The Human Freedom Index 2020 report ranked 162 countries based on 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom from 2008 to 2018. The report assigned countries a rating from 0 to 10, with 10 representing more freedom. It found an unequal global distribution of freedom, with only 15% of the world's population living in countries in the top quartile of rankings, while 34% lived in countries in the bottom quartile. The report also noted a significant gap in human freedom between the highest and lowest ranked countries.
The Human Freedom Index 2020 report ranked 162 countries based on 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom from 2008 to 2018. The report assigned countries a rating from 0 to 10, with 10 representing more freedom. It found an unequal global distribution of freedom, with only 15% of the world's population living in countries in the top quartile of rankings, while 34% lived in countries in the bottom quartile. The report also noted a significant gap in human freedom between the highest and lowest ranked countries.
The Human Freedom Index 2020 report ranked 162 countries based on 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom from 2008 to 2018. The report assigned countries a rating from 0 to 10, with 10 representing more freedom. It found an unequal global distribution of freedom, with only 15% of the world's population living in countries in the top quartile of rankings, while 34% lived in countries in the bottom quartile. The report also noted a significant gap in human freedom between the highest and lowest ranked countries.
The Human Freedom Index 2020 report ranked 162 countries based on 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom from 2008 to 2018. The report assigned countries a rating from 0 to 10, with 10 representing more freedom. It found an unequal global distribution of freedom, with only 15% of the world's population living in countries in the top quartile of rankings, while 34% lived in countries in the bottom quartile. The report also noted a significant gap in human freedom between the highest and lowest ranked countries.
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On 17 December 2020,
the Human Freedom Index (HFI), a global
ranking of civil, economic and personal freedom, released its report. The HFI 2020 used 34 personal freedom variables and covered 162 countries for the year 2018 (the most recent year for which sufficient data was available), representing around 94% of the world's population. In this article, we have provided a list of 162 countries along with their Human Freedom Scores and Ranks. Human Freedom Index 2020: Sixth Annual Report Human Freedom Index 2020 is the sixth annual report by the Cato Institute in the United States and Fraser Institute in Canada. 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms were taken into consideration before ranking 162 countries from 2008 to 2018. Human Freedom Index 2020: Ratings The countries were rated on a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents more freedom. Human Freedom Index 2020: Weightage 1- The Economic Freedom subindex comprises half of the weightage in the overall index. 2- The Personal Freedom subindex comprises remaining half of the weightage in the overall index. Human Freedom Index 2020: Findings of the Report The report suggested an unequal distribution of freedom in the world, with only 15% population of the world's population living in the top quartile while 34% in the bottom quartile in the Human Freedom Index 2020. The report also highlighted that the gap in human freedom between the top and bottom countries has
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