International Living: Armenia leading among CIS by quality of life index
08.01.2010 14:22 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ American Journal of International Living has
published an annual ranking of life quality in different countries.
Armenia has a leading position among the CIS by quality of life index.
According to the published list, the country earned the average score
– 56, yielding among the Commonwealth countries, only Moldova, which
scored 65 points and Ukraine with 62 points.
Index of International Living takes into account such criteria as cost
of living, economy, infrastructure, environment, health, culture and
leisure, freedom, risk and security, climate conditions. 100 points is
a maximum for each criteria.
Armenia’s highest showings are `cost of living" (64), "culture and
leisure (53), "economy" (45), "environment" (81), "health" (46), "
risk and safety "(64)," climatic conditions "(72).
Belarus and Russia scored 54 points each. Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and
Azerbaijan earned 51, Uzbekistan – 49, Kazakhstan – 48, Turkmenistan –
46.
According to "International Living", a country with the highest
quality of life is France – 82 points.
CIS – The Commonwealth of Independent States, an interstate
association (agreement on cooperation between independent countries)
of the most former Soviet republics of USSR. The organization was
founded on 8 December 1991 by the Republic of Belarus, the Russian
Federation, and Ukraine, when the leaders of the three countries
signed a Creation Agreement on the dissolution of the Soviet Union and
the creation of CIS. At the same time they announced that the new
alliance would be open to all republics of the former Soviet Union, as
well as other nations sharing the same goals.
On 21 December 1991, the leaders of eight additional former Soviet
Republics – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Turkmenistan,
Tajikistan and Uzbekistan agreed to join the CIS, thus bringing the
number of participating countries to 11. Georgia joined two years
later, in December 1993. As of that time, 12 of the 15 former Soviet
Republics participated in the CIS.
International Living , magazine published in the U.S. International
Living publishes an annual rating of quality of life in different
countries.