THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2018

Creating the Pathways from Poverty to Prosperity

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Burundi

Ranked 140th of 149
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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Key Findings

2018 Key Findings: Prosperity is growing, but not equally

2018 Key Findings: Prosperity is growing, but not equally

28 November, 2018

The gap between the largest and smallest scores has been growing steadily since 2013, and this year the gap is the largest it has ever been.

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News

Executive Summary

28 November, 2018

Prosperity has grown over the last year to its highest ever point. In the last five years, 113 countries have improved their prosperity. In many respects the world is getting…

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Regional Analysis

Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth, but more needed

Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth, but more needed

28 November, 2018

Over the course of the past decade, 35 countries in the region increased their prosperity. There was mixed success for individual countries last year, with 20 countries…

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Regional Analysis

Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth from a low base

Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth from a low base

29 November, 2017

In the last year, 21 countries in the region have increased their Prosperity, while 19 have seen it decrease.

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