Sri Lanka has ranked 122nd out of 152 countries in the Human Freedom Index compiled by the Fraser Institute, which was released earlier this week.
The Human Freedom Index, which uses 76 indicators of personal, civil and economic freedoms, such as Association, Assembly, and Civil Society, Rule of Law, Security and Safety, Expression to rank countries from around the world.
Using data collected from 2008-2012, Sri Lanka ranked 128th on personal freedom and 98th on economic freedom.
See the full text of the report here.
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