1 Finland................................6.7
2 Belgium..............................6.3
3 Singapore ...........................6.2
4 Switzerland ........................6.0
5 Barbados ............................5.9
6 Iceland................................5.8
7 Qatar ..................................5.8
8 New Zealand......................5.8
9 Ireland ................................5.7
10 Canada ...............................5.7
11 Cyprus................................5.5
12 Estonia ...............................5.5
13 Denmark ............................5.5
14 Netherlands........................5.4
15 France ................................5.3
16 Australia .............................5.3
17 Czech Republic ..................5.3
18 Sweden..............................5.2
19 United Arab Emirates.........5.2
20 Taiwan, China.....................5.1
21 Slovenia..............................5.1
22 Malta ..................................5.1
23 Japan..................................5.0
24 Austria................................5.0
25 Tunisia ................................4.9
26 Brunei Darussalam.............4.9
27 Luxembourg.......................4.9
28 United Kingdom .................4.9
29 Korea, Rep. ........................4.8
30 United States .....................4.8

1 Korea, Rep. .........................94.7
2 Finland.................................93.8
3 Greece ................................90.8
4 Slovenia...............................85.5
5 Taiwan, China8 ....................83.2
6 United States ......................81.7
7 Denmark .............................80.3
8 New Zealand .......................79.8
9 Ukraine................................76.4
10 Norway................................76.2
11 Lithuania..............................75.6
12 Sweden...............................75.2
13 Australia ..............................75.1
14 Russian Federation .............74.7
15 Iceland.................................73.4
16 Latvia...................................71.3
17 Hungary...............................69.1
18 Spain ...................................68.9
19 Italy .....................................68.1
20 Argentina.............................67.1
21 Poland .................................66.9
22 Estonia ................................65.0
23 Uruguay...............................64.3
24 Belgium...............................62.5
25 Canada5...............................62.4
26 Ireland .................................61.1
27 Israel ...................................60.4
28 Netherlands.........................60.3
29 Singapore8 ..........................59.8
30 United Kingdom ..................59.1

While Survey data provide qualitative information, hard data provide an objective measure of a quantity (e.g., gross domestic product, malaria incidence, number of personal computers, number of procedures required to start a business, and so on).We use the latest data available from international organizations (such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, various United Nations agencies, and the International Telecommunication Union), completed, if necessary, by national sources. In the following pages, hard data variables are presented in black-shaded bar graphs. For each indicator, a short description appears at the top of the page.The base year (i.e., the year when a majority of the data was collected) follows the description.

Peltz's report

Ranked 8-10 in terms of GDP, but it has a huge black economy