ARMENIA IN LEAD IN THE REGION ACCORDING TO STANDARD OF LIVING

Panorama.am
15:54 14/11/06

Armenia is at the 80th place among 177 countries, UNDP Report on
Human Development 2006 says. According to the statistics, Armenia
considerably is ahead of regional countries: Georgia is at 97th place,
Azerbaijan – 99th, Iran – 96th and Turkey – 92. As compared to last
report, Armenia went up for 3 points.

The report takes into consideration mortality rate, education, GDP as
per one person. UNDP publishes such reports annually starting from
1990. The report also considers health care, cultural development,
criminal state and ecology.