
Bangladesh has seen the greatest fall in absolute poverty, down to 14.8% of the population. In 1991 the rate was 44.2%.
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Sierra Leone is 124th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since the Prosperity Index began in 2007, Sierra Leone has moved up the rankings table by 1 place.
In the Prosperity Pillar rankings, Sierra Leone performs best on Social Capital and Governance and scores lowest on the Health pillar. The biggest positive change, compared to last year, came in Governance increasing by 7 places, whereas they dropped 5 places on Safety & Security.
Visit our Rankings table to see how Sierra Leone compares to other countries.
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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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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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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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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