Middle East: Economic Freedom Rating

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

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.