The UK Prosperity Report
UK-Prosperity-Report-2015
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SOCIAL CAPITAL<br />
PERSONAL<br />
FREEDOM<br />
SAFETY &<br />
SECURITY<br />
<strong>UK</strong> PROSPERITY SINCE 2009<br />
S E V E N - Y E A R<br />
S U B - I N D E X C H A N G E S<br />
ECONOMY<br />
23 rd 9 th<br />
+2<br />
+2<br />
15 th +3 E&O<br />
2015 RANK<br />
+5<br />
+7<br />
+1<br />
-1<br />
-4<br />
19 th<br />
12 th 12 th 6 th<br />
20 th<br />
25 th<br />
CHANGE SINCE 2009<br />
GOVERNANCE<br />
HEALTH<br />
EDUCATION<br />
!<br />
BRITS LIVING COMPARATIVELY<br />
FEWER HEALTHY YEARS<br />
Britain is in the bottom 50% of OECD countries for life<br />
expectancy (the average Brit can expect to live 81 years). In terms of<br />
the number of healthy years we can be expected to live (71 years),<br />
Britain has fallen into the bottom 30% in the OECD.<br />
LESSONS REQUIRED FOR<br />
BRITAIN IN EDUCATION<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>UK</strong> is in the bottom 20% in the OECD for enrolment in<br />
tertiary education. <strong>The</strong> <strong>UK</strong> is also still outside the top 20 in the<br />
PISA rankings. Most disappointingly the <strong>UK</strong> is ranked 26th in<br />
Maths out of the 65 countries assessed in 2012.<br />
LEGATUM INSTITUTE | <strong>The</strong> 2015 <strong>UK</strong> <strong>Prosperity</strong> <strong>Report</strong><br />
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