THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2017

Creating the Pathways from Poverty to Prosperity

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Honduras

Ranked 81^st of 149

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81 st on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™

Economic Quality 108th

Business Environment 60th

Governance 107th

Education 81st

Health 73rd

Safety & Security 114th

Personal Freedom 53rd

Social Capital 62nd

Natural Environment 83rd

OVERALL PROSPERITY

In the overall Prosperity Index rankings, Honduras has climbed by 11 positions from 92 to 81 when compared to last year. Since the Prosperity Index began in 2006, Honduras has moved down the rankings table by 9 places.

PILLAR RANKINGS

In the Prosperity Pillar rankings, Honduras performs best on Personal Freedom and Business Environment and scores lowest on the Safety & Security pillar. The biggest positive change, compared to last year, came in Personal Freedom increasing by 23 places, whereas they dropped 6 places on Governance.

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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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