THE HUMAN FREEDOM INDEX 2016

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgments...................................................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction................................................................................................................................................................ 3 The Human Freedom Index 2016: A Global Measurement of Personal, Civil, and Economic Freedom.................5

Executive Summary..............................................................................................................................................5 Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................6 Concept and Approach .......................................................................................................................................6 What the Personal Freedom Index Measures .....................................................................................................9 Findings ............................................................................................................................................................. 14 Freedom and Democracy .................................................................................................................................. 23 Conclusion: Toward a Better Appreciation of Freedom ...................................................................................24 Country Profiles.................................................................................................................................................26 Appendix A: Areas, Components, and Sub-Components of the Economic Freedom of the World Index.... 186 Appendix B: Data Sources for the Human Freedom Index............................................................................. 188 Appendix C: Description and Methodology of Data Sources ....................................................................... 189 Appendix D: Human Freedom Index 2008.................................................................................................... 200 Appendix E: Human Freedom Index 2010....................................................................................................... 212 Appendix F: Human Freedom Index 2011........................................................................................................ 225 Appendix G: Human Freedom Index 2012......................................................................................................238 Appendix H: Human Freedom Index 2013....................................................................................................... 251 Appendix I: Human Freedom Index 2014........................................................................................................265 Appendix J: 2014 Freedom Index Rankings (by Personal Freedom).............................................................. 279 Appendix K: 2014 Freedom Index Rankings (by Economic Freedom)...........................................................284 Appendix L: Human Freedom Indices (in Alphabetical Order)......................................................................289 Appendix M: Countries by Region.................................................................................................................. 293 Appendix N: 2014 Human Freedom Index (by Rankings) and Democracy Index..........................................295 Notes............................................................................................................................................................... 300 About the Co-Publishers........................................................................................................................................302

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