Hong Kong International Rankings

Like I said before in a previous post, I am proud to tell people that I am from Hong Kong. I recently found the following table in Answers.com listing various organizations that did rankings on countries and regions around the world. After looking at the table, I found it to be very accurate portrait of Hong Kong.

Table of Hong Kong International Rankings

Date	Contest	Host Organisation	Ranking	Note
2001–05	World's Best Airports	Skytrax	1/155 countries	Ranked 1st out of 155 countries
2002–04	Ranking of Container Ports of the World	AAPA World Port Rankings	2/10 ports	Ranked 2nd out of 50 largest ports in the world
2002	Ranking of IQ	University of Ulster	1/185 countries	Ranked 1st out of 185 countries
2005	Networked Readiness Index (NRI)	World Economic Forum	11/115 countries	Ranked 11th out of 115 countries
2005	Worldwide quality-of-life index	The Economist	18/111 Countries	Ranked 18th out of 111 countries
2006	6th Annual Global e-Government Study (Brown University)	Global e-Government	20/198 Countries	Ranked 20th out of 198 countries
2006	Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2006	Reporters without borders	59/168 Countries	Ranked 59th out of 168 countries
2006	Corruption Perceptions Index	Transparency International	15/163 Countries	Ranked 15th out of 163 countries
2006	World Competitiveness Yearbook 2006	IMD International	2/61 Economies	Ranked 2nd out of 61 economies (countries and regions)
2006	World City's Skyline/Skyscrapers	Emporis Data Committee (EDC)	1/100 Major cities	Ranked #1 out of all the major cities in the World. This listing ranks cities by the visual impact of their skylines.
2006	Global Competitiveness Report - Growth Competitiveness Index Ranking	World Economic Forum	11/125 Countries	Ranked 11th out of 125 countries
2006	World's Best Airports	Skytrax	2/165 countries	Ranked 2nd out of 165 countries
2006	Business Competitiveness Index - BCI	World Economic Forum	10/121 countries	Ranked 10th out of 121 countries
2006	Human Development Index - HDI	United Nations	22/177 countries	Ranked 22nd out of 177 countries
2006	Access Index (p.19)	FedEx: The Power of Access - 2006 Access Index	1/75 Countries	Ranked 1st out of 75 countries
2006	Potential Competitiveness	Japan Center for Economic Research (JCER)	1/50 Countries	Ranked 1st out of 50 countries
2007	Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index	World Economic Forum	6/124 Countries	Ranked 6th out of 124 countries
2007	Index of Economic Freedom	Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal: 2006	1/157 Countries	Ranked 1st out of 157 Countries for 13 years in a row.
2007	World's most expensive city	ECA International:[1]	1/92 Countries	Ranked 1st out of 92 locations.

This makes me proud!

The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal released the 2006 Index of Economic Freedom today.
"Once again, Hong Kong ....lead(s) the pack." Singapore follows, and these are the only two Asian countries in the top 10. (For the press release, click here.) Yes, that means Hong Kong enjoys the most economic freedom in the world. China only ranks 111 (and falls in the mostly unfree catagory.) The U.S. shares the #9 spot with Australia and New Zealand.
The authors generally examined data for the period covering the second half of 2004 through the first half of 2005. To the extent possible, the information considered for each factor was current as of June 30, 2005. (See FAQ for how they rated the countries.)
The 2006 Index of Economic Freedom measures countries against a list of 50 independent variables divided into 10 broad factors of economic freedom. Low scores are more desirable. The higher the score on a factor, the greater the level of government interference in the economy and the less economic freedom a country enjoys.

Donald Tsang (Chief Executive, HKSAR) and Edwin J. Feulner (President, The Heritage Foundation)