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.
Read MoreNigeria is 142nd in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Nigeria has moved down the rankings table by 1 place.
Nigeria performs most strongly in Social Capital and Personal Freedom but is weakest in Health. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Social Capital.
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