| Current Rank | Country | Value | Latest Reading | Previous Rank | Previous Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 ↑ | Azerbaijan | 99 | 2022 | 13 | 88 |
| 1 ↑ | Russia | 99 | 2022 | 4 | 93 |
| 3 ↑ | Turkmenistan | 98 | 2022 | 4 | 93 |
| 3 ↑ | Cambodia | 98 | 2022 | 12 | 89 |
| 5 ↑ | Uzbekistan | 97 | 2022 | 7 | 92 |
| 5 ↓ | Maldives | 97 | 2021 | 1 | 96 |
| 7 ↑ | South Korea | 95 | 2022 | 31 | 63 |
| 8 ↓ | Kazakhstan | 94 | 2022 | 3 | 94 |
| 9 ↓ | Hong Kong | 93 | 2020 | 4 | 93 |
| 10 ↑ | Thailand | 90 | 2022 | 21 | 82 |
| 11 ↑ | Taiwan | 87 | 2022 | 24 | 79 |
| 12 ↑ | Sri Lanka | 85 | 2021 | 16 | 85 |
| 13 ↑ | Indonesia | 84 | 2021 | 19 | 83 |
| 14 ↑ | Philippines | 82 | 2022 | 26 | 77 |
| 14 ↓ | Mongolia | 82 | 2022 | 11 | 90 |
| 16 ↓ | Tajikistan | 80 | 2022 | 7 | 92 |
| 16 ↓ | Singapore | 80 | 2022 | 10 | 91 |
| 18 ↓ | Kyrgyzstan | 79 | 2022 | 2 | 95 |
| 18 ↑ | Vietnam | 79 | 2022 | 23 | 80 |
| 20 ↑ | Macao | 75 | 2020 | 26 | 77 |
| 21 ↓ | Malaysia | 73 | 2022 | 17 | 84 |
| 22 ↓ | Bhutan | 72 | 2022 | 21 | 82 |
| 23 ↓ | Burma (Myanmar) | 67 | 2022 | 14 | 87 |
| 24 ↓ | Bangladesh | 54 | 2022 | 17 | 84 |
| 25 ↓ | Nepal | 52 | 2022 | 19 | 83 |
| 26 ↓ | Laos | 44 | 2022 | 14 | 87 |
| 27 ↓ | Brunei | 20 | 2022 | 7 | 92 |
| 27 ↑ | Japan | 20 | 2022 | 30 | 68 |
| 29 | China | 11 | 2022 | 29 | 73 |
| 30 ↓ | Pakistan | 5 | 2022 | 28 | 74 |
| 31 ↓ | India | 4 | 2022 | 24 | 79 |
The Fiscal freedom index measures the tax burden imposed by government. It is composed of three quantitative factors: the top marginal tax rate on individual income, the top marginal tax rate on corporate income, and the total tax burden as a percentage of GDP.
