Haka-lujah: New Zealand named world’s number one country for prosperity
New Zealand has been named as the world’s most prosperous country by a new report out today.
The nation is followed by Norway, Finland, Switzerland and Canada in the 10th Legatum Prosperity Index.
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Yemen, Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo came bottom in the list of 149 nations.
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The UK comes in 10th place in the rankings.
But it is one of the best performing countries given its wealth, behind only New Zealand and Finland.
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Baroness Stroud, chief executive of the Legatum Institute, said:
The Prosperity Index is the clearest lens with which to see the world as it is. Senator Robert Kennedy was right when he said: 'GDP measures everything, except that which makes life worthwhile.'
True prosperity encompasses what makes life worthwhile. It is as much about social wellbeing as it is about economic wellbeing.