2017-2018 PROSPERITY INDEX RANKING OF SELECT ASIA-PACIFIC ECONOMIES

THE Legatum Prosperity Index, formulated and tracked by London-based international think tank Legatum Institute, is a framework that "captures the richness of a truly prosperous life," looking beyond traditional macroeconomic indicators of a country's prosperity that rely on indicators of wealth like per capita gross domestic product. The index tracks the performance of 149 economies across nine pillars, namely: