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Chapter 3: Country Data Tables
This chapter presents detailed data on the compo nent
variables used in constructing the EFW index for the 141
countries included in this study. For each country, we
present the overall EFW index rating and the ranking of
that country for the years 1980, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000,
2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005. Like all the scores in
the index, these are values out of 10; 10 is the highest pos-
sible score and zero (0) is the lowest. A higher score indi-
cates a greater degree of economic freedom.
In the first column, titles in bold-face indicate the
five areas of economic freedom that are combined to
generate an overall score. The cells to their right give the
scores (out of 10) for that par ticular area for each year.
Underneath each area title are the titles of the
components that are combined to generate that partic-
ular area’s score. Note that components 4Bi, 4Bii, 4Ei,
and 4Eii were not included in the tables due to limited
space, but can be found in the full set of data available
at <http://www.freetheworld.com>. In these rows are the
scores (out of 10) for each year for which there are data
available. In parentheses beside some scores are the ac-
tual data used to derive that particular component rat-
ing. The top row under the years shows the country’s
summary rating for each year and, in parentheses, its
overall rank. The summary score is rounded to one deci-
mal place for the country ranking.
A more complete description of each compo nent,
including the methodology used to calculate the ratings,
can be found in the Appen dix 1: Explanatory Notes and
Data Sources (page 183).
Values are calculated back to 1970 but data for 1970
and 1975 are omitted from the tables due to limited space.
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