Do these kind of rankings even say anything meaningful relevant to this world. I notice my own country Norway being far down, below countries like Romania, Jord

Do these kind of rankings even say anything meaningful relevant to this world. I notice my own country Norway being far down, below countries like Romania, Jordan Qatar etc. Countries I know have far less effective governments and private property rights. It is not unknown that people the swindled away from their property in Romania due to the rife government corruption. On paper economic freedom is rather pointless if you got a poorly managed government and buried in corruption and incompetence. All the money Norway has sent to Romania to deal with the roma people has disappeared in a big black hole. How long does it take to start a business in these countries? It takes twice as long to do it in Romania and United Arab Emirates than in Norway. I suspect these sorts of rankings is just made to further a libertarian agenda.