Middle East: Economic Freedom Rating

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Bahrain	72.22
Kuwait	68.30
Oman	67.45
Israel	66.08
Jordan	63.02
Saudi Arabia	62.84
UAE	62.76
Qatar	62.21
Lebanon	60.87
Tunisia	59.35
Egypt	59.16
Morocco	56.39
Algeria	55.66
Yemen	52.84
Syria	46.57
Iran	44.01
Libya	38.66

Middle East: 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 for the Middle-East. In the Middle East, only Israel publishes official house price time-series. But there are good general economics statistics in some Middle Eastern countries.