India ranked 99 out of 142 countries on a prosperity index, climbing three places from last year, but falling behind one spot in a sub-category that measures personal freedom.
The rankings, produced by a London-based think tank, the Legatum Institute, gauge the prosperity of a nation by combining economic indicators, including gross domestic product, with dozens of other measures of wellbeing, from access to education and health to the living environment for ethnic minorities.
The index is based on the logic that “prosperity is more than just the accumulation of material wealth,” according to its recent report. In this year’s rankings, Norway topped the list for the seventh consecutive year, followed by Switzerland, Denmark and New Zealand
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