Atlantic Council ranks Georgia among top 50 states for freedom and prosperity
Atlantic Council, an American international affairs think-tank, recognised Georgia as one of the top 50 states in the latest update of its global ranking for freedom and prosperity last week. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Atlantic Council, an American international affairs think-tank, recognised Georgia as one of the top 50 states in the latest update of its global ranking for freedom and prosperity last week.
The country was ranked 51st among 164 states and territories in terms of freedom, with a status of “moderately free”. The result places Georgia ahead of all neighbouring countries and candidate states for European Union membership.
Image: Screenshot from the report
The country has entered the top 10 in the world for the measure of long-term improvement in the freedom index since 2012 and holds the first position in Europe.
The assessment of prosperity, where the country took 46th place, reached a new historic high, and has improved by 6.36 points since 2012, positioning Georgia as the top country in the world for the improvement trend.
The latter assessment is based on six pillars: income level, environmental protection, protection of minority interests, public health, education and equality.
Atlantic Council, an American international affairs think-tank, has ranked Georgia among top free countries based on its governance in its 2024 Atlas of Freedom and Prosperity.
Georgia ranks 27th in the world, ninth in Europe and in the top three in the post-Soviet space in terms of freedom from government attacks on judicial justice in the latest index by Varieties of Democracy, an institution studying the qualities of governments.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday highlighted the Government's “unwavering leadership” in ensuring good governance and transparency and combating corruption, in response to the latest Heritage Foundation Index of Economic Freedom that ranked the country 38th globally.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Sunday said upholding the principles of transparency of Government accountability to the public and the maximum involvement of people in the decision-making process were “one of the main priorities” of his Government.