HUMAN FREEDOM INDEX 2020

Dec. 19, 2020

The Human Freedom Index 2020, a worldwide ranking of civil, economic and personal freedom, released recently placed India at the 111th spot out of 162 countries. India ranked 94 on the index in 2019.

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  • India’s scored 6.30 out of 10 in personal freedom and 6.56 in economic freedom. The country’s overall human freedom score was 6.43.

  • New Zealand, Switzerland and Hong Kong bagged the first three spots.

  • The United States and United Kingdom are tied at the 17th spot on the index. War-torn Syria ranked the last on the list.

  • The index put China at 129 rank, Bangladesh at 139 and Pakistan at 140.

  • The index was published by American think tank Cato Institute and Fraser Institute in Canada. Fred McMahon and Ian Vásquez are the authors of the report.

  • It takes into account 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms to rank 162 countries from 2008 to 2018.

  • The institutes noted that the world has seen a notable decline in personal freedom since 2008.

Source : The Hindu

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