Foreword 2

Overview 10

Map 1. Countries with higher levels of

freedom tend to be more prosperous 16

Table 1. Freedom and

Prosperity rankings 18

Data sources 56

East Asia & the Pacific 23

Philippines 24

Singapore 26

Europe 29

Italy 30

Serbia 32

Latin America & the Caribbean 35

Colombia 36

Dominican Republic 38

Middle East & North Africa 41

Syria 42

Tunisia 44

South & Central Asia 47

Sri Lanka 48

Sub-Saharan Africa 51

Benin 52

Ghana 54