
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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Norway is 3rd in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Norway has remained at the same position.
Norway performs most strongly in Personal Freedom and Governance but is weakest in Infrastructure & Market Access. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Living Conditions.
Visit our Rankings table to see how Norway compares to other countries.