(Ref: http://www.prosperity.com/rankings.aspx)
SYS-CON India, 26 Oct 2009
LONDON, October 26 /PRNewswire/ -- The third edition of the Legatum Prosperity Index, published today, ranks 104 countries (covering 90% of the world's population), based on a definition of prosperity that combines economic growth together with measures of happiness and quality of life. Democratic Japan tops the Asian rankings in 16th place, thanks to strong scores across all measures of economic wealth and life satisfaction closely followed by free market locations such as Hong Kong (18th), Singapore (23rd) and Taiwan (24th).
"The Legatum Prosperity Index is the world's only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing," said Dr. William Inboden, Senior Vice President of the Legatum Institute. "Many Asian nations have good economic fundamentals, but the Index tells us that true prosperity requires more than just money and weak scores for their Democratic Institutions and Personal Freedom measures are letting some Asian nations down," he continued. "Furthermore, countries which have low levels of economic stability, such as Cambodia (93rd) finish even further down in the overall rankings. Overall, this strongly suggests that a country can improve its overall prosperity by promoting the fundamentals of life satisfaction as much as the standard measurements of wealth such as GDP," concluded Dr. Inboden.
Full Story
Related:
The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index Ranking
Want prosperity? Index ranks Finland as place to be - Reuters India
