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The Legatum Prosperity Index

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This map shows the Prosperity Index for 110 countries.

2010 Key Findings:

Entrepreneurship and opportunity correlate more closely to a nation's overall prosperity than any other factor.
It pays to be a democracy.
Changes in the "social fabric" of a country can lead to big changes in national prosperity.
Prosperity is about balance.
Material wealth cannot be explained only by economic factors, and happiness cannot be explained only by subjective emotions.
Choice and opportunity matter more to happiness than making a lot of money quickly.
Two Europes are emerging.
Improved governance is emerging as a key driver of prosperity in Sub-Saharan Africa.
It's hard to be prosperous as a large country.
Economic growth is not enough for the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China).

What is the Prosperity Index?

The Legatum Prosperity Index is the world's only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing; unlike other studies that rank countries by actual levels of wealth, life satisfaction or development, the Prosperity Index produces rankings based upon the very foundations of prosperity – those factors that help drive economic growth and produce happy citizens over the long term.

How the Prosperity Index is calculated?

The Prosperity Index accounts for 90% of the world's population and is based on years of statistical analysis and research of objective data and subjective responses to surveys. The data comprises 89 different variables organised into nine sub indexes – each identified as a foundation of long-term prosperity. A country’s performance in each sub-index is given a score, and the overall Prosperity Index rankings are produced by averaging the scores of the nine sub-indexes for each country. Those countries that perform well across each sub-index do best in the overall rankings.

The eight sub-indexes are:

Economy - Stable and growing economies increase per capita income and promote the overall wellbeing of its citizens.
Entrepreneurship & Opportunity (E&O) - A strong entrepreneurial climate in which citizens can pursue new ideas and opportunities for improving their lives leads to higher levels of income and wellbeing.
Governance - Well-governed societies enjoy national economic growth and citizen wellbeing.
Education - Education is a building block for prosperous societies.
Health - A strong healthcare infrastructure in which citizens are able to enjoy good physical and mental health leads to higher levels of income and wellbeing.
Safety & Security - Societies plagued by threats to national security and personal safety cannot foster growth in average levels of income or wellbeing.
Personal Freedom - When citizens enjoy their rights to expression, belief, organisation, and personal autonomy in a society welcoming of diversity, their country enjoys higher levels of income and social wellbeing.
Social Capital - Social networks and the cohesion that a society experiences when people trust one another have a direct effect on the prosperity of a country.

For more information about each methodology please follow the reference link below.

Last updated: 14 years ago

Category: Social

2010 Rank	2009 Rank	Country name	Economy	Entrepreneurship & Opp	Governance	Education	Health	Safety & Security	Personal Freedom	Social Capital

1	5	Norway	1	6	12	4	4	2	2	1
2	4	Denmark	4	1	2	5	17	6	6	2
3	1	Finland	9	4	7	3	10	3	12	7
4	6	Australia	8	13	8	2	15	13	4	4
5	10	New Zealand	17	14	4	1	19	7	3	3
6	3	Sweden	7	2	6	10	9	8	5	11
7	7	Canada	5	10	5	12	11	16	1	8
8	2	Switzerland	2	11	1	29	3	12	19	6
9	8	Netherlands	3	12	10	13	13	18	13	5
10	9	United States	14	3	3	9	1	25	9	12
11	11	Ireland	22	7	14	15	14	4	7	10
12		Iceland	38	9	17	6	2	1	8	14
13	12	United Kingdom	18	5	9	22	20	23	15	9
14	15	Austria	12	16	13	17	8	15	23	15
15	14	Germany	13	15	15	25	6	20	14	16
16	13	Belgium	16	21	16	18	12	19	10	19
17	23	Singapore	6	8	11	30	24	5	36	54
18	16	Japan	11	19	20	24	5	11	42	31
19	17	France	19	20	19	14	7	27	17	42
20	18	Hong Kong	10	17	18	53	34	14	16	24
21	20	Slovenia	34	26	27	16	16	9	22	38
22	24	Taiwan	25	22	37	7	26	10	28	52
23	19	Spain	33	27	22	11	25	38	18	35
24	25	Czech Republic	26	29	30	27	21	28	30	32
25	21	Italy	29	30	32	19	18	30	27	30
26	22	Portugal	40	28	24	20	27	17	24	63
27	26	South Korea	15	18	31	8	30	33	64	59
28	33	Uruguay	46	52	29	37	40	22	11	34
29	29	Poland	37	38	35	26	32	21	32	25
30	47	United Arab Emirates	30	24	38	34	35	24	54	36
31	52	Kuwait	20	31	36	55	36	29	34	28
32	36	Chile	39	33	21	52	46	37	26	64
33	32	Costa Rica	36	44	26	58	41	48	20	45
34	27	Hungary	48	42	33	31	28	26	50	55
35	31	Estonia	59	23	23	36	39	36	68	43
36	27	Israel	27	25	28	28	23	90	89	17
37	34	Slovakia	47	36	39	32	29	32	63	40
38	35	Croatia	53	37	48	44	33	34	38	41
39	30	Greece	41	35	46	21	22	31	86	100
40	42	Panama	50	41	52	50	63	41	39	37
41	38	Argentina	42	46	86	39	31	42	37	47
42		Lithuania	76	39	45	35	38	35	70	49
43	39	Malaysia	21	34	34	45	44	52	90	90
44	40	Trinidad and Tobago	58	40	54	67	61	49	29	72
45	41	Brazil	32	49	60	75	55	76	25	56
46	46	Bulgaria	75	55	57	48	45	40	40	80
47	37	Latvia	81	32	47	33	42	45	67	92
48	68	Tunisia	49	45	50	41	50	44	91	69
49	81	Saudi Arabia	28	48	49	65	49	71	103	18
50	76	Kazakhstan	51	72	87	46	56	47	53	33
51	48	Romania	67	50	65	43	53	43	49	94
52	44	Thailand	23	54	53	47	64	75	106	20
53	43	Mexico	31	59	66	69	54	79	72	39
54	85	Belarus	74	67	104	23	37	60	76	23
55	49	Jamaica	79	47	67	76	68	53	45	51
56	52	Belize	61	51	77	80	58	57	47	50
57	56	Botswana	73	64	25	85	96	59	21	60
58	75	China	24	60	64	59	66	92	102	27
59	58	Sri Lanka	84	76	43	56	72	101	52	29
60	50	Mongolia	88	58	81	49	85	39	87	26
61	77	Vietnam	62	77	62	81	74	46	66	68
62	83	Morocco	35	68	63	93	70	69	100	13
63	69	Russia	64	56	101	38	47	82	88	53
64	55	Philippines	52	69	55	60	81	85	56	82
65	65	Colombia	55	57	59	68	62	107	57	62
66	51	South Africa	77	43	40	78	88	97	51	71
67	57	Paraguay	54	74	91	86	75	55	59	61
68	54	Dominican Republic	80	62	75	77	80	80	33	66
69	61	Ukraine	96	73	98	40	48	58	71	73
70	61	Indonesia	43	82	70	70	84	56	96	44
71	63	Namibia	68	78	44	87	93	67	35	70
72	59	Macedonia	98	61	71	71	43	50	81	86
73	64	Peru	57	66	69	62	82	72	62	98
74	80	Jordan	93	70	42	42	51	65	105	83
75	74	Venezuela	56	65	96	54	78	95	80	46
76	92	Uzbekistan	108	85	84	64	59	61	61	22
77	71	Ecuador	60	75	97	73	73	88	60	96
78	60	El Salvador	89	81	61	84	65	70	58	104
79	96	Algeria	45	79	90	72	67	93	101	74
80	69	Turkey	69	53	51	82	57	83	95	108
81	67	Guatemala	65	71	88	88	77	84	83	48
82	73	Bolivia	63	87	93	61	86	91	55	78
83		Syria	71	92	79	74	52	86	99	75
84	86	Lebanon	70	83	92	51	79	89	82	99
85	66	Honduras	97	80	83	79	76	62	79	81
86	78	Moldova	104	63	89	66	71	74	97	76
87	72	Nicaragua	102	94	85	83	83	68	41	87
88	45	India	44	93	41	89	95	78	74	105
89	88	Egypt	72	84	78	63	69	77	109	95
90	79	Ghana	109	89	56	95	89	51	31	101
91	90	Nepal	100	96	94	92	87	87	44	84
92	94	Iran	78	86	105	57	60	99	108	106
93	82	Mali	85	108	76	109	103	54	48	57
94	84	Senegal	101	99	73	104	97	63	43	67
95	93	Cambodia	92	100	72	90	98	66	98	97
96	87	Bangladesh	66	95	95	91	90	94	46	109
97	97	Tanzania	95	104	74	99	101	98	78	58
98		Rwanda	94	97	58	96	105	64	84	107
99		Uganda	91	98	80	100	102	106	75	65
100	103	Sudan	83	91	109	107	92	108	92	21
101	89	Zambia	103	102	68	94	106	81	73	91
102	100	Cameroon	87	107	107	97	100	100	65	102
103	91	Mozambique	82	101	82	105	109	73	85	93
104	95	Kenya	107	90	100	98	99	109	77	77
105	101	Yemen	99	106	103	102	94	96	107	79
106	98	Nigeria	90	103	108	106	104	104	94	89
107		Ethiopia	106	109	99	108	108	103	93	85
108	101	Central African Republic	105	105	106	110	110	102	69	103
109	99	Pakistan	86	88	102	103	91	105	110	110
110	104	Zimbabwe	110	110	110	101	107	110	104	88
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