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Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland

🇨🇦Canada

Rank #7
Score: 80
About Chrystia Freeland

Chrystia Freeland (b.1968) is a Harvard- and Oxford-educated journalist-turned-politician who served in senior cabinet roles (2015–2025) including Deputy Prime Minister (2019–2024) and Finance and Intergovernmental Affairs portfolios. Known for trade and economic policy leadership and strong advocacy for Ukraine, her tenure included pandemic-era fiscal responses and high-profile trade negotiations.

Scoring Breakdown
Detailed analysis of the politician's score.

HDI
Canada HDI ≈ 0.9396/10
Source: UNDP — Human Development (Canada) (2023)
GDP per capita
Canada GDP per capita (World Bank) — context6/10
Source: World Bank — Canada GDP per capita (PPP) (2023)
Gini coefficient
Canada adjusted Gini (StatsCan) — context4/10
Source: Statistics Canada — income inequality tables (2023)
Employment rate
Employment-to-population ratio (country context) — StatsCan LFS5/5
Source: Statistics Canada — Labour Force Survey (2025)
Freedom index
Freedom House — Canada rated Free (context)8/10
Source: Freedom House — Canada country profile (2023)
Corruption index
Transparency International — CPI Canada context (mid-70s score)4/5
Source: Transparency International — Canada CPI data (2024)

Derived Criminal Score
No criminal convictions recorded in public domain20/20
Source: Public record / press (no convictions) (2025)