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 MoreVenezuela is 145th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since 2011, Venezuela has moved down the rankings table by 35 places.
Venezuela performs most strongly in Natural Environment and Social Capital but is weakest in Enterprise Conditions. The biggest improvement compared to a decade ago came in Venezuela did not show an improvement in any pillar rankings when compared to last year.
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