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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Iran
Ranked 126th of 167
126
th
on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™
OVERALL PROSPERITY
Iran is 126th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Iran has moved up the rankings table by 2 places.
PILLAR RANKINGS
Iran performs most strongly in Health and Education but is weakest in Personal Freedom. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Safety & Security.
Visit our Rankings table to see how Iran compares to other countries.
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