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This table ranks 110 countries, according to their overall abilities to foster the drivers of prosperity. It also provides the breakdown of the sub-index performances that lead to the overall rank.

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Although the Prosperity Index ranks and evaluates 110 countries comprising more than 90% of the world’s population, we cannot include all countries. Why? The answer is straightforward: there is not sufficient data available on that country. Our hope and long-term goal remains to build an index that includes every single country in the world.

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The 2011 Legatum Prosperity Index Table Rankings

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

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Crowe, Bogota, Colombia said on the 2^nd February 2012:

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I am South African - have lived in Botswana - and have been in Colombia for the last 5 years! My family and I feel safer here in Colombia on a daily basis than we ever did in South Africa - or Botswana

Bob, USA said on the 6^th January 2012:

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Rankings of some of these countries is a little unfair since a country such as Norway has a population of just over 4.5 million and is ranked so highly yet it is compared to countries with hundreds of millions of people with cities that have more people than the entire nation of Norway. Larger populations with high immigration have many more opportunities but also much larger problems to deal with.

Shahbaz Latif, Bangkok Thailand responded on the 17^th January 2012:

I agree with brother Bob, When countries with small population and area you have small problems to tackle with like "Singapore".... i think they must consider the facts and figures in justifying their ranking

Alex, Minneapolis responded on the 29^th January 2012:

im not following you

Nyabuti Geoffrey, Nairobi said on the 27^th January 2012:

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I dont agree with your report, very biased

egfrid , moscow said on the 21^st January 2012:

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I agree with brother Bob, When countries with small population and area you have small problems to tackle . compare Russia,India,USA and China.compare Burundi and haiti

egfrid , moscow said on the 21^st January 2012:

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I agree with brother Bob, When countries with small population and area you have small problems to tackle . compare Russia,India,USA and China.compare Burundi and haiti

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