United Kingdom

Economic Freedom Rating - United Kingdom Compared to Continent

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

 

 

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).