
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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Libya is 146th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Libya has moved down the rankings table by 21 places.
Libya performs most strongly in Living Conditions and Economic Quality 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 Libya compares to other countries.