MOSCOW, October 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russia...

Last year, Russia was 57th in the rating, which means it dropped 12 positions in 2009.

According to the statement, Scandinavian countries are the leaders in the rating, which considers not only standard macroeconomic indexes, such as the gross domestic product, unemployment and inflation, but also various welfare characteristics, including the quality of education and health care, the development of democratic institutions, business and innovations, as well as governmental structure, social capital and personal freedom in the countries being analyzed.

Finland, which was found to correspond to the characteristics of a prosperous state most of all, secured the first place in the rating. Sweden proved to be third, and Denmark took the fourth place in the list.

Switzerland was given second in the rating by Legatum experts.

Zimbabwe turned out to be the last in the 104-member enumeration.

According to Legatum experts, national welfare of such countries

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