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Azerbaijan ranks 64th in WEFâ€™s first rating on Human Capital Index

02 October 2013 09:15 (UTC +04:00)

Baku. Victoria Dementieva – APA. The World Economic Forum’s first Human Capital Index has identified the most successful countries in the world when it comes to maximizing the long-term economic potential of their respective labour forces.

The Index, which measures countries on their ability to develop and deploy healthy, educated and able workers through four distinct pillars: Education; Health and Wellness; Workforce and Employment; and Enabling Environment, finds Switzerland ranked number one overall, followed by Finland (2) and Singapore (3). Six of the remaining seven countries in the top 10 are in northern Europe, including Germany (6) and the United Kingdom (8).

Azerbaijan has ranked 64^th in Human capital Index rating. However, Azerbaijan ranked 71^st for Education, 55^th for Enabling Environment and Workforce and Employment,

Azerbaijan weakest pillar is life expectancy across the population and infant mortality and it ranked 94^th for this index.

Among the neighbor countries, Georgia ranked 77^th, Armenia 73^rd, Russia 51^st, Turkey 60^th, Iran 94^th.