ArmInfo.Armenia ranked 88th among 149 countries in the world prosperity index 2018 "Legagum Prosperity Index", up 8 points from last year.
The Prosperity Rating compares countries according to 9 criteria: the level of economic development, the business environment, the effectiveness of public administration, education, health, security and personal freedom, as well as the criteria for the development of social capital and the ecological environment.
The best indicators in Armenia in the field of education (48th place), the state of the environment (72nd place) and security are 78th place. The lowest indicators were recorded by the republic in terms of the level of social capital - 133rd line out of 149. Neighboring Georgia is in the 80th place in the ranking, Azerbaijan is in 99th place, Iran is in 108th place, Turkey is in 93rd place. Russia ranked 96th. The neighbors of Armenia according to the rating were Bolivia and Belarus. The top five rankings include Norway, New Zealand, Finland, Switzerland and Denmark. Outsiders are the Central African Republic (CAR) and Afghanistan.