Legatum Prosperity Index

The Legatum Prosperity Index ( PI ) is a prosperity indicator for the countries of the world, which has been published annually by the conservative London think tank Legatum Institute since 2007, most recently in November 2019. The PI calculates 65  policy fields with a total of 294  individual indicators from the three areas of inclusive societies , Open Economies and Empowered People (“ Inclusive Societies, Open Economic Systems , Participating People”). These three goals are also named as the main themes of the institute's strategy, which aims to contribute to increasing the prosperity of the world's population and reducing poverty . Each of the three areas is divided into four summarizing sub- indices . The PI has rarely been mentioned in leading media since 2010, and there are no scientific reviews after 2016.

List of countries by their PI

The following list shows the PI in order of priority with the three areas and the numbered 12 sub-indices ( pillars: "pillars"), each of which contains four to six individual policy areas :

• Between including companies (Inclusive Societies)

   1.  Security & Protection (Safety and Security)

   2.  Personal Freedom (Personal Freedom)

  0See the list of countries

  0as well as countries according to LGBT tolerance and rights (2 of 27 indicators from 2009)

   3.  Governance : governance and administration

   4.  Social capital (Social Capital)

• Open economies (Open Economies)

   5.  Investment opportunities (investment environment)

   6.  Entrepreneurial opportunities (Enterprise Conditions)

   7.  market access and infrastructure (Market Access and Infrastructure)

   8.  Economic quality (Economic Quality)

• Part-to-do people (Empowered People)

   9.  Quality of life (living conditions)

  10. Health (Health)

  11. Education (Education)

  12. Natural World (Natural Environment)

Overall, the 12 sub-indices are divided into 65 policy fields with a total of 294 individual statistical indicators, which were evaluated at the end of 2019 with updated calculation methods for 167 countries (99.4% of the world population ), also retrospectively (see below PI from 2009 ). Denmark has the highest PI ( 83.96 in green ), the lowest South Sudan ( 29.76 ), the three DA-CH countries are marked with flags and are in 8th , 13th and 3rd place :

Country 2019	PI	#		Inclusive Societies				Open economies				Empowered people
				1. Si Cher standardized	2nd person free- ness	3. Go- comparable nance	4. Soc. Ka pital	5. Germany vest. Possible	6. under- taking. Possible	7. Market train. & Infras.	8. Host. quality ty	9. Torment of life .	10th overall Sundstrand standardized	11 education dung	12. Nat. environmental world
Denmark	83.96	1		92.93	92.88	88.97	77.14	81.14	84.44	77.81	74.02	97.08	82.76	87.84	70.50
Norway	83.96	2		93.84	94.56	90.38	77.49	83.29	83.54	74.77	73.17	95.84	83.37	85.99	71.27
Switzerland	83.64	3		93.97	85.98	87.35	72.42	78.71	88.17	78.15	79.56	96.36	84.16	85.69	73.20
Sweden	83.04	4th		91.40	89.87	88.10	70.59	79.19	82.25	79.06	75.40	96.76	81.96	84.36	77.53
Finland	82.39	5		89.54	90.76	89.78	73.78	80.54	79.94	77.42	68.45	95.91	79.96	86.58	75.98
Netherlands	82.19	6th		91.27	89.73	88.72	73.28	78.92	84.36	80.38	74.72	96.94	82.62	86.41	58.92
New Zealand	81.24	7th		90.16	86.47	88.20	73.18	82.45	82.24	73.20	68.95	91.40	80.83	86.03	71.73
Germany	81.14	8th		88.41	85.26	85.58	67.15	78.37	87.17	77.34	74.88	96.31	82.35	83.24	67.56
Luxembourg	80.95	9		93.24	88.11	86.62	61.82	76.69	81.71	81.86	74.08	95.67	81.44	79.20	71.02
Iceland	80.72	10		92.72	89.05	84.30	74.52	73.10	75.04	76.65	70.64	93.43	82.82	85.28	71.08
United Kingdom	80.70	11		89.56	84.47	84.59	66.58	82.07	84.98	77.68	70.92	95.78	80.54	84.88	66.39
Ireland	80.38	12		90.09	87.76	83.85	67.42	74.28	83.35	72.92	75.55	94.68	80.86	84.80	69.02
Austria	80.26	13		91.53	83.51	82.95	67.72	79.00	79.85	74.32	68.44	94.55	82.51	83.01	75.69
Canada	80.01	14th		89.46	88.63	84.78	69.10	78.70	81.96	73.86	63.39	94.29	80.20	86.73	68.96
Hong Kong	79.90	15th		92.96	66.90	81.25	58.90	81.94	90.78	81.75	73.88	94.50	83.10	87.57	65.31
Singapore	79.15	16		91.95	51.99	75.28	63.69	87.71	87.02	84.81	79.70	95.61	86.63	90.69	54.68
Australia	78.64	17th		86.09	85.02	84.51	66.48	80.27	78.26	69.79	64.88	93.34	81.78	86.21	67.03
United States	77.75	18th		74.38	78.71	79.03	65.83	80.40	89.51	79.00	69.78	90.38	74.94	85.00	66.09
Japan	77.06	19th		91.50	72.14	80.56	44.45	78.31	83.02	74.79	67.03	93.58	86.25	86.46	66.55
Malta	76.40	20th		89.34	82.79	77.51	64.57	68.69	77.27	68.89	71.20	95.31	82.05	78.44	60.80
Estonia	76.31	21st		82.88	75.62	79.74	56.51	76.83	78.61	72.88	73.33	90.82	75.27	83.69	69.52
Belgium	76.26	22nd		84.84	84.40	80.82	55.01	73.44	80.00	74.62	64.52	93.86	80.53	83.57	59.58
France	76.26	23		84.41	77.14	79.09	56.02	78.02	76.45	74.79	63.51	93.86	81.89	81.23	68.71
Taiwan	74.83	24		91.70	74.60	76.03	54.22	77.62	82.27	70.59	67.72	86.95	79.37	81.61	55.23
Spain	74.79	25th		83.42	82.56	73.83	58.65	72.62	75.23	72.95	58.29	94.37	82.07	82.88	60.65
Portugal	73.75	26th		86.38	86.09	75.02	53.91	70.16	75.25	72.47	57.91	91.29	79.40	77.30	59.83
Slovenia	73.66	27		87.68	74.49	67.59	56.43	66.08	68.23	70.60	65.05	91.86	79.22	82.84	73.84
Czech Republic	73.43	28		89.14	71.66	70.32	47.10	72.72	70.36	68.74	72.52	89.91	79.77	81.78	67.19
South Korea	73.04	29		82.22	64.41	70.33	42.48	76.82	70.80	73.71	73.38	91.56	84.16	89.44	57.16
Italy	71.68	30th		86.41	74.17	63.80	53.30	66.17	76.65	69.27	57.16	91.61	81.83	80.29	59.56
Israel	70.90	31		57.17	58.51	78.59	53.11	78.32	76.85	69.64	69.65	93.30	82.37	82.43	50.88
Slovakia	70.25	32		86.03	69.87	62.45	50.93	70.65	63.46	64.80	64.74	89.64	77.11	73.58	69.74
Lithuania	70.16	33		85.34	68.14	67.54	42.64	69.98	69.81	68.30	64.17	87.69	70.94	81.66	65.71
Cyprus, Republic	69.99	34		80.22	76.42	67.86	50.51	64.38	68.16	69.59	57.74	90.32	79.69	78.41	56.54
Latvia	69.94	35		82.32	68.11	64.89	45.07	68.42	69.50	67.48	64.27	87.57	71.34	80.56	69.80
Poland	69.30	36		88.36	60.17	63.95	47.13	67.71	71.22	65.14	62.92	89.94	77.49	78.94	58.65
Chile	68.70	37		72.48	74.48	70.88	52.36	67.99	68.42	68.79	57.54	85.62	73.10	73.90	58.87
Costa Rica	67.66	38		77.19	79.21	67.49	54.13	61.74	64.50	58.36	53.39	82.03	78.62	71.46	63.83
Uruguay	67.61	39		80.63	82.39	70.36	52.88	65.35	58.02	58.65	50.82	84.69	78.86	69.45	59.25
Society. Arab. Emirates	67.41	40		77.15	32.95	59.80	61.85	71.94	77.17	74.19	68.87	86.89	76.14	72.73	49.20
Malaysia	66.62	41		69.82	40.01	56.13	58.74	72.04	75.85	67.14	66.19	79.76	77.62	74.86	61.30
Greece	66.51	42		80.38	65.35	62.13	46.97	52.40	70.69	68.06	44.77	87.68	79.06	75.30	65.31
Qatar	66.45	43		89.78	33.75	55.79	61.22	63.29	74.43	69.86	68.31	86.36	76.07	66.74	51.87
Mauritius	66.41	44		81.56	68.56	66.37	57.24	68.23	65.80	59.07	53.61	81.35	75.36	67.91	51.89
Croatia	66.19	45		84.23	63.61	59.25	44.09	61.53	53.12	67.79	58.26	89.15	75.02	73.64	64.55
Hungary	65.93	46		81.11	53.21	50.86	49.48	64.34	61.20	63.66	64.95	88.14	75.43	74.04	64.72
Romania	64.59	47		80.99	60.87	59.06	46.82	68.14	56.94	61.41	60.80	79.82	73.00	68.51	58.73
Seychelles	64.34	48		76.47	59.57	56.38	56.92	60.11	61.83	60.28	59.24	78.42	77.87	66.34	58.65
Bulgaria	64.08	49		73.48	58.88	54.98	46.13	60.64	62.19	58.89	64.12	83.84	74.02	74.78	56.98
Montenegro	63.57	50		78.57	61.08	57.63	51.33	63.14	62.54	60.60	48.37	83.35	71.10	72.00	53.14
Panama	63.29	51		77.34	63.72	54.51	51.92	60.33	55.54	61.20	59.79	76.61	76.78	59.13	62.59
Serbia	62.07	52		80.06	55.70	51.32	48.47	57.23	59.53	57.11	49.85	84.43	72.98	74.55	53.58
Georgia	61.71	53		71.63	61.67	58.38	46.13	67.59	63.64	60.99	48.49	71.50	71.22	71.49	47.84
North Macedonia	61.10	54		71.94	54.07	51.87	50.11	61.78	61.46	55.74	49.92	83.66	75.05	61.12	56.49
Trinidad & Tobago	61.03	55		72.34	68.05	55.37	51.15	54.96	52.49	53.82	51.91	82.58	72.44	66.23	51.06
Peru	61.03	56		71.49	64.68	52.18	42.35	61.56	57.49	51.93	53.00	69.51	74.92	67.27	66.00
China, People's Republic	60.76	57		65.83	19.97	46.88	57.25	63.26	69.36	60.42	68.38	79.72	80.86	70.83	46.31
Bahrain	60.61	58		58.79	25.91	47.15	63.26	63.84	65.20	68.48	53.32	88.25	75.37	68.90	48.90
Argentina	60.47	59		68.28	74.08	56.22	47.01	53.37	48.00	48.07	42.19	80.79	76.30	71.96	59.35
Oman	60.30	60		81.63	31.82	47.87	58.14	60.87	63.52	64.95	51.32	79.92	74.80	65.14	43.67
Armenia	60.14	61		71.48	53.92	50.12	50.94	61.34	60.51	54.15	44.33	76.00	73.65	72.29	52.97
Kuwait	60.08	62		72.03	41.45	46.78	54.18	54.86	54.27	60.48	60.15	88.83	75.46	61.13	51.36
Indonesia	60.01	63		67.58	48.59	54.45	73.43	60.20	60.24	48.43	54.10	65.37	69.00	60.96	57.72
Jamaica	59.86	64		62.75	70.15	56.28	49.83	60.22	59.61	51.71	41.60	79.51	75.46	62.92	48.29
Albania	59.83	65	73.32	56.96	51.34	46.25	58.64	58.57	55.98	41.45	72.34	73.22	72.68	57.23
Thailand	59.53	66	57.33	39.95	44.59	58.95	61.02	56.03	59.91	65.18	77.02	78.75	63.61	52.03
Mexico	59.53	67	48.83	59.09	48.63	46.39	60.07	56.49	60.34	59.21	75.70	78.22	64.86	56.54
Kazakhstan	59.12	68	69.52	32.88	47.63	51.46	62.09	57.31	52.18	56.95	81.12	71.81	77.45	48.97
Brazil	59.08	69	64.71	65.42	52.84	44.27	57.45	51.52	48.60	42.72	79.84	74.96	59.83	66.76
Bosnia Herzegovina	58.15	70	76.87	52.91	45.21	49.57	53.30	49.36	50.81	47.84	84.20	70.42	66.65	50.66
Saudi Arabia	57.94	71	62.11	20.73	47.83	55.14	58.38	66.19	62.03	54.71	81.15	73.30	66.33	47.45
Colombia	57.91	72	39.33	57.24	52.09	48.41	58.03	56.00	53.82	48.72	75.04	76.98	64.94	64.35
Belarus	57.85	73	71.44	30.73	40.59	42.39	54.16	53.64	53.25	55.24	85.14	72.49	79.77	55.39
Russia	57.72	74	49.89	31.70	45.59	47.94	55.82	54.93	53.55	59.70	81.31	68.31	83.50	60.38
Sri Lanka	57.49	75	59.37	54.39	50.70	59.99	48.99	60.42	45.84	42.13	67.03	75.55	66.46	59.07
Botswana	57.49	76	70.18	61.02	60.16	49.78	57.20	56.82	45.71	58.48	60.79	62.09	54.12	53.54
Cape Verde	57.36	77	76.10	70.55	54.58	54.69	44.84	51.38	38.54	42.47	67.13	72.25	52.99	62.78
Dominican. republic	57.33	78	60.15	62.09	46.52	50.44	53.27	52.54	52.68	50.59	73.30	71.52	56.74	58.16
Paraguay	57.17	79	72.01	56.23	46.61	53.70	52.18	41.81	46.79	48.45	76.82	72.08	52.58	66.75
Ecuador	56.76	80	71.49	60.57	44.06	49.29	49.41	42.31	49.54	42.86	72.70	74.15	65.93	58.86
Moldova, Republic	56.74	81	70.06	50.12	47.93	47.59	53.90	51.22	54.42	41.61	77.02	69.19	68.87	48.93
Suriname	56.70	82	75.91	63.41	48.18	52.04	37.73	48.37	46.51	43.26	77.12	66.96	54.07	66.90
South Africa	56.65	83	53.25	69.07	58.50	54.74	57.92	63.10	50.31	50.20	65.22	57.84	52.09	47.53
Country 2019	PI	#	1. Si Cher standardized	2nd person free- ness	3. Go- comparable nance	4. Soc. Ka pital	5. Germany vest. Possible	6. under- taking. Possible	7. Market train. & Infrastr.	8. Host. quality ty	9. LE bens- quality	10th overall Sundstrand standardized	11 education dung	12. Naturl. environmental world
Philippines	56.49	84	43.06	58.82	49.01	59.32	52.65	56.74	52.47	55.14	59.78	68.70	62.85	59.33
Vietnam	56.48	85	68.19	32.86	43.47	58.27	46.07	51.25	53.29	54.51	73.46	77.29	64.49	54.57
Jordan	56.41	86	69.48	39.16	50.30	47.41	61.00	60.87	54.23	39.79	80.39	72.23	57.57	44.54
Mongolia	56.19	87	73.92	59.58	54.24	52.08	48.45	52.88	36.89	43.80	65.29	68.84	68.93	49.37
Kyrgyzstan	56.18	88	72.69	49.32	45.58	56.57	50.68	50.65	37.28	45.42	71.61	71.27	64.31	58.72
Namibia	56.11	89	75.11	63.13	61.53	52.71	54.62	53.82	47.74	42.26	60.17	60.23	45.12	56.84
Guyana	55.93	90	70.69	59.52	49.69	50.81	51.58	50.49	43.38	39.88	75.34	63.93	58.71	57.17
Turkey	55.42	91	42.96	30.14	43.76	42.04	62.60	61.01	58.93	51.36	82.49	74.04	63.57	52.11
Azerbaijan	55.22	92	65.85	27.04	43.04	45.77	60.25	61.54	53.32	43.92	77.74	73.66	64.60	45.88
Sao Tome & Principe	55.20	93	81.57	65.13	49.57	52.49	40.82	53.00	38.06	45.89	58.33	67.76	51.06	58.78
Belize	55.08	94	71.57	60.48	46.79	45.18	41.76	48.92	43.94	41.45	74.12	69.66	56.29	60.75
Tunisia	54.71	95	61.56	53.36	53.34	42.65	50.93	50.91	49.90	42.41	76.73	70.40	57.84	46.51
Ukraine	54.50	96	46.18	53.71	48.62	41.91	45.58	57.03	48.43	42.91	77.76	64.76	77.49	49.65
Cuba	54.45	97	67.59	26.38	38.50	54.86	52.80	37.09	44.06	45.63	75.77	79.90	76.32	54.49
El Salvador	54.16	98	59.73	58.74	49.28	48.17	52.82	53.07	46.70	44.24	71.86	71.42	50.71	43.25
Guatemala	54.11	99	63.55	54.59	44.29	52.36	52.81	50.17	52.31	48.76	60.57	68.88	46.15	54.90
Morocco	53.92	100	74.95	40.16	46.25	35.54	58.87	54.16	56.80	44.32	71.44	66.54	46.63	51.34
India	53.77	101	53.75	49.22	59.70	50.91	54.53	67.63	48.80	48.36	55.10	66.60	49.99	40.63
Ghana	53.74	102	66.83	64.15	56.03	52.76	47.92	57.43	38.26	35.34	58.75	63.60	50.25	53.53
Uzbekistan	53.53	103	73.32	29.73	33.86	61.57	53.21	45.71	43.01	52.08	67.84	77.33	63.34	41.42
Lebanon	52.86	104	47.40	46.58	40.86	42.07	48.94	55.95	49.70	37.04	83.62	72.07	61.78	48.25
Bolivia	52.74	105	71.14	57.32	40.41	46.31	45.10	39.12	37.57	39.41	68.48	66.92	57.73	63.40
Rwanda	52.71	106	61.76	41.53	53.56	51.59	65.59	63.12	41.54	47.43	43.00	67.52	42.08	53.76
Honduras	52.28	107	57.09	50.44	40.25	52.34	51.73	49.31	43.57	43.84	63.06	71.95	47.45	56.28
Turkmenistan	51.67	108	70.80	18.65	31.71	56.45	52.79	43.13	39.75	52.93	74.63	74.56	64.28	40.40
Nicaragua	51.58	109	66.32	42.92	38.33	47.58	48.01	43.72	44.27	41.23	66.92	72.32	48.72	58.63
Algeria	51.48	110	76.25	34.12	42.47	41.86	38.56	43.23	42.49	38.33	77.28	72.93	61.01	49.26
Senegal	51.00	111	66.81	60.41	54.50	53.80	42.95	53.52	34.88	39.87	57.02	60.95	33.83	53.44
Gabon	50.73	112	66.42	43.32	39.89	42.16	45.65	51.20	39.96	42.56	65.37	58.35	55.14	58.72
Kenya	50.54	113	44.92	47.72	47.95	55.09	59.15	57.64	41.37	37.50	49.27	64.49	51.87	49.51
Tajikistan	50.28	114	69.74	28.56	37.13	59.01	44.71	48.15	33.37	33.97	66.93	72.63	60.58	48.63
Nepal	49.53	115	71.06	59.46	44.66	49.47	42.03	46.22	27.88	44.68	51.67	63.01	45.93	48.33
Laos	49.08	116	73.50	28.30	38.69	47.81	38.66	48.72	38.07	48.12	53.70	60.87	51.69	60.80
Equatorial Guinea	48.86	117	70.09	26.80	40.20	52.37	43.67	48.48	38.39	52.67	62.95	45.62	42.94	62.07
Zambia	48.50	118	69.59	46.17	46.26	50.68	46.53	54.63	28.83	32.13	43.21	59.51	42.84	61.61
Iran	48.31	119	56.79	16.91	38.27	45.17	42.73	39.39	39.71	42.85	77.08	71.31	65.50	44.08
Tanzania	48.02	120	64.36	45.81	46.48	48.01	44.07	49.33	33.43	41.01	46.97	60.68	38.20	57.92
Djibouti	47.88	121	64.66	34.77	41.28	47.66	49.86	52.64	39.30	48.47	52.83	62.00	34.44	46.65
Cambodia	47.84	122	64.31	36.10	29.46	49.75	42.76	41.16	43.30	48.56	50.29	68.88	43.61	55.92
Papua New Guinea	47.51	123	66.15	61.40	43.54	46.15	45.81	49.90	33.66	42.60	35.76	52.15	35.33	57.65
Myanmar	47.28	124	38.77	35.54	37.62	58.18	36.03	50.82	39.92	43.75	49.47	66.93	50.66	59.71
Gambia	46.97	125	69.59	43.76	43.69	55.20	44.39	47.31	31.64	29.95	51.51	53.71	37.49	55.45
Egypt	46.56	126	41.32	19.08	36.12	45.46	47.05	53.90	47.38	34.97	73.39	66.20	51.10	42.76
Bangladesh	46.47	127	48.54	40.77	39.12	50.84	36.72	52.42	36.12	40.76	56.46	65.67	44.28	45.87
Malawi	46.35	128	69.10	55.54	47.37	39.76	44.00	49.10	30.96	36.47	37.52	57.13	31.61	57.62
Comoros	45.98	129	78.99	52.25	38.38	47.69	33.79	45.67	27.26	34.50	50.50	57.87	31.58	53.22
Ivory Coast	45.95	130	56.73	50.55	44.43	41.45	45.15	49.60	35.89	44.67	48.95	48.62	31.21	54.10
Benin	45.87	131	73.19	59.46	47.31	37.29	35.92	51.22	32.20	36.08	42.83	52.52	31.21	51.17
Swaziland	45.75	132	68.90	29.36	38.65	44.18	48.08	46.43	35.89	41.12	54.61	52.38	41.10	48.31
Lesotho	45.59	133	67.36	53.58	44.88	45.62	41.01	47.03	34.60	41.04	44.22	42.68	43.61	41.49
Burkina Faso	45.17	134	63.14	60.68	44.12	45.90	39.79	48.61	24.96	35.64	42.39	56.08	26.99	53.68
Uganda	45.15	135	54.91	40.76	41.98	43.08	53.86	54.66	30.72	37.91	43.25	54.00	36.64	50.02
Liberia	44.38	136	70.73	52.93	44.69	52.70	38.95	48.71	20.58	32.43	40.95	45.45	25.95	58.51
Madagascar	43.63	137	63.60	53.19	39.95	47.40	40.54	43.34	27.79	36.79	27.60	55.00	32.77	55.60
Guinea-Bissau	43.49	138	77.07	49.87	36.58	48.31	31.95	45.31	25.94	38.29	36.21	50.13	24.30	57.95
Zimbabwe	43.10	139	66.34	37.12	31.74	47.14	34.93	35.28	26.93	34.36	50.23	57.50	46.13	49.55
Pakistan	43.09	140	37.04	38.17	41.46	49.65	45.82	46.24	34.05	36.57	54.91	59.93	38.23	35.09
Guinea	43.07	141	60.51	47.82	39.09	49.22	43.43	52.41	25.13	31.40	39.43	46.52	22.33	59.50
Iraq	42.96	142	22.62	33.10	35.81	49.21	35.59	44.70	37.93	42.04	69.72	61.24	44.40	39.10
Venezuela	42.82	143	45.51	35.99	17.99	43.91	31.06	21.72	34.67	24.47	69.77	72.49	58.61	57.63
Togo	42.69	144	64.95	44.73	38.19	34.00	36.49	44.34	26.03	40.36	45.73	51.88	37.61	47.93
Mozambique	42.62	145	66.18	53.76	40.47	48.69	36.96	40.33	25.77	22.45	38.97	53.22	26.74	57.87
Sierra Leone	42.26	146	66.79	53.58	42.02	53.95	35.27	41.15	23.40	28.03	35.97	42.17	29.38	55.37
Libya	42.08	147	31.15	33.44	28.89	46.93	30.40	32.77	32.23	38.01	71.65	68.38	50.19	40.93
Nigeria	41.99	148	36.68	48.92	40.33	52.03	44.44	45.34	28.81	30.18	46.04	43.35	35.99	51.79
Mali	41.72	149	40.31	54.17	43.96	44.80	36.82	44.90	25.96	40.85	44.14	49.58	21.72	53.49
Ethiopia	41.14	150	51.18	26.91	36.12	46.81	38.13	41.28	28.13	37.71	42.36	58.10	35.58	51.38
Niger	41.00	151	53.84	52.75	41.72	50.37	35.83	44.40	23.14	37.67	34.83	50.72	16.22	50.45
Cameroon	40.96	152	37.61	36.79	32.12	44.16	37.53	43.95	28.38	40.59	48.95	46.37	42.23	52.82
Haiti	40.06	153	67.58	48.45	33.25	40.66	28.85	26.21	24.31	32.93	40.68	52.81	41.48	43.56
Congo, Republic	39.91	154	51.42	37.74	32.90	38.04	34.60	34.04	26.67	27.38	45.02	53.81	40.82	56.45
Mauritania	38.56	155	65.45	31.73	28.78	40.25	29.84	35.65	23.02	34.36	52.31	56.17	24.50	40.64
Angola	38.14	156	62.23	34.15	34.01	40.00	23.55	32.90	26.40	34.56	42.89	50.04	25.90	50.98
Syria	37.66	157	25.48	12.46	25.38	22.27	37.17	33.73	38.71	39.38	67.69	65.94	41.93	41.78
Sudan	36.68	158	30.81	16.05	28.89	43.44	40.46	43.13	29.80	26.68	45.37	57.94	33.60	44.03
Burundi	36.21	159	35.85	23.81	31.86	41.00	33.54	49.28	25.44	28.51	28.53	56.48	30.25	49.95
Eritrea	35.55	160	48.08	11.32	25.08	40.61	34.54	33.79	22.69	31.90	39.68	60.31	25.59	53.01
Somalia	33.96	161	40.78	28.31	24.93	47.24	28.19	30.94	19.40	27.17	40.82	44.18	24.91	50.61
Congo, Dem. Rep.	33.60	162	33.25	32.52	25.10	38.74	28.23	34.10	18.21	30.81	28.93	48.49	31.88	52.97
Afghanistan	33.46	163	20.86	34.42	33.94	23.64	33.21	37.92	21.75	40.17	38.54	49.85	26.04	41.22
Chad	32.88	164	47.96	37.10	26.56	33.59	29.94	30.01	17.81	33.30	29.83	34.93	18.62	54.86
Central Africa	31.72	165	35.20	34.42	29.84	37.02	28.25	31.68	20.91	33.18	21.19	35.70	19.08	54.12
Yemen	31.14	166	25.23	16.65	24.66	38.42	29.07	32.30	20.71	19.92	43.96	51.55	26.56	44.60
South Sudan	29.76	167	19.20	19.52	27.41	35.69	32.44	37.15	25.88	28.33	27.75	34.04	15.22	54.52
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PI from 2009

The following list shows the Prosperity Index (PI) for the 167 calculated countries with the changes from 2018 and 2009:

Country 2019	PI	rank	+/-	+/-	2018	rank	+/-	+/-	2009	rank
Denmark	83.96	1	▲ +1	+0.014	83.95	2	▼ −1	+0.792	83.15	1
Norway	83.96	2	▼ −1	−0.574	84.53	1	▲ +2	+2.083	82.45	3
Switzerland	83.64	3	▬	+0.215	83.43	3	▲ +1	+1.454	81.98	4th
Sweden	83.04	4th	▬	−0.287	83.33	4th	▼ −2	+0.479	82.85	2
Finland	82.39	5	▬	−0.396	82.78	5	▬	+1.537	81.25	5
Netherlands	82.19	6th	▬	+0.011	82.18	6th	▬	+0.974	81.21	6th
New Zealand	81.24	7th	▬	−0.513	81.75	7th	▲ +3	+2.021	79.73	10
Germany	81.14	8th	▲ +1	+0.098	81.04	9	▼ −1	+1.157	79.88	8th
Luxembourg	80.95	9	▼ −1	−0.340	81.29	8th	▼ −1	+1.388	79.91	7th
Iceland	80.72	10	▲ +1	−0.031	80.75	11	▼ −2	+1.012	79.74	9
United Kingdom	80.70	11	▼ −1	−0.089	80.79	10	▲ +6	+2.755	78.04	16
Ireland	80.38	12	▬	−0.143	80.52	12	▲ +2	+1.657	78.87	14th
Austria	80.26	13	▲ +2	+0.547	79.71	15th	▼ −4	+0.298	79.41	11
Canada	80.01	14th	▼ −1	−0.340	80.35	13	▼ −1	+1.385	78.96	12
Hong Kong	79.90	15th	▼ −1	−0.245	80.15	14th	▲ +1	+1.383	78.76	15th
Singapore	79.15	16	▬	−0.292	79.44	16	▲ +2	+1.860	77.58	18th
Australia	78.64	17th	▬	−0.341	78.98	17th	▼ −4	+0.042	78.94	13
United States	77.75	18th	▬	+0.099	77.66	18th	▼ −1	−0.125	77.78	17th
Japan	77.06	19th	▬	−0.251	77.31	19th	▲ +2	+1.719	75.59	21st
Malta	76.40	20th	▬	−0.505	76.91	20th	▲ +3	+3,470	73.44	23
Estonia	76.31	21st	▲ +1	+0.031	76.28	22nd	▬	+2.810	73.47	22nd
Belgium	76.26	22nd	▼ −1	−0.582	76.85	21st	▼ −2	+0.720	76.13	19th
France	76.26	23	▬	+0.009	76.25	23	▼ −3	+0.354	75.90	20th
Taiwan	74.83	24	▬	−0.174	75.00	24	▲ +2	+2.567	72.43	26th
Spain	74.79	25th	▬	+0.052	74.74	25th	▬	+2.178	72.56	25th
Portugal	73.75	26th	▬	−0.182	73.93	26th	▲ +2	+2.883	71.05	28
Slovenia	73.66	27	▬	−0.199	73.86	27	▼ −3	+1.117	72.74	24
Czech Republic	73.43	28	▬	−0.327	73.76	28	▲ +1	+2.883	70.88	29
South Korea	73.04	29	▬	+0.451	72.59	29	▼ −2	+0.775	71.81	27
Italy	71.68	30th	▬	+0.133	71.55	30th	▲ +1	+1.928	69.62	31
Israel	70.90	31	▬	−0.458	71.36	31	▲ +2	+3.224	68.14	33
Slovakia	70.25	32	▲ +1	−0.137	70.39	33	▼ −1	+2.196	68.19	32
Lithuania	70.16	33	▼ −1	−0.391	70.55	32	▲ +6	+3,953	66.60	38
Cyprus, Republic	69.99	34	▲ +2	+0.279	69.71	36	▼ −6	−0.162	69.87	30th
Latvia	69.94	35	▬	+0.182	69.76	35	▼ −1	+2.041	67.72	34
Poland	69.30	36	▼ −2	−0.489	69.79	34	▲ +2	+2.849	66.94	36
Chile	68.70	37	▬	−0.350	69.05	37	▼ −2	+1.514	67.54	35
Costa Rica	67.66	38	▲ +2	−0.031	67.69	40	▬	+1.736	65.96	40
Uruguay	67.61	39	▬	−0.351	67.96	39	▲ +3	+3.016	64.95	42
Society. Arab. Emirates	67.41	40	▼ −2	−0.805	68.21	38	▲ +6	+4.403	63.81	44
Malaysia	66.62	41	▲ +3	+0.748	65.87	44	▲ +2	+2.430	63.44	46
Greece	66.51	42	▲ +4	+1.211	65.30	46	▼ −7	−0.704	66.00	39
Qatar	66.45	43	▼ −1	−0.014	66.47	42	▲ +3	+2.754	63.71	45
Mauritius	66.41	44	▼ −3	−0.055	66.47	41	▲ +2	+2.611	63.86	43
Croatia	66.19	45	▼ −2	+0.057	66.13	43	▼ −2	+1.065	65.07	41
Hungary	65.93	46	▼ −1	+0.124	65.80	45	▼ −8	−0.914	66.72	37
Romania	64.59	47	▬	−0.448	65.04	47	▲ +1	+2.480	62.56	48
Seychelles	64.34	48	▲ +2	+0.117	64.22	50	▼ −3	+1.314	62.91	47
Bulgaria	64.08	49	▼ −1	−0.792	64.87	48	▲ +2	+2.903	61.97	50
Montenegro	63.57	50	▲ +1	−0.263	63.83	51	▲ +1	+3.319	60.51	52
Panama	63.29	51	▼ −2	−1.041	64.33	49	▲ +2	+2.858	61.47	51
Serbia	62.07	52	▬	−0.661	62.73	52	▲ +9	+4.761	57.97	61
Georgia	61.71	53	▲ +2	+0.548	61.16	55	▲ +9	+4.462	56.70	64
North Macedonia	61.10	54	▼ −1	−0.279	61.38	53	▲ +2	+1.931	59.45	55
Trinidad & Tobago	61.03	55	▲ +1	+0.207	60.83	56	▼ −2	+1.225	59.60	54
Peru	61.03	56	▲ +1	+0.569	60.46	57	▲ +5	+2.844	57.62	62
China, People's Republic	60.76	57	▲ +3	+0.708	60.05	60	▲ +5	+3.353	56.69	65
Bahrain	60.61	58	▼ −4	−0.695	61.31	54	▼ −5	−0.729	62.04	49
Argentina	60.47	59	▲ +4	+0.912	59.56	63	▼ −3	+1.554	58.00	60
Oman	60.30	60	▼ −1	+0.255	60.05	59	▼ −1	+1.389	58.66	58
Armenia	60.14	61	▲ +7	+1.350	58.79	68	▼ −1	+2,705	56.09	67
Kuwait	60.08	62	▼ −4	−0.382	60.46	58	▼ −5	+0.399	60.06	53
Indonesia	60.01	63	▼ −2	+0.120	59.89	61	▲ +22	+5.721	54.17	83
Jamaica	59.86	64	▼ −2	+0.096	59.76	62	▲ +1	+2.173	57.59	63
Albania	59.83	65	▼ −1	+0.280	59.55	64	▲ +7	+3.835	55.72	71
Thailand	59.53	66	▼ −1	+0.157	59.37	65	▼ −9	+0.144	59.23	56
Mexico	59.53	67	▬	+0.617	58.91	67	▼ −8	+0.833	58.08	59
Kazakhstan	59.12	68	▼ −2	−0.077	59.19	66	▲ +12	+4.597	54.60	78
Brazil	59.08	69	▬	+0.411	58.66	69	▼ −12	−0.288	58.95	57
Bosnia Herzegovina	58.15	70	▲ +3	+0.261	57.89	73	▼ −4	+1.873	56.02	69
Saudi Arabia	57.94	71	▲ +1	−0.035	57.98	72	▲ +13	+4.120	53.86	85
Colombia	57.91	72	▼ −2	−0.666	58.58	70	▲ +6	+3.817	54.76	76
Belarus	57.85	73	▼ −2	−0.497	58.35	71	▲ +9	+4.040	54.31	80
Russia	57.72	74	▬	−0.167	57.89	74	▲ +8	+3.671	54.21	82
Sri Lanka	57.49	75	▲ +5	+0.496	57.00	80	▲ +11	+4.273	52.72	91
Botswana	57.49	76	▲ +2	+0.259	57.23	78	▼ −12	+0.971	56.26	66
Cape Verde	57.36	77	▼ −1	−0.155	57.51	76	▼ −6	+1.648	55.86	70
Dominican. republic	57.33	78	▼ −3	−0.244	57.58	75	▬	+2.654	54.92	75
Paraguay	57.17	79	▲ +4	+0.556	56.61	83	▲ +6	+3,408	53.20	89
Ecuador	56.76	80	▲ +6	+0.583	56.18	86	▲ +8	+3.766	52.42	94
Moldova, Republic	56.74	81	▲ +7	+0.914	55.82	88	▲ +4	+3.131	52.69	92
Suriname	56.70	82	▬	+0.086	56.62	82	▼ −10	+0.921	55.70	72
South Africa	56.65	83	▼ −6	−0.655	57.30	77	▼ −9	+1.246	56.06	68
Country 2019	PI	rank	+/-	+/-	2018	rank	+/-	+/-	2009	rank
Philippines	56.49	84	▲ +3	+0.355	56.14	87	▲ +1	+2.547	53.59	88
Vietnam	56.48	85	▬	+0.240	56.24	85	▲ +10	+3.834	52.40	95
Jordan	56.41	86	▼ −5	−0.357	56.77	81	▼ −7	+1.598	55.17	74
Mongolia	56.19	87	▲ +3	+0.751	55.44	90	▲ +9	+3,552	51.89	99
Kyrgyzstan	56.18	88	▲ +1	+0.623	55.55	89	▲ +17	+5.321	50.23	106
Namibia	56.11	89	▼ −10	−0.910	57.02	79	▬	+2.626	54.39	79
Guyana	55.93	90	▲ +1	+0.578	55.35	91	▲ +6	+3.053	52.30	97
Turkey	55.42	91	▼ −7	−0.905	56.32	84	▼ −7	+1.580	54.74	77
Azerbaijan	55.22	92	▲ +5	+0.784	54.43	97	▲ +4	+2.877	51.56	101
Sao Tome & Principe	55.20	93	▬	+0.101	55.10	93	▲ +3	+2.793	52.31	96
Belize	55.08	94	▼ −2	−0.106	55.18	92	▼ −11	+0.930	54.25	81
Tunisia	54.71	95	▲ +3	+0.711	54.00	98	▼ −25	−1,604	55.61	73
Ukraine	54.50	96	▲ +3	+0.712	53.79	99	▼ −13	−0.055	53.85	86
Cuba	54.45	97	▼ −3	−0.118	54.57	94	▼ −7	+0.956	53.61	87
El Salvador	54.16	98	▼ −2	−0.272	54.44	96	▼ −12	+0.308	54.13	84
Guatemala	54.11	99	▲ +1	+0.419	53.69	100	▼ −7	+1.179	52.51	93
Morocco	53.92	100	▼ −5	−0.595	54.51	95	▲ +5	+2.840	51.67	100
India	53.77	101	▲ +4	+0.771	53.00	105	▲ +5	+4.499	48.50	110
Ghana	53.74	102	▼ −1	+0.119	53.62	101	▼ −3	+1.385	52.23	98
Uzbekistan	53.53	103	▲ +1	+0.480	53.05	104	▲ +3	+3.887	49.17	107
Lebanon	52.86	104	▼ −2	−0.596	53.45	102	▼ −12	+0.358	53.09	90
Bolivia	52.74	105	▲ +1	−0.054	52.80	106	▼ −1	+2.497	50.30	105
Rwanda	52.71	106	▲ +2	+0.148	52.56	108	▲ +7	+4.992	47.57	115
Honduras	52.28	107	▬	−0.300	52.58	107	▼ −4	+1.379	51.20	103
Turkmenistan	51.67	108	▲ +1	+0.041	51.63	109	▼ −5	+0.802	50.83	104
Nicaragua	51.58	109	▼ −6	−1.510	53.09	103	▼ −1	+1.709	51.38	102
Algeria	51.48	110	▬	+0.482	51.00	110	▼ −2	+2.410	48.59	108
Senegal	51.00	111	▬	+0.317	50.68	111	▲ +3	+3.015	47.67	114
Gabon	50.73	112	▲ +1	+0.729	50.00	113	▼ −4	+1.466	48.53	109
Kenya	50.54	113	▼ −1	−0.061	50.60	112	▲ +5	+3.497	47.10	117
Tajikistan	50.28	114	▲ +1	+0.663	49.62	115	▲ +7	+3.734	45.89	122
Nepal	49.53	115	▼ −1	−0.134	49.67	114	▲ +14	+4.432	45.24	128
Laos	49.08	116	▲ +2	+0.341	48.74	118	▲ +2	+2.440	46.30	120
Equatorial Guinea	48.86	117	▼ −1	−0.268	49.12	116	▼ −5	+0.751	48.37	111
Zambia	48.50	118	▲ +1	−0.153	48.65	119	▼ −7	+0.576	48.08	112
Iran	48.31	119	▼ −2	−0.780	49.09	117	▲ +2	+2.372	46.72	119
Tanzania	48.02	120	▲ +2	+0.217	47.81	122	▲ +3	+2.225	45.58	125
Djibouti	47.88	121	▲ +2	+0.886	46.99	123	▼ −2	+1.046	45.95	121
Cambodia	47.84	122	▼ −2	−0.164	48.01	120	▲ +6	+2,550	45.46	126
Papua New Guinea	47.51	123	▼ −2	−0.486	47.99	121	▼ −3	+1.134	46.86	118
Myanmar	47.28	124	▬	+0.460	46.82	124	▲ +23	+7.297	39.53	147
Gambia	46.97	125	▲ +3	+0.775	46.20	128	▼ −1	+0.930	45.27	127
Egypt	46.56	126	▲ +3	+0.494	46.07	129	▼ −16	−1.680	47.75	113
Bangladesh	46.47	127	▼ −2	+0.058	46.41	125	▲ +10	+3.678	42.73	135
Malawi	46.35	128	▼ −2	+0.118	46.23	126	▼ −2	+0.630	45.60	124
Comoros	45.98	129	▼ −2	−0.248	46.22	127	▲ +10	+4.104	42.12	137
Ivory Coast	45.95	130	▲ +4	+0.361	45.59	134	▲ +11	+5.054	40.53	145
Benin	45.87	131	▲ +2	+0.267	45.60	133	▼ −2	+1.817	43.78	131
Swaziland	45.75	132	▼ −1	+0.002	45.75	131	▲ +1	+2.186	43.56	132
Lesotho	45.59	133	▼ −3	−0.161	45.76	130	▬	+1.906	43.85	130
Burkina Faso	45.17	134	▼ −2	−0.453	45.62	132	▲ +7	+3.556	42.06	139
Uganda	45.15	135	▬	−0.245	45.40	135	▲ +1	+2.697	42.70	136
Liberia	44.38	136	▬	+0.091	44.29	136	▲ +4	+2.760	41.53	140
Madagascar	43.63	137	▲ +1	+0.100	43.53	138	▼ −9	−0.339	43.87	129
Guinea-Bissau	43.49	138	▲ +1	+0.143	43.35	139	▲ +4	+2.631	40.72	143
Zimbabwe	43.10	139	▲ +2	+0.270	42.83	141	▲ +15	+5.637	37.20	156
Pakistan	43.09	140	▲ +4	+0.448	42.65	144	▲ +2	+2.801	39.85	146
Guinea	43.07	141	▼ −1	−0.151	43.22	140	▲ +10	+4.169	39.05	150
Iraq	42.96	142	▬	+0.254	42.70	142	▲ +6	+3.277	39.42	148
Venezuela	42.82	143	▼ −6	−1.137	43.96	137	▼ −21	−3.351	47.31	116
Togo	42.69	144	▲ +2	+0.202	42.48	146	▲ +12	+5.985	36.50	158
Mozambique	42.62	145	▲ +2	+0.243	42.37	147	▼ −6	+0.888	41.49	141
Sierra Leone	42.26	146	▼ −3	−0.399	42.66	143	▲ +1	+2.007	40.65	144
Libya	42.08	147	▼ −2	−0.535	42.62	145	▼ −22	−3.181	45.80	123
Nigeria	41.99	148	▬	−0.073	42.07	148	▼ −10	−0.025	42.09	138
Mali	41.72	149	▬	−0.260	41.99	149	▼ −16	−1.552	43.54	133
Ethiopia	41.14	150	▲ +2	+0.869	40.27	152	▲ +1	+1.676	38.60	153
Niger	41.00	151	▬	+0.146	40.85	151	▲ +3	+2.831	38.02	154
Cameroon	40.96	152	▼ −2	−0.547	41.50	150	▼ −8	+0.500	41.00	142
Haiti	40.06	153	▬	+0.148	39.92	153	▼ −2	+1.151	38.77	151
Congo, Republic	39.91	154	▬	+0.012	39.89	154	▼ −5	+0.480	39.42	149
Mauritania	38.56	155	▬	+0.049	38.51	155	▼ −3	−0.208	38.72	152
Angola	38.14	156	▬	−0.220	38.36	156	▲ +1	+1.188	37.17	157
Syria	37.66	157	▬	+0.054	37.60	157	▼ −23	−5.827	43.43	134
Sudan	36.68	158	▬	−0.185	36.87	158	▼ −3	−1.010	37.88	155
Burundi	36.21	159	▬	+0.237	35.97	159	▲ +1	+0.046	35.92	160
Eritrea	35.55	160	▬	+0.407	35.14	160	▲ +1	−0.223	35.36	161
Somalia	33.96	161	▬	−0.097	34.05	161	▲ +5	+2.122	31.93	166
Congo, Dem. Rep.	33.60	162	▬	−0.295	33.90	162	▲ +2	+0.799	33.10	164
Afghanistan	33.46	163	▬	+0.192	33.27	163	▬	−0.016	33.29	163
Chad	32.88	164	▬	−0.338	33.21	164	▲ +3	+1.486	31.73	167
Central Africa	31.72	165	▲ +1	+0.698	31.02	166	▼ −1	−2.067	33.09	165
Yemen	31.14	166	▼ −1	−1.696	32.83	165	▼ −6	−3.242	36.07	159
South Sudan	29.76	167	▬	−0.813	30.58	167	▼ −5	−3.744	34.32	162
Country 2019	PI	rank	+/-	+/-	2018	rank	+/-	+/-	2009	rank

See also

2018:  Economic Freedom Index from the US think tank Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal

2017:  World Happiness Report of the United Nations (UN)

• List of countries according to personal freedom (sub-index plus PI with changes from 2009)
• List of countries by LGBT tolerance and rights (2 of 27 indicators of "personal freedom", from 2009)

United Nations (UN) indices :

• World Social Capital Monitor (social goods & social capital)
• Human Development Index (HDI, main index)
• World Happiness Report (World Happiness Report)
• Multidimensional Poverty Index (Developing Countries)
• 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Further indices:

• Economic Freedom Index (Heritage Foundation & Wall Street Journal)
• Ease of Doing Business Index (World Bank)
• Environmental Performance Index (Yale University)
• List of Indices of Freedom (Worldwide Measures)

literature

• Legatum Institute : The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - A tool for transformation. London, November 2019 (English; main table pp. 14–16; PDF: 31.3 MB, 92 pages on prosperity.com).
  • Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Pillar and element profiles (English; PDF: 30.5 MB, 93 pages ).
  • Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Methodology Report (English; PDF: 2 MB, 97 pages ).

• Abdul Jalil Khan, Hafiz Rizwan Ahma: Prosperity and Instability: An Evaluation of Legatum Prosperity Index. In: Papers and Proceedings. 2016, pp. 407–431 (English; PDF: 949 kB, 25 pages at pide.org.pk).
• Thomas A. Timmerman: Does national culture predict national prosperity? In: Proceedings of the Academy of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict. Volume 21, No. 1, 2016, pp. 46–49 (English; PDF: 4.0 MB, 80 pages at abacademies.org).
• N. Lind: Legatum Prosperity Index. In: AC Michalos (Ed.): Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht 2014, ISBN 978-94-007-0752-8 (English, for the 2010 index; full text: doi: 10.1007 / 978-94-007-0753-5 ).

Web links

• Official website - Interactive index display - Country selection - Download overview (English).

Meetings:

• 2018er-PI: Will Martin: The world's 37 richest, healthiest, happiest, and most prosperous nations. In: BusinessInsider.com . November 28, 2018 (English).
• 2016er-PI: Meghan Werft: Citizenship: These are currently the 10 safest and 10 most dangerous countries in the world. In: GlobalCitizen.org . January 9, 2017.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Legatum Institute : The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - A tool for transformation. London, November 2019 (English; main table pp. 14–16; PDF: 31.3 MB, 92 pages on prosperity.com).
   Ibid: The Legatum Prosperity Index 2019 - Pillar and element profiles. Pp. 5, 31 and 56 (English; PDF: 30.5 MB, 93 pages ).
   Online: Official website - Interactive index display - Country selection - Download overview (English).