Israel (32nd) is the most prosperous country in the MENA region. It has some of the highest immunisation rates in the world with over 96% of children receiving immunisations for diphtheria, measles, and hepatitis.
Although North America remains the most prosperous region, it is only slightly more prosperous than it was a decade ago, and Western Europe is now demonstrating a similar level of prosperity having very nearly closed the gap.
Since 2010, every region has seen improvements in the Open Economies and Empowered People domains.
Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Asia-Pacific, cluster together to be the next most prosperous regions respectively. The rise in prosperity in the Asia-Pacific region has resulted in it now experiencing similar levels of prosperity to Latin America and the Caribbean.
The Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the sixth most prosperous region, followed by sub-Saharan Africa. These two regions are both improving, and though sub-Saharan Africais gradually closing its prosperity deficit with MENA, neither region is exhibiting rates of improvement comparable to those of Asia-Pacific or Eastern Europe, resulting in both regions continuing to fall further below the global average.
Since 2010, every region has seen improvements in the Open Economies and Empowered People domains. However, only Asia-Pacific and Western Europe have improved in the Inclusive Societies domain, while the other regions have shown a deterioration.
Having seen global prosperity improve steadily between 2015 and 2019, this year’s Legatum Prosperity Index finds that prosperity has plateaued for the second year…
The Index has been designed to benefit a wide range of users, including political leaders, policymakers, investors, business leaders, philanthropists, journalists,…
The varying performance of the Index’s seven regions provide an illustration of how prosperity has plateaued. Five regions have experienced a deterioration in their…
Areas within this domain range from the relationship of citizen and state, to the degree to which violence permeates societal norms, to the interaction of freedoms…
