THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2023

Advancing the understanding of what drives success in nations

Spotlights

What is happening to Prosperity in 2023?

23 February 2023

For the third consecutive year, the 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index finds that prosperity continues to plateau around the world, with the primary reason being a general trend to...

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23 February 2023

This year, marked by unpredictability, and numerous political and economic shocks, we have looked back at the previous decade. We have seen that, on the most elementary level, people’s lives continued to improve around the ...

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23 February 2023

There are many countries in the bottom 40 group where the phenomenon of unsustainable development can be observed. One such example is Mozambique, even though it is far from unique.

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24 February 2023

Over the last decade, the world experienced an overall deterioration in Personal Freedom and Governance. The deterioration in freedoms acros...

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24 February 2023

Social Capital has improved across all regions, other than North America, in 2023. However, while the bottom 40 countries are improving in S...

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24 February 2023

While many attribute development to an ‘economic miracle,’ meaningful prosperity is multi-dimensional. It requires the formation of effe...

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24 February 2023

Many countries have experienced long-term improvement in their economic foundations. However, four fundam...

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24 February 2023

All regions saw progress in all pillars under Empowered People, other than MENA and Sub-Saharan Africa in...

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27 October 2021

Politicians across the globe like to declare they are committed to building prosperity for this generatio...

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27 October 2021

Having seen global prosperity improve steadily between 2015 and 2019, this year’s Legatum Prosperity In...

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