By 2025 - based on the 12 Pillars of the Global Prosperity Index
that currently ranks South Africa 87th out of 167 Countries surveyed
introducing Dr Danéel Van Eck, founder and Managing Director of Prosoft IT
Meet Dr Danéel van Eck
The founder of Prosoft, Danéel van Eck, has 29 years of experience designing, developing and implementing software solutions, and 21 years of experience in designing and building enterprise solutions.
He also has a BSc Computer Science, MBA Strategic Management and PhD in Business. At age 13, he wrote his first commercial software application that was distributed on thousands of PCs, and by 16, the software products he had developed for technical configuration of telecommunication systems had gone fully commercial.
This progressed and he built Prosoft, a business based on custom software development, while providing consulting input to many companies on their IT and business strategy.
And as a qualified commercial helicopter pilot, Danéel teaches new pilots to fly in his spare time.
Within the 12 Pillars of the Prosperity Index
Education
The Education pillar ranks countries on access to education, quality of education and human capital.
Health
The Health pillar measures a country’s performance in three areas: health outcomes (in physical and mental health), health systems, and illness and risk factors.
Safety & Security
The Safety & Security pillar ranks countries based on national security, personal safety and the security of living conditions in that country
Social Capital
The Social Capital pillar measures the strength of personal and social relationships, social norms and civic participation in a country.
Personal Freedom
The Personal Freedom pillar measures national progress towards basic legal rights, individual liberties and social tolerance.
Environment
The Natural Environment pillar measures a country’s performance in three areas: the quality of the natural environment, environmental pressures and preservation efforts.
Governance
The Governance pillar measures a country’s performance in four areas: the rule of law, integrity of government, government performance and political participation.
Economic Quality
This pillar ranks countries on the standard of living afforded by an economy, economic inclusiveness, anti-monopoly policy, labour force participation, trade competitiveness and openness to trade
Business Environment
The Business Environment pillar measures a country’s entrepreneurial environment, its business infrastructure, access to credit, investor protections and labour market flexibility
Enterprise Conditions
The Enterprise Conditions pillar measures the degree to which regulations enable businesses to start, compete, and expand.
Market Access and Infrastructure
The Market Access and Infrastructure pillar measures the quality of the infrastructure that enables trade, and distortions in the market for goods and services
Investment Environment
The Investment Environment Pillar measures the extent to which investments are adequately protected and are readily accessible.
South Africa's Ranking on the Legatum Prosperity Index
Pillar Rankings
In the Prosperity Pillar rankings, South Africa performs best on Personal Freedom and Social Capital and scores lowest on the Economic Quality pillar.
The biggest positive change, compared to last year, came in Social Capital increasing by 3 places, whereas they dropped 15 places on Business Environment.
Visit the Rankings table to see how South Africa compares to other countries.
Find out how South Africa’s rankings compare to other countries here
Ranked 87th of 167
South Africa is 87th in the overall Prosperity Index rankings. Since the Prosperity Index began in 2007, South Africa has moved down the rankings table by 7 places.