5 Freest Countries In the World

4. Denmark

Personal Freedom Index score 2022: 9.17

Business Freedom Index score 2022: 8.9

Average score: 9.04

Denmark ranks high in all lists which look at economic and human freedom. Its constitution considers human rights to be the basis of progress which is why freedom of speech and belief are heavily protected in the country. It also ranks very highly in all metrics regarding rule of law which is why it was ranked 1st out of 180 countries in Transparency International’s 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index. Denmark boasts a high level of gender equality, with a Gender Gap Index score of 0.773 out of 1.0 in 2021. Minority groups such as those in the LGBT community are guaranteed equal rights along with freedom of belief, religion, and speech which helped it get a Human Freedom Index score of 8.72.