Azerbaijan Takes 75th Place in Citizenship Value Ranking
Azerbaijan took the 75th place in the citizenship value ranking last year.
According to the report of the specialized organization Henley & Partners (http://visaindex.com), among the CIS states official Baku is ahead of Kyrgyzstan (79th among 182 countries), Armenia (80), Tajikistan (84), Uzbekistan (85) and Turkmenistan (88). At the same time, it lags behind Kazakhstan, Georgia and Belarus (all at the 71st line), Ukraine (58), Moldova (52) and Russia (48).
According to the authors of the report, in the last 4 years the position of Azerbaijan has worsened (minus 0.1%) in the ranking of Henley & Partners Visa Restrictions Index, receiving the index 27.1%.
The leaders are Germany, Sweden, Finland, France and Italy. Afghanistan is the last one.
The index shows an objective assessment of citizenship of countries from around the world. The experts ranked 182 citizenships, according to various indicators for the period from 2011 to 2015. --17D-
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