THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2019

Creating the Pathways from Poverty to Prosperity

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Australia

Ranked 17th of 167
How to read this graph:
When comparing multiple countries on a spider chart, data points that appear
further away from the center represent a better performance to the points that are closer to the center.

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Executive Summary

25 November, 2019

Using the Prosperity Index framework, nations around the world can assess their strengths and weaknesses in order to determine the economic and strategic choices that need to…

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Regional Analysis

Asia-Pacific: The most-improved region over the last decade

Asia-Pacific: The most-improved region over the last decade

25 November, 2019

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Spotlights

Country Highlights

Country Highlights

25 November, 2019

The United States is ranked 18th, and is one of only 19 countries to have experienced a deterioration in prosperity since 2009. This has been driven primarily by declining…

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Country Profile

New Zealand (Ranked 7th)

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31 August, 2016

New Zealand has ranked first in the Prosperity Index for six of the last ten years. Bar a small prosperity drop as a result of the 2008 global financial crisis and the…

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