The 2012 Index of World Economic Freedom

[thekfc]

The 2012 Index of World Economic Freedom published by the Wall Street Journal & The Heritage Foundation is out.

For those who do not subscribe to the WSJ, here you go:
http://www.heritage.org/index/Ranking

http://www.heritage.org/index/heatmap

There are about 10 different categories but here is the overall rankings:
Hong Kong is #1 on the list.

Notable countries:
Singapore is #2
The USA is #10 and dropping.
Japan is #22
Colombia is #45
Italy #92
Brazil is #99
The Philippines is #107 (19th out of 41 countries in the Asia-Pacific region. They scored high/very high in Trade freedom, Fiscal freedom, Government spending & Monetary Freedom).
India #123
China #138
Russia #144

The top Latin American country is Chile#7

The full report:
http://www.freetheworld.com/2011/reports/world/EFW2011_complete.pdf

[z_k_g]

Kfc,

Good stuff.

What economic areas are the Philippines growing and what areas do they need improvement?

Zulu

[thekfc]

Kfc,

Good stuff.

What economic areas are the Philippines growing and what areas do they need improvement?

Zulu

Read the report and it will tell you.
 
It tell you where every country stands - You can compare any country to the world's average as well as their region average. You can also do comparisons between 3 countries.