Azerbaijan moves up 5 spots in 2018 Best Countries report
Baku, January 23, AZERTAC
Azerbaijan has climbed 5 spots to rank 64th in the 2018 Best Countries report, a rankings and analysis project by U.S. News & World Report.
Compared to the 2017 best countries report that ranked Azerbaijan 69th, Azerbaijan advanced in this year’s list becoming 64th.
This year, the rankings evaluated 80 countries across a range of criteria, from economic influence and power to citizenship and quality of life, to capture how nations are perceived on a global scale.
Switzerland, Canada, Germany, U.K and Japan are held at the top 5, as countries with more progressive social and environmental policies dominating the overall rankings.
The 2018 Best Countries ranking methodology relies on data gathered from a proprietary survey of more than 21,000 business leaders, informed elites and general citizens
The Best Countries rankings are the centerpiece of the growing U.S. News Best Countries portal, a platform combining in-depth news articles, interactive data visualization tools, video, photos and op-eds from global experts in government, business and academia.
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