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.
Benin is 123rd in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Benin has moved up the rankings table by 3 places.
PILLAR RANKINGS
Benin performs most strongly in Safety & Security and Governance but is weakest in
Social Capital. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Enterprise Conditions.
Visit our Rankings table to see how Benin compares to other countries.
How to read this graph: When comparing multiple countries on a spider chart, data points that appear further away from the center represent a better performance to the points that are closer to the center.
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