ARMENIA FIRST ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX AMONG REGION STATESJuly 26, 2002 - 20:48 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian is the first on 2002 Human Development Index among the South Caucasian region states. The results of the annual research on "the Human Development Index" conducted by independent experts with assistance of the United Nations Development Program state that. According to the research results, Armenia is 76 on the human development among 173 states. The region states: Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia and Iran are accordingly 88, 85, 81 and 98. Among the CIS states the highest index of the human development has Belarus that is 56. Russia and Ukraine accordingly are 60 and 80. The leading position of Belarus in comparison with other states is conditioned with the high GDP per capita rather than with literacy level and life expectancy. So, the literacy level in Belarus, Armenia, Ukraine, Russia, Turkmenistan is the same. On life expectancy, Belarus gives way to Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan taking the lead over Ukraine and Russia. Norway has the top human development index. Sweden is the second followed by Canada, Belgium and Australia. US is the sixth, France is twelfth. It should be noted, Armenia was 93 among 174 countries in the world on the 2001 Human Development Index. Top stories Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |