THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2017

Creating the Pathways from Poverty to Prosperity

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Costa Rica

Ranked 29^th of 149

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29 th on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™

Economic Quality 64th

Business Environment 43rd

Governance 32nd

Education 49th

Health 32nd

Safety & Security 61st

Personal Freedom 20th

Social Capital 35th

Natural Environment 42nd

OVERALL PROSPERITY

In the overall Prosperity Index rankings, Costa Rica has remained consistent when compared to last year. Since the Prosperity Index began in 2006, Costa Rica has remained at the same position.

PILLAR RANKINGS

In the Prosperity Pillar rankings, Costa Rica performs best on Personal Freedom and Governance and scores lowest on the Economic Quality pillar. The biggest positive change, compared to last year, came in Safety & Security increasing by 6 places, whereas they dropped 5 places on Business Environment.

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Spotlights

Governance: Strengthening around the world, mostly

29 November, 2017

The Prosperity Index measures four critical aspects of Governance. First, government must share a commitment to the rule of law, meaning that citizens have confidence in the…

Global
MENA
South America

Regional Analysis

Latin America and the Caribbean: Looking up

29 November, 2017

16 countries increased their prosperity in 2016-17 – and the biggest improvements in prosperity are concentrated outside of the top 10. For example, Honduras – ranked 81st…

South America

Regional Analysis

Latin America: A decade of prosperity gains about to disappear?

03 November, 2016

Particular achievements can be observed in the region’s best-performing sub-indices since 2007: Health and Personal Freedom. The fear is that a decade of prosperity gains will…

South America

Key Findings

Venezuela—the world’s biggest prosperity loser

03 November, 2016

Having prioritised oil over the development of other industries and now finding itself in an era of structurally lower oil prices, Venezuela has seen its Economic Quality drop…

South America
Venezuela

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