For the 19th consecutive year, Hong Kong was ranked first in the chart of the freest economies in the world. The second place is occupied by Singapore, followed by Australia and New Zealand. Switzerland was fifth place in the ranking made by the Heritage Foundation, CNN informs.

United States (the largest economy in the world) was ranked tenth, while China (second economy in the world) was ranked 136.
In this chart, Romania ranks 59, being considered a country with a moderate economic freedom.
The chart includes 177 stated and it was made based on the Economic Freedom Index.

The world’s freest democracies in 2013:
1. Hong Kong

2. Singapore

3. Australia

4. New Zeeland

5. Switzerland

6. Canada

7. Chile

8. Mauritius

9. Denmark

10. USA

The countries at the end of the top:

168. Iran

169. Turkmenistan

170. Guiney

171. Congo

172. Myanmar (Burma)

173. Eritrea

174. Venezuela

175. Zimbabwe

176. Cuba

177. North Korea