Botswana ranked Africa's leader in economic freedom

Thursday, September 06, 2007

The 2007 Economic Freedom of the World Report and Index was released in Vancouver, Canada yesterday [early this morning CAT].

With an improved overall rating of 7.2, Botswana is once more ranked number one in the study's Sub-Saharan Africa region table and indeed in first place on the African continent as a whole.

Botswana has maintained its lead position in the Africa table for over a decade, during which time the country's rating has risen from 6.4 to 7.2.

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