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.