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According to the latest report of The Human Freedom Index for 152 countries, Armenia got a surprisingly high score, ranking 53rd. The study was conducted jointly by the Cato Institute, Washington, D.C., Fraser Institute, Vancouver, Canada, and Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom, Berlin, Germany.

The 108-page comprehensive report for the year 2012 ranks countries according to personal, civil, and economic freedoms enjoyed by their citizens, Asbarez reports.

The rankings are based on 76 indicators grouped in 12 categories: Rule of Law, Security and Safety, Movement, Religion, Association, Assembly, and Civil Society, Expression, Relationships, Size of Government, Legal System and Property Rights, Access to Sound Money, Freedom to Trade Internationally, and Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business.

The top 10 countries according to The Human Freedom Index include Hong Kong, Switzerland, Finland, Denmark, New Zealand, Canada, Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, and Sweden. The United States is in the 20th place.

Armenia which ranks 53rd in the world, is ahead of most of its neighbors: Azerbaijan (126th), Turkey (62nd), Iran (152nd); and slightly behind Georgia (48th).

Besides, Armenia outranks such influential countries as Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and Ukraine.

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