Russian Slon agency assessed the “2012index of hardships” for the most world countries. The index is the sum of unemployment and inflation. In this list, Armenia was on the 12th place with an index of 21.8, sandwiched between Egypt and Tunisia.

U.S. index was equal to 9.9, while Russia’s - 11.9. In Azerbaijan index was 12.5, Georgia - 17.2 and Turkey - 15.5.

Switzerland has been recognized the most prosperous country (3.1). Five Asian countries were in the same list: Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and Brunei. In addition to them, only one country on the map has been marked with green - Norway.

Sudan has been recognized the most unfortunate country. Joining Sudan in the red zone of economic hardships were South African Republic, Iran, and Venezuela. Spain, Serbia and Macedonia were recognized unfortunate in Europe.

The researchers analyzed data from Russian statistics service and the IMF.