THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2023

Advancing the understanding of what drives success in nations

Spotlights

Economic Quality Spotlight: Why employment is the ultimate way to prosperity

27 October 2021

Economic Quality has seen a major deterioration in all regions, as the economic impact of the choices made to respond to COVID-19 continue to be felt, with the sharpest declin...

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27 October 2021

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, we had seen steady improvements in Living Conditions around the world, not least because of progress in reducing poverty. Over the decade leading up to 2020, the proportion of people living in ...

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27 October 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a major increase in global mortality. Countries around the world reported almost five million deaths from COVID-19 from the beginning of pandemic until the end of October 2021. While the ...

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27 October 2021

Over the last decade, we have seen Education improve in all regions of the world. Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, primary and sec...

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27 October 2021

Over the past decade, we have seen little improvement in recorded data on the Natural Environment, at a time when effective stewardship of t...

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16 November 2020

We are launching this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index at an extraordinary moment in time. Across the world, COVID-19 is dominating our pol...

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16 November 2020

Although North America remains the most prosperous region, it is only slightly more prosperous than it wa...

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16 November 2020

Almost two decades ago, the then-UK Prime Minister Tony Blair infamously described Africa as a ‘scar on...

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16 November 2020

Forging a strong social contract is integral to successful national socio-economic development. The exten...

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16 November 2020

Establishing the conditions required for sustained economic growth is a colossal undertaking for any nati...

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