The Legatum Institute's annual Prosperity Index was released on Wednesday.

The index looks at more than 100 variables to determine the most "prosperous" country on the planet.

Before 2018, Norway held the top spot for eight of the past nine years, only dethroned once by New Zealand in 2016.

The think tank Legatum Institute on Wednesday released its 12th annual global Prosperity Index, a huge survey that ranks most of the world's countries by their "prosperity" — a measure encompassing a range of variables including the strength of their economies and their natural environment.

In all, Legatum looks at more than 100 variables, including traditional indicators like per capita gross domestic product and the number of people in full-time work. It also analyzes more esoteric data such as the number of secureArchive for March, 2012

After the new Cabinet was appointed, the government of Belize has announced the commencement of a comprehensive review of external public sector debt and related liabilities. Dean Barrow, the prime minister and minister of finance and economic development, has appointed a debt review team. The team conducting the urgent review is led by Mark Espat, the other members of the team include minister of government Godwin Hulse, Financial Secretary Joseph Waight, Central Bank governor Glenford Ysaguirre, Central Bank deputy governor Chirstine Vellos, and advisor in the Ministry of Finance Alan Slusher.

The government of Belize jurisdiction also has external advisors to support the process of preparing comprehensive fiscal and macro projections, and identifying debt management alternatives.

The inaugural meeting of the debt review team was held on