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The annual Index of Economic Freedom is a detailed, country-by-country analysis of the economies of more than 150 nations. For each country, it includes often hard-to-obtain 1998 data on taxes, foreign investment codes, tariffs, banking regulations, monetary policy, and more.The Index ranks economies according to how free they are. A country's score on the annual Index is a measure of its overall economic health and its prospects for growth.