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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Mexico
Ranked 71st of 167
71
st
on the Legatum
Prosperity Index™
OVERALL PROSPERITY
Mexico is 71st in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Mexico has moved down the rankings table by 8 places.
PILLAR RANKINGS
Mexico performs most strongly in Infrastructure & Market Access and Economic Quality but is weakest in Safety & Security. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Social Capital.
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