By 2030, Asia is expected to contribute roughly 60% of global growth Image: REUTERS/Issei Kato
Zara Ingilizian
Head of Shaping the Future of Consumption; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum
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1 | Singapore | 84.4 | -5.3 | 5 | Luxembourg | 80.6 | +4.6 | |
2 | Switzerland | 84.2 | +2.3 | 6 | Taiwan | 80.1 | +1.5 | |
3 | Ireland | 82.0 | +0.6 | 7 | Estonia | 80.0 | +1.8 | |
4 | New Zealand | 80.6 | -3.3 |
Mostly Free
8 | Netherlands | 79.5 | +2.7 | 22 | Austria | 73.8 | -0.1 | |
9 | Finland | 78.3 | +2.2 | 23 | Cyprus | 72.9 | +1.5 | |
10 | Denmark | 78.0 | +0.2 | 24 | United Kingdom | 72.7 | -5.7 | |
11 | Sweden | 77.9 | +3.2 | 25 | United States | 72.1 | -2.7 | |
12 | Australia | 77.7 | -4.7 | 26 | Georgia | 71.8 | -5.4 | |
13 | Iceland | 77.0 | -0.4 | 27 | Malta | 71.5 | +1.3 | |
14 | Norway | 76.9 | +3.5 | 28 | Barbados | 71.3 | +6.3 | |
15 | Canada | 76.6 | -1.3 | 29 | Bulgaria | 71.0 | +0.6 | |
16 | Germany | 76.1 | +3.6 | 30 | Mauritius | 70.9 | -6.1 | |
17 | Lithuania | 75.8 | -1.1 | 31 | Portugal | 70.8 | +3.3 | |
18 | Latvia | 74.8 | +2.5 | 32 | Slovenia | 70.5 | +2.2 | |
19 | South Korea | 74.6 | +0.6 | 33 | United Arab Emirates | 70.2 | -6.7 | |
20 | Chile | 74.4 | -0.8 | 34 | Uruguay | 70.0 | +0.7 | |
21 | Czech Republic | 74.4 | +0.6 |
Moderately Free
35 | Japan | 69.9 | -4.2 | 62 | Brunei Darussalam | 64.8 | -1.8 | |
36 | Slovak Republic | 69.7 | +3.4 | 63 | Indonesia | 64.4 | -2.5 | |
37 | Belgium | 69.6 | -0.5 | 64 | Kazakhstan | 64.4 | -6.7 | |
38 | The Bahamas | 68.7 | +4.1 | 65 | Saint Lucia | 64.3 | -3.2 | |
39 | Poland | 68.7 | -1.0 | 66 | Mongolia | 63.9 | +1.5 | |
40 | Samoa | 68.3 | +6.4 | 67 | Mexico | 63.7 | -1.8 | |
41 | Spain | 68.2 | -1.7 | 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 63.4 | +0.5 | |
42 | Malaysia | 68.1 | -6.3 | 69 | Guatemala | 63.2 | -0.8 | |
43 | Israel | 68.0 | -5.8 | 70 | Thailand | 63.2 | -6.5 | |
44 | Qatar | 67.7 | -4.3 | 71 | Dominican Republic | 63.0 | +0.9 | |
45 | Croatia | 67.6 | +4.0 | 72 | Vanuatu | 62.9 | +2.4 | |
46 | Jamaica | 67.4 | -1.6 | 73 | Paraguay | 62.9 | +0.3 | |
47 | Romania | 67.1 | -2.4 | 74 | Bahrain | 62.0 | -7.9 | |
48 | Hungary | 66.9 | -0.3 | 75 | Azerbaijan | 61.6 | -8.5 | |
49 | Cabo Verde | 66.7 | +2.9 | 76 | Côte d'Ivoire | 61.6 | -0.1 | |
50 | Albania | 66.6 | +1.4 | 77 | Greece | 61.5 | +0.6 | |
51 | Peru | 66.5 | -1.2 | 78 | Moldova | 61.3 | -1.2 | |
52 | France | 65.9 | +0.2 | 79 | Seychelles | 61.1 | -5.2 | |
53 | North Macedonia | 65.7 | -2.9 | 80 | Philippines | 61.1 | -3.0 | |
54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 65.7 | -0.6 | 81 | Benin | 61.0 | +1.4 | |
55 | Costa Rica | 65.4 | +1.2 | 82 | Micronesia | 61.0 | +10.6 | |
56 | Panama | 65.4 | -0.8 | 83 | Tonga | 60.8 | +3.3 | |
57 | Italy | 65.4 | +0.5 | 84 | Vietnam | 60.6 | -1.1 | |
58 | Armenia | 65.3 | -6.6 | 85 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 60.3 | +4.4 | |
59 | Serbia | 65.2 | -2.0 | 86 | Kosovo | 60.1 | -6.4 | |
60 | Colombia | 65.1 | -3.0 | 87 | Jordan | 60.1 | -4.5 | |
61 | Botswana | 64.8 | -2.8 | 88 | Senegal | 60.0 | +2.0 |
Mostly Unfree
89 | Ghana | 59.8 | +0.6 | 118 | Saudi Arabia | 55.5 | -10.5 | |
90 | El Salvador | 59.6 | -1.4 | 119 | Mauritania | 55.3 | -0.8 | |
91 | Guyana | 59.5 | +2.1 | 120 | Djibouti | 55.3 | -0.9 | |
92 | Honduras | 59.5 | -0.3 | 121 | Niger | 54.9 | -2.4 | |
93 | Tanzania | 59.5 | -1.8 | 122 | Nicaragua | 54.8 | -1.5 | |
94 | Bhutan | 59.3 | +1.0 | 123 | Papua New Guinea | 54.6 | -4.3 | |
95 | Namibia | 59.2 | -3.4 | 124 | Nigeria | 54.4 | -4.3 | |
96 | Kiribati | 59.2 | +14.8 | 125 | Dominica | 54.4 | +1.4 | |
97 | Morocco | 59.2 | -4.1 | 126 | Ecuador | 54.3 | +1.9 | |
98 | Madagascar | 58.9 | +1.2 | 127 | Uganda | 54.2 | -4.4 | |
99 | Trinidad and Tobago | 58.8 | -0.2 | 128 | Tunisia | 54.2 | -2.4 | |
100 | Burkina Faso | 58.3 | +1.8 | 129 | Guinea | 54.2 | -2.3 | |
101 | Kuwait | 58.3 | -5.8 | 130 | Ukraine | 54.1 | -2.1 | |
102 | The Gambia | 58.0 | -0.8 | 131 | India | 53.9 | -2.6 | |
103 | Montenegro | 57.8 | -5.6 | 132 | Sri Lanka | 53.3 | -2.4 | |
104 | Togo | 57.2 | -0.3 | 133 | Brazil | 53.3 | -0.1 | |
105 | Rwanda | 57.1 | -11.2 | 134 | Malawi | 53.0 | 0.0 | |
106 | Cambodia | 57.1 | -0.2 | 135 | Belarus | 53.0 | -8.0 | |
107 | Turkey | 56.9 | -7.1 | 136 | Cameroon | 52.9 | -0.5 | |
108 | Oman | 56.6 | -8.0 | 137 | Bangladesh | 52.7 | -3.8 | |
109 | Belize | 56.6 | -0.9 | 138 | Kenya | 52.6 | -2.3 | |
110 | Solomon Islands | 56.5 | 0.0 | 139 | Angola | 52.6 | -1.6 | |
111 | Fiji | 56.4 | -5.8 | 140 | Sierra Leone | 52.0 | +0.3 | |
112 | South Africa | 56.2 | -3.5 | 141 | Eswatini | 51.4 | -3.7 | |
113 | Russia | 56.1 | -5.4 | 142 | Mozambique | 51.3 | -0.3 | |
114 | Mali | 55.9 | +0.3 | 143 | Comoros | 50.4 | -5.3 | |
115 | Gabon | 55.8 | -2.3 | 144 | Argentina | 50.1 | -2.6 | |
116 | Kyrgyz Republic | 55.8 | -7.9 | 145 | Haiti | 50.0 | -0.8 | |
117 | Uzbekistan | 55.7 | -2.6 |
Repressed
146 | Chad | 49.8 | -0.6 | 162 | Lebanon | 47.3 | -4.1 | |
147 | Tajikistan | 49.7 | -5.5 | 163 | Equatorial Guinea | 47.2 | -2.0 | |
148 | Nepal | 49.7 | -1.0 | 164 | Timor-Leste | 46.3 | +1.6 | |
149 | Burma | 49.6 | -5.6 | 165 | Turkmenistan | 46.2 | -1.2 | |
150 | Ethiopia | 49.6 | -2.1 | 166 | Guinea-Bissau | 46.0 | -8.9 | |
151 | Laos | 49.2 | -4.7 | 167 | Algeria | 45.8 | -3.9 | |
152 | Egypt | 49.1 | -6.6 | 168 | Central African Republic | 45.7 | -3.1 | |
153 | Pakistan | 48.8 | -2.9 | 169 | Bolivia | 43.0 | +0.3 | |
154 | Zambia | 48.7 | -1.7 | 170 | Iran | 42.4 | -4.8 | |
155 | Republic of Congo | 48.5 | -2.2 | 171 | Eritrea | 39.7 | -2.6 | |
156 | Suriname | 48.1 | +1.7 | 172 | Burundi | 39.4 | -10.5 | |
157 | Lesotho | 48.1 | -5.4 | 173 | Zimbabwe | 33.1 | -6.4 | |
158 | China | 48.0 | -10.4 | 174 | Sudan | 32.0 | -7.1 | |
159 | Liberia | 47.9 | -1.3 | 175 | Cuba | 29.5 | +1.4 | |
160 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 47.6 | -1.4 | 176 | Venezuela | 24.8 | +0.1 | |
161 | Maldives | 47.3 | -7.9 | 177 | North Korea | 3.0 | -2.2 |
Not Ranked
N/A | Afghanistan | N/A | N/A | N/A | Somalia | N/A | N/A | |
N/A | Iraq | N/A | N/A | N/A | Syria | N/A | N/A | |
N/A | Libya | N/A | N/A | N/A | Yemen | N/A | N/A | |
N/A | Liechtenstein | N/A | N/A |
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