At the World economic forum in Davos, Switzerland, was presented the rating of the best countries of the world. He was prepared by US News & World Report, Today.kz reports.

The countries were estimated by nine criteria, among them were tourism and entertainments, social liabilities of the state, cultural influence, conditions for business development, historical heritage, growth rates of an economy, openness for business, influence on the world market and a standard of living.

In the general rating, Germany, Canada, Great Britain, the USA, Sweden and Australia are in the lead. China is on the seventh place, India on the 22nd, Portugal on the 23rd, Russia on the 24th, Israel on the 25th, Turkey on the 30th. Close to a rating of 60 countries of Kazakhstan (the 55th place), Pakistan (56), Nigeria (57), Iran (58), Ukraine (59) and Algeria (60).

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