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.
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Dominican Republic
Ranked 68th of 167
68
th
on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™
OVERALL PROSPERITY
Dominican Republic is 68th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Dominican Republic has moved up the rankings table by 6 places.
PILLAR RANKINGS
Dominican Republic performs most strongly in Personal Freedom and Social Capital but is weakest in Safety & Security. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Economic Quality.
Visit our Rankings table to see how Dominican Republic compares to other countries.
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