The coauthors of both indexes are Ian Vásquez and Tanja Porčnik (née Štumberger).
Other components of the Freedom Index include human trafficking, sexual violence, female genital mutilation, and homicide.
[2] The index rates countries on a scale from 10 (freest) to 0 (least free).
Highest ranking in economic freedoms were Hong Kong (8.91) and Singapore (8.71).
Among other claims, the report argues that the criminalization of and the war on drugs have restricted many components of freedom.