Economic Freedom of North America 2019

Economic Freedom of North America 2019 is the fifteenth edition of the Fraser Institute’s annual report. It measures the extent to which—in 2017, the year with the most recent available comprehensive data—the policies of individual provinces and states were supportive of economic freedom, the ability of individuals to act in the economic sphere free of undue restrictions. There are two indices: one that examines provincial/state and municipal/local governments only and another that includes federal governments as well. The former, a subnational index, is for comparison of individual jurisdictions within the same country. The latter, an all-government index, is for comparison of jurisdictions in different countries.