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Monday, 16.12.2024, 03:22
Failed States Index 2010: Lithuania among most stable and promising countries
The Nordic countries were evaluated as the most stable countries (Norway, 177th; Finland 176th; Sweden, 175th). Great Britain captured 161st place, France was ranked 159th, Germany was given the 157th position, the U.S. was ranked as 158th, writes LETA/ELTA.
The said report ranked 177 countries according to 12 social, economic, political and military indicators. Common characteristics of a failing state include a central government so weak or ineffective that it has little practical control over much of its territory; non-provision of public services; widespread corruption and criminality; refugees and involuntary movement of populations; and sharp economic decline. In this year's index, Lithuania outpaced the new EU member states: Slovakia (143rd), Poland (142nd), Hungary (141st), Estonia (140th), Latvia (136th), Romania (128th), and Bulgaria (126th). According to the report, the most failed states included African states mostly – Somalia was ranked first, followed by Sudan, Zimbabwe, Congo, the Central African Republic and Guinea. The top ten of the failed states ended with Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan.
The Failed States Index has been compiled each year by the U.S. research and educational organization "Fund for Peace" since 2005. The index is published in the magazine "Foreign Policy".