Quality of Life Index: Russian regions ranked, 2003 - 2009

Quality of Life Index covers 81 regions of Russia and two cities: Moscow and St. Petersburg. It scores regions on a scale from 0 (low level) to 100 (high level). In 2009 Moscow got the highest score  79.08, the lowest score (47.55) has got Republic of Tuva.

Moscow dominates the top of the index from 2003, followed by St. Petersburg (2nd) and Moscow Oblast (3rd place from 2005 to 2009).

From 2003 to 2009 some regions have significantly changed their place in the ranking. Kaliningrad Oblast and Republic of Kabardino-Balkar have soared in the ranking by 25 and 43 positions respectively.

Republic of Chuvash has dropped from 20th to 42th place. Kemorovo Oblast has also dropped 22 positions to 51th place. Sakha Republic fell 30 positions in the ranking compared with 2003. Now the region ranks 69th out of 82.

The Quality of Life Index in Russian regions has been released by Russian Institute of Regional Information and Laboratory of Mathematical Methods of Political Analysis and Prognosis of MSU Faculty of Political Science.

Following factors were taken into account:

• individual incomes,
• regions' attractiveness for migrants,
• infant mortality,
• safety,
• development of service markets,
• unemployment rate,
• living conditions of population,
• life expectancy at birth.

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Sources:
Институт региональной информации, Индекс качества жизни в регионах России, 2003 - 2009 гг.