The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index

Official Site - 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.

Where to begin?

This table ranks 104 countries, according to their overall abilities to foster the nine drivers of prosperity. It also provides the breakdown of the sub-index performances that lead to the overall rank.

This table is fully-customisable: click on the "Country" column header to order alphabetically, or on any sub-index header to reorder by that indicator of prosperity; click again to reverse the order.

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Key findings

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Ecuador

Ranked 71st

Economic Fundamentals	78th
Entrepreneurship & Innovation	72nd
Democratic Institutions	77th
Education	65th
Health	58th
Safety and Security	89th
Governance	87th
Personal Freedom	61st
Social Capital	65th

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Massoud, Taiwan said on the 2^nd September 2010:

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Interesting study. It's really hard to understand how is Iran below so many other countries in health. We have flood of doctors in Iran!

Anonymous said on the 30^th August 2010:

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this information are ridiculous.

Alex, USA said on the 28^th August 2010:

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This study is biased towards religious countries. Countries with many atheists like France, Israel, or Estonia are punished for this. And can you honestly put Mali or Nigeria above Greece or Austria in "social capital," whatever that's supposed to mean. I mean, if Nigeria has such high social capital why did the main ethnic groups start killing each other years ago.

ehsan, us said on the 28^th August 2010:

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cherte, iran harchi bashe healthesh az kheili az keshava balatare. malezi ke kamelan motmaenam, baghiashunam vaghean vaghean baeed midnam. so biased study!!

Akbar tavakkoli, Iran said on the 21^st August 2010:

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omeed responded on the 27^th August 2010:

age feker mikoni namardi dar morede keshvaraye eslami hast chera dar morede malaysia in tori nist

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

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