by
Robert Wenzel
Economic
Policy Journal

Recently
by Robert Wenzel: This
Is What Happens as the Economy Get More Regulated…

Switzerland is the winner, again.
Data from the World Bank:


Country
name
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011

Guinea-Bissau
45
46
46
46
47

Central
African Republic
44
45
45
46
47

Congo,
Dem. Rep.
46
46
46
47
47

Sierra
Leone
45
46
46
47
47

Chad
47
47
48
48
48

Zambia
46
47
47
48
49

Lesotho
46
47
47
48
49

Burundi
47
48
48
49
49

Swaziland
47
48
48
49
49

Mozambique
47
48
48
49
49

Angola
48
48
49
49
50

Somalia
49
49
49
49
50

Equatorial
Guinea
49
49
49
50
50

Mali
49
49
49
50
50

Cameroon
49
49
50
50
51

Nigeria
49
50
50
51
51

Zimbabwe
47
48
49
51
52

Guinea
51
51
52
52
53

Uganda
51
52
52
53
53

Botswana
53
53
54
54
54

Malawi
51
52
53
53
54

Rwanda
53
53
53
54
54

Benin
53
53
53
54
54

Niger
52
53
53
54
54

Cote
d’Ivoire
52
52
53
54
54

Burkina
Faso
53
53
54
54
54

Togo
54
54
55
55
56

Liberia
53
54
55
55
56

Kenya
53
54
55
55
56

Congo,
Rep.
55
55
55
56
56

Djibouti
55
55
56
56
56

Mauritania
56
56
56
57
57

Tanzania
54
55
56
57
57

Gambia,
The
56
56
57
57
57

Ethiopia
55
56
57
57
58

Senegal
57
57
58
58
58

Eritrea
57
58
58
59
59

Sudan
59
59
59
59
60

Papua
New Guinea
59
60
60
60
61

Haiti
60
60
60
61
61

Turkmenistan
61
61
61
61
61

Timor-Leste
60
60
61
61
62

Cambodia
60
60
61
61
62

Gabon
60
60
61
61
62

Namibia
60
60
61
62
62

Sao
Tome and Principe
62
63
63
63
63

Ghana
61
62
62
63
63

Myanmar
62
62
63
63
63

India
63
63
63
64
64

Yemen,
Rep.
62
63
63
64
64

Bolivia
63
64
64
64
64

Tajikistan
63
63
64
64
64

Mongolia
63
64
64
64
65

Madagascar
64
64
65
65
65

Bhutan
64
64
65
65
65

Philippines
65
65
65
65
66

Korea,
Dem. Rep.
65
65
65
65
66

Moldova
64
65
65
65
66

Lao
PDR
64
65
65
66
66

Solomon
Islands
65
65
66
66
66

Trinidad
and Tobago
66
66
66
66
67

Fiji
66
66
66
66
67

Guyana
65
66
66
66
67

El
Salvador
66
67
67
67
67

Suriname
66
67
67
67
67

Guatemala
67
67
67
67
68

Indonesia
66
67
67
67
68

Nepal
66
67
67
68
68

Micronesia,
Fed. Sts.
67
68
68
68
68

Bangladesh
67
68
68
68
68

Vanuatu
68
68
69
69
69

Tonga
69
69
69
69
69

Samoa
68
69
69
69
70

Morocco
69
69
69
70
70

Colombia
69
69
70
70
70

Brazil
69
69
69
70
70

St.
Vincent and the Grenadines
69
70
70
70
70

Cape
Verde
69
70
70
70
70

Paraguay
70
70
70
70
70

Lebanon
70
70
70
70
70

Dominican
Republic
70
70
70
70
71

Armenia
70
70
70
71
71

Thailand
70
70
70
71
71

Honduras
70
70
70
71
71

Oman
71
71
71
71
71

Nicaragua
70
70
70
71
71

Egypt,
Arab Rep.
70
71
71
71
71

Peru
70
71
71
71
71

Algeria
71
71
71
71
72

Turkey
71
71
71
71
72

Malaysia
71
71
72
72
72

Argentina
71
72
72
72
72

Montenegro
72
72
72
72
72

Bahamas,
The
71
72
72
72
72

Libya
72
72
72
72
72

Ecuador
72
72
72
73
73

Aruba
72
72
72
73
73

Macedonia,
FYR
72
72
72
73
73

French
Polynesia
72
72
72
73
73

Bosnia
and Herzegovina
72
73
73
73
73

Panama
73
73
73
73
74

Barbados
73
73
73
73
74

Guam
73
73
74
74
74

Albania
73
74
74
74
74

Grenada
74
74
74
74
74

Bahrain
74
74
74
74
75

Maldives
74
75
75
75
76

Brunei
Darussalam
75
75
76
76
76

United
Arab Emirates
75
75
76
76
76

Chile
76
76
76
76
76

Costa
Rica
76
77
77
77
77

Cuba
76
77
77
77
77

Cyprus
77
77
77
77
77

Qatar
78
78
78
78
79

Macao
SAR, China
78
78
78
78
79

Kyrgyz
Republic
64
65
65
65

Faeroe
Islands
77
77

St.
Kitts and Nevis

Greece
77
78
78
78

Finland
76
76
77
77

Kiribati

Switzerland
79
80
80
80

Slovak
Republic
71
71
71
72

Kuwait
73
74
74
74

Estonia
67
69
70
71

Seychelles
69
68
68
68

Malta
77
77
78
79

South
Africa
50
50
51
51

Marshall
Islands

Belarus
65
65
65
65

Kazakhstan
61
62
64
64

Iran,
Islamic Rep.
70
70
71
71

Mauritius
69
69
69
69

Turks
and Caicos Islands

Mexico
74
74
74
74

Uzbekistan
64
64
65
65

Jordan
72
72
72
72

Afghanistan
47
47
48
48

Japan
79
79
80
80

Singapore
78
78
79
79

Monaco

Bermuda
76
76
76
77

Dominica

Spain
78
78
79
79

Jamaica
69
70
70
70

St.
Martin (French part)

Denmark
76
76
77
77

Georgia
69
70
70
70

Czech
Republic
74
74
74
74

Iraq
64
64
64
65

Luxembourg
78
78
78
78

Australia
79
79
79
80

Curacao

Iceland
79
80
80
80

Lithuania
65
66
68
68

Antigua
and Barbuda

Netherlands
78
78
79
79

United
States
75
76
76
76

New
Caledonia
72
72
72
73

Venezuela,
RB
71
71
71
71

New
Zealand
78
78
79
79

Saudi
Arabia
72
72
73
73

Italy
79
79
79
79

Serbia
71
71
71
71

Croatia
72
72
73
74

Ireland
77
77
78
78

Liechtenstein

Sint
Maarten (Dutch part)

Northern
Mariana Islands

Slovenia
75
75
76
76

Norway
78
78
79
79

Belize
74
74
74
74

Israel
79
79
80
80

South
Sudan

62

Pakistan
64
64
64
64

Sri
Lanka
71
71
72
72

Palau

St.
Lucia
71
72
72
72

Germany
77
77
77
78

Belgium
77
77
77
77

Comoros
58
59
59
59

Latvia
66
67
68
69

China
71
71
71
72

Sweden
79
79
79
80

Isle
of Man

Syrian
Arab Republic
74
74
74
74

France
77
78
78
78

Azerbaijan
67
67
67
68

Poland
71
71
72
72

Austria
77
78
77
78

Portugal
75
76
76
76

Greenland
66
66

Puerto
Rico
74
75
75
75

Tunisia
72
72
73
73

Virgin
Islands (U.S.)
76
76
76
76

Hungary
69
70
70
71

American
Samoa

Tuvalu

Korea,
Rep.
76
77
77
77

Ukraine
63
63
64
65

Cayman
Islands

United
Kingdom
77
78
78
79

Canada
79
79
78
79

Uruguay
72
72
73
73

San
Marino
80
80
80
80

Andorra

Bulgaria
69
70
70
70

Vietnam
72
72
73
73

Romania
69
69
70
70

West
Bank and Gaza
71
71
71
71

Kosovo
67
67
68
68

Hong
Kong SAR, China
79
79
80
80

Russian
Federation
61
62
63
63

 

Reprinted
with permission from Economic
Policy Journal.

December
5, 2012

©2012
Economic Policy Journal