Prosperity Rankings

The 2009 Legatum Prosperity Index, published on Tuesday and compiled by the Legatum Institute, ranks 104 countries on a definition of prosperity that combines economic growth with the level of personal freedoms and democracy in a country as well as measures of happiness and quality of life.

1) Finland
2) Switzerland
3) Sweden
4) Denmark
5) Norway
6) Australia
7) Canada
8) Netherlands
9) United States
10) New Zealand

From: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091027/lf_nm_life/us_prosperity_index