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2024
global knowledge index
Russian Federation
KEY INDICATORS
- GDP (US$ billions):5,815.895
- Population:145,440,501
- HDI:0.821
61/141
Gki
Score
48.4
World
Average
47.8
Country Performance Summary
Russian Federation is a moderate performer in terms of its knowledge infrastructure. It ranks 61st out of 141 countries in the Global Knowledge Index 2024 and 56th out of the 59 countries with very high human development.
Areas of Strength
- Completion rate in upper secondary education, wealth parity
- Educational attainment rate, doctoral or equivalent
- Educational attainment rate, bachelor’s or equivalent
- Research institutions prominence
- Fixed broadband basket (% GNI per capita)
Areas of Improvement
- Entrepreneurial employee activity rate
- Citations per document
- Chinn-Ito financial openness
- Rule of law
- Researchers in higher education (%)
SECTORAL INDICES
Rank
Value
Pre-University
Education
26
77.28
Technical and Vocational
Education and Training
86
48.79
Higher
Education
78
44.23
Research, Development
and Innovation
70
29.2
Information and
Communications Technology
57
52.81
Economy
74
50.05
Enabling
Environment
98
48.3
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GKI Pillars
