Latin America: Economic Freedom Rating

Footnote

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Chile	79.79
El Salvador	69.21
Uruguay	68.09
Mexico	66.37
Costa Rica	64.75
Panama	64.65
Peru	63.46
Colombia	61.91
Paraguay	60.53
Guatemala	60.50
Honduras	60.23
Nicaragua	59.95
Brazil	55.92
Ecuador	55.39
Argentina	55.11
Suriname	53.89
Bolivia	53.25
Guyana	49.35
Venezuela	44.96

Latin America: 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

Statistics in Latin America. The entire Latin American region has weak statistics, and house prices are a particularly weak area. The only house price time-series are in Colombia and Uruguay.