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The world’s most and least prosperous countries

Healthy, wealthy and wise
United Arab Emirates – 30th most prosperous
Poland – 29th most prosperous
South Korea – 28th most prosperous
Portugal – 27th most prosperous
Czech Republic – 26th most prosperous
Slovenia – 25th most prosperous
Spain – 24th most prosperous
Malta – 23rd most prosperous
France – 22nd most prosperous
Taiwan – 21st most prosperous
Hong Kong – 20th most prosperous
Japan – 19th most prosperous
Belgium – 18th most prosperous
Singapore – 17th most prosperous
Austria – 16th most prosperous
United Kingdom – 15th most prosperous
Germany – 14th most prosperous
Luxembourg – 13th most prosperous
Iceland – 12th most prosperous
United States – 11th most prosperous
Ireland – 10th most prosperous
Finland – 9th most prosperous
Netherlands – 8th most prosperous
Australia – 7th most prosperous
Canada – 6th most prosperous
Sweden – 5th most prosperous
New Zealand – 4th most prosperous
Denmark – 3rd most prosperous
Switzerland – 2nd most prosperous
Norway – The most prosperous country in the world
Iraq – 20th least prosperous
Sierra Leone – 19th least prosperous
Nigeria – 18th least prosperous
Ethiopia – 17th least prosperous
Republic of Congo – 16th least prosperous
Zimbabwe – 15th least prosperous
Togo – 14th least prosperous
Pakistan – 13th least prosperous
Guinea – 12th least prosperous
Liberia – 11th least prosperous
Angola – 10th least prosperous
Sudan – 9th least prosperous
Yemen – 8th least prosperous
Syria – 7th least prosperous
Democratic Republic of the Congo – 6th least prosperous
Burundi – 5th least prosperous
Chad– 4th least prosperous
Haiti – 3rd least prosperous
Afghanistan  – 2nd least prosperous
Central African Republic - The least prosperous country in the world
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Where do the richest and happiest people in the world reside? And where is poverty rife? The Legatum Institute has released its 2015 Prosperity Index, which measures prosperity across eight categories including personal freedom, education, safety, governance, entrepreneurship and healthcare. Here are the 30 most prosperous countries and the 20 least. Picture credit: Andrey Bayda fpolat69/Shutterstock.com
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05 November 2015

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