Belarus in Global Ratings

Freedoms

Business and Economy

Human Capital

Social Dimension

Security

For Belarus internally, 2016 was a year of relative political liberalization, gradual normalization of relations with the West and retention of the status quo in the economic policy. In order to put the country into a wider context, Pact releases its annual Belarus in Global Ratings 2016 report. The Report offers policy makers, development aid professionals and anyone interested in Belarus graphical data on the country’s international rankings, collected from various publicly available sources in five categories: Freedoms; Business & Economy; Human Capital; Social Dimension; and Security. Whenever possible, we offer historical rankings in order to identify trends, and leave it up to the reader to interpret the data. In cases where 2016 data is not yet available, we provide rankings for 2015.

Belarus in Global Ratings

R E E D O F M S

Freedom in the World Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-based nongovernmental organization Freedom House that measures the degree of civil liberties and political rights in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. The rating uses a scale of 1 through 7, with 1 representing the highest and 7 the lowest level of freedom. Political rights and civil liberties ratings are averaged to determine an overall status of the rated counties as “Free,” “Partly Free,” or “Not Free”.

source: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2016/belarus

Freedom of the Net Freedom on the Net – is an annual study by US-based non-governmental organization Freedom House measuring the internet freedom around the globe, covering developments in 65 countries. Levels of internet freedom are scored on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free). Depending on the basics, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free".

source: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/2016/belarus

Belarus and neighbors

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Belarus’ scores and status

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free

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44%

26%

Global: status by country

195 countries

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65 countries

Belarus and neighbors Belarus

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Russia Ukraine

Freedom of Press The Freedom of the Press index is a yearly report by US-based nongovernmental organization Freedom House measuring the level of freedom and editorial independence enjoyed by the press in every nation and significant disputed territories around the world. Levels of freedom are scored on a scale from 1 (most free) to 100 (least free). Depending on the basics, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free".

source https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2016

Economic Freedom The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking created by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal to measure the degree of economic freedom in the world's nations. The Index documents the positive relationship between economic freedom and a variety of positive social and economic goals. Ten economic factors are scored on a scale of 0 (least free) to 100 (most free). A country’s overall score is derived by averaging ten economic freedoms, with equal weight being given to each. Depending on the scores, the countries’ economies are then classified as "Free" (80-100), "Mostly Free" (70-79.9), "Moderately Free" (60-6.9), “Mostly Unfree" (50-59.9) and “Repressed” (0-49.9).

source http://www.heritage.org/index/ranking

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Belarus’ scores and status

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31%

36%

Global: status by country

199 countries

Belarus and neighbors

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Belarus’ scores and status

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13,6%

34,8%

2,8%

18,5%

30,3%

Global: status by country

178

countries

U S I N E B S S

Ease of Doing Business Legatum Prosperity

The Ease of Doing Business index is an index created by the World Bank Group. Higher rankings (a low numerical value) indicate better, usually simpler, regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property rights. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1–190, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business operation.

source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings

The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking, developed by the Legatum Institute, of 149 countries. The ranking is based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life. The Legatum Prosperity Index is based on 89 different variables analyzed across 149 nations around the world. The 89 variables are grouped into 8 sub-indexes (economy, entrepreneurship & opportunity, governance, education, health, safety & security, personal freedom, social capital), which are averaged using equal weights.

source: http://www.prosperity.com/rankings

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U M A N H

C A P I T A L

Global Creativity

Global Innovation

The Global Innovation Index (GII) is an annual publication which features, among others, a composite indicator that ranks countries/economies in terms of their enabling environment to innovation and their innovation outputs. The GII surveys 128 economies around the world, using 81 indicators–to gauge both their innovation capabilities and measurable results. source: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/gii-2016-report

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Belarus’ place (2015) neighbors

The Global Creativity Index (by Martin Prosperity Institute) is a broad-based measure for advanced economic growth and sustainable prosperity based on the 3Ts of economic development—talent, technology, and tolerance. It rates and ranks 139 nations worldwide on each of these dimensions and on our overall measure of creativity and prosperity.

source: http://martinprosperity.org/content/the-global-creativity-index-2015/

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Social Progress The Social Progress Index measures the extent to which countries provide for the social and environmental needs of their citizens. Fifty-four indicators in the areas of basic human needs, foundations of wellbeing, and opportunity to progress show the relative performance of nations. The index is published by the nonprofit Social Progress Imperative.

source: http://www.socialprogressimperative.org/global-index/

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E C U R I S T Y

Global Peace

Global Firepower

The Global Firepower Rating provides an analytical display of data concerning world military powers. The rating is based on a formula utilizing over 50 different factors, complied and measured against each nation. The finalized score (from 0 to 5) is recognized as ‘power index’ which supplies a nation its respective positioning in the ranking. source: http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries-listing.asp

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The Global Peace Index is the measure of national peacefulness; it ranks 158 nations according to their ‘absence of violence’. It is the product of the Institute for Economics and Peace. source: http://static.visionofhumanity.org/sites/default/files/GPI%202016%20Report_2.pdf

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least peaceful nation 2013 2014 2015 2016

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