France

Economic Freedom Rating - France Compared to Continent

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Ireland	82.35
Switzerland	79.72
UK	79.55
Denmark	79.23
Estonia	77.78
Netherlands	76.82
Iceland	76.51
Luxembourg	75.20
Finland	74.79
Belgium	71.48
Cyprus	71.31
Germany	71.16
Lithuania	70.80
Sweden	70.42
Austria	69.98
Spain	69.71
Norway	68.99
Slovak Rep.	68.74
Czech Rep.	68.52
Latvia	68.33
Hungary	67.25
Malta	66.03
France	65.35
Portugal	64.30
Albania	63.33
Bulgaria	62.92
Italy	62.46
Romania	61.53
Macedonia	61.13
Turkey	60.76
Slovenia	60.58
Greece	60.07
Poland	59.49
Moldova	58.38
Croatia	54.58
Bosnia & H.	53.72
Ukraine	51.07
Russia	49.93
Belarus	44.66

France: Economic freedom rating

Scores are from 0 to 100, higher scores are more desirable i.e. more conducive to economic growth. The lower the score, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys.

• Free— 80 - 100;
• Mostly Free— 70 - 79.9;
• Moderately Free— 60 - 69.9;
• Mostly Unfree— 50 to 59.9; and
• Repressed— 0 - 49.9.

Source: The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

France generates excellent house price statistics, produced both by the public and private sector. Quality time-series are published by the National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE) and the Fédération Nationale de l'Immobilier (FNAIM). Good data also comes from the Ministère de L’Equipment etc, the Chambre de Notaires de Paris, and the Observatoire Nationale des Marches de L’immobilier (OMNI). For general economic statistics, consult the Banque de France site.