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.
Read MoreJapan is 16th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Japan has moved up the rankings table by 4 places.
Japan performs most strongly in Health and Safety & Security but is weakest in Social Capital. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Safety & Security.
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16 November, 2020
If this time is about anything, it is for each nation to decide its character and who it wants to be. The decisions we make now will create the foundation for our nations…
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