The Human Freedom Index 2020

The Human Freedom Index 2020, a worldwide ranking of civil, economic and personal freedom, released , placed India at the 111th spot out of 162 countries. India ranked 94 on the index in 2019.
India is ahead of China and Bangladesh, which ranked 129 and 139 on the 2020 index respectively. New Zealand, Switzerland and Hong Kong bagged the first three spots.
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.
The index was published by American think tank Cato Institute and Fraser Institute in Canada.
It takes into account 76 indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedoms to rank 162 countries from 2008 to 2018.
The United States and United Kingdom are tied at the 17th spot on the index.
War-torn Syria ranked the last on the list.

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