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Lithuania rises to No.15 in Fraser Institute's economic freedom ranking

BC, Vilnius, 16.09.2016.Print version
Lithuania rose three notches to number fifteen, the highest ranking among the three Baltic countries, in the Fraser Institute's latest Economic Freedom of the World report, writes LETA/BNS.

Lithuania scored 7.81 in the 2016 annual report by the Canadian institute. Last year, it was ranked 18th with a score of 7.62 points.


Lithuania this year scored best for credit and labor markets and business regulations, at number 13t in the world. Its lowest score is for the size of government, at 51st position.


Estonia is ranked 19th and Latvia is in 27th place in the latest index.  Poland shares 40th position with Japan and Russia is in 102nd place.


Hong Kong tops the ranking, followed with Singapore in second place and New Zealand in third.


The 2016 report is based on 2014 data for 159 countries and territories.






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