Norway, Sweden and Australia are considered the most prosperous states out of 177 countries included in the so-called Human Development Index annually issued by the UN. The Index is determined according to the income per head, quality of education and medical care and lifetime. Armenia is the 82-th in this list. Other republics of the former USSR occupy the following positions: Russia – 57-th, Ukraine – 70-th, Azerbaijan – 91-th, Georgia – 97-th. The report prepared by the UN Development Program is compiled due to the data of 2002.





