ARMENIA 83RD ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
Pan Armenian News
08.09.2005 02:43
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to the Human Development Annual Report of
the UN Development Programme (UNDP), all republics of the Commonwealth
of Independent States are included in the group of countries with
average development level. Russia has occupied 62nd place on human
development index, Belarus - 67th, Ukraine -78th, Kazakhstan - 80th,
Armenia - 83rd, Turkmenistan - 97th, Georgia - 100, Azerbaijan -
101st, Kyrgyzstan - 109th, Uzbekistan - 111th, Moldova - 115th,
Tajikistan - 122nd out of 177 countries researched. Indices of
health state of nations, life length, social protection, per capita
Gross Domestic Produce, education and cultural level, crime and
environment record served as criteria for UN experts. Norway, Island,
Australia, Luxembourg and Canada got highest marks on the parameters
mentioned. The US and Japan have lost two points as compared with
past year and occupy 10th and 11th places respectively. All Baltic
states, were included in the countries with high development level
(Estonia - 38, Lithuania -39 and Latvia - 48). Mali, Burkina-Faso,
Sierra Leone and Niger were named among 32 most retarded countries.
Pan Armenian News
08.09.2005 02:43
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ According to the Human Development Annual Report of
the UN Development Programme (UNDP), all republics of the Commonwealth
of Independent States are included in the group of countries with
average development level. Russia has occupied 62nd place on human
development index, Belarus - 67th, Ukraine -78th, Kazakhstan - 80th,
Armenia - 83rd, Turkmenistan - 97th, Georgia - 100, Azerbaijan -
101st, Kyrgyzstan - 109th, Uzbekistan - 111th, Moldova - 115th,
Tajikistan - 122nd out of 177 countries researched. Indices of
health state of nations, life length, social protection, per capita
Gross Domestic Produce, education and cultural level, crime and
environment record served as criteria for UN experts. Norway, Island,
Australia, Luxembourg and Canada got highest marks on the parameters
mentioned. The US and Japan have lost two points as compared with
past year and occupy 10th and 11th places respectively. All Baltic
states, were included in the countries with high development level
(Estonia - 38, Lithuania -39 and Latvia - 48). Mali, Burkina-Faso,
Sierra Leone and Niger were named among 32 most retarded countries.