In its annual Index of Economic Freedom the Heritage Foundation, together with the Wall Street Journal, gives Thailand an overall score of 64.9 in its Index of Economic Freedom 2012, which is a 2 point improvement on the score awarded the previous year. The Index, which covers 184 countries, is an average of the scores given for 10 freedoms identified by the foundation: labor freedom, business freedom, trade freedom, fiscal freedom, government spending, monetary freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom, property rights and freedom from corruption. |