The 2008 Legatum Prosperity Index

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Economic Competitiveness

Comparative Liveability

1	Australia	6	19	18	17	1	21	-1	12	13	1	8	10	17	11	9	17	11	0	15	17	10	6	7	19	8	-8
=2	Austria	9	15	19	15	-2	22	6	11	-20	5	8	8	18	16	9	16	10	9	18	17	14	4	10	16	8	-3
=2	Finland	12	12	13	17	-4	6	4	15	0	4	8	5	20	18	21	20	19	10	14	17	10	3	15	13	7	-8
=4	Germany	3	21	14	13	-8	25	4	17	2	6	8	15	14	6	9	15	9	5	19	14	9	0	9	8	3	-15
=4	Singapore	1	27	19	19	6	8	47	25	4	-16	8	17	12	3	4	12	11	-11	-28	15	13	7	7	3	-15	4
=4	United States	7	16	18	14	18	13	-1	19	-1	7	8	11	17	12	4	12	7	-4	-3	24	6	6	14	22	10	6
7	Switzerland	15	12	18	15	-15	13	6	13	-3	7	8	4	20	14	11	19	11	13	7	19	14	8	12	20	10	-6
8	Hong Kong	2	21	17	19	28	3	46	21	-3	6	8	19	9	13	1	11	-28	-11	17	19	-3	6	-11	6	7
=9	Denmark	20	10	16	19	-20	8	4	12	-7	4	8	2	21	16	16	20	13	9	45	18	9	7	14	21	7	-17
=9	New Zealand	10	13	8	17	-4	12	-1	10	13	5	8	12	17	13	13	18	20	3	13	10	10	0	7	25	10	-8
11	Netherlands	17	11	14	16	-2	3	10	13	3	-1	8	6	20	12	16	17	4	7	27	17	11	8	11	27	10	-12
12	Sweden	21	9	10	15	-10	6	5	14	-4	4	8	3	20	17	23	18	14	10	12	17	11	6	12	22	10	-17
13	Japan	4	21	22	11	-3	12	-4	21	2	7	8	22	8	7	-19	10	-6	-7	0	14	3	7	7	1	0	-12
=14	Norway	26	8	19	13	-20	16	3	10	-20	-13	8	1	23	17	28	18	15	13	31	23	9	8	12	21	7	-13
=14	France	11	13	18	10	-4	11	-1	14	-3	7	8	16	13	7	0	12	-1	3	20	15	12	2	11	4	-3	-15
=14	Belgium	13	12	20	13	-2	-1	20	10	2	0	8	14	15	14	3	14	-1	6	28	16	9	3	8	8	7	-10
=14	Canada	18	11	14	16	-3	7	3	15	-19	1	8	9	18	16	12	17	8	9	5	16	11	5	13	18	10	1
=14	United Kingdom	14	12	10	17	-3	10	1	16	2	6	8	13	16	10	6	16	7	10	16	16	8	6	16	11	10	-7
19	Israel	8	16	12	8	21	11	4	13	2	7	4	21	8	0	-5	7	-11	-9	-6	14	7	2	3	6	3	2
20	Ireland	24	8	15	17	-3	-2	7	10	11	7	8	7	20	15	6	14	18	12	3	22	12	7	15	17	10	2
21	Taiwan	5	20	16	8	32	6	11	20	2	-1	8	37	2	-9	-17	6	-19	-2	-3	4	-2	0	7	2	10	-9
22	Spain	28	7	14	9	-4	-4	2	7	7	7	8	18	10	9	10	9	-6	-4	23	11	12	0	9	-5	5	-8
=23	Slovenia	23	8	5	8	0	12	12	4	2	5	5	24	8	15	-8	9	6	-5	2	8	6	0	3	4	5	-12
=23	Czech Republic	16	12	7	8	4	14	15	7	2	5	5	31	4	7	-11	6	-2	-6	-3	7	3	0	-12	-1	10	-18
25	Italy	29	6	18	5	-4	-4	-1	6	2	7	8	23	8	0	-9	5	-9	-3	-3	13	11	4	3	4	3	0
26	South Korea	19	11	12	7	-2	-1	-4	21	2	5	8	35	2	-4	-19	5	-9	-12	-19	8	-5	0	-2	3	10	-9
27	Chile	25	8	0	11	9	4	5	0	9	-3	7	33	3	-3	3	11	-7	-4	-3	-1	-2	5	-2	4	5	7
28	United Arab Emirates	39	2	6	6	-15	-2	3	6	2	-23	8	20	8	12	9	1	12	-12	9	9	9	0	8	-2	-8
29	Malaysia	32	6	-1	7	8	9	8	-4	2	-7	6	29	5	7	6	2	6	10	-3	-2	6	8	4	9	-12
30	Kuwait	35	3	2	2	-21	18	1	4	11	-38	8	27	5	2	4	-1	-1	-21	-28	10	12	0	9	-9	-17
=31	Slovakia	22	9	-3	8	0	18	20	4	15	3	2	48	0	-16	-19	6	-10	-10	-3	3	-3	0	-8	-3	5	-3
=31	Argentina	36	3	-3	-7	32	1	-8	1	7	3	7	34	2	-4	9	-3	-6	-3	-3	1	6	1	-4	-9	0	6
33	Portugal	46	1	7	8	-6	-11	7	2	16	6	8	25	6	12	-2	10	6	-2	-3	6	6	0	0	-13	10	2
34	Greece	43	1	8	5	-1	-4	-1	1	2	7	8	32	3	-7	-7	5	-7	-7	-7	9	8	0	-12	-8	-11	0
35	Thailand	38	2	-3	1	12	-8	3	0	12	2	8	40	2	9	-18	-3	12	10	-3	-4	1	10	6	9	-1
=36	Uruguay	47	0	-6	2	19	-3	-5	-5	-7	5	6	36	2	4	-5	5	14	-4	-3	-2	5	0	0	-7	10
=36	Estonia	30	6	9	11	-8	0	17	2	20	-4	-2	53	-2	-1	-13	9	0	-14	-3	3	-10	9	-23	-12	10	-16
=38	Costa Rica	58	-3	-5	1	1	-6	-1	-3	0	6	7	26	5	13	8	3	11	8	-3	-3	12	5	8	3	10
=38	Poland	37	3	-1	3	-1	2	12	6	0	6	3	47	0	3	-21	4	-5	-10	-3	1	-1	-3	-12	-10	10	5
=38	South Africa	41	1	-6	5	4	1	-6	0	10	4	4	43	1	-8	15	5	-4	-1	-3	-2	-13	-16	-4	-4	10	9
=41	Latvia	27	7	5	6	3	6	14	0	17	2	-2	60	-3	-6	-7	5	0	-13	-3	1	-14	4	-27	-11	-3	-8
=41	Hungary	33	6	6	7	-9	6	17	7	2	6	4	54	-2	-9	-21	6	-6	-9	-3	4	-8	0	-15	-12	5	-11
=43	Brazil	44	1	-5	-3	11	-2	-8	4	7	5	8	44	1	7	-9	-2	0	7	-3	-4	4	1	1	-1	7	12
=43	Mexico	49	0	-1	0	1	-1	4	2	5	4	7	39	2	0	5	-2	-2	2	-3	-2	6	8	-1	-7	0	10
=45	Saudi Arabia	62	-4	11	-5	-2	-9	-3	-1	-4	-38	8	30	4	-10	2	-9	6	-2	-3	2	8	5	7	3	-24	12
=45	Botswana	54	-1	1	4	3	-10	-6	-2	7	2	2	38	2	6	1	5	17	0	-3	-1	-18	-7	3	-10	7
47	Romania	31	6	-5	-2	11	14	13	1	14	4	8	65	-5	1	-11	-2	-11	-13	-3	-3	-11	4	-16	-17	-6	7
48	Croatia	50	0	0	2	-6	6	-2	1	6	3	3	49	-1	-6	-12	1	0	-10	-3	0	0	0	-10	-9	5	-1
49	Tunisia	52	0	-4	2	4	-6	-1	-1	9		-3	52	-2	-2	7	-4	1	-5	-3	-4	3	-4	-4	-12	-11
50	Jordan	42	1	-6	0	9	12	2	-6	-11	4	-12	63	-4	-1	-6	-5	-3	-3	-3	-7	8	-3	7	-12	-17	13
51	Panama	64	-4	-5	-1	-2	5	-8	-10	0	7	6	42	2	1	6	0	4	10	-3	-5	10	2	10	1	3
=52	Philippines	53	0	-8	-3	19	-3	-2	-12	-2	6	4	56	-3	7	5	-4	8	12	-3	-7	0	3	-2	0	7	11
=52	Trinidad and Tobago	81	-8	-4	2	-25	-4	0	-1	24	-42	7	28	5	7	2	0	-4	7	-3	2	1	5	-4	9	7
54	China	51	0	-6	-3	-2	-5	-4	12	9	7	7	59	-3	3	4	-11	4	-12	-3	-5	11	7	-4	-13	-21
55	Namibia	61	-4	-4	-1	2	-6	-1	-5	0	3	-7	50	-1	3	11	0	8	3	-3	-5	-3	6	-1	-7	10
56	Kazakhstan	40	1	-3	-8	12	8	1	1	10	-22	8	74	-6	0	-10	-11	-10	-22	-3	-4	-15	3	-14	-9	-12
57	Russia	34	4	1	-7	0	15	-9	16	16	-9	5	82	-8	-10	-10	-9	-23	-19	-3	-2	-22	4	-22	-12	-6	-10
=58	Dominican Republic	78	-7	-6	-6	3	-7	-9	-4	-3		7	41	2	9	-2	-5	1	8	-3	-4	3	-5	0	8	10	10
=58	Venezuela	74	-7	-7	-13	14	-3	-9	-5	-2	-19	7	45	0	6	7	-10	6	9	-3	-5	11	1	-1	-3	10	11
60	Sri Lanka	59	-3	-8	-6	-1	9	-5	-11	9		-7	61	-4	-1	1	-6	2	12	-3	-7	0	4	8	8	2
=61	Colombia	75	-7	-8	-2	-1	-1	-8	-12	1	1	1	46	0	4	1	-4	2	8	-3	-5	6	-1	10	-3	-6
=61	Turkey	63	-4	-3	0	-3	-9	3	-4	1	8	6	58	-3	-16	-10	-2	-7	-10	-3	-4	-1	1	6	-16	-3	9
63	Belize	71	-6	-5	-5	-2	5	-6	-12	-8	5	2	51	-1	-3	0	0	1	9	-3	-5	5	0	3	3	10
64	Bulgaria	48	0	-6	0	-3	5	17	0	9	0	-8	75	-6	-14	-7	0	-15	-12	-3	-3	-10	2	-16	-14	-11	-11
65	Peru	69	-6	-7	-6	-3	-1	-6	-4	-3	0	3	57	-3	-7	7	-4	-7	2	-3	-6	-3	2	7	-5	0	9
66	Algeria	65	-4	6	-7	0	-5	-6	-6	5	-32	6	67	-5	-19	-6	-9	-20	-4	-3	-6	4	-2	-4	-8	-14	12
67	Egypt	56	-2	-8	-7	12	-2	-6	-5	-2	1	3	79	-7	-3	-1	-11	-10	-1	-3	-8	5	0	-5	-11	-17	12
=68	Macedonia	67	-5	-8	-4	-5	2	0	-4	11	3	-10	69	-6	-24	-2	-3	-16	-17	-3	-5	1	-27	-5	-4	-6	2
=68	Ukraine	45	1	-1	-8	3	9	-2	0	9	4	3	91	-12	-13	-15	-6	-31	-14	-3	-5	-32	6	-32	-11	-12	-5
70	India	57	-3	-9	-3	3	-8	-9	1	-12	5	6	80	-7	-1	3	0	4	6	-3	-8	-3	7	1	-8	-9	6
=71	Jamaica	68	-5	-6	-1	-10	-6	-6	-10	8	-5	7	73	-6	-1	-3	2	0	10	-3	-8	9	1	-5	-3	0
=71	Indonesia	73	-7	-8	-6	-5	-5	-6	-2	-12	-2	5	68	-5	-7	5	-5	-1	13	-3	-8	0	0	-2	13	-11	13
73	Iran	87	-11	-3	-13	-20	-6	-9	2	13	-12	7	55	-2	-12	-10	-12	-5	-8	-3	-5	3	0	1	2	-17	11
74	Morocco	77	-7	-7	-3	-8	-11	-5	-7	6	6	-4	66	-5	-3	0	-6	-3	-1	-3	-7	4	1	1	-4	-6	13
75	Paraguay	80	-7	-8	-11	14	-7	-3	-12	-12	2	3	64	-5	-4	-8	-8	1	0	-3	-7	3	-1	11	5	10
76	El Salvador	83	-9	-8	-4	-3	-9	-3	-14	-11	7	0	62	-4	-6	-4	-4	-7	9	-3	-7	2	4	8	-4	7	12
77	Mongolia	55	-2	-1	-7	-2	15	-3	-11	14	-21	-16	93	-12	2	1	-2	-10	-38	-3	-10	-11	8	-7	0	-9
78	Belarus	70	-6	-4	-17	2	9	-5	-3	8	-10	5	81	-7	-4	-10	-16	-6	-15	-3	-4	-24	10	-27	-8	-11
79	Lebanon	82	-9	-5	-6	-12	1	-4	-7	-14		-10	70	-6	-4	-10	-8	-22	-7	-3	-7	1	-10	4	4	-6
=80	Uzbekistan	66	-4	-9	-17	1	10	-5	-9	4		8	88	-11	3	-1	-22	11	-12	-3	-10	-5	10	-1	-1	-20
=80	Vietnam	76	-7	-7	-7	3	-10	0	-10	1		-9	78	-7	12	13	-15	3	7	-3	-9	2	9	11	2	-17	-11
82	Guatemala	85	-10	-8	-8	-3	-14	-6	-9	-7	6	-1	71	-6	-7	-7	-7	1	6	-3	-8	-2	8	-4	5	5
=83	Honduras	84	-10	-9	-9	1	-10	-2	-11	-10	6	-14	76	-6	-6	-2	-7	1	7	-3	-9	6	7	10	7	10
=83	Moldova	60	-4	-7	-10	0	9	1	-10	6	6	-18	100	-14	-11	-15	-8	-16	-19	-3	-9	-27	6	-19	-12	0	1
85	Pakistan	72	-6	-10	-8	3	-12	-8	-7	4	7	-4	90	-11	-20	-1	-14	-6	-1	-3	-9	-5	5	1	-7	-20	9
86	Ghana	79	-7	-10	-2	3	-10	-7	-8	-6	7	-20	85	-9	10	6	1	4	11	-3	-9	-6	0	-13	8	3
87	Nicaragua	88	-12	-8	-12	3	-9	-3	-8	-16	7	-26	77	-7	0	0	-7	7	10	-3	-8	0	-1	-5	-5	10
88	Ecuador	99	-14	-8	-14	-19	0	-6	-14	-3	-9	3	72	-6	-6	6	-9	-6	5	-3	-8	0	1	7	-6	10
89	Bangladesh	86	-11	-10	-11	3	-10	-18	-10	-7		-4	87	-10	-11	5	-8	10	6	-3	-10	-8	7	3	-3	-12	12
=90	Bolivia	95	-13	-10	-11	-1	-5	-4	-10	-17	-15	-14	84	-9	3	4	-5	6	-3	-3	-9	-2	1	0	-3	10
=90	Cambodia	96	-13	-9	-12	4	-11	-7	-8	-21		-19	83	-8	4	14	-13	14	12	-3	-9	-19	9	2	-7	10
92	Senegal	90	-12	-10	-5	-1	-15	-7	-9	-15	3	-20	92	-12	-2	-6	-2	-10	10	-3	-10	-6	-40	-3	-2	10
93	Cameroon	94	-13	-10	-12	-2	-9	-11	-9	-17	-5	-5	89	-11	-8	-4	-13	6	10	-3	-10	-21	-20	-3	-3	-3
=94	Sudan	102	-15	-9	-15	-2	-15	-8	-9	-9	-4	-16	86	-10	-13	2	-20	2	11	-3	-10	2	-8	5	-3	-20
=94	Nigeria	89	-12	-11	-13	-7	-7	-8	-9	-9		-5	99	-13	-8	1	-10	-7	11	-3	-11	-4	5	-4	9	-12	12
=96	Mozambique	91	-12	-11	-6	1	-19	-5	-9	0	3	-30	98	-13	-6	5	-2	1	7	-3	-10	-2	-11	-1	-5	7
=96	Kenya	92	-12	-11	-9	-3	-16	-7	-9	-7		-12	97	-13	-5	3	-4	8	6	-3	-10	-5	-31	2	-4	-3
98	Nepal	97	-13	-10	-11	3	-12	-11	-14	-12		-16	94	-12	-25	9	-14	5	0	-3	-10	0	-33	10	-4	-11
99	Zimbabwe	98	-13	-10	-21	3	-10	-7	-9	0		-15	96	-13	-24	-10	-19	0	1	-3	-10	-18	5	-12	-6	-6	12
100	Tanzania	93	-12	-11	-6	-2	-17	-6	-10	-7	6	-26	104	-15	-1	10	-5	3	8	-3	-11	-20	6	-7	-7	-9	12
101	Central African Rep.	104	-16	-11	-17	7	-16	-14	-9	-21		-20	95	-13	-5	11	-13	10	11	-3	-10	-9	3	-3	10	-8
102	Mali	100	-14	-11	-7	-1	-18	-8	-10	-17		-24	102	-14	-15	-20	2	0	11	-3	-11	-16	-20	4	-10	10
102	Zambia	101	-14	-11	-10	-11	-12	-6	-16	-3	3	-19	101	-14	-4	8	-6	3	4	-3	-11	-11	-42	-13	-4	8
104	Yemen	103	-16	-10	-12	-12	-11	-6	-10	-20	-16	-3	103	-15	-6	1	-13	-9	4	-3	-11	-7	-26	0	-9	-11