全球最繁榮國家 美國跌出前10,中國52
The Prosperity Index ranks countries according to their performance across eight equally-weighted sub-indexes. The 2015 rankings reveal the most and least prosperous in the world. Norway ranks 1st gloablly in the 2015 Prosperity Index, having kept its place for 7 years. The U.S. dropped out the top 10 to place 11th. The 10 overall rankings in 2015 are Norway, Switzerland, Denmark, New Zealand, Swenden, Canada, Australia, Netherlands, Finland and Ireland. China ranks 52th in the overall rank and 3rd in economy sub-index.
據美國Market Watch網站近日報道，英國智庫列格坦研究所本週發佈了“2015全球繁榮指數”，挪威連續7年蟬聯第一，美國意外跌出前十名，成爲第十一名。最繁榮國家前十名分別爲挪威、瑞士、丹麥、新西蘭、瑞典、加拿大、澳大利亞、荷蘭、芬蘭、愛爾蘭。中國位列第52名，其中經濟指標成績位居全球第3位。
Along with the health and safety categories, the London-based think tank used 89 variables to score each country on eight other "sub-indexes", including economy, entrepreneurship and opportunity, governance, education, health, safety and security, personal freedom and social capital. The last ones takes into account such as vague metrics wuch as marriage and religion. A lower score in "social capital" lead to the decline in the U.S. rankings.
列格坦研究在統計該指數時，納入了89個變量，再按照8個指標對每一個國家進行評定，這八個指標分別是經濟、創業和就業機會、教育、健康、安全、政府監管、個人自由、社會資本。對社會資本的衡量因素包括婚姻、宗教等。美國在“社會資本”這一項上的得分偏低，從而拉低了美國在繁榮指數榜上的整體分數。
This year the United States ranks 33rd on the Safety and Security sub-index. Safety & Security is the only sub-index in which the US ranks outside the top 30.
影響美國得分走低最大的因素是“安全保障”,美國是該指數榜前二十名中唯一在“安全保障”這一項跌破30名的國家。
