The Legatum Prosperity Index ranks Pakistan 138 of the world’s countries and regions across 104 diverse variables in twelve classifications including education, health, personal freedoms, security and safety, and business environment.
While historic definitions of the prosperity of a country usually associate it with financial growth. Modern understandings of the term are more comprehensive, reflecting not only whether the income of a country’s individual is high or low, but that country’s overall quality of life and level of human development. One well-revered calculation of prosperity is the Legatum Prosperity Index.
The extensively prosperous countries in the world have increased levels of personal and emotional freedom, safety and security, health, and education. These countries also retain nourishing natural environments and situations that facilitate economic prosperity through elements such as the safety of investments, profitable industry regulations, and nourishing market infrastructure.
Now we will entertain the frequently asked questions about Legatum Prosperity Index.
What is the Legatum Prosperity Index in fact?
The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking of countries based on their prosperity, defined as the combination of their wealth and well-being. The index evaluates and ranks nations based on a wide range of criteria, including social capital, personal freedom, business environment, economic quality, governance, enterprise conditions, natural environment, education, health, living conditions, infrastructure and market access, and safety. The index offers a thorough and all-encompassing assessment of prosperity, and it is frequently used by academics, decision-makers, and media organizations.
What does this mean to Pakistani people?
According to the Legatum Prosperity Index, Pakistan is ranked 138 out of 167 nations, indicating that its general level of prosperity is lower than that of other nations. This may imply that in order to increase the well-being and quality of life of the Pakistani people, difficulties in important areas like economic growth, the business climate, education, health, safety, and governance must be addressed. It is crucial to remember that rankings like these shouldn’t be viewed as a final indicator of a nation’s prosperity, but rather as a starting point for further investigation.
What are the building blocks of the Legatum Prosperity Index?
The building blocks of the Legatum Prosperity Index are given below with their brief description:
1. Safety and Security:
Tracks the impact of the war, terror, conflict, and crime on individualities’ overall security in both the short and long term.
2. Personal Freedom:
Tracks introductory legal rights, individual liberties, and social forbearance within a country’s society and legal system.
3. Governance:
Estimates immorality of the government (like corruption) and also scrutinizes checks and balances on governmental authority.
4. Social Capital:
Tracks communal participation, social morals, institutional trust, and strength of particular and social connections.
5. Investment Terrain:
Tracks the vacuity and security of fiscal investments.
6. Enterprise Conditions:
Measures terrain and options for businesses to launch, expand, and remain competitive.
7. Infrastructure & the Market Access:
Measures the strength of the commerce system and tracks deformations in trade requests for goods and services.
8. Economic Quality:
Measures frugality’s capability to engage the full available pool and induce sustainable wealth.
9. Living Conditions:
Living Conditions Measures the overall quality of life by tracking vacuity of the sanctum, introductory services, internet connectivity, and material coffers.
10. Health:
Measures vacuity of health services, mortality rate, threat factors and rates of illness, and health issues.
11. Education:
Tracks registration across all situations( preschool through tertiary education) and skill sets in the adult population.
12. Natural Environment:
Measures the portion of the terrain that directly impacts diurnal life and could impact the substance of unborn generations.
When the latest 2023 Legatum Prosperity Index report will be published?
It will be published on Tuesday, February 28th, 2023. Please keep visiting us, we will publish an article on it too.
What are the Top 10 Most Prosperous Countries according to the Legatum Prosperity Index 2021?
- Denmark
- Norway
- Sweden
- Finland
- Switzerland
- Netherlands
- Luxembourg
- New Zealand
- Germany
- Iceland
What are the 10 Least Prosperous Countries according to the Legatum Prosperity Index 2021?
- South Sudan
- Central African Republic
- Yemen
- Chad
- Afghanistan
- Eritrea
- Somalia
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Sudan
- Syria
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