Economic Freedom

Middle East Ranking

overall index (0-100)Source: IMF

Current Rank	Country	Value	Latest Reading	Previous Rank	Previous Value

1 ↑	Qatar	72	2020	3	73
2 ↓	United Arab Emirates	70	2022	1	77
3 ↓	Israel	68	2022	2	74
4	Bahrain	62	2022	4	70
5 ↑	Jordan	60	2022	6	65
6 ↑	Kuwait	58	2022	8	64
7 ↓	Oman	57	2022	6	65
7 ↑	Turkey	57	2022	8	64
9 ↓	Saudi Arabia	56	2022	5	66
10	Yemen	54	2015	10	56
11	Afghanistan	53	2021	11	55
12	Syria	51	2012	12	51
13 ↓	Lebanon	47	2022	12	51
14	Iran	42	2022	14	47
15	Iraq	16	2002	15	17

Definition of Economic Freedom

The Overall index of economic freedom has ten components grouped into four broad categories: Rule of Law; Limited Government; Regulatory Efficiency and Open Markets. The overall economic freedom is scored on a scale of 0 to 100, where 100 represents the maximum freedom.