HUMAN FREEDOM INDEX

"The Human Freedom Index (HFI) is the most comprehensive measure of freedom ever created for a large number of countries around the globe, ranking 159 countries based on 79 distinct indicators of personal, civil, and economic freedom, using data from 2008 to 2014, the most recent year for which sufficient data is available. The Index is a resource that can help to more objectively observe relationships between freedom and other social and economic phenomena, as well as the ways in which the various dimensions of freedom interact with one another.

The HFI captures the degree to which people are free to enjoy major liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, and association and assembly, as well as measures freedom of movement, women’s freedoms, crime and violence, and legal discrimination against same-sex relationships."

 

On a scale of 0 to 10, where 10 represents more freedom, the non-weighted average rating for 159 countries in 2014 was 6.93. The level of global freedom stayed about the same compared to 2008, but almost all countries experienced changes in their ratings, with about half of those increasing their ratings and half decreasing.
The top 10 jurisdictions in order were Hong Kong, Switzerland, New Zealand, Ireland, Denmark, Australia (6), Canada (6), the United Kingdom (6), Finland (9), and the Netherlands (10). The United States is ranked in 23rd place. Other countries rank as follows: Germany (13), Chile (29), France (31), Japan (32), Singapore (40), South Africa (74), Brazil (82), India (87), Russia (115), Nigeria (140), China (141), Saudi Arabia (144), Zimbabwe (148), Venezuela (154), and Iran (157)".
https://www.cato.org/human-freedom-index?utm_source=Cato+Institute+Emails&utm_campaign=409abdb04d-HFI2016_20161129&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_395878584c-409abdb04d-143247329&mc_cid=409abdb04d&mc_eid=d793f93bcb

I don't believe the index takes gun rights into account.  Perhaps they don't think those rights are important.