{"id":72510,"date":"2014-11-06T00:05:06","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T22:05:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=72510"},"modified":"2014-11-06T11:07:03","modified_gmt":"2014-11-06T09:07:03","slug":"life-in-south-africa-getting-worse-index","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/trending\/72510\/life-in-south-africa-getting-worse-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Life in South Africa getting worse: index"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Africa is the 81st most prosperous country in the world, according to the Legatum Institute&#8217;s prosperity index, a position down from 77th in 2013, and far away from its 67th position in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The Legatum Prosperity Index analyses and ranks 142 countries across the globe, measuring 89 variables across eight sub-indices, namely, a country&#8217;s:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Economy;<\/li>\n<li>Level of entrepreneurship and opportunity;<\/li>\n<li>Governance;<\/li>\n<li>Education;<\/li>\n<li>Health;<\/li>\n<li>Safety and security;<\/li>\n<li>Personal freedom; and<\/li>\n<li>Social capital.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Legatum says its index is the only global measurement of prosperity based on both income and well-being.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at global prosperity, American and European countries tend to be the most prosperous, with strong economies and high degrees of life satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, African, Middle East and South Asian nations account for the least prosperous countries, though, notably, sub-Saharan Africa showed the biggest positive regional changes in the world.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Despite set-backs, sub-Saharan Africans are optimistic about their future, while parts of Europe are still struggling with the fallout from the financial crisis,&#8221; the group said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;While Europe has declined in the Economy, Governance, Education, Personal Freedom and Social Capital sub-indices, Sub-Saharan Africa has improved in all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Norway was ranked as the most prosperous country in the world &#8211; a position the country has held for a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand showed a big climb to 3rd position, ranked below Switzerland.<\/p>\n<p>Three African countries &#8211; CAR, Chad and the DRC &#8211; were ranked as the least prosperous nations in the world, respectively.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72554\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Norway.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72554\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72554\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Norway.png\" alt=\"Norway\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Norway.png 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Norway-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72554\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Norway<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">10 Most prosperous countries in the world<\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"10%\"><strong>#<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"20%\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1<\/td>\n<td>Norway<\/td>\n<td>3.518<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2<\/td>\n<td>Switzerland<\/td>\n<td>3.316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3<\/td>\n<td>New Zealand<\/td>\n<td>3.248<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4<\/td>\n<td>Denmark<\/td>\n<td>3.235<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5<\/td>\n<td>Canada<\/td>\n<td>3.195<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6<\/td>\n<td>Sweden<\/td>\n<td>3.194<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7<\/td>\n<td>Australia<\/td>\n<td>3.111<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8<\/td>\n<td>Finland<\/td>\n<td>3.015<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9<\/td>\n<td>Netherlands<\/td>\n<td>2.985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10<\/td>\n<td>United States<\/td>\n<td>2.868<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_72552\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CAR.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72552\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72552\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CAR.png\" alt=\"Central African Republic\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CAR.png 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/CAR-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Central African Republic<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">10 least prosperous countries in the world<\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"10%\"><strong>#<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"20%\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>142<\/td>\n<td>Central African Republic<\/td>\n<td>-3.258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>141<\/td>\n<td>Chad<\/td>\n<td>-3.163<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>140<\/td>\n<td>Democratic Republic of the Congo<\/td>\n<td>-2.801<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>139<\/td>\n<td>Burundi<\/td>\n<td>-2.782<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>138<\/td>\n<td>Yemen<\/td>\n<td>-2.727<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>137<\/td>\n<td>Afghanistan<\/td>\n<td>-2.717<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>136<\/td>\n<td>Togo<\/td>\n<td>-2.654<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>135<\/td>\n<td>Haiti<\/td>\n<td>-2.637<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>135<\/td>\n<td>Sierra Leone<\/td>\n<td>-2.609<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>133<\/td>\n<td>Guinea<\/td>\n<td>-2.599<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>However, South Africa did not follow the same trend as the sub-Saharan region, slipping down the prosperity rankings from 77th to 81st.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa has a prosperity index score of -0.453, indicating that the country is in decline.<\/p>\n<p>South Africa declined in all but one sub-index &#8211; personal freedom &#8211; where it climbed from 82nd in 2013 to 79th in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The country most prosperous area is in entrepreneurship and opportunity, where it&#8217;s ranked 44th (down from 41st in 2013), but continues to struggle in safety and security, where it dropped to the 109th worst in the world (from 106th in 2013).<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">South African prosperity 2012-2014<\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Index<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>2012<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>2013<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>2014<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em>Main<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>74<\/em><\/td>\n<td><em>77<\/em><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>81<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Economy<\/td>\n<td>87<\/td>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">92<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Entrepreneurship<\/td>\n<td>34<\/td>\n<td>41<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">44<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Governance<\/td>\n<td>45<\/td>\n<td>53<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">54<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Education<\/td>\n<td>89<\/td>\n<td>81<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">92<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Health<\/td>\n<td>114<\/td>\n<td>105<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">105<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Safety and Security<\/td>\n<td>100<\/td>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">109<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Personal Freedom<\/td>\n<td>48<\/td>\n<td>82<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #008000;\">79<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Social Capital<\/td>\n<td>80<\/td>\n<td>65<\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">72<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>Despite its decline, South Africa is still ranked as the second most prosperous country on the African continent, ranked only below Botswana.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72556\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Botswana.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72556\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72556\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Botswana.png\" alt=\"Botswana\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Botswana.png 600w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Botswana-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-72556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Botswana<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">10 most prosperous countries in Africa<\/h3>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"10%\"><strong>#<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"70%\"><strong>Country<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\" width=\"20%\"><strong>Score<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>75<\/td>\n<td>Botswana<\/td>\n<td>-0.368<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>81<\/td>\n<td>South Africa<\/td>\n<td>-0.453<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>85<\/td>\n<td>Morocco<\/td>\n<td>-0.543<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>88<\/td>\n<td>Namibia<\/td>\n<td>-0.632<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>92<\/td>\n<td>Tunisia<\/td>\n<td>-0.709<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>97<\/td>\n<td>Algeria<\/td>\n<td>-0.778<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>98<\/td>\n<td>Ghana<\/td>\n<td>-0.871<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>99<\/td>\n<td>Rwanda<\/td>\n<td>-0.878<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>106<\/td>\n<td>Senegal<\/td>\n<td>-1.093<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>109<\/td>\n<td>Kenya<\/td>\n<td>-1.320<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on South Africa<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to South Africa slips in global prosperity index\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/international\/48626\/south-africa-slips-in-global-prosperity-index\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">South Africa slips in global prosperity index<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to WEF report out of touch with reality: SA govt\" 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