Latin America: Economic Freedom Rating

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

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.