United Kingdom

Economic Freedom Rating - United Kingdom Compared to Continent

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

United Kingdom: 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

The United Kingdom (UK) has among the best housing statistics in the world. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is the source of official house price time-series, with annual, quarterly and monthly data available stretching back for aeons. Nationwide, Hometrack, the Halifax, and many other commercial organizations also publish quality UK house price time-series, annual, quarterly, and monthly.

The rents situation is much less good, the only figures being from the Association of Registered Letting Agents (ARLA).