THE LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX™ 2017

Creating the Pathways from Poverty to Prosperity

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Serbia (58th) is one of only two countries to improve its score in all nine pillars of the Index in 2017.

Madagascar

Ranked 124^th of 149

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124 th on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™

Economic Quality 138th

Business Environment 126th

Governance 117th

Education 131st

Health 134th

Safety & Security 67th

Personal Freedom 80th

Social Capital 117th

Natural Environment 117th

OVERALL PROSPERITY

In the overall Prosperity Index rankings, Madagascar has remained consistent when compared to last year. Since the Prosperity Index began in 2006, Madagascar has moved down the rankings table by 1 place.

PILLAR RANKINGS

In the Prosperity Pillar rankings, Madagascar performs best on Safety & Security and Personal Freedom and scores lowest on the Economic Quality pillar. The biggest positive change, compared to last year, came in Business Environment increasing by 7 places, whereas they dropped 6 places on Economic Quality.

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Regional Analysis

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.

Africa

Regional Analysis

Middle East and North Africa: Decline

29 November, 2017

As well as falls in Safety and Security, Turkey has experienced a decline in Personal Freedom due to decreasing freedom of the press and reduced civil liberties.

MENA
Africa

Regional Analysis

Sub-Saharan Africa : Prosperity is Growing yet still below World Average

03 November, 2016

The Prosperity Index records a large variation across Sub-Saharan Africa, from South Africa and Botswana with the best scores, to Sudan and the Central African Republic with…

Africa

Regional Analysis

Rising prosperity across Africa has not lifted educational outcomes

03 November, 2016

When considering why Sub-Saharan Africa has not translated a decade of growth into greater prosperity, the immediate answer is always economic or institutional. Indeed,…

Africa

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Madagascar

124 th on the Legatum Prosperity Index™

OVERALL PROSPERITY

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Sub-Saharan Africa: Growth from a low base

Middle East and North Africa: Decline

Sub-Saharan Africa : Prosperity is Growing yet still below World Average

Rising prosperity across Africa has not lifted educational outcomes

124 th on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™