The Index of Economic Freedom evaluates 177 countries on a scale from 0 to 100 in 12 categories of economic freedom. Each country receives an overall score reflecting the average of the category scores.

The average country’s score declined to 60, which is barely “moderately free,” just on the cusp of slipping into the “mostly unfree” category.
The United States plummeted from 20th place in 2021 to 25th place in this year’s Index, its lowest ranking.
The “fiscal health” score for the United States has dramatically deteriorated due to ballooning deficit spending as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) and rising debt as a percentage of GDP.

https://www.heritage.org/trade/report/2022-index-economic-freedom-economic-freedom-declining-worldwide
The Index of Economic Freedom evaluates 177 countries on a scale from 0 to 100 in 12 categories of economic freedom. Each country receives an overall score reflecting the average of the category scores. The average country’s score declined to 60, which is barely “moderately free,” just on the cusp of slipping into the “mostly unfree” category. The United States plummeted from 20th place in 2021 to 25th place in this year’s Index, its lowest ranking. The “fiscal health” score for the United States has dramatically deteriorated due to ballooning deficit spending as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) and rising debt as a percentage of GDP. https://www.heritage.org/trade/report/2022-index-economic-freedom-economic-freedom-declining-worldwide
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2022 Index of Economic Freedom: Economic Freedom Declining Worldwide
  The Issue The Heritage Foundation’s 2022 Index of Economic Freedom documents a worldwide decline in economic freedom, with the largest decline in average scores measured since the first Index was published in 1995—when the U.S. ranked in fourth place. The United States is no exception: With declines in half of the 12 categories of economic freedom measured by the Index, the U.S. dropped to 25th place, its lowest ranking to date. Background
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