Index of economic freedom 2008

Here is the top ten freest economies in the world 2008 (accordning to The Heritage Foundation)

1 - Hong Kong
2 - Singapore
3 - Australia
4 - Ireland
5 - New Zeeland
6 - United States
7 - Canada
8 - Denmark
9 - Switzerland
10 - United Kingdom

Notable is that two countries from the Press Freedom Index (Read last post) also is on the top ten freest economies: Denmark and Canada.

Here is the top ten countries with least economic freedom:

179 - North Korea (also worst in the Press Freedom Index)
178 - Zimbabwe (open for business?)
177 - Cuba (also among the top ten countries with least press freedom)
176 - Burma (also)
175 - Eritrea (also)
174 - Venezuela (Hugo Chavez is probably not the most trustworthy business partner in the world)
173 - Democratic Republic of Congo (...)
172 - Comoros
171 - Libya (as well on the press freedom list of shame)
170 - São Tomé and Prìncipe (Isn't a Tax Paradise synonymous with economic freedom? Evidently not!)

Notable on this Index is some Europen countries with limited economic freedom: E.g. #76 Italy (see: Press Freedom Index), #81 Greece and #146 Russia (left far behind Syria, Djibouti and Nepal).

Also note that Afghanistan, Iraq, Lichtenstein and Sudan is missing in this index.