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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Italy
Ranked 30th of 167
30
th
on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™
OVERALL PROSPERITY
Italy is 30th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Italy has remained at the same position.
PILLAR RANKINGS
Italy performs most strongly in Health and Infrastructure & Market Access but is weakest in Economic Quality. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Living Conditions.
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