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1 Appendix 2017 I. Economic Islamicity Index 1. Economic Opportunity and Economic Freedom 1.1. Business Environment: 1.2. Economic Regulation Indicator: Economic Regulation Indicators: Regulation of Credit, Labor, and Business, Economic Freedom of the World, Annual Report- Fraser Institute 1.3. Ease of Doing Business Indicator: Doing Business, World Development Indicators, World Bank 1.4. Economic Freedom Indicator: 1.5. Business and Market Freedom Indicator: 2. Job Creation and Equal Access to Employment 2.1. Equal Employment and Job Creation: Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate)-wdi 2.2. Labor Freedom: 3. Property Rights and Sanctity of Contracts 3.1. Property and Contract Rights: 4. Provisions to Eradicate Poverty, Provision of Aid and Welfare 4.1. Poverty Effectiveness Indicator: Population below poverty line (%) - CIA Factbook 4.2. World Giving index: World Giving Index - Charities Aid Foundation

2 5. Supportive Financial System 5.1. Investment Freedom: 5.2. Financial Freedom: 5.3. Monetary Freedom: 6. Adherence to Islamic Finance 6.1. Absence of Interest Indicator Central bank discount rate: CIA Factbook Commercial bank prime lending rate: CIA Factbook 7. Economic Prosperity 7.1. Economic prosperity: 7.2. Price Stability: Inflation, Consumer price, World Development Indicators, World Bank 7.3. GDP per capita: World Development Indicators, World Bank 7.4. GDP Per Capita Average Growth Rate: World Development Indicators, World Bank 8. Economic Justice 8.1. Income Distribution: Gini coefficient The World Factbook, CIA

3 II. Legal and Governance Islamicity Index 9. Legal Integrity 9.1. Legal System & Property Rights Fraser Institute 10. Prevention of Corruption Transparency International Indicator: Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Freedom from Corruption Indicator: 11. Safety and Security Index Safety and Security Index: 12. The Management Index Government Management: Transformation Index (BTI) Management of Depletable and Other Natural Resources: Environmental Performance Index, Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy (YCELP) and the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University 13. Government Governance- Government Effectiveness 13.1.Voice and Accountability Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption

4 III. Human and Political Rights Islamicity Index 14. Human Development Human development index: United Nation Human Development Report 15. Social Capital 15.1 Social Capital Indicator 16. Personal Freedom Personal Freedom Index, Freedom of religion, The Human Freedom Index, Freedom of Expression & Information, The Human Freedom Index, Civil and Political Rights Civil Liberties Indicator Freedom House Political Rights Indicator Freedom House 18. Women s Rights Gender Inequality: Gender Inequality, United Nation Human Development Report 19. Access to Education

5 19.1.Government expenditure on education (%GDP)- United Nation Human Development Report Education Prosperity Education Equality Indicator Inequality-adjusted education index - United Nation Human Development Report 20. Access to Healthcare Public health expenditure (%of GDP)- United Nation Human Development Report Health prosperity Life expectancy at age 60- UNHDR 21. Democracy 21.1.Global Democracy index Democracy Status- BTI ham in index 2016 IV. International Relations Islamicity Index 22. Globalization Index The KOF Index of Globalization 23. Military/ Wars Global Militarization Index V. Overall Islamicity Index (summation of Indices I-IV above)

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