The 2009 Legatum Prosperity IndexTM is the world's only global assessment of wealth and wellbeing. The Index finds that the most prosperous nations in the world are not necessarily those that have only a high GDP, but are those that also have happy, healthy, and free citizens. Now in its third year, the Index builds on the previous versions with expanded data and refined analysis and assesses 104 nations covering 90 percent of the world’s population.
The top 10 countries are: 1) Finland 2) Switzerland 3) Sweden 4) Denmark 5) Norway 6) Australia 7) Canada 8) Netherlands 9) United States 10) New Zealand
The bottom 10 countries are: 95) Kenya 96) Algeria 97) Tanzania 98) Nigeria 99) Pakistan 100) Cameroon 101=) Central African Republic 101=) Yemen 103) Sudan 104) Zimbabwe
THE NEW 2009 LEGATUM PROSPERITY INDEX can be found online, complete with rankings of all 104 countries, key findings, country profiles, and easy-to-use tools for analysing data and creating customised reports.