The 2008 Index ranks 157 nations on the basis of ten factors: business freedom, trade freedom, fiscal freedom, government size, monetary freedom, investment freedom, financial freedom, property rights, freedom from corruption and labour freedom.
U indeksu za 2008. rangirano je 157 zemalja na osnovu deset faktora: slobode poslovanja, slobode trgovine, fiskalne slobode, veličine vlade, monetarne slobode, investicione slobode, finansijske slobode, imovinskih prava, oslobođenosti od korupcije i slobode rada.