Philippines ranks 88th and 93rd in freedom and prosperity lists
The Philippines placed 88th and 93rd out of 174 countries in US-based think tank Atlantic Council’s inaugural 2021 Freedom and Prosperity Indexes. The Freedom Index measures economic, attempts to capture both the average level of prosperity (through the levels of income, life expectancy, and happiness of the average citizen) and shared prosperity (as measured by minority-group wellbeing and environmental standards). The Philippines both placed 5th both in the freedom and prosperity among the 11 Southeast Asian countries included in the report. Out of possible 100 points, it scored 55.3 and 47.7 in freedom and prosperity indices, respectively.
