Côte d’Ivoire (120th) has experienced the greatest improvement in its prosperity of any country in the world in the past decade. It has seen major improvements in all pillars apart from Personal Freedom and Natural Environment, rising 24 places in the global rankings as a result. It has made particularly strong progress in Economic Quality since 2011, with high-tech manufactured exports more than doubling as a share of total exports.
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United Arab Emirates
Ranked 44th of 167
44
th
on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™
OVERALL PROSPERITY
United Arab Emirates is 44th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, United Arab Emirates has remained at the same position.
PILLAR RANKINGS
United Arab Emirates performs most strongly in Infrastructure & Market Access and Enterprise Conditions but is weakest in Personal Freedom. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Natural Environment.
Visit our Rankings table to see how United Arab Emirates compares to other countries.
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