The Economist: Georgia leads post-Soviet states in Human Development Index, excluding Baltics
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The Economist, a British weekly publication, on Tuesday compiled a living standard rating based on the United Nations Human Development Index (HDI), which placed Georgia ahead of all former Soviet Union countries except Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.
Georgia ranked 57th with a score of 0.844.
The ranking showed that the average life expectancy in Georgia was 74.5 years and the average duration of study in educational institutions was 16.8 years.
It also showed that the gross national income per capita exceeded $20 thousand.
Armenia ranks 69th, Azerbaijan - 81st, Russia - 64th, Ukraine - 87th, Moldova - 86th, Kazakhstan - 60th, Uzbekistan - 107th, Tajikistan - 128th, Turkmenistan - 95th and Kyrgyzstan - 117th.
As for the Baltic countries, Latvia ranks 41st, Lithuania - 39th, Estonia - 36th.
The Economist noted that the best standard of living was in Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. The worst standard of living was in South Sudan, which ranked 193rd.
