International Property Rights Index
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The International Property Rights Index is produced annually by Americans for Tax Reform
's Property Rights Alliance. The index investigates and ranks the individual's rights and ability to own private property in countries worldwide.
Americans for Tax Reform
Americans for Tax Reform is an advocacy group and taxpayer group whose stated goal is "a system in which taxes are simpler, flatter, more visible, and lower than they are today. The government's power to control one's life derives from its power to tax...
's Property Rights Alliance. The index investigates and ranks the individual's rights and ability to own private property in countries worldwide.
Property rights index
| Rank | Country | Total score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||
| 1 | 8.6 | 7.9 | ||||
| 2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | ||||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | |||||
| 8.3 | 8.2 | |||||
| 8.3 | 8.1 | |||||
| 6 | 8.2 | 8.0 | ||||
| 8.2 | 8.1 | |||||
| 8.2 | 8.1 | |||||
| 8.2 | 8.1 | |||||
| 10 | 8.1 | — | ||||
| 11 | 8.0 | 8.1 | ||||
| 8.0 | — | |||||
| 13 | 7.9 | 8.0 | ||||
| 7.9 | 7.8 | |||||
| 7.9 | 7.4 | |||||
| 16 | 7.7 | 7.5 | ||||
| 7.7 | 7.3 | |||||
| 7.7 | 7.4 | |||||
| 19 | 7.5 | 7.4 | ||||
| 20 | 7.4 | 6.8 | ||||
| 21 | 7.1 | 6.7 | ||||
| 22 | 7.0 | 6.1 | ||||
| 23 | 6.9 | — | ||||
| 6.9 | 6.4 | |||||
| 25 | 6.7 | 6.5 | ||||
| 6.7 | 6.0 | |||||
| 27 | 6.6 | — | ||||
| 28 | 6.5 | — | ||||
| 6.5 | 6.0 | |||||
| 6.5 | — | |||||
| 31 | 6.4 | — | ||||
| 6.4 | — | |||||
| 6.4 | — | |||||
| 6.4 | 5.8 | |||||
| 35 | 6.3 | 5.5 | ||||
| 36 | 6.2 | 5.8 | ||||
| 6.2 | 5.2 | |||||
| 38 | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||||
| 39 | 6.0 | 5.5 | ||||
| 40 | 5.9 | — | ||||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | |||||
| 5.9 | — | |||||
| 5.9 | 5.7 | |||||
| 5.9 | 5.2 | |||||
| 45 | 5.7 | — | ||||
| 5.7 | 4.9 | |||||
| 5.7 | — | |||||
| 5.7 | 4.7 | |||||
| 49 | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||||
| 5.6 | 5.4 | |||||
| 51 | 5.5 | — | ||||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | |||||
| 53 | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||||
| 54 | 5.3 | — | ||||
| 5.3 | 4.7 | |||||
| 5.3 | — | |||||
| 5.3 | 4.0 | |||||
| 58 | 5.2 | 4.4 | ||||
| 59 | 5.1 | — | ||||
| 5.1 | — | |||||
| 5.1 | — | |||||
| 62 | 5.0 | — | ||||
| 5.0 | 4.9 | |||||
| 5.0 | 3.5 | |||||
| 5.0 | 4.4 | |||||
| 5.0 | 4.5 | |||||
| 5.0 | — | |||||
| 5.0 | 4.5 | |||||
| 5.0 | 4.2 | |||||
| 70 | 4.9 | — | ||||
| 4.9 | 3.8 | |||||
| 4.9 | 4.2 | |||||
| 73 | 4.8 | 4.6 | ||||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | |||||
| 4.8 | 3.8 | |||||
| 76 | 4.7 | — | ||||
| 77 | 4.6 | — | ||||
| 4.6 | 4.0 | |||||
| 79 | 4.5 | — | ||||
| 4.5 | — | |||||
| 81 | 4.4 | 3.3 | ||||
| 4.4 | 3.8 | |||||
| 83 | 4.3 | 3.4 | ||||
| 4.3 | 3.3 | |||||
| 85 | 4.2 | — | ||||
| 4.2 | — | |||||
| 4.2 | — | |||||
| 88 | 4.1 | — | ||||
| 4.1 | 3.7 | |||||
| 4.1 | 3.5 | |||||
| 4.1 | — | |||||
| 92 | 4.0 | 3.2 | ||||
| 93 | 3.9 | — | ||||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | |||||
| 3.9 | 3.3 | |||||
| 96 | 3.8 | 2.7 | ||||
| 3.8 | — | |||||
| 3.8 | — | |||||
| 3.8 | — | |||||
| 100 | 3.7 | 2.7 | ||||
| 3.7 | — | |||||
| 3.7 | 2.6 | |||||
| 103 | 3.6 | — | ||||
| 3.6 | — | |||||
| 3.6 | — | |||||
| 3.6 | — | |||||
| 107 | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||||
| 3.5 | — | |||||
| 109 | 3.4 | — | ||||
| 3.4 | — | |||||
| 3.4 | — | |||||
| 112 | 3.3 | 2.9 | ||||
| 3.3 | — | |||||
| 114 | 3.1 | — | ||||
| 115 | 2.9 | 2.2 | ||||
External links
- International Property Rights Index official site
- IPRI 2008 Report