Media Centre

Within the Media Centre, you will find answers to some common questions about the Index and its findings; press releases; factsheets about the Legatum Institute and the Prosperity Index; and details of who to contact if you need more information.

Press releases

• 26 October 2009
• The World’s Most Prosperous Nations Are in Europe
• 26 October 2009
• U.S. Still Leads the World in Innovation, Despite Economic Crisis
• 26 October 2009
• Finland is the Most Prosperous Country in the World
• 26 October 2009
• United Arab Emirates Continues As Most Prosperous Arab Nation, Ahead of Kuwait
• 26 October 2009
• Uruguay #1 For Prosperity in South America; Venezuela and Bolivia the Worst in the Region
• 26 October 2009
• South Africa Tops Prosperity Rankings in Africa, Zimbabwe and Sudan Rank Bottom in the World
• 26 October 2009
• The United Kingdom Ranks 12th; Ahead of Germany and France
• 26 October 2009
• India More Prosperous Than China
• 26 October 2009
• Japan #1 in Prosperity Across Asia Beating Hong Kong and Singapore
• 26 October 2009
• Australia Leads U.S. and Canada in Prosperity; Ranks 6th Globally
• 26 October 2009
• Prosperity Index Fact Sheet
• 26 October 2009
• Legatum Institute Fact Sheet

Prosperity Index in the news

• 08 November 2009
• Prosperity Index -- What the Prosperity Index Means for Australia, Roger Bate and Greg Lindsay, The Age
• 06 November 2009
• Prosperity Index -- Healthcare Keeping America Down, William Inboden, Hawaii Reporter
• 06 November 2009
• Responding to Gideon Rachman, Will Inboden, Legatum Institute
• 05 November 2009
• Economies of Scale: Asia's Wonder Engines of Prosperity, Roger Bate
• 03 November 2009
• The Secret of Prosperity is Freedom, Michael Magan, Latin American Herald Tribune
• 03 November 2009
• Legatum Prosperity Index Wins Global Accelerator Award, Longwoods Publishing
• 02 November 2009
• Prosperity Index - Assessing Africa's Economic Development, Roger Bate and Thompson Ayodele, Business Day Nigeria
• 29 October 2009
• Can money buy you happiness?, This is Money
• 29 October 2009
• Prosperity Index - Economic Freedom, Not Populism, Works in Latin America [Portuguese], Michael Magan, A Tribuna de Rio das Pedras
• 28 October 2009
• Prosperity Index - Australia's Economic Indicators are Strong, Roger Bate and Greg Lindsay, The Centre for Independent Studies
• 28 October 2009
• Korea lags in personal freedom, Cho Ji-hyun, Korea Herald
• 28 October 2009
• UAE is top Arab state to live in, study finds, Kareem Shaheen, The National
• 28 October 2009
• We're not so healthy, Greg Lindsay & Roger Bate, Geelong Advertiser
• 28 October 2009
• RP slips in world prosperity index, Business World
• 28 October 2009
• Ghana ahead of Nigeria in prosperity index, Ghana Business News
• 27 October 2009
• Let Freedom Ring, Joel Kotkin, New Geographer
• 27 October 2009
• Nordic Nations Top the List of Countries With the Highest Freedom of Expression, JarkartaGlobe
• 27 October 2009
• Indians beat Chinese at prosperity game, Economic Times India
• 27 October 2009
• India beats China in prosperity index, Roger Bate and Barun Mitra, DNA India
• 27 October 2009
• America Is Just The World's Ninth Best Country, Lawrence Delevingne, Business Insider
• 27 October 2009
• Poor But Rich, Editorial, DNA India
• 27 October 2009
• Legatum Index: U.S. Ranks Ninth Overall in Prosperity. Huffington Post
• 27 October 2009
• Why the Finns are so damn happy, Gideon Rachman, Financial Times
• 27 October 2009
• Let Freedom Ring, Joel Kotkin, Forbes
• 26 October 2009
• Unhappy UK Fails To make Top 10 Prosperous Countries - Daily Mail
• 26 October 2009
• Finland tops global prosperity index - Julie MacIntosh. Financial Times
• 26 October 2009
• Accounting for Happiness: The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index - American Enterprise Institute
• 26 October 2009
• Measuring the difference between Finland and Zimbabwe, Dr. William Inboden, ForeignPolicy.com
• 26 October 2009
• 9 Signs of America in Decline, Rick Newman , US News
• 26 October 2009
• Where's The Best Place To Live? Prosperity Index Offers A Few Surprises, Breffni O'Rourke, Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
• 26 October 2009
• Freedom to Prosper, Ryan Streeter and Arthur C. Brooks, Wall Street Journal
• 14 October 2009
• Is Everybody Happy? - Jonathan Aitken, The American Spectator
• 13 October 2009
• Measuring the Good - Roger Bate, Wall Street Journal