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_crazyboyhere_ on July 18, 2025 2:32 pm Source: [Legatum Prosperity Index ](https://index.prosperity.com/rankings) Tools: [Mapchart ](https://www.mapchart.net/) The index includes 12 pillars 1. Safety & Security 2. Health 3. Education 4. Living Conditions 5. Economic Quality 6. Natural Environment 7. Personal Freedom 8. Governance 9. Social Capital 10. Infrastructure & Market 11. Enterprise Condition 12. Investment Environment
pocketdare on July 18, 2025 2:33 pm Would be helpful to know what criteria they use to develop the index. Some of these aren’t entirely intuitive.
venktesh on July 18, 2025 2:39 pm I refuse to believe that Ireland is more developed than UK or France.
ale_93113 on July 18, 2025 3:02 pm I can’t see how Turkey, a country that has a GDP PPP so much higher than China’s, be below it Mexico is also almost a developed country
kinglittlenc on July 18, 2025 3:10 pm I would have thought Papua new guinea would be dark red. I have a hard time believing they are just as developed as a country like Nigeria
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Greenland is always a problem on maps like this.
Source: [Legatum Prosperity Index ](https://index.prosperity.com/rankings)
Tools: [Mapchart ](https://www.mapchart.net/)
The index includes 12 pillars
1. Safety & Security
2. Health
3. Education
4. Living Conditions
5. Economic Quality
6. Natural Environment
7. Personal Freedom
8. Governance
9. Social Capital
10. Infrastructure & Market
11. Enterprise Condition
12. Investment Environment
Would be helpful to know what criteria they use to develop the index. Some of these aren’t entirely intuitive.
Luxembourg the 11th? Or Singapore? I can only clearly see 10.
somewhow imagined Uruguay would be at least in par with Chile
So that’s the why for the out of Africa theory…..
I refuse to believe that Ireland is more developed than UK or France.
I can’t see how Turkey, a country that has a GDP PPP so much higher than China’s, be below it
Mexico is also almost a developed country
I would have thought Papua new guinea would be dark red. I have a hard time believing they are just as developed as a country like Nigeria