This was the country’s lowest position since the first Prosperity Index back in 2009, except for 2012, when Romania also ranked 60.
The 2014 Legatum Prosperity Index ranks 142 countries in the world in eight categories: economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, governance, education, health, safety and security, personal freedom, social capital.
Romania is outranked by several Central and Eastern European countries such as Slovenia (24), the Czech Republic (29), Poland (31), Slovakia (35), Hungary (39), Bulgaria (48) and Croatia (50).
Romania is also outranked by Trinidad Tobago (43), Thailand (51), Mongolia (52), Belarus (53), Kazakhstan (55), Vietnam (56), Uzbekistan (57), Belize (58) and Greece (59), and outranks Jamaica (61), Ukraine (63) and Montenegro (65).
Romania registered the weakest results as regards social capital (109) and economy (88).
Nevertheless, better results were obtained as regards safety and security (46), entrepreneurship (50) and education (58).
Romania ranks 70 at governance category, 65 as regards health and 71 by personal freedom.
Norway is the most prosperous country for the sixth year in a row, followed by Switzerland, New Zeeland, Denmark, Canada, Sweden, Australia, Finland, the Netherlands and Great Britain.