Doha: Safe environment, advanced health services, improved education system and transformative infrastructure among other factors have reinforced Qatar’s top rankings in the Legatum Prosperity Index 2021.
The country has ranked 46th in the overall Prosperity Index for 2021 and scored well compared to many countries in the region.
The Legatum Prosperity Index issued by the Legatum Institute analyses the performance of 167 nations across 67 policy-focused elements, measured by 300 country-level indicators.
The indicators used in the Index are organised into 12 pillars which are grouped into three domains essential for prosperity: Inclusive Societies: Safety and Security, Personal Freedom, Governance, and Social Capital; Open Economies: Investment Environment, Enterprise Conditions, Infrastructure and Market Access, and Economic Quality; and Empowered People: Living Conditions, Health, Education, and Natural Environment.
Legatum Prosperity Index recent ranking indicates that Qatar performs most strongly in Safety and Security and Enterprise Conditions, and showed its biggest improvement in education, compared to a decade ago.
According to the Index, Qatar ranked 15 in the safety and security category, 20th in enterprise condition, 39th in health, 46th in living conditions and 58th in education.
The Legatum Prosperity Index has been designed to be a transformational tool to help enable targeted policy responses that can drive tangible improvements in prosperity.
“Using the Prosperity Index framework, nations around the world can assess their strengths and weaknesses in order to determine the economic and strategic choices that need to be made to drive greater levels of prosperity,” said Legatum Institute in a statement.
“The Index enables us to construct a thoroughly comprehensive picture of prosperity, across its institutional, economic, and social dimensions. It is our ambition that leaders around the world will use the Index to help set their agendas for growth and development, and that it will enable others to hold them to account,” it added. The Index shows that, overall, Denmark is the most prosperous country in the world, followed by Norway and Sweden. North America remains the most prosperous region, followed by Western Europe and Eastern Europe.
Several surveys have ranked Qatar with high scores for safety and living standards. Qatar has maintained its position as the ‘Safest Country’ according to Numbeo Crime Index by Country 2022 out of 142 surveyed nations. Doha was ranked as one of the safest city for solo women travellers by a top UK’s ‘Holidu’ website. Doha is ranked 15th safest city for women to travel alone and is the only city within the region included in the list of 50.
