Bangladesh is still a better place to live than India, the next door neighbour considered as one of the 21st-century superpowers, says a recent study.
According to the new study, the Legatum Prosperity Index, Bangladesh fares better than India when it comes to the “joy of everyday life,” and “the prospect of being able to build an even better life in the future,” reports UNB.
The study, released by the UK-based Legatum Institute and reported by journalist Heather Timmons on the website Quartz, ranks Bangladesh 103rd out of 142 countries. India is ranked 106th and falling.
In Bangladesh, people “not only live 3.4 years longer than their Indian counterparts, but fewer are undernourished, a lower number die in infancy and more have access to sanitation.”
In the eight categories used to measure prosperity, India is ahead of Bangladesh in health, safety and security, and personal freedom. In other categories, such as education and governance, Bangladesh is ahead.
Norway ranks No 1, a position it has locked down since 2009, followed by Switzerland and Canada, which had the survey’s top score for personal freedom and was third in education.