The Human Freedom Index is a report that attempts to summarize the idea of "freedom" through a bunch of different variables for many countries around the globe. It serves as a rough objective measure for the relationships between the different types of freedom - whether it's political, religious, economical or personal freedom - and other social and economic circumstances. The Human Freedom Index is an annually co-published report by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom.
hfiA data frame with 1458 observations on the following 123 variables.
Year
ISO code of country
Name of country
Region where country is located
Procedural justice
Civil justice
Criminal justice
Rule of law
Homicide
Disappearances
Violent conflicts
Violent conflicts
Terrorism fatalities
Terrorism injuries
Disappearances, conflict, and terrorism
Female genital mutilation
Missing women
Inheritance rights for widows
Inheritance rights for daughters
Inheritance
Women's security
Security and safety
Freedom of domestic movement
Freedom of foreign movement
Women's movement
Freedom of movement
Freedom to establish religious organizations
Freedom to operate religious organizations
Freedom to establish and operate religious organizations
Harassment and physical hostilities
Legal and regulatory restrictions
Religious freedom
Freedom of association
Freedom of assembly
Freedom to establish political parties
Freedom to operate political parties
Freedom to establish and operate political parties
Freedom to establish professional organizations
Freedom to operate professional organizations
Freedom to establish and operate professional organizations
Freedom to establish educational, sporting, and cultural organizations
Freedom to operate educational, sporting, and cultural organizations
Freedom to establish and operate educational, sporting, and cultural organizations
Freedom to associate and assemble with peaceful individuals or organizations
Press killed
Press jailed
Laws and regulations that influence media content
Political pressures and controls on media content
Access to cable/satellite
Access to foreign newspapers
State control over internet access
Freedom of expression
Legal gender
Parental rights in marriage
Parental rights after divorce
Parental rights
Male-to-male relationships
Female-to-female relationships
Same-sex relationships
Divor
Identity and relationships
Personal Freedom (score)
Personal Freedom (rank)
Government consumption
Transfers and subsidies
Government enterprises and investments
Top marginal income tax rate - Top marginal income tax rates
Top marginal income tax rate - Top marginal income and payroll tax rate
Top marginal tax rate
Size of government
Judicial independence
Impartial courts
Protection of property rights
Military interference in rule of law and politics
Integrity of the legal system
Legal enforcement of contracts
Regulatory restrictions on the sale of real property
Reliability of police
Business costs of crime
Gender adjustment
Legal system and property rights
Money growth
Standard deviation of inflation
Inflation - most recent year
Freedom to own foreign currency bank account
Sound money
Tariffs - Revenue from trade taxes (percentage of trade sector)
Tariffs - Mean tariff rate
Tariffs - Standard deviation of tariffs rates
Tariffs
Regulatory trade barriers - Nontariff trade barriers
Regulatory trade barriers - Compliance costs of importing and exporting
Regulatory trade barriers
Black-market exchange rates
Controls of the movement of capital and people - Foreign ownership/investment restrictions
Controls of the movement of capital and people - Capital controls
Controls of the movement of capital and people - Freedom of foreigners to visit
Controls of the movement of capital and people
Freedom to trade internationally
Credit market regulations - Ownership of banks
Credit market regulations - Private sector credit
Credit market regulations - Interest rate controls/negative real interest rates
Credit market regulation
Labor market regulations - Hiring regulations and minimum wage
Labor market regulations - Hiring and firing regulations
Labor market regulations - Centralized collective bargaining
Labor market regulations - Hours regulations
Labor market regulations - Dismissal regulations
Labor market regulations - Conscription
Labor market regulation
Business regulations - Administrative requirements
Business regulations - Bureaucracy costs
Business regulations - Starting a business
Business regulations - Extra payments/bribes/favoritism
Business regulations - Licensing restrictions
Business regulations - Cost of tax compliance
Business regulation
Economic freedom regulation score
Economic freedom score
Economic freedom rank
Human freedom score
Human freedom rank
Human freedom quartile
This dataset contains information from Human Freedom Index reports from 2008-2016.