2. Economic Freedom and Per Capita Income
2003 GDP per Capita (in Purchasing Power Parities)
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators online, available by subscription at Central Intelligence Agency, The World Factbook 2003 for the following countries: Bahamas, Burma, Cuba, Iraq, Israel, Libya, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Qatar, Taiwan, Serbia-Montenegro, United Arab Emirates; and Marc A. Miles, Edwin J. Feulner, and Mary Anastasia O’Grady, 2005 Index of Economic Freedom (Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 2005), available at

3. Improvement in Economic Freedom and Economic Growth
Average GDP Growth Rates ( )
Biggest Improvement
Smallest Improvement
Improvement in Economic Freedom ( )
Note: 137 countries were observed.
Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators Online, available by subscription at Marc A. Miles, Edwin J. Feulner, and Mary Anastasia O’Grady, 2005 Index of Economic Freedom (Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 2005), available at

4. Freer Trade Policy Associated with Higher GDP per Capita Growth
Trade Policy Score Change ( )
Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators Online, available by subscription at Marc A. Miles, Edwin J. Feulner, and Mary Anastasia O’Grady, 2005 Index of Economic Freedom (Washington, D.C.: The Heritage Foundation and Dow Jones & Company, Inc., 2005), available at