According to a joint report by the U.S. and Canadian research centers, Hong Kong’s freedom is expected to deteriorate significantly and its ranking will plummet in the future.
The Cato Institute in the United States and the Fraser Institute in Canada have jointly released the Human Freedom Index 2020 report. According to the 2018 report, Hong Kong ranked third, after New Zealand and Switzerland. However, the report also notes that because it is based on 2018 data, it does not reflect the impact of Beijing’s involvement in Hong Kong over the past two years, including the implementation of the Hong Kong state security law. The report expects Hong Kong’s freedom to deteriorate significantly, especially in terms of freedom of expression, rule of law, freedom of assembly and association, and civil society, and predicts that the ranking will plummet in the future. China, on the other hand, is ranked 129th.
The report shows that Hong Kong’s overall score is 8.74. In terms of personal freedom index, Hong Kong fell from 9.00 in 2008 to 8.53 in 2018.
This report ranks 162 countries and regions in the world through 76 personal freedom and economic freedom indicators, but emphasizes that the data is only as of 2018. According to the latest report, the top 10 countries with the highest human freedom index are New Zealand, Switzerland, Hong Kong, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Ireland, Estonia, Germany, and Sweden. In Asia, Japan ranked 11th and Taiwan ranked 19th.
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