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Evidence-based approach to understanding a local context is a key principle that

Pact follows in implementing the Belarus Reforms and Media Assistance (BRAMA)

program. We also believe that policy towards development assistance for Belarus

should take into account trends in the country’s various sectors. With rapidly

changing international environment around Belarus, it could be useful to look at

those developments in the context of global and especially regional developments.

That’s why Pact has put together the Belarus in Global Ratings 2014 infographics

report. The Report offers policy makers, development aid officials and anyone

interested in Belarus graphical data on the country’s international rankings,

collected from various publicly available sources into a single document. We hope

that the data how Belarus faired in terms of different freedoms, business

environment, human development and other fields will inspire your work in 2015.

2014 Report

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Belarus in the Freedom in the World Rating

Freedom in the World is a yearly survey and report by the U.S.-

based non-governmental 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.”

Sources: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/freedom-

world-2014#.VJqcg14gA; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

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88 countries

48 countries

59 countries

2014

free partially free not free

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Human Development Index

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The Human Development Index is a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income indices used to rank 187 countries

into four tiers of human development. It was created by Indian economist Amartya Sen and Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq in

1990, and was published by the United Nations Development Programme.

Source: http://hdr.undp.org/en/content/table-2-human-development-index-trends-1980-2013

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very high human development high human development medium human development

low human development

by country’s place by score

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(by country’s place) Belarus in the Legatum Prosperity Index

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The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking, developed by the Legatum Institute, of 142 countries. The ranking is based on a

variety of factors including wealth, economic growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of life. The 2014 Legatum

Prosperity Index is based on 89 different variables analyzed across 142 nations around the world. Source data includes Gallup World

Poll, World Development Indicators, International Telecommunication Union, Fragile States Index, Worldwide Governance

Indicators, Freedom House, World Health Organization, World Values Survey, Amnesty International, Centre for Systemic Peace. 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/#!/ranking

Economy (93 place)

Social capital (21 place)

Personal freedom (104 place)

Safety & Security (51 place) Health (38 place)

Education (26 place)

Governance (117 place)

Entrepreneurship & Opportunity (54 place)

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The 2014 index, which provides analytical reports and numerical ratings for 197 countries and territories. The ratings and reports included

in Freedom of the Press 2014 cover events that took place between January 1, 2013, and December 31, 2013.

Sources: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-press/freedom-press-2014#.VJvnEV4gA; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Freedom of Press Index

Norway Belarus North Korea

The Freedom of the Press index is a

yearly report by US-based non-

governmental 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".

66 countries

68 countries

63 countries

free partially free not free

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93 93 93

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Sources: http://www.heritage.org/index/; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Index of Economic Freedom

Hong Kong Belarus North Korea

49 48 50,1

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The Index of Economic Freedom is an annual index and ranking

created by The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street

Journal in 1995 to measure the degree of economic freedom in

the world's nations. The Index of Economic Freedom documents

the positive relationship between economic freedom and a

variety of positive social and economic goals. Ten economic

quantitative and qualitative factors are scored on a scale of 0

(least free) to 100 (most free). A country’s overall score is

derived by averaging these 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). For the 2014, most

data covers the second half of 2012 through the first half of

2013.

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Sources: http://www.prisonstudies.org/country/belarus; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

Belarus in the Freedom of the Net Rating

(number of imprisoned per 100 000 of national population) Prison Population in Belarus

69 67 62

Freedom on the Net 2014 – is an annual study by US-based

non-governmental organization Freedom House measuring

the internet freedom around the globe, covering

developments in 65 countries that occurred between May

2013 and May 2014. The countries were chosen to provide a

representative sample with regards to geographical diversity

and economic development, as well as varying levels of

political and media freedom. 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".

Sources: https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-net/freedom-

net-2014#.VJw8514gA; http://news.tut.by/politics/427340.html

15 countries

31 countries

19 countries

free partially free not free

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Global Peace Index

Sources: http://economicsandpeace.org/research/iep-indices-data/global-peace-index;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_Peace_Index

The Global Peace Index is the

measure of national

peacefulness; it ranks 162

nations according to their

‘absence of violence’. It is the

product of the Institute for

Economics and Peace and

developed in consultation with

an international panel of peace

experts from peace institutes

and think tanks with data

collected and collated by

the Economist Intelligence

Unit.

Iceland Belarus Syria

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Global Firepower Military Rating

2014

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Belarus and neighbors

Source: http://www.globalfirepower.com/

The Global Firepower Rating provides an analytical display of data concerning world military powers. Over 100 countries’ military

powers are considered. 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.

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Nuclear Materials Security Index

The Nuclear Threat Initiative Nuclear Materials Security Index is a public assessment of nuclear materials security conditions around the

world. Developed with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the NTI Index was created to assess the security of nuclear materials around

the world and to encourage governments to take actions and provide assurances about the security of the world’s deadliest

materials. The NTI Index assesses the contributions of 25 states with one kilogram or more of weapons-usable nuclear materials toward

improved global nuclear materials security conditions. It assesses states in five categories: (a) Quantities and Sites, (b) Security and

Control Measures, (c) Global Norms, (d) Domestic Commitments and Capacity, and (e) Risk Environment.

Source: http://www.nti.org/analysis/reports/2014-nti-nuclear-materials-security-index-report/

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(by score, by country’s place) Belarus in the Corruption Perception Index

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Denmark Belarus Somalia

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The Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public

sector is perceived to be. A country or territory’s score indicates the perceived level of public sector corruption on a scale of 0

(highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean). A country or territory's rank indicates its position relative to the other countries and territories

in the index. 2014 year's index includes 175 countries and territories.

Source: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2014/results

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(by country’s place) Belarus in the World Misery Index

(by country’s place) Belarus in the World Happiness Report

worst

best

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The Harvard Economist Robert Barro created what he dubbed the “Barro Misery Index” (BMI), in 1999. In the late 2000s, Johns

Hopkins economist Steve Hanke built upon Barro’s misery index and began applying it to countries beyond the United States. His

modified misery index is the sum of the interest, inflation, and unemployment rates, minus the year-over-year percent change in

per-capita GDP growth; 109 countries in the index are ranked from worst to best.

Source: http://www.cato.org/blog/world-misery-index-109-countries

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a global map

The World Happiness Report is a measure of happiness published by the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions

Network. On a scale running from 0 to 10, people in over 150 countries, surveyed by Gallup over the period 2010-12, reveal a

population-weighted average score. Six key variables explain three-quarters of the variation in annual national average scores over

time and among countries. These six factors include: real GDP per capita, healthy life expectancy, having someone to count on,

perceived freedom to make life choices, freedom from corruption, and generosity.

Source: http://unsdsn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WorldHappinessReport2013_online.pdf

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(by country’s place) Belarus in the Ease of Doing Business Index

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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 1–189, with first place being the

best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank)

means that the regulatory environment is

conducive to business operation. A high

ease of doing business ranking means the

regulatory environment is more conducive

to the starting and operation of a local

firm. The rankings are determined by

sorting the aggregate distance to frontier

scores on 10 topics, each consisting of

several indicators, giving equal weight to

each topic. The rankings for all economies

are benchmarked to June 2014.

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