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The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index™ is the world’s only global assessment of wealth
and wellbeing. Now in its third year, this edition builds on the previous versions with expanded data and refined analysis.
The Prosperity Index™ uses a holistic definition of prosperity to include both material wealth
and quality of life. Rather than replicating other measurements that rank countries by their actual
levels of wealth, life satisfaction, or development, the Prosperity Index produces rankings based on
the foundations of prosperity. These are the factors that help drive economic growth or produce
happy citizens in a given country.
The Prosperity Index™ assesses 104 countries, accounting for 90 percent of the world’s
population, and is based on 79 different variables, each of which has a demonstrated effect either
on economic growth or on personal wellbeing. You may download a summary report here, which provides the country rankings, a
number of key findings, and background on how the Index was created. More detailed information on the
Prosperity Index™, including data sources, profiles of each country, and interactive tools for further
exploration, can be found at www.prosperity.com.
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