it does measure freedom of speech and media press killings political imprisonment etc According to the report democracy may be the form of government that best protects freedom but democracy may both increase and reduce freedom Nevertheless democracy strongly correlates with freedom 7 9 as measured by the Economist Intelligence Unit s Democracy Index and the Freedom Index 3 The Freedom Index is included as part of the book Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom written by 13 academics and economists from Canada Fraser Institute the United States Cato Institute Emory University Germany Liberales Institut Goethe University Frankfurt and Russia Institute of Economic Analysis Among other claims the report argues that the criminalization of and the war on drugs have restricted many components of freedom 2 See also editEconomic Freedom of the World an annual survey produced by the Fraser Institute List of freedom indicesReferences edit Ryan Craggs January 14 2013 World Freedom Index 2013 Canadian Fraser Institute Ranks Countries Huffington Post a b Fraser Institute 2013 New Zealand ranked No 1 in new comprehensive index of human freedom U S and Denmark tied for seventh PDF An Index of Freedom in the World Archived from the original PDF on 2013 02 03 Retrieved 2013 01 09 a b c Fraser Institute 2012 Chapter 3 Towards a Worldwide Index of Human Freedom PDF An Index of Freedom in the World Archived from the original PDF on 2013 01 20 Retrieved 2013 01 09 The HUMAN FREEDOM INDEX 2019 PDF cato org Retrieved 2022 08 26 External links editHuman Freedom Fraser Institute web page nbsp This human rights related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Index of Freedom in the World amp oldid 1179703556, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
