Middle East: Economic Freedom Rating

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

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.