Rating of Russian cities in terms of living standards. From the Volga to the Yenisei: a barometer of living standards in the regions of the Russian Federation Regions by standard of living

The Russian Federation is a country with a huge area, on the territory of which there are more than 1000 cities and towns.

Many Russians and foreign citizens are interested in the standard of living in Russia, in which city it is the highest. The answer to it can be found in the results of research conducted by an organization called the Center for Strategic Studies, belonging to the Russian State Insurance Company.

Sociological studies and surveys of Russians living in various cities of the Russian Federation have shown which regions are most in demand among the inhabitants of Russia, and which are less in demand for life.

To understand which region is better to live in, the staff of the Center for Strategic Studies asked residents of each of the regions and cities below about how satisfied they are with the level and quality of life in them.

The table shows the general standard of living and satisfaction of Russian citizens with their regions and cities.
But in addition to such a survey, the research center conducted social surveys about whether Russians are satisfied with the quality of the urban environment. The surveys were conducted according to the following selected criteria:

1. Department of Housing and Utilities.
2. cultural level of the city.
3. Medical service.
4. Educational area.
5. Transport.
6. The level of corruption.

Department of Housing and Utilities

When studying the situation with housing and communal services, many Russian citizens had to answer the question, are they satisfied with the quality of service provided by housing and communal services and housing prices?

Residents of Grozny, Ufa, Vladivostok, Astrakhan and Volgograd are the least satisfied with housing and communal services.

Cultural Level

1. Kazan;
2. Grozny;
3. Yekaterinburg;
4. Novosibirsk;
5. Rostov-on-Don;
6. St. Petersburg;
7. Krasnodar;
8. Penza;
9. Moscow;
10. Khabarovsk.

Medical service

List of cities with the highest level of medical care:

1. Grozny;
2. Tyumen;
3. Kazan;
4. Barnaul;
5. Naberezhnye Chelny;
6. Orenburg;
7. Penza;
8. St. Petersburg;
9. Ulyanovsk;
10. Krasnodar.

Educational sphere

Corruption

List of cities and regions with the highest rate of corruption:

Transport sector

List of regions with the most developed transport systems:

1. Grozny;
2. Tyumen;
3. Kazan;
4. Moscow;
5. St. Petersburg;
6. Tolyatti;
7. Izhevsk;
8. Novokuznetsk;
9. Tomsk;
10. Penza.

Wage

Many will agree that the statistics of the standard of living of the population largely depends on the average wage of a person. According to statistics, people in Russia receive the highest wages in the following districts and cities:

1. The Chukotka Autonomous Okrug ranks first in the Russian Federation in the top 10 regions with the highest salaries. According to statistics, in the territory of the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, the average wage equal to 71,000 rubles. The economy of this district is built on the mining industry.
2. Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The average salary, according to statistics, is 69,000 rubles per month. Such high wages are due to the extraction of gas and oil in the territory of this district.
3. Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The average salary in this district is 68,000 rubles. Basically, most of the workers of the Nenets Autonomous Okrug are involved in the forestry, food and fishing industries.
4. The Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug has an average monthly salary of 67,000 rubles. The fact that this region occupies the 4th place in the top is not at all surprising. According to statistics, more than 60% of the total oil production in Russia is produced in this region.
5. Magadan Region. In this area, there is an annual increase in the average monthly wage. In 2017, residents of the Magadan Region earned an average of 66,000 rubles. This level of payment is determined by the main field of activity of the Magadan region and high labor productivity. It's no secret that this area produces gold in large quantities. But in addition to the extraction of this precious metal, the region makes good money from the fishing industry.
6. The Tyumen region has taken one of the leading positions in the top due to the developed real estate market. In the Tyumen region, realtors and truck drivers are in great demand. On average, residents of this region earn 65,000 rubles each.
7. Moscow. The capital of the Russian Federation is known not only for its developed infrastructure and population of many millions, but also for its very high levels of wages. In the capital, on average, they receive 60,000 rubles each.
8. Sakhalin region. The lowest salary in Sakhalin is 16,000 rubles. But less than 20% of the population receives such a salary. On average, residents of the Sakhalin Region earn 59,000 rubles a month.
9. The Kamchatka Territory is known for its highly developed fishing industry. And also in this region, the financial and mining industries are well developed. The average salary, according to statistics, is 54,000 rubles per person per month.
10. Yakutia (officially: the Republic of Sakha) is able to provide an average salary of 54,000 rubles for people living and working in this area.

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The conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine influenced the decline in GDP

The first reason for the low standard of living in Russia is the decline in GDP. It is one of the main indicators of the level of quality of life and market value all final goods and services.

Dynamics of changes in the level of the gross domestic product of the Russian Federation over the past 20 years

Based on the data in the table, one can note a sharp drop in the standard of living in Russia and its GDP. Many political scientists argue that the conflict between the Russian Federation and Ukraine influenced the sharp decline in GDP. Recall that in 2014 the Crimean peninsula seceded, after which the Ukrainian authorities officially announced the presence of the Russian military on the territory of Ukraine.

This statement was the subject of the imposition of sanctions against Russia by the European Union. Due to many sanctions, Russia was not fully able to carry out trade turnover, the indicators of product exports decreased significantly, which led to a decline in the level of gross domestic product.

According to statistics, Russia ranks 10th in the world in terms of GDP.

It's no secret that the level of GDP is affected by production volumes, and the country has very low labor productivity. This is the second reason for the low standard of living in Russia.

Low labor productivity was the result of worn-out infrastructure and old production equipment.

The third, but not least, reason for the decline in the quality of life of Russian citizens is corruption, which flourishes in almost every city in the country.

RIA Rating- it is universal rating agency media groups MIA "Russia Today" specializing in assessing the socio-economic situation of the regions of the Russian Federation, the economic condition of companies, banks, economic sectors, countries. The main activities of the agency are: creation of ratings for the regions of the Russian Federation, banks, enterprises, municipalities, insurance companies, securities, and other economic entities; comprehensive economic research in the financial, corporate and public sectors.

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During the development of a strategy at the stages of diagnosis and goal setting, it is very important to understand the position of the object of strategizing relative to competitors and to be able to set goals in terms of maintaining or strengthening one's position. This requires regular ratings.
One of these ratings, RCI, will be constantly updated by RCSP partner AV Group.

In addition, other ratings maintained by state and independent organizations will be posted on this page of the site. Including episodic ones made by individual researchers and published in the scientific literature.

More details in the notes of the Deputy Director of the RCSP A.R. Batchaev:

• How to use ratings in planning

1. Rating of investment attractiveness of Russian regions (developer - Expert RA rating agency).
2. Rating of the socio-economic situation of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (developer - rating agency "RIA Rating").
3. Rating of Russian regions in terms of quality of life (developer - rating agency "RIA Rating").
4. Credit rating of the regions of the Russian Federation (developer - RIA Rating agency).
5. Rating of innovative regions of Russia (developer - Association of innovative regions of Russia).
6. Rating of innovative development of subjects of the Russian Federation (developer - Institute for Statistical Research and Economics of Knowledge, National Research University Higher School of Economics).
7. Rating of regions readiness for the future (developer - Institute for Statistical Research and Economics of Knowledge, National Research University Higher School of Economics).
8. Rating of energy efficiency of subjects of the Russian Federation (developer - the Ministry of Energy of Russia together with the information group "Interfax").
9. National rating of the state of the investment climate in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (developer - Agency for Strategic Initiatives).
10. National tourist rating (developer - Center for Information Communications "Rating" together with the magazine "Rest in Russia").
11. National rating of governors (developer - Center for Information Communications "Rating").
12. Ecological rating of Russian regions (developer - All-Russian public organization "Green Patrol").
13. Rating of management efficiency in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation (developers - the Agency for Political and Economic Communications and the Laboratory for Political Studies of the National Research University Higher School of Economics).
14. Rating of Russian regions by the level of development of team sports (developers - the Petersburg Politics Foundation and the sports publication Sport-Express).
15. Rating (ranking) of regions by the share of the population provided with safe drinking water (developer - Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare (Rospotrebnadzor).
16. Rating of regions of the Russian Federation in terms of environmental and energy efficiency of business (developer - Environmental and Energy Rating Agency "Interfax-ERA").
17. Regional Competitiveness Index AV RCI - Russia's growth poles (developer - consulting company AV Group).
18. Rating of regions according to the index of socio-economic and political tension (developer - Committee of Civil Initiatives).
19. Rating of investment attractiveness of industrial parks and special economic zones (developer - Analytical Center "Expert").

Ranking of cities based on the "rank vector of dynamics" in the period 2002-2011.
The ranking is the result of a scientific study conducted by Professor B.S. Zhikharevich and associate professor O.V. Rusetskaya (ICSER ​​"Leontief Center"). In the course of the study, fluctuations in the dynamics of social and economic development 120 large Russian cities (including 77 regional administrative centers). 9 indicators were used, the growth of the values ​​of which can be unambiguously interpreted as evidence of the positive development of the city. The rank dynamics vector is a sequence of nine digits corresponding to the number of the rank group, which included the city in each of the periods under consideration (2003-2011). The following types of urban trajectories have been identified: stably leading; steadily lagging behind; accelerated development; slowed down development; oscillating (with multidirectional dynamics).

Rating of sustainable development of cities in Russia 2014
The rating was prepared by the SGM rating agency, published in 2015. Compiled in accordance with the principles of sustainable development of the territory. It covers 173 cities of Russia, with a population of over 100 thousand people. As methodological basis the concept of a three-pronged bottom line was used, which takes into account economic results, social and environmental components. To prepare the rating on the basis of 32 indicators (public data of municipal statistics, which are published by Rosstat), an index of sustainable urban development was calculated. Among the methodological approaches to calculating the rating, one can note the use of weighting correction factors (determined by the method of expert assessments) and linear scaling (determining the position of a city among other cities by assigning a private index from 0 to 1).

The problem of improving the quality of life in the country as a whole and in the regions of Russia is the most important strategic task at the present stage of social development. To quantify the imbalances in this area, the RIA Rating agency of the MIA Rossiya Segodnya media group prepared a rating of Russian regions in terms of quality of life for the Russian Investment Forum.

The rating was built on the basis of a comprehensive accounting of various indicators that record the actual state of certain aspects of living conditions and the situation in the socio-economic sphere. When calculating the rating, an analysis of 72 indicators was carried out, which are combined into 11 groups that characterize the main aspects of the quality of life in the region: the level of income of the population; employment and labor market; living conditions of the population; safety of residence; demographic situation; ecological and climatic conditions; public health and educational level; provision with social infrastructure facilities; level of economic development; level of small business development; development of the territory and development of transport infrastructure.

The positions of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation in the final rating were determined on the basis of an integral rating score, which was calculated by aggregating the rating scores of the regions of the Russian Federation for all analyzed groups. The rating score of the group was determined by aggregating the rating scores of indicators included in the group.

The leaders of the rating are once again our main labor force centers: Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow Region. This trio has been at the top of the rating for many years, having high rating scores, which are still unattainable for other regions. Most likely, this situation will not change in the coming years. infrastructure development, high level development of the economy, the social sphere, coupled with a high potential for further development, allows these regions to gain a foothold in the top of the rating for a long time. The Republic of Tyva and the Republic of Ingushetia close the rating.

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Moscow, St. Petersburg, Moscow region - these three territories took the first lines of the rating of regions in terms of quality of life-2017, prepared by RIA Rating. To determine where it is best to live, 72 indicators were used, including the level of income, employment, housing conditions, availability of kindergartens.

The rating did not come as a surprise, the capitals are traditional leaders, - Vladimir Klimanov, director of the Institute for Public Finance Reform, commented on the results of the study to RG. - The fourth position of Tatarstan is also quite justified, since the cities and villages of the republic have very high rates both in terms of income of the population and in terms of the quality of infrastructure. Three territories of the Chernozem region (Belgorod, Voronezh and Lipetsk regions) fell into the top of the leading regions at once, where the standard of living of people will always be higher than in Siberia or the Far East.

According to the expert, the Krasnodar Territory has always been a magnet for visitors, therefore, in recent years, it has occupied a leading position among Russian regions in terms of construction volumes.

Closes the top ten regions-leaders in terms of quality of life Kaliningrad region, which has significantly improved its position. In terms of the share of modern retail space, the region moved from 48th to 12th place. This is largely due to the arrival of a construction retailer in the region. New catering establishments are also opening in the region - according to this indicator, the region jumped from the 17th line of the rating to the 13th.

Many experts have long called the Kaliningrad region a "country of small business." However, in practice, this does not mean that the "kids" in the region live freely. They also face the exceptional problem of the exlav - the need to transport their goods to other Russian regions across several borders.

The sharpest jump at the end of last year was shown by Crimea, which moved from 66th to 55th place. Experts attribute this, among other things, to a decrease in unemployment. Yes, and the salaries of state employees have grown significantly. According to Krymstat, teachers earn an average of 24,153 rubles per month.

Moscow, St. Petersburg and the Moscow region took the first lines of the rating

Natalya Zubarevich, director of the IISP regional program, explains this with solid donations last year. For comparison, Crimea received 80 billion rubles through transfers in 10 months of 2017, and the entire Far East - 176 billion rubles.

The last lines of the rating are occupied by the KChR, Ingushetia and Tyva. "In Tuva there have always been extremely modest budget spending to the social sphere, - says Vladimir Klimanov. And he added that the territories of the North Caucasus are highly subsidized, hence such low indicators of the quality of life. “I won’t be surprised if Dagestan also appears in this rating of outsider regions next year,” the expert believes.

The biggest problem in Ingushetia is the shortage of kindergartens. Most preschoolers are forced to stay at home.

We ask many people to help in the construction of kindergartens and schools, we do not hesitate to contact large structures, - said the head of Ingushetia, Yunus-Bek Yevkurov.