The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking developed by the Legatum Institute, an independent educational charity founded and part-funded by the private investment firm Legatum. The purpose of the Prosperity Index is to measure national prosperity. It considers both material wealth (traditional economic indicators) and social well-being factors. The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth per capita, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life.

The 2026 Legatum Prosperity Index indicates Switzerland, Norway, Ireland, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Sweden, Germany, Australia, and the Netherlands are the most prosperous, while Eritrea, Niger, Chad, the Central African Republic, Burundi, Somalia, Afghanistan, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan are the least prosperous.

Methodology The 2026 Legatum Prosperity Index is based on 130 different variables analysed across 161 nations around the world. Source data includes Gallup World Poll, World Development Indicators, International Telecommunication Union, Fragile States Index, Worldwide Governance Indicators, Freedom House, World Health Organization, World Values Survey, Amnesty International, and Centre for Systemic Peace. Oxford Analytica assisted in the early development of the Prosperity Index and has contributed to shaping the methodology. Today, the annual Index is produced and published by the Legatum Institute. The Legatum Institute operates a transparent approach to its work on the Prosperity Index. To that end, the entire methodology of the Prosperity Index along with the data used to create it is available for free online at the institute's website. The 130 variables are grouped into 3 domains and 10 pillars, which are averaged using equal weights. The 3 domains and 10 pillars are:

Development – Standard of Living Health Education Freedom Civil Peace Freedom of Dissent Economic Freedom Society Integrity of Families Integrity of Communities Integrity of Society Integrity of State

Legatum Prosperity Index ranking

+ Legatum Prosperity Index rankings as of 2026 Rank Change Country Points 1 4 91.82 2 1 91.07 3 8 90.19 4 3 89.70 5 1 89.55 6 2 89.16 7 5 88.39 8 1 88.11 9 6 88.07 10 4 87.93 11 4 87.84 12 6 87.76 13 3 87.56 14 2 86.75 15 1 86.61 16 3 86.02 17 2 85.52 18 6 85.39 19 2 84.67 20 5 84.61 21 2 84.44 22 5 84.11 23 6 83.83 24 9 83.71 25 7 83.57 26 2 83.25 27 1 82.54 28 2 82.44 29 1 81.49 30 1 81.47 31 2 81.32 32 2 81.23 33 5 80.68 34 5 78.92 35 78.63 36 1 78.55 37 4 77.89 38 2 77.69 39 3 77.49 40 5 76.36 41 8 74.86 42 11 74.41 43 18 74.22 44 6 73.87 45 2 73.08 46 3 73.03 47 5 72.38 48 72.03 49 16 71.91 50 10 71.69 51 7 71.67 52 3 71.14 53 5 71.01 54 13 69.98 55 69.96 56 69.77 57 13 69.62 58 6 69.41 59 7 68.90 60 12 68.75 61 7 68.01 62 67.40 63 25 67.37 64 1 66.89 65 26 66.68 66 3 66.37 67 19 66.28 68 4 65.72 69 10 65.68 70 13 65.18 71 14 65.02 72 10 65.00 73 3 64.75 74 7 64.68 75 24 64.18 76 20 64.02 77 13 63.85 78 32 63.45 79 5 63.06 80 18 63.02 81 8 62.48 82 11 62.19 83 26 62.08 84 61.41 85 14 61.18 86 11 61.02 87 7 60.93 88 10 60.70 89 60.70 90 11 60.68 91 12 60.67 92 14 60.54 93 26 60.45 94 6 60.27 95 10 60.16 96 1 59.76 97 18 59.36 98 12 59.00 99 13 58.30 100 2 57.70 101 4 57.61 102 7 57.30 103 26 56.84 104 13 56.50 105 13 55.72 106 2 55.51 107 9 55.04 108 32 54.29 109 11 53.66 110 56 53.59 111 16 53.36 112 18 52.32 113 19 51.68 114 41 51.48 115 31 51.12 116 10 51.10 117 6 50.95 118 5 50.68 119 35 50.58 120 1 50.19 121 12 50.08 122 2 49.82 123 16 49.24 124 5 49.04 125 9 48.96 126 4 48.85 127 7 48.80 128 3 48.77 129 16 48.63 130 12 48.35 131 17 48.13 132 54 47.80 133 14 47.02 134 19 46.37 135 45.44 136 13 44.91 137 16 43.75 138 4 43.07 139 4 42.76 140 4 42.46 141 3 42.36 142 5 41.95 143 29 41.47 144 6 40.66 145 14 40.32 146 5 40.15 147 19 39.86 148 3 39.73 149 2 39.25 150 43 38.48 151 5 38.47 152 6 37.57 153 8 36.37 154 13 34.13 155 9 32.38 156 7 31.79 157 31.78 158 7 31.13 159 3 31.11 160 8 30.51 161 1 29.73

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