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There has been a great economic and political change in the Soviet Union starting from 1989 and extending to the 1990s. Many countries that gained their independence as a result of the change faced the process of transition to a free market economy in political and structural terms. The transition process in the 14 countries that are the subject of the study has started with pain. The necessity of supporting structural reforms with economic freedoms caused the countries in question to experience the process differently. Baltic countries and Eastern European countries, which completed the transition early, managed the process more successfully than others in the free market economy. When it comes to the 2020s, the South Caucasus and Central Asian countries have made great progress in terms of economic freedoms, revealing the necessity of examining these countries. The general aim is to analyze which level of economic freedom criteria of countries while making progress in economic terms. Considering the twelve economic freedom criteria, which country is the most successful has been evaluated through analysis. In this study, in the report published by the Heritage Foundation, an MCDM (Multi Criteria Decision Making) model consisting of SD (Standard Deviation) and CoCoSo (Combined Compromise Solution) methods for the 2020 data of economic freedom indices was used in the analysis of the index of 14 countries that left the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). Criteria weights were obtained by the SD method. According to the results of the method, the most important criterion was determined as the Financial Freedom criterion. Countries were evaluated with the CoCoSo method. According to the results of the method, the country with the best performance in terms of economic freedom index was determined as Georgia.

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