NUCLEAR POWER IN BELARUS AND WORLDWIDE
Belarus ranks 52nd out of 188 countries in the Human Development Index list. Belarus' HDI ranking for 2016 puts the country in the "very high human development" group. According to the UN report 2015, Belarus and Russia take the lead among the CIS member states:
1. Norway
2. Australia
2. Switzerland
49. Russia
52. Belarus
56. Kazakhstan
78. Azerbaijan
84. Armenia
84 Ukraine
105. Uzbekistan
107. Moldova
111. Turkmenistan
120. Kyrgyzstan
129. Tajikistan
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a summary measure of average achievements in key dimensions of human development: life expectancy, mean years of schooling and GNI per capita. The report also considers the data on social security, healthcare and cultural identity, crime rate, environmental protection, and participation of people in decision-making.
Source: Human Development Report 2016.
