Ireland: 11th most prosperous in the world :)

[Urbanguerrilla]

Ireland is 11th in the Legatum Institute prosperity Index, which should please some of our more "enthusiastic" posters who have taken interest in little Ireland recently

The Legatum Institute prosperity Index
1 Norway 3 8 12 4 4 2 3 1
2 Denmark 14 1 3 5 16 8 5 2
3 Australia 7 7 6 1 14 14 4 4
4 New Zealand 24 13 2 2 22 9 2 3
5 Sweden 6 2 4 11 12 5 8 7
6 Canada 5 9 5 10 15 7 1 8
7 Finland 15 3 7 3 13 4 16 6
8 Switzerland 2 10 1 29 2 12 17 13
9 Netherlands 9 12 10 14 9 17 7 5
10 United States 18 5 9 13 1 26 12 9
11 Ireland 35 11 14 12 11 3 9 10
12 Iceland 71 6 15 8 3 1 6 11
13 United Kingdom 21 4 8 19 17 23 13 12
14 Austria 11 18 11 17 8 16 25 16
15 Germany 8 16 17 27 6 20 15 15
16 Singapore 1 14 13 51 20 6 30 32
17 Belgium 19 23 16 18 10 19 19 18
18 France 16 20 18 16 7 28 11 36
19 Hong Kong 4 17 19 39 33 18 21 20
20 Taiwan 12 15 32 9 29 13 32 29
21 Japan 20 21 20 23 5 11 51 25
22 Slovenia 31 24 25 15 25 10 23 33
23 Spain 28 28 23 7 18 30 14 28
24 South Korea 22 19 29 6 21 32 50 52
25 Portugal 39 29 28 21 27 15 24 60
26 Czech Republic 30 27 30 30 24 21 40 35
27 United Arab Emirates 23 22 34 37 34 22 42 30
28 Poland 45 35 36 24 30 25 36 22
29 Uruguay 48 56 24 38 37 24 10 56
30 Italy 27 30 38 20 19 40 39 58
31 Chile 25 34 21 56 41 36 28 62
32 Slovakia 52 31 39 26 26 33 38 45
33 Estonia 41 26 22 35 38 34 70 46
34 Costa Rica 37 37 26 57 45 47 20 42
35 Kuwait 26 32 37 47 39 31 68 49
36 Hungary 62 42 33 33 31 27 53 77
37 Panama 33 38 53 50 62 37 35 38
38 Israel 29 25 27 28 28 99 93 24
39 Argentina 46 49 84 36 36 46 27 40
40 Greece 55 41 50 25 23 38 78 85
41 Croatia 59 40 46 40 32 29 56 93
42 Brazil 32 48 52 72 50 69 22 59
43 Malaysia 17 36 35 46 46 53 96 75
44 Lithuania 95 39 42 31 40 35 71 66
45 Thailand 13 53 57 55 70 71 100 17
46 Kazakhstan 56 60 80 42 53 49 64 27
47 Trinidad and Tobago 74 45 54 74 57 51 33 70
48 Bulgaria 79 46 61 52 47 39 58 74
49 Saudi Arabia 36 54 49 61 48 78 92 19
50 Belarus 75 64 100 22 35 48 76 21