Finland has landed on the 10th spot in the Human Freedom Index (HFI), the most comprehensive global freedom index created so far.

The HFI presents a broad measure of human freedom with the help of 79 distinct indicators that encompass personal and economic freedom.

The index covers levels of freedom in 162 countries on a scale of zero to 10, with Finland scoring 9.29 in personal freedom and 7.65 in economic freedom, averaging 8.47 in terms of human freedom.

New Zealand, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Australia and Canada made out the top five, while Syria, Venezuela and Yemen were deemed to have the least amount of human freedom of the countries included.

The report finds a clear correlation between higher average per capita income and human freedom, and also with democracy, although Hong Kong is a notable exception in this regard. The findings of the report also suggest that freedom is of great significance to the wellbeing of humans.

The Human Freedom Index report is co-published by the Cato Institute, the Fraser Institute, and the Liberales Institut at the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. This year’s report is based on figures from 2016, the most recent year when sufficient data is available.

Source: goodnewsfinland

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