Top 7 Countries With Highest Prosperity Index in 2010

Posted by victorcorreia on May 2, 2011 in Economics, Places | 0 comments

For those who follows economics and how this influence in the wellbeing of the citizens of a country, this is a pretty interesting article. The Legatum Prosperity Index is one of the world’s global assessment of wealth and wellbeing; unlike other studies that rank countries by actual levels of wealth, life satisfaction or development, the Prosperity Index produces rankings based upon the very foundations of prosperity those factors that will help drive economic growth and produce happy citizens over the long term. Based in the latest study available (for the year 2010), these are the Top 7 Countries With Highest Prosperity Index:

1. Norway

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 1

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity:6

Governance: 12

Education: 4

Health: 4

Safety & Security: 2

Personal Freedom: 2

Social Capital: 1

2. Denmark

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 4

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity: 1

Governance: 2

Education: 5

Health: 17

Safety & Security: 6

Personal Freedom: 6

Social Capital: 2

3. Finland

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 9

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity: 4

Governance: 7

Education: 3

Health: 10

Safety & Security: 3

Personal Freedom: 12

Social Capital: 7

4. Australia

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 8

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity: 13

Governance: 8

Education: 2

Health: 15

Safety & Security: 13

Personal Freedom: 4

Social Capital: 4

5. New Zealand

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 17

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity: 14

Governance: 4

Education: 1

Health: 19

Safety & Security: 7

Personal Freedom: 3

Social Capital: 3

6. Sweden

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 7

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity: 2

Governance: 6

Education: 10

Health: 9

Safety & Security: 8

Personal Freedom: 5

Social Capital: 11

7. Canada

Sub-indexes:

Economy: 5

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity: 10

Governance: 5

Education: 12

Health: 11

Safety & Security: 16

Personal Freedom: 1

Social Capital: 8

Source: www.prosperity.com