Moving up in economic freedom league

Achieving its highest economic
freedom score since 2001,
Zambia has rejoined the ranks
of the “moderately free” in the
2014 Index of Economic Freedom
published by the Heritage
Foundation in partnership with the
Wall Street Journal.
The country scored 60.4 in
the 2014 Index, making it the
88th freest country economically,
according to the index.
The rating is 1.7 points higher
than in 2013 due to notable
improvements in five of the 10
economic freedoms including
business freedom, investment
freedom, and the management of
public spending.
Zambia is ranked 9th out of
46 countries in the Sub-Saharan
Africa region, and its overall score
is just above the world average.
Over the 20-year history of the
Index, Zambia has advanced its
economic freedom score by over
five points.