Georgia Ranks 60th Most Failed State

Georgia Ranks 60th Most Failed State 

According to surveys by the 'Foreign Policy' and 'Fund for Peace', Georgia ranks 60th place in the list of failed states. Sudan is at the top of the list of the 148 countries that participated in the survey. The most unstable amongst former Soviet countries is Uzbekistan, which takes 22nd place. 

The survey took into account 12 indicators. The indicators included the following areas: the social, economic and political situation, military index, demography, human rights, refugees, development, complaints, etc. The first country on the list, Sudan, did not satisfy 9 indicators out of the 12. In second and third place are the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Ivory Coast. Zimbabwe came fifth on the list. In tenth place is Afghanistan, 31st - Egypt, 43rd – Russia, 50th - Belarus, 57th – Moldova and 59th – Nicaragua.

The politicians believe that 60th place is a positive indicator and that there is not a danger in being at that rank. Elene Tevdoradze, the head of the Human Rights Defense Committee of the Georgian Parliament, thinks that 60th position is acceptable for a country which has lost territories. “Everything is comparable; if I knew the place that Georgia had last year it would be easier to comment on the issue. I believe it not a bad rank for us. The fact that we have internal conflicts in parts of our territory, internally displaced people and that we started to fulfill the budget only 2 years ago, testifies that Georgia is not a stable county. We strive to be a stable European country and we are on our way” states Elene Tevdoradze.

Levan Bejashvili, the Chairman of the Legal Issues Committee, is another person, who is certain that Georgia is not a stable country. He says: “The ranking on the index of stability is not as low as on the indexes tracking the economy or respect for human rights in Georgia – things which keep us in 60th place. Although a lot of money is spent on stability and there is much talk by the government about stability, there are no a real results. We experience problems in other spheres as well. If we take into consideration those countries that come after us, we are not in a good position at all”.

The Chairman of the Healthcare and Social Issues Committee, Gigi Tsereteli, takes pride that Georgia’s stability is estimated positively in comparison with other former Soviet Countries. “Foreign Policy is one of the most important and popular publications and we cannot be suspicious about its validity. We follow such countries as: Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia Herzegovina, Egypt and Syria in the list. I reckon the conflict zones on our territory played their role in the survey. We have many internally displaced people in the country and experience complications in our relations with Russia. It is likely that all of this affected the survey”, stated Tsereteli.

Sociologists state that the social conditions result in us ranking 60th on the list. According to them, any country where there is a high rate of unemployment, where the economic situation is very hard, where the population does not earn enough to live on and there is continuously emigration, cannot be regarded as successful.

Eka Gulua