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What citizenship is more valuable and why Russia has 60 in the world

International consultancy Henley & Partners has jointly developed the World Citizenship Index (QNI), which attempts to answer the question of whose citizenship is more valuable.

This study considers citizenship exclusively from a practical point of view. The authors of the index set a goal to identify not the best country for living, but the range of opportunities offered by a particular passport. Total 185 citizenships were analyzed, reports kommersant.com.

Best citizenship

It is best to have German citizenship. Germany took first place in the index, scoring 83,1%. At the same time, she has been leading the ranking for the last five years. The only indicator in which Germany is seriously inferior to its competitors at the top of the index is the strength of the economy. Despite its impressive size, Germany ranks only 20th in the world in terms of GDP per capita. But the other indicators of the leader of the rating are in perfect order. For example, Germany ranks sixth in the world in terms of living standards, and is second only to Denmark in terms of security and stability.

As for external factors, the passport of the Federal Republic of Germany gives the right to a visa-free visit to almost 180 countries of the world and wide relocation opportunities. But in practice, people usually tend to get to Germany, and not to leave it.

The composition of the top ten remained virtually unchanged during the study period of 2011–2015. Currently, following Germany in the QNI are representatives of Northern Europe - Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. Sixth place was shared by Austria and Ireland, and the top ten was completed by France, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium. All of the above states demonstrate a very high standard of living, and their citizens can move freely virtually throughout Europe. It is freedom of travel and relocation opportunities that make EU countries leaders in the Henley & Partners index.
At the same time, the United States, despite all its economic power and high level of social development, was able to get ahead in the ranking of only one representative of the European Union - Croatia, whose residents so far have full access to only 16 European countries.
Passport RF
Russia is located in the index of world citizenship on the 60-th place, having accumulated a modest 37,4%. The same amount received from the compilers of QNI China and Qatar. In terms of human development, Russia is not among the leaders and closes the top-50 of the UN rating, behind, for example, in terms of longevity. And from the point of view of finance, Russia, which is experiencing one crisis after another, although it is among the largest economies in the world, but in terms of gross national income per capita is inferior to more than a dozen states. According to the results of 2014, this indicator for Russia was about $ 22 thousand per year.
The advantages that a Russian passport provides are quite modest. Despite the number of countries that Russian citizens can visit without a visa (there are about a hundred of them), the lion's share of them are the former republics of the USSR, countries of South America, Southeast Asia and some African countries. “None of these 100 destinations are among the top countries in the world. Russians need a visa to enter, for example, the USA, EU, Australia, Japan and Canada. That is why the quality index of countries for travel in Russia is quite low and amounts to only 41,31%,” the study says.

And the choice of countries where Russians can freely move is quite small. To be more precise, there are only four such states in the whole world. These are neighboring Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan from the “medium level” citizenship quality group.

US citizenship
The United States of America is a superpower in every way. It is the first largest economy in the world, a state with a very high level of human development and a visa-free regime with almost all countries in the world. But at the same time, the United States occupies only 28th place in the world citizenship index, behind all Western European countries, with the exception of Croatia.

The fact is that an American passport in itself is a very valuable asset. That is why the US government is in no hurry to give a passport to everyone who comes to the country. Moreover, even after working here for several years, a migrant may be refused to renew his permit to stay in the country. Staying in the United States for a long time is difficult, and obtaining American citizenship is even more difficult. This strict approach leads to the fact that the United States has virtually no agreements on the free residence of its citizens on the territory of other states. More precisely, there are only three such agreements. This is why the US freedom of residence rating is very low.

Another negative factor affecting the US position in the index is its nuclear arsenal. It is difficult to count on a high peacefulness rating with him. Especially considering all the military conflicts in which American troops have taken part in recent years. As a result, the United States scored only 63,5% and was placed in 28th place, behind EU citizenship.

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