Armenia is ahead of all other post-Soviet states, with the exception of the Baltic States and Georgia, in the British analytical institute's 2019 Legatum Prosperity Index. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted this on his Facebook page.
"Armenia has been ranked 61st, improving its position by 27 points from last year," he added. “Of the countries in the region, Georgia is in the 53rd place, Russia 74, Turkey 91, Azerbaijan 92, Iran 119.
The authors of the ranking compare countries with nine criteria: level of economic development, business environment, public administration efficiency, level of education, health care, safety and personal freedom, as well as social capital and environmental development criteria."
