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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 Freedoms 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. Business and Economy
Human Capital
Social Dimension
Security
F R E E D O 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
Belarus ’ scores and status Global: status by country
7 6,5 6,5 6,5 6,5
6 not free
5 30% 26% 4 partly free 195 3 countries
2 44% free 1 2012 2013 2014 2015
Belarus and neighbors Belarus Russia Ukraine Lithuania
not free partly free free
7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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 ’ scores and status Global: status by country
100 90 not free 80 67 64 70 62 62 31% 60 26% 50 65 40 partly free countries 30
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10 free 43% 0 2013 2014 2015 2016
Belarus and neighbors Russia Belarus Ukraine
not free partly free free 100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 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
Belarus ’ scores and status Global: status by country
100 93 93 93 91 90
80 not free 70 60 33% 50 36% 199 40 partly free countries 30 20 10 free 31% 0 2012 2013 2014 2015
Belarus and neighbors
Belarus Russia Ukraine Lithuania
not free partly free free
100 90 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
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
Belarus’ scores and status Global: status by country 0 10 20 repressed 13,6% 30 40 48 50,1 49,8 48,8 30,3% 50 178 mostly unfree 60 moderately free countries 34,8% 70 mostly free 18,5% 80
90 free 2,8% 100 2013 2014 2015 2016
Belarus and neighbors Belarus Russia Lithuania
mostly moderately mostly free repressed unfree free free
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
U N S S B S I E
Ease of Doing Business Legatum Prosperity
Belarus’ place neighbors 2013 2014 2015 2016
37 44 20 1 1
57 57 40 30
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80 60 53 58 63 100
120 90
140 98 160 120
180 Belarus’ place 190 149 neighbors
2016 2015 2014 2013
The Ease of Doing Business index is an index created by the World Bank The Legatum Prosperity Index is an annual ranking, developed Group. Higher rankings (a low numerical value) indicate better, usually by the Legatum Institute, of 149 countries. The ranking is simpler, regulations for businesses and stronger protections of property based on a variety of factors including wealth, economic rights. Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1– growth, education, health, personal well-being, and quality of 190, with first place being the best. A high ranking (a low numerical rank) life. The Legatum Prosperity Index is based on 89 different means that the regulatory environment is conducive to business variables analyzed across 149 nations around the world. The operation. 89 variables are grouped into 8 sub-indexes (economy, entrepreneurship & opportunity, governance, education, source: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings health, safety & security, personal freedom, social capital), which are averaged using equal weights.
source: http://www.prosperity.com/rankings
H U M A N
C A P I T A L
Global Creativity
Belarus’ place (2015) 37 neighbors 20 1 40 The Global Creativity Index (by Martin 60 Prosperity Institute) is a broad-based measure for advanced economic 80 growth and sustainable prosperity based on the 3Ts of economic development—talent, technology, and 100 tolerance. It rates and ranks 139 nations worldwide on each of these dimensions and on our overall 120 measure of creativity and prosperity. source: 140 http://martinprosperity.org/content/the- global-creativity-index-2015/ 160 180 190
Global Innovation
Belarus ’ place neighbors 2013 2014 2015 2016
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30 The Global Innovation Index (GII) is an annual publication which features, among others, a composite indicator 53 that ranks countries/economies in 58 60 terms of their enabling environment to innovation and their innovation 77 79 outputs. The GII surveys 128 economies around the world, using 81 indicators–to gauge both their 90 innovation capabilities and measurable results. source: https://www.globalinnovationindex.org/gii- 120 2016-report 128
O C I A L S
D I M E N C I O N
Social Progress 1 0 Belarus’ place neighbors 10
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58 50 66 66 60
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90 100
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130 133
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/
S E C U R I T Y
Global Peace
The Global Peace Index is the Belarus’ place Belarus’ score measure of national neighbors neighbors peacefulness; it ranks 158 most peaceful nation nations according to their 1 1 ‘absence of violence’. 15 It is the product of the Institute 30 2,202 for Economics and Peace. 2 source : 45 http://static.visionofhumanity.org/ sites/default/files/GPI%202016%2 60 0Report_2.pdf
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96 92 110 4 106 120 135 158 5
2013 2014 2015 2016 least peaceful nation
Global Firepower
Belarus’ place Belarus’ score neighbors neighbors most firepower 2014 2015 2016 0,8449 1 0 25 1
49 52 45 2
75 3
The Global Firepower Rating provides an 100 4 analytical display of data concerning world 126 military powers. The rating is based on a 5 form ula utilizing over 50 different factors, complied and measured against each least firepower nation. The finalized score (from 0 to 5) is recognized as ‘power index’ which supplies a nation its respective positioning in the ranking. s ource: http://www.globalfirepower.com/countries - listing.asp
Belarus in Global Ratings